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A Cosmology of Monsters

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:11:34 +0200

"If John Irving ever wrote a horror novel, it would be something like this. I loved it." —Stephen King
Noah Turner see monsters.
His father saw them—and built a shrine to them with The Wandering Dark, an immersive horror experience that the whole family operates.
His practical mother has caught glimpses of terrors but refuses to believe—too focused on keeping the family from falling apart.
And his eldest sister, the dramatic and vulnerable Sydney, won't admit to seeing anything but the beckoning glow of the spotlight . . . unti it swallows her up.
Noah Turner sees monsters. But, unlike his family, Noah chooses to let them in . . .

The Heroic Legends Series--Solomon Kane

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:25:56 +0200

It’s Christmas eve, but there’s no cheer in Tywyllwch, Wales. Four children have disappeared. The mysterious stranger in black garb might be the culprit. What does he know? Did he really see the Mari Lywd?
Always ready to stop the unbelievable and profane, Solomon Kane has a problem to solve. How do you fight a folk tale?

Conan: Lethal Consignment

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:05:10 +0200

Capturing the electric short fiction energy that led Robert E. Howard to be one of the top fantasy writers of the century, with exclusive serialized eBook stories starring Conan, Solomon Kane, and more by many of today’s top writers in fantasy and sword-and-sorcery.
In a port city in Zingara, Conan of Cimmeria drinks away the last of his meager purse. He’s considering robbing one of the city’s noble houses when he’s approached by a man named Flavio, first mate on a ship called Fortune’s Dawn. The Dawn is seeking mercenaries to transport valuable cargo to Aquilonia, the very heart of civilization.
Conan is suspicious, but also deeply curious and in sore need of the coin, so he takes the job. His suspicions only deepen as he meets the reticent, sparse crew of the ship. However, Conan only realizes the severity of danger he’s walked into when a terrible scream reveals a crew member dead and mutilated on the deck. Armed with only...

Music of the Abyss

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 20:05:09 +0200

The bells have always been a clear sign to the rest of the strange coastal town: stay indoors tonight.
"Music of the Abyss" by Shaun Hamill is one of 27 short horror stories in Nightfire's audio anthology.
Come Join Us by the Fire S2 is the second installment of Nightfire's audio-only horror anthology, featuring a wide collection of short stories from emerging voices in the horror genre as well as longtime fan favorites. The collection showcases the breadth of talent writing in the horror genre today, with contributions from a wide range of genre luminaries including Laird Barron, Indrapramit Das, Shaun Hamill, Daniel M. Lavery, Matthew Lyons, T. Kingfisher, Seanan McGuire, Nibedita Sen, and Nightfire's own Cassandra Khaw and Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Dissonance

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:05:07 +0200

From the acclaimed author of A Cosmology of Monsters ("I loved it" —Stephen King) comes an epic contemporary fantasy, a mixture of The Magicians and It: a story of dark magic, terrible mistakes, and second chances.
"You can never go home again," the saying goes—but Hal, Athena, and Erin have to. In high school, the three were students of the eccentric Professor Marsh, trained in a secret system of magic known as the Dissonance, which is built around harnessing negative emotions: alienation, anger, pain. Then, twenty years ago, something happened that shattered their coven, scattering them across the country, stuck in mundane lives, alone.
But now, terrifying signs and portents (not to mention a pointed Facebook invite) have summoned them back to Clegg, Texas. There, their paths will collide with that of Owen, a closeted teenager from Alabama whose aborted cemetery seance with his crush summoned something far...