Weird Fantasy

Welcome to Umberia, a land where magick is as potent as one can maintain interest, where dogheaded sailors traverse the vast seas, and where the gods sent a great flood that nearly destroyed the world. Enter Jake, Tessa and Charlie, three friends from California, who have no idea how they got there or what the strange disk like scars that have suddenly appeared on their backs mean. It isn't long before certain interests pray on the three "smoothskins" from elsewhere and put the friends to the test on whether or not to help with the crusade to kill the gods, and who to trust meanwhile. Jake ...

After Celia Wird and her sisters help master vampire Misha save his family, their powers are exposed to the supernatural community of the Lake Tahoe region. But fame comes at a price, and being "weird" isn't always welcome. To make matters worse, Celia desires the love of Alpha werewolf Aric, but his pack is bent on destroying their relationship to preserve his pureblood status. And once weres start turning up dead - with evidence pointing to the vampires - she must face the prospect of losing Aric forever.

The rise of the Master of Elements shall mark the return of the Wizard King. Weirden’s where . . . . . . chocolates are free, . . . people have windows instead of tummies, . . . and humans are called Ordinaires . . . because it’s a magical realm in the sky! An ordinary high-school boy, Ariston Baker, takes a risky plunge into an archaic picture book to save his friend, Kylan. Ariston soon realizes he has teleported into a magical sky realm called Weirden. Time is of the essence, for he must cross the tricky magical mazes, fetch his friend, and pass the exit gate before sunset, or he ...

If we follow Christ, we're not supposed to be like everyone else. We’re supposed to be a little bit…well, weird. The whole point of Christianity is to become more like Jesus and less of who we are when left to our own devices and desires—to become less like the rest of the world, less normal.

Directly after the events of the first epic adventure, Jake finds himself in one of the strangest situations of his life, and that's saying something. As he and Ivar deal with this odd situation, a series of ritualistic killings occur. Bodies are found drained of blood and bearing a strange mark on their foreheads. Jake soon discovers that these murders could be heralds of something far more ominous and destructive, something that Dontavius DeMarco is closely linked to.Soon, Jake is embroiled in a vast and ancient conspiracy to bring about an old evil that could mean the end of not only the...

Jake Corba is a man who has lived under an ancient curse all his life. He is functionally possessed by a demon and has spent most of his adult life denying his family and his heritage. That all changes when a mysterious man known only as Ivar steps into his life in an attempt to help Jake accept the man he is destined to become. Through his journeys, Jake fights demons, zombies, and all manner of supernatural creatures, but as he does he finds himself square in the middle of a trap that has been laid out over the span of decades by two enemies from his past seeking revenge

There is a thief of time at work in Longhampton. No children are born, people are tired and ill. Jennifer is sent to spend the summer holidays with her Aunt Matty, a clock repairer, but it is not by chance. The thief of time brought her here, and he has eternal life to offer.

Tresor Day dawns bright and beautiful. As the village gathers for its annual Well-Drop–sending children down into a well to find an elusive key–elderly Miss Cabe knows deep in her bones that a thing about this day simply is not right. A quick read, Tresor Day was inspired by a haunting image encased in a glass paperweight the author's grandfather gave to her. The photo is included in the book so that you, dear reader, will be haunted, too.

Jarek leaves the safety of the City to travel far and wide. A cursed priestess Hidden chambers Strange afflictions Danger lurks at his every step. In order to survive, Jarek must learn the secrets of the road! Discover the epic deeds of Jarek the Scholar, a new pulp hero, inside this anthology of fantasy and mystery.

Twelve wacky tales from the brilliant and twisted mind of H.D. Ingles. A blend of intriguing mysteries, spicy thrillers, zany parodies, alluring dramas, and feel-good parables, with a touch of the supernatural and a hint of the downright surreal. From the sad and terrifying to the hilarious and uplifting, from a miserly old man whose dark past catches up with him, to a young woman trying to make her way in the business world any way she can, this collection will take you on a journey across the human condition. Who doesn't want a little adventure from time to time? Meet Kenny Sparks, a ...

In this volume, six months have passed since the events of DH:Second Coming and while most of the world has no memory of what happened, Jake and a few of his allies still remember. Everyone is still recovering, but Jake's worries are just beginning. The Black List looms over his head and one name upon it has him troubled.When his hand is forced, Jake must finally see to the list, but before he can start, names are being crossed off already and it's a race against time to stop whoever is killing those on the list before they set their sights on someone near and dear to Jake.His efforts ...

Janessa seemed totally happy with their existence, here in their floating city. She seemed to be happy with many of the aspects of their life. Justin was not so sure about what they had together, but lack of contentment was not quite enough to send him on the Long Walk down First Avenue. But when their friend Ben took the Long Walk, all that was about to change. A compelling contemporary fantasy.

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.

Families that kill together, stay together. The Lawman and his weary companions have survived the Rites and are headed west for Victory Island. Not far behind, Lothair Eichberg has sworn to take revenge for the murders of his own kind. Along the way they encounter another infamous figure from the past recently revived and intent on taking over the world. The frozen dead are still rising, starving for human flesh. Ancient family ties will bring them all together again for one final, bloody reunion.

Here a quartermaster must discover why the human insists that the mass produced broom, identical down to the molecule to every other broom on the base, is the "wrong" broom, and why and how they expect him to fix it. Here aliens learn the meaning of "enough C4". Here a medic meets the challenge of understanding why a human thinks it can survive on chocolate cake.

What if love awaits not around the corner but in a parallel reality at the edge of the universe or through the looking glass? In this collection of short stories, explore love from eight different angles of weird, fantastical, and out-of-this-world. The stories in this collection include: "Tiny Moments", "Our Song", "Brain", "A Mutual Feeling", "A Lover's Kiss", "Time After Time", "Intersections", and "Small Talk in Elevators".

Snake oil salesman Dr. Darius Darke and other "legends" of the Old West are called upon to fight a band of brain-eating bandits in a three-dimensionally-challenged box canyon. This story is a prequel to David Bain's full-length weird Western novel Riders Where There Are No Roads. David Bain is the author of Death Sight, the first novel in the Will Castleton psychic detective series, Gray Lake: A Novel Of Crime And Supernatural Horror and several short story collections.

Want to hear a story? You may want to turn on all the lights and lock the doors. You'll get some relief, not all of these books are scary. But the ones that are... Well... Aida Love is a many splendid thing. It can make you blind. It can make you feel like you're floating on a cloud. It can make you go crazy. In this fast-paced romantic thriller, we see that love can be the end of all things. A kiss can contain eternal bliss or eternal madness. What would you do for Love? George would do anything. The Old Couple Pete checks on his elderly parents at least once a week. The countless visits ...

After looking for a quiet town where he can finally hang up his gun belt, a weary gunslinger has to face one final enemy before he can retire in peace. "Tumbleweeds" is part of the Tumbleweeds & Terror™ series of standalone tales of the weird west.

This important new anthology collects 13 tales by forgotten women writers from the seminal Weird Tales magazine, originally published between the 1920s and 1950s. The authors featured are Everil Worrell, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Greye La Spina, and Eli Colter. This edition also features a new introduction by Melanie Anderson.