Small World by Tabitha King Signed Limited Edition Announced Today!

Roger Tinker is an evil genius with a machine that can work a terrible miracle…

Small World by Tabitha King
Surprise New Signed Limited Edition Headed to the Printer Next Month!

Free US Shipping For A Limited Time Only!

Hi Folks!

We’re extremely pleased to announce our special signed Limited Edition of Small World by Tabitha King, which will be headed to the printer next month!

Note for the Collectors:
Small WorldThis is the first of several Limited Editions by Tabitha King that we’ll be publishing, and collectors who order this book through our website will be the first notified about future special editions!

About the Book:
Roger Tinker is an evil genius with a machine that can work a terrible miracle…

When Leyna Shaw awoke, she was aware that something was different — terribly different. First she looked down at her tall, lovely body and saw no change. Then she looked around the room. It took her a moment to recognize it.

It was the White House bedroom.

Then she saw the Eye. And the Hand.

The hand came to touch her as Leyna screamed and screamed…

Special Features Exclusive to this Collector’s Edition:
• original cover artwork by Caniglia
• a full-color signature sheet personally signed by the author and hand-numbered or hand-lettered to make each copy unique
• extremely collectible print run that will never be reprinted
• Smyth sewn binding and acid-free paper, so this collectible volume can last for generations
• Limited Edition bound in full-cloth
• Deluxe Hardcover Lettered Edition bound in leather, Smyth sewn with a satin ribbon page marker, raised hubs on the spine, custom gilded page edges dipped by hand, a full-color signature sheet, and featuring unique full color endpapers not appearing in any other edition

Read more on our website or place your order while supplies last!

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!

What I Learned from Stephen King: 'Cujo' and Other Grown-Up Monsters

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Cujo and Other Grown-Up Monsters

cujocoverConsidered to be one of his darkest works, Stephen King’s Cujo is not for the cowardly. It is relentless in its forward motion, coming at you “like a brick heaved through a window,” as King himself once described.

It’s frightening. It’s gruesome. It’s savage. It’s violent.

It’s also incredibly depressing. Continue Reading

Stephen King’s Finders Keepers Slipcases In-Stock!

Finders Keepers: A Novel
by Stephen King
Custom Slipcases Are IN-STOCK NOW!

Hi Folks!

Our custom-made slipcases for Finders Keepers by Stephen King have shipped to those who preordered them, and after checking our counts, we DO have slipcases left for those who might have missed out! These fit the US hardcover edition perfectly and you can click on the photo below to place your order!

Finders Keepers

Place your order today so you don’t miss out!

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!

Review: 'Lost in the Dark: A Collection of Short Stories' by Joe Mynhardt

LostDarkLost In the Dark: A Collection of Short Stories by Joe Mynhardt
Crystal Lake Publishing (2012)
200 pages; $6.99 paperback/$0.99 ebook
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington

Joe Mynhardt is a South African writer of horror with more than 50 published short stories to his credit. He is also the owner and operator of Crystal Lake Publishing, publishers of horror and dark fantasy.

Lost In the Dark: A Collection of Short Stories contains a dozen examples of Joe’s writing covering a wide variety of horror tropes.Continue Reading

Review: 'The Unhinged' by David Bernstein

The Unhinged by David Bernstein
Samhain Publishing (November 2014)
226 pages; $14 paperback; ebook $5.50
Reviewed by Damon Smith

UnhingedIn some ways reading David Bernstein’s The Unhinged reminded me a lot of Brian Keene’s The Rising; not in themes or setting, but in terms of emotions the book got out of me. I felt emotionally drained after finishing The Unhinged.  While Keene’s zombie magnum opus earned that emotional drainage on me with character development and interesting plotting and twists in its respective genre, The Unhinged is merely an unpleasant slog at best.Continue Reading

Paper Cuts: The Paper Cuts 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

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The Paper Cuts 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

I’ve made no secret about using this column to bridge the gap between the sometimes-at-odds and sometimes-overlapping horror fiction and horror film fandoms.

But if there’s one thing that unifies all varieties of horror obsessives, it’s our love of crass consumerism and physical media.

In that spirit, I thought I’d make this month’s installment of Paper Cuts a kind of public service. You can email this article to family and loved ones, make the subject heading “I found this interesting” and BOOM! you’ve got some sweet gifts coming to you this holiday season.Continue Reading

Dominoes in Time by Matthew Warner Reviewed In The Horror Fiction Review!

Dominoes in Time
by Matthew Warner

eBook Available For IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD!

Hi Folks!

Yet another outstanding review has arrived for Dominoes in Time by Matthew Warner:

Dominoes in TimeDominoes in Time showcases Warner’s ability to pen authentic paranoia from many different angles…and his blending of the macabre with some finely placed humor makes this collection sing. At times reminiscent of classic Twilight Zone episodes, Warner’s stories are engaging and more often than not will take you places you didn’t see coming.”

Read the rest of the review over at The Horror Fiction Review and then place your order through your favorite eBook store:

Download from Amazon (US)Download from Amazon (Canada)Download from Amazon (UK)Download for the NookDownload from Kobo Download from the iBookstore

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!

Carrie by Stephen King: The Deluxe Special Slipcased Gift Edition!

Carrie by Stephen King
The Deluxe Special Slipcased Gift Edition
A collectible limited ONE TIME PRINTING featuring an Introduction by Stephen King, an Afterword by Tabitha King, six full color paintings by Tomislav Tikulin, and Special Bonus Features exclusive to this edition!

Hi Folks!

CarrieFor those who are new to our newsletter and are looking for a great gift for the Stephen King fan in your life (or yourself!), check out our SLIPCASED GIFT EDITION of Carrie by Stephen King, which is very different than the copies you’ve seen in bookstores over the years!

Some of the special features that make this special edition unique are:

• deluxe oversized design (7 inches X 10 inches) featuring two color interior printing as part of the page design
• printed on a heavy interior specialty paper stock that is much thicker than the paper in a normal trade edition
• protected in a custom-made slipcase featuring two-color hot foil stamping
• an introduction by Stephen King detailing why he wrote the book
• a lengthy afterword by Tabitha King discussing the book’s unbridled exploration of adolescent terror, sexuality, and the unknown
• epic wrap-around full-color dust jacket artwork by Tomislav Tikulin
• full-color interior paintings by Tomislav Tikulin
• color interior artwork will be printed on a heavy glossy stock and tipped into the book
• signature sheet artwork for all three editions by Glenn Chadbourne
• high-quality endpapers and fine bindings
• full-page reproduction of the telegram Doubleday editor Bill Thompson sent Stephen King to announce the publisher was buying the book
• extremely collectible print run that is a tiny fraction of the TENS OF MILLIONS of copies of this novel you’ve seen in bookstores over the last 40 years!

Here are a few of the photos we’ve posted of this beautiful special edition:

Carrie by Stephen King Gift Edition

Carrie by Stephen King Gift Edition

Carrie by Stephen King Gift Edition

Carrie by Stephen King Gift Edition

Read more or place your order while our supplies last!

Horror Drive-In: The Book is Usually Better

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The Book is Usually Better

You hear it all the time: The book is always better than the movie adaptation. Oddly, I mostly hear it from non-readers. They wearily repeat the mantra they’ve heard from tiresome readers like us. “I know, I know, the book is always better.”

But is it? The source novel of any adaptation is certainly much, much, better in most instances. Nearly all of them, in fact.Continue Reading

Review: 'Hot Blood' by Tony Richards

Hot Blood by Tony Richards
Samhain Publishing (September 2014)
362 pages, e-book $6.50, paperback $17.42
Reviewed by Joshua Gage

hot-bloodHot Blood is the story of Tanya Merrit, a Ykraal. Ykraal are night based creatures who burn in the sunlight and require the blood of human beings for strength. They are not, however, vampires. Ykraal have a more symbiotic relationship with their victims, and Tanya is often seen seducing and making love to her victims before drinking their blood, mesmerizing them in the process so there is no pain or fear. When Tanya’s girlfriend, Kathy, is stolen away by a true, parasitic vampire, Wolkran, the novel follows Tanya as she chases Wolkran across the globe in an attempt to stop him and get Kathy back.

For readers looking for an international adventure story, Hot Blood delivers. Continue Reading

End of Watch: A New Novel by Stephen King

End of Watch: A New Novel
by Stephen King
“IN ROOM 217 OF THE LAKES REGION TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CLINIC, SOMETHING HAS AWAKENED. SOMETHING EVIL.”

Hi Folks!

We’re pleased to report we’ll be receiving copies of End of Watch by Stephen King for our collectors and we’ll also be producing one of our popular custom-made slipcases for this title like we have for the last few King books!

About the Book:
End of WatchIN ROOM 217 OF THE LAKES REGION TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CLINIC, SOMETHING HAS AWAKENED. SOMETHING EVIL.

Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of the Mercedes Massacre, where eight people were killed and many more were badly injured, has been in the Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic for five years, in a vegetative state. According to his doctors, anything approaching a complete recovery is unlikely. But behind the drool and stare, Brady is awake, and in possession of deadly new powers that allow him to wreak unimaginable havoc without ever leaving his hospital room.

Retired police detective Bill Hodges, the unlikely hero of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers, now runs an investigation agency with his partner, Holly Gibney, who delivered the blow to Hartsfield’s head that put him on the brain injury ward. Brady also remembers that. When Bill and Holly are called to a murder-suicide with ties to the Mercedes Massacre, they find themselves pulled into their most dangerous case yet, one that will put not only their lives at risk, but those of Hodges’s friend Jerome Robinson and his teenage sister, Barbara. Because Brady Hartsfield is back, and planning revenge not just on Bill Hodges and his friends, but on an entire city.

In End of Watch, Stephen King brings the Hodges trilogy to a sublimely terrifying conclusion, combining the detective fiction of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers with the supernatural suspense that has been his trademark. The result is an unnerving look at human vulnerability and up-all-night entertainment.

Add A Special Exclusive Slipcase To Your Order To Protect Your Book!

Even though End of Watch by Stephen King is being published by another publisher, we will be producing one of our popular custom-made slipcases for this title like we have for the last few Stephen King books!

The easiest way to add a slipcase to your purchase is by selecting the “Trade Hardcover Edition with Exclusive Slipcase!” option on the product page — you’ll also save on shipping by ordering this way! (You can order just the slipcase by itself on the End of Watch custom slipcase product page.)

Don’t know what a slipcase is? That’s okay! You can see some sample images of other slipcases we’ve made below. We’re using the same high-quality materials we have used for our previous Stephen King cases, with one color hot foil stamping. The company who makes these for us is the best in the business and you won’t find a better way to protect your investment! (If you are new to collecting, you can read more about slipcases on our Book FAQ page.)

We’re selling these special slipcases for just $24.95, making them an extremely affordable way to protect your book.  These cases will be produced after the book is published because we need a real copy of the book to get the sizing just right and your book and slipcase will ship together to save you on shipping. We think our collectors will be very pleased with what we have in mind for these very special cases, so don’t wait to place your order!

Sample Slipcase Photo:
Sample Photos

Place your order today so you don’t miss out!

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!

Wolf Hunt 2 by Jeff Strand Signed Limited Edition!

Wolf Hunt 2 by Jeff Strand
Signed Limited Edition Features an Exclusive Bonus Story!

Hi Folks!

We’re pleased to report we’ll be receiving copies of the Signed Limited Edition of Wolf Hunt 2 by Jeff Strand from Dark Regions Press, and we don’t expect these to last very long!

Wolf Hunt 2Special Note For Collectors:
The signed hardcover editions of Wolf Hunt 2 feature an exclusive 10,000 word bonus story “My Werewolf Neighbor” and three exclusive interior illustrations by artist Frank Walls!

About the Book:
George and Lou used to be thugs for hire. Now they’re living in a shack in Costa Rica, hiding from the crime lord who wants them dead. Their last job, to deliver him a werewolf in a cage, went… badly.

But they can’t hide out forever, and when they’re finally captured, it seems as if George and Lou’s ultimate fate will involve being doused in gasoline and set aflame. Instead, they’re given a second chance. There’s another werewolf out there. This time, it’s Ally, a fourteen-year-old girl.

Kidnapping a teenaged girl is a major conflict with George and Lou’s moral code, but they also aren’t fans of being brutally executed, so they agree to the job. After all, the crime lord doesn’t want to kill Ally–he just wants her to bite him. They’ll snatch her, deliver her as promised, and then do everything they can to return her home safely. She doesn’t even know she’s a werewolf; it’s not as if she’ll create any complications by transforming.

Of course, this is George and Lou, so there are many, many complications.

The worst of which is that they’ve now enraged three other extremely nasty werewolves…

Read more or place your order while supplies last!

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!

Review: 'At the Lazy K' by Gene O'Neill

LazyKAt the Lazy K by Gene O’Neill
Written Backwards (May 2015)
162 pages; $10.00 paperback
Reviewed by W.D. Gagliani

All the best storytellers get it done without verbal fireworks. In fact, too much style can easily get in the way of the story – in part sparseness is what makes hardboiled fiction still work so well decades after it was written. While it’s not in the hardboiled vein, Gene O’Neill’s novella At the Lazy K is a good example of the simple art of storytelling. It’s not as easy to do as it looks, but when it works it should look easy. O’Neill always does well with common man narrators and/or characters, presenting events from their perspective with an old-fashioned street-smart approach that’s winningly convincing.Continue Reading