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The
Woods Are Dark (The Original, Uncut Version)
Richard Laymon's Long Lost Second Novel As You've NEVER
Read It Before!
"The Woods Are Dark
plunges forward like a Tobe Hooper film based on a scenario by Charles Manson.
Gruesome, frenetic, blood-curdling."
— Dean Koontz
"The Woods Are Dark is a roller-coaster ride through hell. More
disgusting than The Cellar."
— Gary Brandner
The
Woods Are Dark (The Original, Uncut Version)
by Richard Laymon
Featuring a special introduction
by Kelly Laymon explaining the history of the manuscript, how this version
came to exist, and why this edition is more than just 50 pages of deleted
scenes added back in, but instead a totally different novel you've never
read before!
About the Novel:
Neala and her friend Sherri only wanted to do a little backpacking
through the woods. Little did they know they would soon be shackled to a
dead tree, waiting for Them to arrive. The Dills family thought the small
motor lodge in the quiet town of Barlow seemed quaint and harmless enough.
Until they, too, found themselves shackled to trees in the middle of the
night, while They approached, hungry for human flesh....
When this classic novel was first published in 1981, it was heavily cut,
with nearly fifty pages removed. What remained was rewritten by both Laymon
and a Warner Books line editor. Now, for the first time ever, the missing
text has been completely restored—along with Laymon's original words
and vision—and the novel can finally be read the way it was intended.
An excerpt from Kelly Laymon's special introduction to this edition:
"The version you're about to read was the one that was first submitted
to Warner Books... Those of you who have read the Warner edition will notice
that the two books are very different after, say, Chapter 8 or so. How did
I do it? Especially since my father said it couldn't be done? I'm not sure.
It was all there. But the pieces weren't in the same place. There were boxes
of thirty year old manuscripts and I had played with the various drafts
many times over the last six or seven years. I always believed it could
be done. I sure had false starts though. I had to get to know each draft
of the manuscript. Not by the content of the pages, but by the pages themselves.
I evaluated them based on page numbering styles and other forms of continuity.
I didn't want to read any draft until I had settled on what I believed was
the true manuscript...."
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Stephen
King: A Primary Bibliography of the World's Most Popular Author
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Stephen
King: A Primary Bibliography of the World's Most Popular Author
by Justin Brooks
Weighing in at over 560 pages, Stephen
King: A Primary Bibliography of the World's Most Popular Author
is by far the most comprehensive Stephen King Bibliography ever produced,
with 958 separate entries, each with a short description
and full source data, from publication information right down to page numbers!
Author Justin Brooks spent five years compiling this outstanding
reference work, with the assistance of many of the leading King researchers,
collectors and 'super-collectors'. Covering all King's published and known
unpublished works (and, for a VERY limited time only while supplies last,
supplemented with two FREE chapbooks for material published since the book
was sent to the printer--read on for details!) this volume reveals for the
first time dozens of works and appearances previously unknown to King researchers.
Every known English language appearance of the nearly one
thousand pieces of fiction and non-fiction (along with screenplays, plays,
poems and even recipes and puzzles) are listed, some 100 of which were also
previously unknown in the King community.
Working from original sources Brooks has identified and corrected
numerous errors in the previous reporting of material--incorrect titles,
dates, pagination and even publication information.
If you've ever wanted to build your King collection to ensure
you have every piece it is possible to collect, in all their forms, this
is the reference work you must have.
Introduced by noted King researcher Rocky Wood, author of
Stephen
King: Uncollected, Unpublished, the book also carries a comprehensive
Index of titles and alternative titles.
Among new revelations in the book are:
• Two previously unknown King pieces from his high school days--sports
reporting in the Lisbon Enterprise (and these are not the articles King
describes in On Writing)
• The "Why I Love The Beatles Essay" that
won King an award
• King's 1966 Batman and Robin script
• A 1967 column supporting the US troops in Vietnam
• A letter 14 year old King wrote to Forrest J Ackerman,
published in a 1987 auction catalog
• Previously unknown articles and letters to the editor
from The Maine Campus, including a review of the Spring 1969 issue
of Ubris
• A large number of previously unknown letters to the
editor
• Obscure appearances of pieces such as "Brooklyn
August"
• Introductions to the work of other authors; and book
reviews published in unusual venues
• Reprints of both fiction and non-fiction in obscure
newspapers and magazines, including in the UK, Canada and Australia
• Original titles of published works
• Comprehensive details of King's non-fiction in the
Bangor Daily News and other Maine newspaper, much of it controversial
• Dates and publications of 'lost' pieces such as the
reprint of a King's Garbage Truck in a downstate newspaper; and such unusual
venues as Chernobog
Old
Flames by Jack Ketchum
A Brand New Original Novella!
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has become a kind of hero to those of us who write tales of terror and suspense.
He is, quite simply, one of the best in the business."
—Stephen King
Old
Flames
by Jack Ketchum
Featuring a special afterword
by the author explaining the origins of the story!
When her lover betrays her and dumps her coldly, Dora's mind begins to
crack. She tracks down her old high school love to recapture what she might
have had. He's married with a family now, but Dora isn't about to let that
stop her....
Excerpt from the story:
So here I am again, she thought. This is far too familiar.
There was pain of course but she embraced the pain as she always did. He
was big and she was not, so she could count on pain with him. Tears and
sweat were pretty much the same thing anyway she thought. She was opposed
to neither.
But there was yearning. That old unwanted acquaintance.
She wanted—maybe even needed this time—to see his face. A face
could speak what the body didn't. His body told her he was close to coming.
As was she. But that was all it told her. A glance over her shoulder was
insufficient. Especially in the dark. And Owen insisted on his bedroom dark
the way he insisted on taking her from behind.
But here in this room on this bed while he filled her he was emptying her
too. She could feel a winding down. She fought that. Pushed back hard into
his tight flat belly as though the slap of impact flesh against flesh and
his own sounds, his grunts and moans and harsh breathing could meld into
an invisible wind that might whirl around and enter her again through her
open mouth and ears and eyes.
She wanted to be filled. Instead she relinquished wanting.
It was all she could do.
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Serpent
Girl by Ray Garton
Surprise New Original Limited Edition Shipping NOW!
Never Before Published!
Serpent
Girl
by Ray Garton
Steven
Benedetti's work has him driving the lonely highways at night, as it so
often does. But tonight he passes a carnival and decides to stop for a break.
At the carnival, Benedetti meets the Serpent Girl, a woman who stirs him
like no other woman has, a woman who, like Benedetti, has a secret. They
hit the night roads together and begin a journey that will change Benedetti
forever....
Reviews & Praise for Serpent Girl:
"This intense tale of real-life horror may remind some readers of Dostroyevski's
Crime and Punishment... Garton speeds the violent, X-rated action
to its bleak, foreordained climax."
— Publishers Weekly
Excerpt from the story:
A garish tent at the rear of the carnival grounds caught my
eye. Achubby, snaggle-toothed barker stood out front and talked into a bullhorn.
Behind him, the front of the tent was colorfully painted. A girl wrapped
in snakes stood on one side, with lots of writing on the other:
SEE THE SERPENT GIRL!
WATCH HER COMMUNE WITH THE SNAKES!
SEE HER TAME THE SERPENT
THAT ONCE TEMPTED MAN!
The barker shouted through the bullhorn: “She speaks with them, ladies
and gentlemen! She has a psychic connection to these ancient serpents! She
has stunned the audiences of Europe, and now she's here to perform for you!
Come see the Serpent Girl! Another show coming up, you don't wanna miss
it! The Serpent Girl, ladies and gentlemen.”
I went to the booth and bought a ticket, then went through the tent's entrance.
About twenty folding chairs were set up in two columns. A few men were already
seated. Up front was an empty stage. There were speakers in the four corners
of the tent. I went to the front row and sat on the aisle.
A few minutes later, after a couple more men had come in, the lights in
the tent went low. A man's voice came over the speakers: “Now, direct
from the capitals of Europe to perform for you here tonight—Elise,
the Serpent Girl!”
Music came up and a spotlight lit the center of the stage. She stepped
into the light and began to dance in a tiny black, bejeweled bikini. In
her arms, she held an enormous snake, probably a boa constrictor. She stroked
the snake as she undulated, then put it over her head and across her shoulders.
The snake slowly began to coil around her as she danced.
Some of the men in the tent applauded. One of them shouted, “Take
it off, honey!”
She wasn't a terribly good dancer. By the time she held two snakes, she'd
gone through all her moves and was just repeating herself. But she was beautiful,
and I couldn't take my eyes off her...
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Kill
Whitey by Brian Keene:
Trade & Limited Editions Now In-Stock!
Hi Folks!
The BIG Jack Ketchum/Richard Laymon/Ray Garton announcement
is almost here! We're just waiting on one last detail from one of the contributors
and a final piece of cover artwork and then we'll be ready to announce these
three great new books.
We're
pleased to announce that the trade hardcover and signed Limited Editions of
Kill Whitey
by Brian Keene have arrived at our warehouse and we'll have them all ready
to ship out the door next week! As you probably remember, the Limited Edition
sold out very quickly, but there's still the trade hardcover edition available,
so if you've never read a Brian Keene novel before, this is a great place
to start. Read on for details!
Kill
Whitey
by Brian Keene
From bestselling author Brian Keene comes another novel of dark
crime and the supernatural, in the tradition of Terminal...
Larry Gibson longed for something different from his days as
a dock worker and his lonely nights spent drinking with his friends.
When Larry meets Sondra Belov, a beautiful exotic dancer, he
finally gets some excitement in his life — too much excitement.
Now, Larry's friends are dying and he's on the run from the
cops, the Russian mob, and a seemingly invincible madman.
And if Larry wants to live another day, he'll have to figure
out a way to kill Whitey...
KILL WHITEY... how can you kill someone who cannot die?
Praise for Kill Whitey:
"This one is a strange mix of gangster story, horror story and
romance. Yeah, that's what I said. It works though and works very well...
I was hooked by page five, I was captivated by page fifty and completely blown
away by the end of the book. I have liked every Keene novel I have read, but
this one, this one my friends elevates Brian to another level. I have always
known that he was something special, someone to watch, but there is no way
I could have expected this. I realize that it still very early in the year
of 2008 but I am betting that Kill Whitey will become one of if not
THE genre novel of the year. It is really that good... Kill Whitey.
Remember that title, folks are going to be talking about it."
— Dave Dreher, House of Horrors
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Two New Simon Clark
Limited Editions Shipping NOW!
We have two BIG new signed Limited Editions by Simon Clark in-stock
and shipping from our warehouse NOW, so place your order right away if you
don't want to miss out on these fantastic books! Here are the details:
Vampyrrhic
by Simon Clark
WELCOME TO LEPPINGTON
Not far from the coastal town of Whitby is Leppington, nestling
in the purple hills of the North Yorkshire Moors. Quiet, unassuming, a forgotten
backwater – yet beneath Leppington's streets terrifying creatures stir.
They are driven by ancient passion that has become obsession. They are united
in their burning hunger. They share an unending craving. They are Nosferatu.
And they have the power to drain your will to resist. To drain it so utterly
that you will cheerfully, gladly, eagerly surrender yourself to their sharp,
brutal teeth.
AND IN LEPPINGTON DEATH ISN'T ALWAYS FOREVER..
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Vampyrrhic
Rites
by Simon Clark
Vampyrrhic
Rites is the sequel to Vampyrrhic
— this time, we've got more vampires, more blood, and more sheer terror!
Lazarus Deep is a lake that sits like a blot of darkness in
the valley.
Eighteen-year-old Dylan Adams is on the verge of leaving his
hometown for a life in the city, but his plans are dramatically changed when
his old school friend Luke Spencer goes missing. A search finds nothing. All
anyone knows is that he was last seen at Lazarus Deep. Then, in the dead of
the night, Dylan's old friend comes calling. But he's not the same boy that
everyone once knew.
Once more David Leppington, Bernice Mochardi and Electra Charnwood
are drawn together to face the vampiric creatures that are Nosferatu: the
undead. The desolate North Yorkshire Moors have held their secret for more
than a thousand years. Now it is the turn of Lazarus Deep.
This is no beauty spot, and bathing is strictly prohibited.
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Prince
of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman
Oversized Deluxe Signed Limited Edition Hardcover!
Prince
of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman
by Hank Wagner, Christopher Golden, and Stephen R. Bissette
Featuring an exclusive introduction by a surprise author, over
a DOZEN pieces of color artwork, color frontispieces by Dave
McKean, exclusive artwork by Stephen R. Bissette (best-known for Swamp
Thing, Taboo, '1963,' Tyrant, and co-creating John Constantine), and
much much more, this deluxe oversized Cemetery Dance hardcover is going to
be an incredible and beautiful special edition that no Neil Gaiman collection
will be complete without!
Please note: This manuscript
came in at over 1,000 pages, so it's going to be a HUGE oversized edition!
About the Book:
For over twenty years Neil Gaiman has been one of the world's bestselling
authors, and his loyal following is like none other. But no one has ever undertaken
the daunting challenge of cataloging and researching every work the man has
ever created. Until now.
In Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman,
Hank Wagner, Christopher Golden, and Stephen R. Bissette take the reader on
a detailed look at the man and his creations. Highlights include interviews
with the author himself, collected rare works and previously unpublished writing,
photographs, artwork, and conversations with Gaiman's beloved collaborators.
Every story and every character are featured at length in this amazing overview
of an incredible career. Gaiman's own comments are scattered throughout, shedding
light on how he feels about the work he has created
Whether you're new to the worlds of Neil Gaiman or a long time
traveler who knows these roads by heart, there is something new for everyone
in this magnificent special edition of Prince of Stories. Exclusive
to this oversized hardcover edition are a special introduction that won't
appear anywhere else and several other amazing bonus features we can't discuss
just yet! This is going to be the publishing event of the year and we don't
expect copies to last long!
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features, or to place your order!