Weird Fantasy

“The Garden of Fear” explores reincarnation, anthropology, theology, and evolution, through the quest of James Allison as Hunwulf, living a life that was once his own. It’s a riveting tale of primordial love and cosmic memory, set in a landscape both surreal and dangerous. The story begins with James Allison, who possesses a unique ability to recall his past lives. As he lies on his deathbed, he vividly remembers being Hunwulf, a member of the Æsir tribe.

Fifty-something librarian Shona is a proud former pupil of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls but has a deep loathing for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which she thinks gives her alma mater a bad name. Impeccably educated and an accomplished martial artist, linguist and musician, Shona is selected by Marcia Blaine herself to travel back in time for a crucial mission involving Macbeth, the weird sisters and a black cat.

A masterpiece of Gothic horror and suspense that inspired such writers as H. P. Lovecraft, The Three Impostors is Machen’s famous collection of “weird tales” - a string of shocking short stories woven together with a fine narrative thread. The three impostors of the title are members of a secret society devoted to debauched pagan rites who weave a web of deception in the streets of London as they search for a missing Roman coin commemorating an infamous orgy by the Emperor Tiberius and close in on their prey: “the young man with spectacles”.

As two of the members heal in hiding, a new, ageless pair of enemies—the mysterious Archange and witchy Hellcat Kate, powerful beyond anything the Riders have thus far imagined—emerges from the mists, spreading chaos in their wake! The key to their defeat seems to lie in an arcane bejeweled hand and the infamous Hole in the Wall hideout of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid—if the Riders win the race through...the mists of time!

The first book in the Huggabie Falls trilogy - the funniest, craziest, weirdest series ever written, so far. Kipp Kindle and his friends Tobias Treachery and Cymphany Chan live in Huggabie Falls, the weirdest town on Earth. Weird things happen all the time - that’s normal. But when an extremely weird thing happens Kipp and his friends know that something is wrong. They embark on a fast-paced, action-packed, hilarious adventure to find out what is making everything turn normal and to return the weirdness to Huggabie Falls.

(Rated "G" for General Audience) ... Can love be found in the strangest places? Follow the paths of the heart and the stars and find out. Cathy & the Dolphin Reporter Mark asked, "The others who were on the boat with you, did you see what happened to them?"....."They died," replied the girl. "He tried to save them, but they grew frightened and swam away from him."....."By 'he,' do you mean the dolphin?" Mark inquired, puzzled....."He is a prince," the girl said....."A prince?" Mark questioned, mouth quirking in surprise....."Yes, a prince," she repeated, chin raised..... Stardust He caught ...

Join Wallace Forbes as he encounters the enigmatic insomniac Alfred Kramer on a train journey like no other. Alfred, with his strange appearance and terrifying dreams, will take you on a mesmerizing ride through time and ancestors. Experience the suspense, excitement, and fear as Alfred unveils the secrets of his Kappa-ray device, allowing him to relive the experiences of his ancestors in his haunting dreams.

This compelling collection will engage the lovers of horror, fantasy, and science fiction and marry their eccentric desires in the church of Blithecraft. Twelve stories suitable for the discerning fantasist. A blithely return to the eccentric craft of weird short stories. Tales of other dimensions, eldritch beasts, and seditious sirens. Ancient witchcraft, necromancers, and giant arthropods. Worlds of past, present, and future are presented in a classical style with contemporary beguile.

No one should ever come between a man’s family and his guns. Not if they want to live. Not even a demon. Or a demonic horde. Especially when those guns belong to a spellslinger. The demons who killed his father had a death wish, for Koren D’uene is a ja’lel, a gun knight, and his is the job of granting wishes. His guns spoke, and demons fell. Infernal Fire is a weird western, a Wild West-inspired fantasy adventure novel of roughly 50,000 words.

The case of a lost husband leads Holmes and Watson into the bowels of the new Underground system, where they uncover a fiendish scheme – the recently deceased are being forced to work as unpaid labor in the tunnels. And soon the walking dead come up into the city itself, spreading mayhem and disease. Holmes must find the perpetrator of these atrocities, and stop him, before the plague engulfs London.

Cleve is a relic hunter scouring the wastelands for rusty gold in the year 2090. Most of civilization has been decimated and Cleve exists hand to mouth, trading with mutants at supply huts to feed himself. Cleve observes a calendar that few acknowledge. Soon, it will be his favorite day: December 25th. This day celebrates the birthday of our savior, Santa Christ. Cleve needs an Xmas miracle. And a gruesome one is heading his way!

Here can be found a dozen tales of Sword & Sorcery, horrors, and of recent pasts unimagined before now. Discover worlds where stout warriors face off against mighty foes, common folk gain powers undreamed of, and the edges of the dark sometimes loom oh, so close. The Stories Iron Men of the Amazon Daedalus Reborn Violence Claimed Culmination of a Cold Year Blotting Out the Sun App Flip Phone Assassins of Opportunity Marazook Cold Snap Promises Whispered in Days of Darkness That Time Nazis Kidnapped a Serial Killer and Took Him Back to the Past to Become a Monster

Set along the Great Barrier Reef, ‘The Black Bell Buoy’ recalls the story of two members of the Marine Board who were sent to secure a giant buoy near a dangerous piece of coral. Only one man makes it home though as rumours of a hideous octopus abound.

Ten “Doc” Low is a medic with a dark past, riding the wastes of the desert moon Factus, dispensing medicine to the needy and death to those who cross the laws of the mysterious Seekers. Cursed by otherworldly forces, she stays alone to keep herself safe, and to keep others safe from her … But when she experiences a terrifying vision of conflict and the deaths of those she once called friends, she must drag herself back to the land of the living to stop a war before it begins.

THE CREEPING CITY IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE! Reality has broken down, allowing the spirit world to bleed into our own. The source of this chaos, an ancient demon, stalks the streets, rallying his strength for a final confrontation with the young woman who has the power to stop it and to save our world. Erik Handy, the author of She Never Dies and dRain, brings you an urban fantasy epic that will stretch your imagination . . . and make your skin crawl.

Tanesca, a small town in eastern KS, faces a rash of cattle mutilations, strange weather, an invasion of strangers, crop circles, and weird sightings. Can Frieda and her niece, Anne, stop the vicious woman behind it all?

It takes a demon to hunt a demon... When a powerful demon crosses the Farfall Mountains, the task of tracking and slaying it falls to a man not expected to succeed: Jebediah Skayne, lothario, hustler, hunter of nightmares. Jeb follows the demon's "blood trail" to the fishing town of Portis, where it vanishes. All that remains are the demon's leftovers: corpses, half-dressed, killed in the throes of passion. Forced to rely on more mundane methods of investigation, Jeb uncovers a town rife with corruption, where a man will kill you for looking at a woman the wrong way. A town where his own ...

Earwig takes a rare day off, which he spends drinking by himself in Au Metro, a seedy bar full of drunks, dancers and eccentrics. It is St Martin's day, and in the evening, as crowds parade through the street carrying lanterns through the snow, he is drawn reluctantly into a conversation with a sinister stranger called Tyre. As a result Earwig accidentally maims a waitress with a broken bottle. He understands that on some level Tyre meant this to happen. Shortly afterwards a black cat is delivered to the flat, unasked for.

"A Witch Shall Be Born" is one of the original novels by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian (a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian). The story concerns a witch replacing her twin sister as queen of a city state, which brings her into conflict with Conan who had been the captain of the queen's guard. Themes of paranoia, and the duality of the twin sisters are paramount in this story but it also includes elements of the conflict between barbarism and civilization that is common to the entire Conan series.

Phantom Death is an imaginative story about a painting that has perplexed crowds across Europe. The painting must be viewed in solitude and is presented in a dark room, draped in black silken rope. When the unnamed narrator views the painting for himself, though, he is interrupted by another, setting off an unexpected chain of events.