Story about a special boy with a cursed ability to talk to the end, about his dreams, hopes and struggles through life, and the final confrontation with the greatest evil.

Amy Redwing has dedicated her life to the southern California organization she founded to rescue abandoned and endangered golden retrievers. Among dog lovers, she's a legend for the risks she'll take to save an animal from abuse. Among her friends, Amy's heedless devotion is often cause for...  more

Amy Redwing has dedicated her life to the southern California organization she founded to rescue abandoned and endangered golden retrievers. Among dog lovers, she's a legend for the risks she'll take to save an animal from abuse. Among her friends, Amy's heedless devotion is often cause for concern. To widower Brian McCarthy, whose commitment she can't allow herself to return, Amy's behavior is far more puzzling and hides a shattering secret. No one is surprised when Amy risks her life to save Nickie, nor when she takes the female golden into her home. The bond between Amy and Nickie is immediate and uncanny. Even her two other goldens, Fred and Ethel, recognize Nickie as special, a natural alpha. But the instant joy Nickie brings is shadowed by a series of eerie incidents. An ominous stranger. A mysterious home invasion. And the unmistakable sense that someone is watching Amy's every move and that, whoever it is, he's not alone. Someone has come back to turn Amy into the desperate, hunted creature she's always been there to save. But now there's no one to save Amy and those she loves. From its breathtaking opening scene to its shocking climax, The Darkest Evening of the Year is Dean Koontz at his finest, a transcendent thriller certain to have readers turning pages until dawn.

They call it the Academy. A secluded, cliff-top mansion overlooking the rugged Pacific coast. A school for children gifted -- or cursed -- with extraordinary minds. Children soon to come under the influence of an intelligence even more brilliant than their own -- and unspeakably evil. For within...  more

They call it the Academy. A secluded, cliff-top mansion overlooking the rugged Pacific coast. A school for children gifted -- or cursed -- with extraordinary minds. Children soon to come under the influence of an intelligence even more brilliant than their own -- and unspeakably evil. For within this mind a dark plan is taking form. A plan so horrifying, no one will believe it. No one but the children. And for them it is already too late. Too late, unless one young student can resist the seductive invitation that will lead... into the Shadows.

No writer combines the "delight in dread" with social consciousness and metaphysical meaning the way John Shirley does. Although In Darkness Waiting begins in much the same vein as many horror novels (mysterious deaths; a small town invaded by evil; plucky, attractive young lovers; the logical...  more

No writer combines the "delight in dread" with social consciousness and metaphysical meaning the way John Shirley does. Although In Darkness Waiting begins in much the same vein as many horror novels (mysterious deaths; a small town invaded by evil; plucky, attractive young lovers; the logical level-headed doctor; some salt-of-the-earth townsfolk...) by its end you will have discovered it is not "just another horror novel." With its exploration of the "insect" inside us all, In Darkness Waiting proves more relevant today than ever. Considering a read of In Darkness Waiting is like considering a trip through the Amazon with no weapons and no vaccinations and no shoes. It's like contemplating a journey in the Arctic clad only in your underwear. Or maybe it's more like dropping into one of those spelunker's challenges, those chilling pitch-black shafts into the Earth's crust-and when you get down there your light burns out and you remember the chitinous fauna of the cavern... Unlike undertaking those endeavors, you can get through the harrowing pages of In Darkness Waiting alive (although we are not promising you'll remain unscathed.) Towards the end you'll discover one of the most extreme yet literate passages ever written. It may well be the most outré scene ever created. But John Shirley wasn't after shock alone. Shock is never enough for him.

A mysterious stranger walks into a place of business and opens fire... That's the simple premise of TRIAGE. Three full-length novellas of absolute terror and suspense from the horror genre's most acclaimed writers - Richard Laymon, Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee. Contents: Triage /...  more

A mysterious stranger walks into a place of business and opens fire... That's the simple premise of TRIAGE. Three full-length novellas of absolute terror and suspense from the horror genre's most acclaimed writers - Richard Laymon, Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee. Contents: Triage / Richard Laymon -- In the year of our Lord: 2202 / Edward Lee -- Sheep meadow story / Jack Ketchum writing as Jerzy Livingston.

Neal has been carrying a gun in his car just to be safe. And it looks like it is a good thing he has. When he spots a woman tied naked to a tree and a man ready to kill her, he has no choice but to shoot the attacker. As a reward, the woman gives Neal something unimaginable. Neal's reward is...  more

Neal has been carrying a gun in his car just to be safe. And it looks like it is a good thing he has. When he spots a woman tied naked to a tree and a man ready to kill her, he has no choice but to shoot the attacker. As a reward, the woman gives Neal something unimaginable. Neal's reward is a bracelet, a very special bracelet. It enables the wearer to step into other people, to see through their eyes, to feel whatever they feel, to take 'body rides'. But Neal has a big problem. The man he shot isn't dead and he wants revenge. First he is going to finish what he started with the woman. Then he is going after Neal.

No one could understand why Colin and Roy were best friends. They were complete opposites. Colin was fascinated by Roy--and Roy was fascinated by death. Then one day Roy asked: "You ever killed anything?" And from that moment on, the two were bound together in a game too terrifying to...  more

No one could understand why Colin and Roy were best friends. They were complete opposites. Colin was fascinated by Roy--and Roy was fascinated by death. Then one day Roy asked: "You ever killed anything?" And from that moment on, the two were bound together in a game too terrifying to imagine.

Asmodeus Mogart was not a bad fellow, as demons go. Having gotten in trouble back in the home office, he had been assigned to duty on Earth. There he toiled, doing the kinds of things demons do and turning into something of a drunk. Then a rogue asteroid threatened to crash into Earth and...  more

Asmodeus Mogart was not a bad fellow, as demons go. Having gotten in trouble back in the home office, he had been assigned to duty on Earth. There he toiled, doing the kinds of things demons do and turning into something of a drunk. Then a rogue asteroid threatened to crash into Earth and destroy all life on the planet -- demons included! There had to be a better way. Mac Walters and Jill McCullough, holding a private wake for their world in a Reno bar, were more than startled when a strange-looking little drunk told them they could save the world. All they had to do was enter five alternate universes and steal a demon-guarded jewel in each. Clearly, the man was crazy. But they had nothing better to do than go along with the gag. Then they each found themselves, naked and alone, on a hostile alien world!

In a suburb of Chicago, Albert Prince parks on a dark street thinking he's about to get lucky with Betty — only to find out she wants cash, not romance. And Albert is a few bucks short. "Dig up the rest of the money tomorrow," says Betty, "and give me a call. We'll have a great time...  more

In a suburb of Chicago, Albert Prince parks on a dark street thinking he's about to get lucky with Betty — only to find out she wants cash, not romance. And Albert is a few bucks short. "Dig up the rest of the money tomorrow," says Betty, "and give me a call. We'll have a great time tomorrow night." But Albert won't be seeing Betty tomorrow night. He'll be having a great time without her ... in a stranger's house ... with a beautiful woman ... with a knife. Albert Prince has one passion in life: he loves to cut people. He's about to leave a trail of blood from Chicago to California.

In 1941, Astounding Science Fiction magazine published a short story by a little-known writer named Isaac Asimov. The story was called "Nightfall", and many years later it has long been recognized as a classic, its author a legend.  Now, the Gran Master of Science Fiction teams...  more

In 1941, Astounding Science Fiction magazine published a short story by a little-known writer named Isaac Asimov. The story was called "Nightfall", and many years later it has long been recognized as a classic, its author a legend.  Now, the Gran Master of Science Fiction teams with Robert Silverberg, one of the field's top award-winning authors, to explore and expand an apocalyptic tale that is more spellbinding today than ever before -- Nightfall: The Novel. Imagine living on a planet with six suns that never experiences Darkness. Imagine never having seen the Stars.  Then, one by one the suns start to set, gradually leading into Darkness for the first time ever. Kalgash is a world on the edge of chaos, torn between the madness of religious fanaticism and the unyielding rationalism of scientists.  Lurking beneath it all is a collective, instinctual fear of the Darkness. For Kalgash knows only the perpetual light of day; to its inhabitants, a gathering twilight portends unspeakable horror. And only a handful of people on the planet are prepared to face the truth, their six suns are setting all at once for the first time in over two thousand years, signaling the end of civilization as it explodes in the awesome splendor of Nightfall. Encompassing the psychology of disaster, the tenacity of the human spirit, and, ultimately, the regenerative power of hope, Nightfall is a tale rich in character and suspense that only the unique collaboration of Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg could create.

A corpse gets up and walks out of the hospital morgue. Minutes later, a policeman is killed outside the same hospital...and partially eaten. Something deadly has come to the coastal California town of Big Rock -- something that's leaving mangled and devoured bodies in its wake. Sheriff...  more

A corpse gets up and walks out of the hospital morgue. Minutes later, a policeman is killed outside the same hospital...and partially eaten. Something deadly has come to the coastal California town of Big Rock -- something that's leaving mangled and devoured bodies in its wake. Sheriff Arlin Hurley refused to believe the wild talk of werewolves. Then a tuft of wolf's fur was found on one of the victims. But there's more than one werewolf on the prowl. It's quickly becoming an epidemic, the curse passed on not through blood but through sex. As the sheriff and his men set out to stop the spreading terror, they'll learn that many of the old werewolf legends are just myths. The reality is far worse.

Springerville is famous for the legend of the Mogollon Monster. Of course nobody really believes it. It's just a good campfire story, something to attract gullible tourists -- until an excavation team unearths the figurine of a screaming woman, the jawbone of a deformed animal, and a...  more

Springerville is famous for the legend of the Mogollon Monster. Of course nobody really believes it. It's just a good campfire story, something to attract gullible tourists -- until an excavation team unearths the figurine of a screaming woman, the jawbone of a deformed animal, and a child's toy. How odd that they were buried together. Odd, too, is the foul odor lingering in the air, the strange noises at night, and the man's face hanging from a tree. Now the locals are locking their doors. Because after sundown, campfire stories can seem very, very real. There's only one thing that can follow the success of Bentley Little's acclaimed The Association, The Walking, and The Revelation. And that's Bentley Little's The Return.

Something very strange is happening in the coastal California town of Big Rock. Several residents have died in unexplained, particularly brutal ways, many torn apart in animal attacks. And there's always that eerie howling late at night.... You might think there's a werewolf in town....  more

Something very strange is happening in the coastal California town of Big Rock. Several residents have died in unexplained, particularly brutal ways, many torn apart in animal attacks. And there's always that eerie howling late at night.... You might think there's a werewolf in town. But you'd be wrong. It's not just one werewolf, but the whole that's gradually transforming. Bit by bit, as the infection spreads, the werewolves are becoming more and more powerful. In fact, humans may soon be the minority, mere prey for their hungry neighbors. Is it too late for the humans to fight back? Did they ever have a chance from the start?

Marine biologist Zachary Wallace once suffered a near-drowning experience in legendary Loch Ness, and now, long-forgotten memories of that experience have begun haunting him. The truth surrounding these memories lies with Zachary’s estranged father, Angus Wallace, a wily Highlander on...  more

Marine biologist Zachary Wallace once suffered a near-drowning experience in legendary Loch Ness, and now, long-forgotten memories of that experience have begun haunting him. The truth surrounding these memories lies with Zachary’s estranged father, Angus Wallace, a wily Highlander on trial for murder. Together the two plunge into a world where the legend of Loch Ness shows its true face.

One day the rain just didn?t stop. As the flood waters slowly rose and coastal cities and towns disappeared, some people believed it was the end of the world. Maybe they were right. But the water wasn?t the worst part. Even more terrifying was what the soaking rains drove up from beneath the...  more

One day the rain just didn?t stop. As the flood waters slowly rose and coastal cities and towns disappeared, some people believed it was the end of the world. Maybe they were right. But the water wasn?t the worst part. Even more terrifying was what the soaking rains drove up from beneath the earth -- unimaginable creatures, writhing, burrowing...and devouring all in their path. What hope does an already-devastated mankind have against...the Conqueror Worms?

Bestselling novelist Cullen "Cubby" Greenwich is a lucky man and he knows it. He makes a handsome living doing what he enjoys. His wife, Penny, a children's book author and illustrator, is the love of his life. Together they have a brilliant six-year-old, Milo, affectionately...  more

Bestselling novelist Cullen "Cubby" Greenwich is a lucky man and he knows it. He makes a handsome living doing what he enjoys. His wife, Penny, a children's book author and illustrator, is the love of his life. Together they have a brilliant six-year-old, Milo, affectionately dubbed "Spooky", and a non-collie named Lassie, who is all but part of the family. So Cubby knows he shouldn't let one bad review of his otherwise triumphant new book get to him--even if it does appear in the nation's premier newspaper and is penned by the much-feared, seldom-seen critic Sherman Waxx. Cubby knows that the best thing to do is ignore the gratuitously vicious, insulting, and inaccurate comments. Penny knows it; even little Milo knows it. If Lassie could talk, she'd tell Cubby to ignore them, too. Ignore Sherman Waxx and his poison pen is just what Cubby intends to do. Until he happens to learn where the great man is taking his lunch. Cubby just wants to get a good look at the mysterious recluse whose mere opinion can make or break a career--or a life. But Sherman Waxx isn't what Cubby expects, and neither is the escalating terror that follows what seemed to be an innocent encounter. For Waxx gives criticism; he doesn't take it. He has ways of dealing with those who cross him that Cubby is only beginning to fathom. Soon Cubby finds himself in a desperate struggle with a relentless sociopath, facing an inexorable assault on far more than his life.

A Beverly Hills businessman slaughters his family and leaves behind a video of the massacre and a cryptic message. Afterwards, children everywhere are disappearing or being killed. Social worker Carrie Daniels wants to know why--and God help her when she finds out.

Battered by five cataclysmic hurricanes in three weeks, the Texas Gulf Coast and half of the Lone Star State is reeling from the worst devastation in history. Thousands are dead or dying -- but the worst is only beginning. Amid the wreckage, something unimaginable is happening: a deadly virus...  more

Battered by five cataclysmic hurricanes in three weeks, the Texas Gulf Coast and half of the Lone Star State is reeling from the worst devastation in history. Thousands are dead or dying -- but the worst is only beginning. Amid the wreckage, something unimaginable is happening: a deadly virus has broken out, returning the dead to life - with an insatiable hunger for human flesh ... The Nightmare Begins Within hours, the plague has spread all over Texas. San Antonio police officer Eddie Hudson finds his city overrun by a voracious army of the living dead. Along with a small group of survivors, Eddie must fight off the savage horde in a race to save his family ... There's no place to run. No place to hide. The zombie horde is growing as the virus runs rampant. Eddie knows he has to find a way to destroy these walking horrors ... but he doesn't know the price he will have to pay ...

Strange things are happening in the small town of Randall, Arizona. And as darkness falls, an itinerant preacher has arrived to spread a gospel of cataclysmic fury...And stranger things are yet to come...Praise for The Revelation"A nail-biting, throat-squeezing, nonstop plunge into darkness and...  more

Strange things are happening in the small town of Randall, Arizona. And as darkness falls, an itinerant preacher has arrived to spread a gospel of cataclysmic fury...And stranger things are yet to come...Praise for The Revelation"A nail-biting, throat-squeezing, nonstop plunge into darkness and evil. I guarantee, once you start reading this book, you'll be up until dawn." --Rick Hautala"Grabs the reader and yanks him along through an ever-worsening landscape of horrors...a terifying ride with a shattering conclusion."--Gary Brandner"The Revelation isn't just a thriller, it's a shocker. A must for those who like horror with a bite."--Richard LaymonSales Points* Winner of the Bram Stoker Award, given by the Horror Writers of America* "Unlike anything else in popular fiction."--Stephen King

Two hellish years. That's how long it's been since the hurricanes flooded the Gulf Coast, and the dead rose up from the ruins. The cities were quarantined; the infected, contained. Any unlucky survivors were left to fend for themselves. One boatload of refugees manages to make it out...  more

Two hellish years. That's how long it's been since the hurricanes flooded the Gulf Coast, and the dead rose up from the ruins. The cities were quarantined; the infected, contained. Any unlucky survivors were left to fend for themselves. One boatload of refugees manages to make it out alive - but one passenger carries the virus. Within weeks, the zombie epidemic spreads across the globe. Now, retired U.S. Marshal Ed Moore must lead a group of strangers to safety, searching for sanctuary from the dead. In the North Dakota Grasslands, bands of survivors converge upon a single outpost. Run by a self-appointed preacher of fierce conviction - and frightening beliefs - it may be humanity's only hope. But Ed Moore and the others refuse to enter a suicide pact. They'd rather stand and fight in the final battle against the zombies.

The Rand scientific expedition entered the lush wilderness of the Amazon and never returned. Years later, one of its members has stumbled out of the world’s most inhospitable rainforest -- a former Special Forces soldier, scarred, mutilated, terrified, and mere hours from death, who went...  more

The Rand scientific expedition entered the lush wilderness of the Amazon and never returned. Years later, one of its members has stumbled out of the world’s most inhospitable rainforest -- a former Special Forces soldier, scarred, mutilated, terrified, and mere hours from death, who went in with one arm missing . . . and came out with both intact. Unable to comprehend this inexplicable event, the government sends Nathan Rand into this impenetrable secret world of undreamed-of perils, to follow the trail of his vanished father . . . toward mysteries that must be solved at any cost. But the nightmare that is awaiting Nate and his team of scientists and seasoned U.S. Rangers dwarfs any danger they anticipated; an ancient, unspoken terror -- a power beyond human imagining -- that can forever alter the world beyond the dark, lethal confines of . . .AMAZONIA

Battered by three devastating hurricanes in a row, the Texas coast is flattened. But for the people of Houston -- and soon all of America -- the most terrifying events are just beginning. . . They Rise. . . Out of the flooded streets of Houston, they emerge from plague-ridden waters....  more

Battered by three devastating hurricanes in a row, the Texas coast is flattened. But for the people of Houston -- and soon all of America -- the most terrifying events are just beginning. . . They Rise. . . Out of the flooded streets of Houston, they emerge from plague-ridden waters. Dead. Rotting. Hungry. And as human survivors scramble to their rooftops for safety, the zombie hordes circle like sharks. The ultimate killing machines. They Feed. . . Houston is quarantined to halt the spread of the zombie plague. Anyone trying to escape is shot on sight -- living and dead. Emergency Ops sergeant Eleanor Norton has her work cut out for her. Salvaging boats and gathering explosives, Eleanor and her team struggle to maintain order. But when civilization finally breaks down, the feeding frenzy begins. They Multiply. . . Biting, gnawing, feasting -- but always craving more -- the flesheaters increase their ranks every hour. With doomsday looming, Eleanor must focus on the people she loves -- her husband and daughter -- and a band of other survivors adrift in zombie-infested waters. If she can't bring them into the quarantine zone, they're all dead meat.

In the field of country noir -- the dark side of rural and small-town America -- Lansdale staked his claim to East Texas with The Nightrunners. A '66 Chevy bears down on the countryside, with a carful of vicious teenagers and evil of Biblical proportions, in this terrifying morality tale of...  more

In the field of country noir -- the dark side of rural and small-town America -- Lansdale staked his claim to East Texas with The Nightrunners. A '66 Chevy bears down on the countryside, with a carful of vicious teenagers and evil of Biblical proportions, in this terrifying morality tale of sex and violence.

Wyman Ford is tapped for a secret expedition to Cambodia... to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world. A brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast... and two young women borrow a boat and set out for a distant island to find the impact...  more

Wyman Ford is tapped for a secret expedition to Cambodia... to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world. A brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast... and two young women borrow a boat and set out for a distant island to find the impact crater. A scientist at the National Propulsion Facility discovers an inexplicable source of gamma rays in the outer Solar System.  He is found decapitated, the data missing. High resolution NASA images reveal an unnatural feature hidden in the depths of a crater on Mars... and it appears to have been activated. Sixty hours and counting... 

One morning the residents of Walden, Virginia, woke up to find the rest of the world gone. Just . . . gone. Surrounding their town was a wall of inky darkness, plummeting Walden into permanent night. Nothing can get in -- not light, not people, not even electricity, radio, TV, internet,...  more

One morning the residents of Walden, Virginia, woke up to find the rest of the world gone. Just . . . gone. Surrounding their town was a wall of inky darkness, plummeting Walden into permanent night. Nothing can get in -- not light, not people, not even electricity, radio, TV, internet, food, or water. And nothing can get out. No one who dared to penetrate the mysterious barrier has ever been seen again. Only their screams were heard. But for some, the darkness is not the worst of their fears. Driven mad by thirst, hunger, and perpetual night, the residents of Walden are ready to explode. The last few sane prisoners of this small town must prepare a final stand against their neighbors, themselves, and something even worse . . . something out there . . . in the darkness . . . 

A novel from the original splatterpunk boys, Skipp and Spector, "Animals" is the tale of shape-changing predators. Syd, who works in a steel mill, meets the mysterious Nora. An alluring, amoral woman with 'interesting' friends, Nora changes Syd's life forever.

Borderlands is a horror anthology series not concerned with traditional elements of horror fiction. Borderlands is about breaking the mold and pushing the genre and its finest writers to the edge. Hailed as the anthology series of the 90's, Borderlands will remind you that horror can indeed...  more

Borderlands is a horror anthology series not concerned with traditional elements of horror fiction. Borderlands is about breaking the mold and pushing the genre and its finest writers to the edge. Hailed as the anthology series of the 90's, Borderlands will remind you that horror can indeed be horrific.  Prepare to cross over the cutting edge into a hitherto unexplored region -- where imagination soars on leather wings, feeding its most loathsome desires...driven by its deepest, most hideous needs. Borderlands presents twenty-five horrific journeys through unexplored realms far beyond the boundaries of terror!  The Borderlands anthologies are the horror connoisseur's delight, containing none of the typical mass-media mishmash genre elements of shampling zombies and red-eyed vampires interspersed with showbiz tabloid magazines writing.  Discover a vampire of an altogether sort... a man who sows the seeds of doom in his lawn... a dutiful son whose last duty is his parents' murder... and more. Contents: Introduction (Borderlands 1) (1990) • essay by Thomas F. Monteleone The Calling (1990) / shortstory by David B. Silva Scartaris, June 28th (1990) /  novelette by Harlan Ellison Glass Eyes (1990) / shortstory by Nancy Holder The Grass of Remembrance (1984) / shortstory by John DeChancie On the Nightmare Express (1990) / shortstory by Francis J. Matozzo The Pounding Room (1990) / shortstory by Bentley Little Peeling It Off (1990) / shortstory by Darrell Schweitzer The Raw and the Cooked (1990) / shortstory by Michael Green His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood [Cthulhu Mythos] (1990) / shortstory by Poppy Z. Brite Oh What a Swell Guy am I (1990) / shortstory by Jeffrey Osier Delia and the Dinner Party (1990) / shortstory by John Shirley Suicide Note (1990) / shortstory by Lee Moler Stillborn (1990) / shortstory by Nina Kiriki Hoffman Ladder (1990) / shortstory by T. E. D. Klein Muscae Volitantes (1990) / shortstory by Chet Williamson The Man in the Long Black Sedan (1990) / shortstory by Ed Gorman His Frozen Heart (1990) / shortstory by Jack Hunter Daves, Jr. Evelyn Grace (1990) / shortstory by Thomas Tessier By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1990) / shortstory by Les Daniels A Younger Woman (1990) / shortstory by John Maclay But You'll Never Follow Me (1990) / shortstory by Karl Edward Wagner Stephen (1990) / novelette by Elizabeth Massie Alexandra (1990) / shortstory by Charles L. Grant The Good Book (1990) / shortstory by G. Wayne Miller By Bizarre Hands (1988) / shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale

From the cover: The small town of Sullivan has barricaded itself against the outside world. It is one of the last enclaves of civilization and the residents are determined that their town remain free from the strange and terrifying plague that is sweeping the land-a plague that transforms...  more

From the cover: The small town of Sullivan has barricaded itself against the outside world. It is one of the last enclaves of civilization and the residents are determined that their town remain free from the strange and terrifying plague that is sweeping the land-a plague that transforms ordinary people into murderous, bloodthirsty madmen. But the transformation is only the beginning. With the shocking realization that mankind is evolving into something horrifying, the struggle for survival becomes a battle to save humanity.

From the bestselling author of "Guardian," "Creature," and "Black Lightning," a spine-tingling tale of all-consuming evil as riveting and chilling as any he has ever produced. It will be a sweet homecoming for Karen Spellman. After years of living in Los Angeles, the pretty, young widow and...  more

From the bestselling author of "Guardian," "Creature," and "Black Lightning," a spine-tingling tale of all-consuming evil as riveting and chilling as any he has ever produced. It will be a sweet homecoming for Karen Spellman. After years of living in Los Angeles, the pretty, young widow and her two daughters are returning to the lush countryside of Pleasant Valley, where Karen grew up. In this verdant, fertile place, Karen hopes to find not only a refuge from urban chaos, but love, for she is going home to marry her high school sweetheart. But something sinister awaits her. Something as primal as nature, as demonic as hell itself. For long ago, a shadowy menace stalked Pleasant Valley. A menace forgotten, thought dead. But only sleeping. Now Karen's homecoming will become a confrontation with terror as she battles to protect her daughters from a malign, preternatural force that must satisfy its gruesome thirst for innocent prey . . .

His mother was a sorceress, and his master is a powerful magician. His home is a dark, wild island of enchantment, spells...and evil. He is Caliban. Is he human, spirit or demon? Who can say? All he knows is that he burns with a lust for revenge and his growing powers may soon make it possible....  more

His mother was a sorceress, and his master is a powerful magician. His home is a dark, wild island of enchantment, spells...and evil. He is Caliban. Is he human, spirit or demon? Who can say? All he knows is that he burns with a lust for revenge and his growing powers may soon make it possible. But even he cannot predict the nightmarish shape his vengeance will take...or the tempest of terror it will unleash. Includes five never-before-collected stories! Bucky goes to church Ridi Bobo Clap if you believe The slobbering tongue that ate the frightfully huge woman A slow red whisper of sand Caliban

Hell is a city. Forget the old-fashioned sulphurous pit you may have read about. Over the millennia, Hell has evolved into a hustling metropolis with looming skyscrapers, crowded streets, systemized evil, and atrocity as the status quo. Cassie thought she knew all about Hell. But when her...  more

Hell is a city. Forget the old-fashioned sulphurous pit you may have read about. Over the millennia, Hell has evolved into a hustling metropolis with looming skyscrapers, crowded streets, systemized evil, and atrocity as the status quo. Cassie thought she knew all about Hell. But when her twin sister, Lissa, committed suicide, Cassie found that she was able to travel to the real thing -- the city itself. Now, even though she's still alive, Cassie is heading straight to Hell to find Lissa. And the sights she sees as she walks among the damned will never be in any tourist guidebook.

Think you know true fear? You don't.Think you've read the most chilling book? Not even close.Think you can't be shocked? Good luck!Maybe you're ready for the most truly frightening reading experience of your life, the World Fantasy Award-winning novel that's been terrifying readers for over a...  more

Think you know true fear? You don't.Think you've read the most chilling book? Not even close.Think you can't be shocked? Good luck!Maybe you're ready for the most truly frightening reading experience of your life, the World Fantasy Award-winning novel that's been terrifying readers for over a decade.Song of Kali.

In this sequel to (which reads like an inferior rewrite of) Lee's previous novel about a technologically driven hell, City Infernal (2001), goth chick Cassie Heydon is still an "Etheress" looking for her twin sister, a suicide. She's aided this time by an angel, Angelese, and...  more

In this sequel to (which reads like an inferior rewrite of) Lee's previous novel about a technologically driven hell, City Infernal (2001), goth chick Cassie Heydon is still an "Etheress" looking for her twin sister, a suicide. She's aided this time by an angel, Angelese, and by Walter, a dorky A student and "Etherean" who's goggle-eyed over a blonde now resident in Lucifer's capital city, Mephistopolis. Lucifer himself resides on the top floor of a 666-story skyscraper, plotting to take over the universe. He has a time-traveling device and a "Hex-Clone" of Jesus, whom he plans to bring back to that famous cave to nip Christianity in the bud. The puns are less frequent this time, too much of the action is set outside Lucifer's city and the story is hysterically scattershot. Still, there are laughs for the patient.

A CITY, BUILT WITH BLOOD AND BONES... Three things are about to join a crypt in Hell with a house on Earth... Nuns molested and drained of blood. A virginal student seduced by the perverse and taunted by things worse than ghosts. And six Angels, imprisoned in Hell and made pregnant by God knows...  more

A CITY, BUILT WITH BLOOD AND BONES... Three things are about to join a crypt in Hell with a house on Earth... Nuns molested and drained of blood. A virginal student seduced by the perverse and taunted by things worse than ghosts. And six Angels, imprisoned in Hell and made pregnant by God knows what... A HOUSE, BUILT FOR THE CHURCH, BUT DESIGNED BY SATAN... When Venetia Barlow begins work at St. John's Prior House, she expects a quiet summer of drudgery and boredom. But soon she's haunted by lurid desires and visions of a city full of monsters...and the monsters know her name. Is the house really a place of meditation and worship, or is it a temple of abomination and the most evil secrets? Venetia will only find out, when the voice of a long-dead priest comes into her head and gives her a an unspeakable message from the howling, blood-drenched streets of Hell...

A charismatic new priest has come to Tower Hill. A handsome new professor is teaching at the college. And a nightmare has settled over the town. A girl is found dead and mutilated -- by her own hand. Another has slashed her face with scissors. Have the residents of Tower Hill all gone mad? Or...  more

A charismatic new priest has come to Tower Hill. A handsome new professor is teaching at the college. And a nightmare has settled over the town. A girl is found dead and mutilated -- by her own hand. Another has slashed her face with scissors. Have the residents of Tower Hill all gone mad? Or has something worse... something unholy... taken over?

An adrenaline-charged tale of unrelenting suspense that sparks with raw and savage energy... The newspapers scream out headlines that spark terror across the city. Ten murders on the New York City subway. Ten grisly crimes that defy all reason -- no pattern, no m.o., no leads for police to...  more

An adrenaline-charged tale of unrelenting suspense that sparks with raw and savage energy... The newspapers scream out headlines that spark terror across the city. Ten murders on the New York City subway. Ten grisly crimes that defy all reason -- no pattern, no m.o., no leads for police to pursue. The press dubs the fiend the "Subway Psycho"; the NYPD desperately seeks their quarry before the city erupts in mass hysteria. But they won't find what they're looking for. Because they all think that the killer is human. Only a few know the true story -- a story the papers will never print. It is a tale of abject terror and death written in grit and steel... and blood. The tale of a man who vanished into the bowels of the urban earth one night, taken by a creature of unholy evil, then left as a babe abandoned on the doorstep of Hell. Now he is back, driven by twin demons of rage and retribution. He is unstoppable. And we are all his prey... unless a ragtag band of misfit souls will dare to descend into a world of manmade darkness, where the real and unreal alike dwell in endless shadow. A place where humanity has been left behind, and the horrifying truth will dawn as a madman's chilling vendetta comes to light... Filled with gripping drama and harrowing doomsday dread, The Light at the End is the book that ushered in a bold new view of humankind's most ancient and ruthless evil; a mesmerizing novel from two acknowledged masters of spellbinding suspense.

The classic of suspense from Dean KoontzHe's back--the terror that stalked Hilary Thomas as a child is back in her life, in her house, at her bedroom door. She killed him once. But he keeps coming back. Again. And again..."An incredible, terrifying tale."--Publishers Weekly

Kappa's hideously deformed body houses an icy, brilliant, infinitely twisted mind, a profound occult power, and a deadly purpose. In ignorance of Kappa's ultimate goal, his multinational network begins operations.  The retired admiral with a penchant for little girls, the...  more

Kappa's hideously deformed body houses an icy, brilliant, infinitely twisted mind, a profound occult power, and a deadly purpose. In ignorance of Kappa's ultimate goal, his multinational network begins operations.  The retired admiral with a penchant for little girls, the prosperous businessman with a neglected wife and a luscious secretary, the magnificently sensual Japanese madam, and the dapper, lethal Columbian "entrepreneur" will unleash the most terrible of Japanese demons on Southern California. It will be the first step in the utter destruction of America. Only one man knows that Kappa plans. And he's not sure he can stop him.

House of Passion Hildreth House. On a moonlight night in early spring, twenty-seven people entered the mansion’s labyrinthine halls, to partake in an orgy of diabolical debauchery, the likes of which beggared description. And one by one, twenty-six of them were butchered in place. The...  more

House of Passion Hildreth House. On a moonlight night in early spring, twenty-seven people entered the mansion’s labyrinthine halls, to partake in an orgy of diabolical debauchery, the likes of which beggared description. And one by one, twenty-six of them were butchered in place. The twenty-seventh body was never recovered. House of Sin The screams have faded, and the blood has dried but the spectral house remains...waiting. House of Hell Welcome to the mansion made in Hell Flesh Gothic Where the temple of evil is your own body...

One more trip into the darker recesses of the human psyche, the farther, dimmer reaches of surreality.  21 all new, all original stories of magic realism and speculation horror which pushes the limits of what is being done in darkly imaginative fiction...the expedition to open the gates to...  more

One more trip into the darker recesses of the human psyche, the farther, dimmer reaches of surreality.  21 all new, all original stories of magic realism and speculation horror which pushes the limits of what is being done in darkly imaginative fiction...the expedition to open the gates to new literary territory, and will help scorch a path through the jagged landscape of the imagination unbound…. Borderlands is a horror anthology series not concerned with traditional elements of horror fiction. Borderlands is about breaking the mold and pushing the genre and its finest writers to the edge. Hailed as the anthology series of the 90's, Borderlands will remind you that horror can indeed be horrific.  Prepare to cross over the cutting edge into a hitherto unexplored region -- where imagination soars on leather wings, feeding its most loathsome desires...driven by its deepest, most hideous needs. Borderlands presents twenty-five horrific journeys through unexplored realms far beyond the boundaries of terror!  The Borderlands anthologies are the horror connoisseur's delight, containing none of the typical mass-media mishmash genre elements of shampling zombies and red-eyed vampires interspersed with showbiz tabloid magazines writing. Contents: Introduction (Borderlands 3) (1993) • essay by Thomas F. Monteleone Brazo de Dios (1993) / shortstory by Elizabeth Massie Witch Hunt (1992) / shortstory by Andrew Vachss The Owen Street Monster (1993) / shortstory by J. L. Comeau The Man Who Was Made of Money (1993) / shortstory by Avram Davidson The Brotherhood (1993) / shortstory by John Alfred Taylor The Sixth Sentinel (1993) / shortstory by Poppy Z. Brite The Man in the Passenger Seat (1993) / shortstory by Bentley Little Ghosts of Christmas Present (1993) / shortstory by Kristine Kathryn Rusch The Ugly File (1992) / shortstory by Ed Gorman Midnight Grinding (1993) / shortstory by Ronald Kelly Multiple Dwelling (1993) / shortstory by Kathleen Jurgens Night Life (1993) / shortstory by Michael Cassutt A Stain Upon Her Honor (1993) / shortstory by John Edward Ames Leavings (1993) / shortstory by Kathe Koja Traumatic Descent (1992) / shortstory by Lawrence C. Connolly Baby Sue, We Love You! (1993) / shortstory by Marthayn Pelegrimas High Concept (1993) / shortstory by David Bischoff Just a Closer Walk with Thee (1993) / shortstory by John Maclay The Banshee (1993) / shortstory by Thomas Tessier Hungry (1992) / shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem Horror Story (1993) / shortstory by Whitley Strieber

Frank Pollard awakens in an alley, knowing nothing but his name and that he is in danger. Over the next few days he develops a fear of sleep because when he wakes he finds blood on his hands and bizarre and terrifying objects in his pockets. Some things are so evil, that death is almost a...  more

Frank Pollard awakens in an alley, knowing nothing but his name and that he is in danger. Over the next few days he develops a fear of sleep because when he wakes he finds blood on his hands and bizarre and terrifying objects in his pockets. Some things are so evil, that death is almost a relief. Detective team Bobby and Julie Dakota agree to investigate where Frank goes when he sleeps. They encounter an ominous figure stalking Frank and ultimately learn that bad places exist in the world of the living; places so steeped in evil that, in contrast, death seems almost a relief...

Karin spends her days tending flowers at the grave of Danny, the husband who abused her until she killed him in self-defense. Even after all he put her through, she cannot let go of him, let go of the regret, or learn to love the husband who now loves her. And then Danny explodes from the grave,...  more

Karin spends her days tending flowers at the grave of Danny, the husband who abused her until she killed him in self-defense. Even after all he put her through, she cannot let go of him, let go of the regret, or learn to love the husband who now loves her. And then Danny explodes from the grave, to give Karin a second chance... He had beaten her and abused her. But somewhere in Danny there had always been a little corner of goodness, a little voice of conscience. Now, risen from the grave, he is all violence and brutal evil. And he is out to get revenge. Crashing into her world, killing as he comes, Danny is cutting a trail of blood and bodies toward Karin, his beautiful Karin, who tended flowers on his grave, and still, even now, has not learned the value of her life...

"We will travel, you and I, across a tortured land where hope struggles to grow like seed in a drought. In this land, a place with no boundaries, we'll run the freeways and back roads and we'll listen to the song of the wheels and peer into windows at lives that might be our own, if we lived in...  more

"We will travel, you and I, across a tortured land where hope struggles to grow like seed in a drought. In this land, a place with no boundaries, we'll run the freeways and back roads and we'll listen to the song of the wheels and peer into windows at lives that might be our own, if we lived in that land." So Robert McCammon introduces this superb collection of 13 stories, nominated for a 1990 Bram Stoker Award for Best Story Collection. The standouts are "Blue World" (a richly imagined novella about a priest facing temptation); "Nightcrawlers" (a World Fantasy Award-winner about a Vietnam vet in a roadside diner); "Night Calls the Green Falcon" (has-been fictional hero dons his old costume to fight real evil); "Yellowjacket Summer" (fateful stop for gas in backwoods Georgia); and "Pin" (dare you to read that one).

Saturday was a normal day. People went shopping. To the movies. Everything was just as it should be. But not for long. By Sunday, civilization was in ruins. Adults had become murderously insane. One by one they became infected with a crazed, uncontrollable urge to slaughter the young - even...  more

Saturday was a normal day. People went shopping. To the movies. Everything was just as it should be. But not for long. By Sunday, civilization was in ruins. Adults had become murderously insane. One by one they became infected with a crazed, uncontrollable urge to slaughter the young - even their own children. Especially their own children.

The Nightmare Chronicles is a world of horror within the boundaries of a book -- the equivalent of opening a pandora's box of terror and growing fear. "Clegg delivers!" -- John Saul It begins in an old tenement with a horrifying crime. It continues after midnight, when a young boy, held...  more

The Nightmare Chronicles is a world of horror within the boundaries of a book -- the equivalent of opening a pandora's box of terror and growing fear. "Clegg delivers!" -- John Saul It begins in an old tenement with a horrifying crime. It continues after midnight, when a young boy, held captive in a basement, is filled with unearthly visions of fantastic and frightening worlds. How could his kidnappers know that the ransom would be their own souls? For as the hours pass, the boy's nightmares invade his captors like parasites--and soon, they become real. "Douglas Clegg pulls out the stops of terror!" -- Publishers Weekly Thirteen nightmares unfold: A young man searches for his dead wife among the crumbling buildings of Manhattan...a journalist seeks the ultimate evil in a plague-ridden outpost of India...ancient rituals begins anew with the mystery of a teenage girl's disappearance...and in a hospital for the criminally insane, there is only one doorway to salvation...But the night is not yet over, and the real nightmare has just begun. Thirteen chilling tales of terror from one of the masters of the horror story. "Douglas Clegg is a weaver of nightmares!" -- Robert R McCammon

Rolf Rudolph Deutsch is going die. But when Deutsch, a wealthy magazine and newpaper publisher, starts thinking seriously about his impending death, he offers to pay a physicist and two mediums, one physical and one mental, $100,000 each to establish the facts of life after death.Dr. Lionel...  more

Rolf Rudolph Deutsch is going die. But when Deutsch, a wealthy magazine and newpaper publisher, starts thinking seriously about his impending death, he offers to pay a physicist and two mediums, one physical and one mental, $100,000 each to establish the facts of life after death.Dr. Lionel Barrett, the physicist, accompanied by the mediums, travel to the Belasco House in Maine, which has been abandoned and sealed since 1949 after a decade of drug addiction, alcoholism, and debauchery. For one night, Barrett and his colleagues investigate the Belasco House and learn exactly why the townfolks refer to it as the Hell House.