Drabbler 15
The theme for Drabbler #15 is "Living on an Alien World." As always, our writers came up with some stuff not even Al Gore thought of. We're expecting our Nobel at any moment. Meanwhile, you can see what we're talking about by ordering a copy.
$4.50 + S&H
Cover of Darkness Nov. 2009 edited by Tyree Campbell
Cover of Darkness is a digest of dark urban fantasy and horror stories, interspersed with poems here and there. You won't find a lot of intestines, gall bladders, blood buckets, or pineal glands, just good dark spooky stuff. Come get a copy.
stories:
Linda L. Donahue: The Bone Church
Ferrel D. Moore: Ricci's Last Night
Michelle D. Sonnier: Gathering Luck
Tyree Campbell: Generation Gap
Julie Serroul: Letters to Mom
Cathy Buburuz: Trailer Trash in Cinderella's Palace
Lawrence R. Dagstine: Zombie Mountain
David R. Sullivan: The Pharaoh Witch
poems:
Hillary Bartholomew: Trees Walk In The Rain
Holly Day: New Growth
Jene Erick Beardsley: Things That Go Bump In The Night
Thomas P. Feeny: Ounce of Prevention
Miguel de Leon: Dark Song
Hillary Bartholomew: All Hallows Eve
Stephen J. Williams: Priscilla
Vanessa Watters: The Puritan
$10.00 + S&H
Bedtime Stories for the Apocalypse by Joel Arnold
Got your nightlight on?
A man journeys with a pregnant stranger, while unseen aliens deal out punishment from above.
A phone call in the middle of the night reminds someone of a chilling mission.
A priest’s skin oozes a healing elixir.
Are your blankets pulled up tight?
A self-absorbed husband monitors the end of his existence over the Internet.
A teenager digs through a deep crust of waste and bone to win his freedom.
A school field trip reveals a disturbing method for protecting our children.
Are all your doors locked?
If so, then perhaps you’re ready for Joel Arnold’s Bedtime Stories for the Apocalypse.
“Joel Arnold is the real deal. He elicits a subtle element of terror and justice through his writing, delivered without a heavy hand. His exceptional imagery effects readers in a way that leaves them chilled and disturbed; causing the kind of behavior that will have friends asking "what's bothering you," for days afterwards.” D.L. Russell, editor of Strange, Weird & Wonderful Magazine.
TOC:
Shiners
Mr. Blue
Padre Sapo
Narcissus in Links
Branding Day
Night of the Cold Caller
Burrow
Harvey's Favorite Color
Working Class Hero Worship
$10.00 + S&H
Blood Sampler: Subtle Sips & Spicy Shots by David Lee Summers and Lee Clark Zumpe
Two of the finest minds in the genres have amalgamated their imaginations to come up with some of the rockinest and rollinest vampire flash fiction this side of Bucharest. David Lee ["Yes, we have no sferatu"] Summers, of Tales of the Talisman and Heirs of the New Earth fame, and Lee Clark ["So that's Buffy"] Zumpe, mild-mannered reporter for a daily metro-Floridian newspaper, take you on a journey through the short stuff. With detailed illustrations by Caroline O'Neal, who also did the cover art, Blood Sampler is a must-read even if you don't care for the suckers.
$7.00 + S&H
Bondage
With seven original tales and eleven all-new poems, including at least one that is sure to be banned in Orlando, Anaheim, and Paris, and illustrated by Marge B. Simon and Marcia A. Borell, BONDAGE: Tales Of Obsession will take you to worlds of the unanticipated, the compulsive, and the perverse, both in this Universe and in your mind. Housed inside a cover designed in the classic sense by Bruce Boston, this trade paperback is sure to be talked about for decades to come.
$13.50 + S&H
The Book of Tentacles edited by Scott Virtes and Edward Cox
It's been over a year in the making, but finally The Book of Tentacles is reaching out for us from the depths of the minds of various writers. It's a perfect bound trade paperback, and if it has something to do with tentacles, it's in here: science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Yes, there are Cthulhu stories. Yes, there's interspecies romance [between writer and squid, for one]. Yes, there are suckers, graspers, vermicelli, carapaces, and strange adventures on land and in water. Come see what Scott Virtes and Edward Cox have assembled for your reading enjoyment.
INTRO by Scott Virtes
"A Lady’s Quick Reference Note on the Tentacle" – Miss Camille Alexa
"Call of the Bailiff" – Matthew Bey
"Professor Hilliard’s Electric Lantern" – Robert J. Santa
"Lab Assistant" – Marge Simon
"A Quiet Neighborhood" – Laura J. Underwood
"In the Octopus’s Garden" – James S. Dorr
"Drosera" – Joshua Gage
"The Temple of Squoad" – Steve Goble
"A Ferrylouper at Stenness" – Christopher M. Cevasco
"Cascade" – Cathy Buburuz
"Hideki and the Giant Squid" – Mark Lee Pearson
"Mishmash: From the Case File of DragonEye, PI" – Karina Fabian
INTERLUDE: Weird Art by Scott Virtes
"Long and black in the middle of the night" – Sharon Bray.
"Low Life" – Clinton Lawrence
"P6 is Burning" – Scott Virtes
"Slightly Pudgy Writer Seeks Foreign Entanglement" – Tyree Campbell
"What Did She Know of Love" – Terrie Leigh Relf
"Taking Root" – Rob Brooks
"Sucker Punch" – Mark Onspaugh
"The Little Sea Maid" – Kendall Evans & Stephen M. Wilson
"One Big Drinker" – Billy Wong
"To See" – Jim Ehmann
"Mr Octopus Hands" – Brian Rosenburger
"Dead Wait" – Carl Hose
"Jar of Peaches" – Terry Hickman
"The Mantle of Power" – Matt Betts
"Blood Amber" – Keyan Bowes
"Ink and Shadows" – Kali Black
"Azure Doom" – William Blake Vogel III
"The Anemone Garden" – David C. Kopaska-Merkel
"The Signal" – Aurelio Rico Lopez III
OUTRO by Edward Cox
$12.00 + S&H
Celeraine by David McGillveray
Celeraine, published in trade paperback format by Sam's Dot Publishing, consists of three interplanetary science fiction stories by British author David McGillveray. Each story presents a specific problem that humanity might expect to encounter as it moves among the stars one day.
In "The Grieving," the Kellie colony has failed and the Whaskera are dead. Lammas must find out why, and why the woman he loved has been lost in space and time.
In "Celeraine," people get the governments they deserve, but the Somnambulist, a repository of Earth history, can give the Azou Home so much more. But if they don't want it, will Earth force it on them?
In "Ryme's Garden," an alien life form takes over the vegetation, and the birds have not returned. It's time to get out the half-track lawndogs. But is Ryme ready for the changes?
CELERAINE is an E-ride into three interplanetary worlds you won't forget.
$6.50 + S&H
Christina's World by Marge B. Simon
Christina's World by Marge B. Simon is a themed sequence of speculative short stories inspired by Andrew Wyeth's painting of the same title. Here's what Mary Turzillo had to say about it:
“If you’re unfamiliar with the fiction of Marge Simon, you’re in for a treat with Christina’s World. And if you’re already a fan of her poetry and flash fiction, you’ll be delighted with this new experiment in narrative, where individual linked stories build to their own resolution, and yet form a brilliantly fulfilling story arc.
“Christina’s World recalls classic Bradbury and Murakami with a touch of Norman Rockwell’s homespun wisdom and Tim Burton’s weirdness thrown in; an unfurling of sweet homey narrative, dreamlike yet compellingly realistic in intensity.
“And her illustrations are much more than frosting on the cake. This book is a gem you’ll read and reread.”
~ Mary Turzillo, Your Cat & Other Space Aliens
$8.95 + S&H
Cover of Darkness 2008 edited by Tyree Campbell
Cover of Darkness 2008 is a perfect bound magazine anthology featuring dark urban fantasy and horror, with cover art by Bruce Boston. The feature writer in this issue is Stoker Award winner Scott Nicholson [of "The Farm" and "They Hunger"], who contributed his "Beggar's Velvet." Other writers include Michael Merriam, L. Catherine Rollosson, Tyree Campbell, Cathy Buburuz, David Kopaska-Merkel, Pam Clements, and many more! Helpful hint: read this publication with all the lights on.
Temporarily sold out
$8.00 + S&H
Cover of Darkness May 2009 edited by Tyree Campbell
stories
Gail Gray: Fire in Mica
Elizabeth Donald: Weathergirl
Philip S. Meckley: Drained
David Wright: Murder on the Martian Express
Jennifer Crow: Bones of Contention
Jason D. Wittman: The Horror in Celluloid
S. Alan Fox: Technology Bites
Dev Jarrett: Fallen Angel
Cathy Buburuz: Tin Lizzie
Ferrel D. Moore: Counter Creatures
Angeline Hawkes: The Ananias Syndrome
S. L. Bickley: The Cavern of the Yeth Mai
Sam S. Kepfield: Harvest Moon
Val D. Conder: There's Hope
poems
David C. Kopaska-Merkel: Ghost Lakes
Thor Gunnells: Lying Beneath
s.c. virtes: dream engine
Natalie Williams: Whore in a Crypt
Shelly Bryant: Night Falls
Thor Gunnells: A Son's Wish
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: Stone, Blood, and Mortar
illustrations for "Tin Lizzie" by Rafal Hrynkiewicz
$10.00 + S&H
The Drabbler #1
The Drabbler #1 contains the very best entries from The First Between Kisses Drabble Contest, held from 1 April to 31 May 2004, and themed to "alien candle shop." Includes illustrations by 7ARS and Marcia Borell.
$4.00 + $1.00 S&H
The Drabbler #2
The theme of The Drabbler #2 is "alien brothel." This issue contains stories by various writers, and related in some way to alien brothels. The stories range from alien abduction for interesting purposes, to various rituals, to...well, what do you call it when the brothel comes alive and devours the patron? The Drabbler #2 is seductively and sensuously illustrated by 7ARS.
$4.00 + $1.00 S&H
Drabbler #3
Drabbler #3 contains the best stories received for the Third Between Kisses Drabble Contest, which was themed to "Eve and no Adam: The Last Woman in the Universe." Naughtily illustrated by 7ARS, this apocalyptic anthology is a hotbed of passions, intrigue, and remote control.
$4.00 + $1.00 S&H
Drabbler #4
Aliens and Forbidden Love. This issue is edited by L. A. Story Houry and illustrated by 7ARS.
Features: Gail Kavanagh, Cathy Buburuz, Terrie Leigh Relf, Melissa Mead, Gabriel Llanas, Amy M. Smith, Jason D. Wittman, Kevin James Miller, Ian Donnell Arbuckle, David A. Olson, Michael A. Kechula, Jennifer Schwabach, Kathleen Crow, and Greg Beatty.
Temporarily sold out
$4.00 + $1.00 S&H
The Drabbler #5
The theme is The Three Moons, and Terrie Relf edited it. Illustrations by 7ARS.
$4.00 + $1.00 S&H
Drabbler #6
Drabbler #6 is a combined issue, with stories themed to "Alien Employment Line" and "Alien Religious Practices." The stories are hilarious, pithy, poignant, and include a touch of wonder and carnations.
Temporarily sold out
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The Drabbler #8
Theme: Alien Pet Care
Includes work by Amy M. Smith, Melissa Mead, Norman Riger, Kara Hartz, Sean Eret, Bill West, Diane Arrelle, Donald Jacob Uitvlugt, Rikk Flohr, Graeme S. Houston, Matt Harrah, Christine Poulsen, Trina Jacobs, JD Spencer, M. Frost, Mark Terence Chapman, John Parke Davis, and Grace Murray.
$4.00 + S&H
Drabbler #9
The Dark Side of the Moon
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Drabbler 10
Haunted Spaceports
$5.00 + S&H
Drabbler 11
SETI received a broadcast, and this is what it said...
$5.00 + S&H
Drabbler #12
Extra-Terrestrials in FaceSpace
Terrie Leigh Relf: A Special Invitation-Only 5 Opportunity from Xenodate™, the Creators of Xenosynths™
E. Burns Wyand: My Alien Love Affair
Donna Amato: Something Different
Gerald Rice: Analon: The #1 Probah
William J. Kerr Sr: Chaos at "ETs On FaceSpace"
Curt Berry: Think Before You Jump
William J. Kerr Sr: Free Memberships at ETs on FaceSpace"
Elissa Malcohn: FTLM (Faster-Than-Light Messenger) Transcript
Iseult Murphy: She Came From Outer Space
Scott Berry: Ring Around The Planet
R. Scott McCoy: Best Dressed
Melissa Mead: Different POV
J. Hendriks: ET's Last Blog Entry On Spacebook
Ann O'Nimbus: You Think It Could Be The Photo?
Whitney Robertson: FaceSpace Miss Tell
Keith Graham: Dangerous Music
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: Contacts
Catherine Trizzino: Lucy's Baby
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Drabbler 13
Theme: Alien Magic
Drabbler #13 is a perfect bound digest sized collection of flash fiction themed to Alien Magic. It features work by Melissa Mead, Brett Reynolds, Angel Zapata, Jacquelyne Drainville, J. J. Steinfeld, and many more!
$4.00 + S&H
Drabbler 14
This is the 14th installment, the best of the 14th contest, the theme for which was "When Genetic Experiments Go Bad." As always, the interpretation of the theme was left to the writers. Come see what they did. And check out the cover by Scott Virtes.
$4.50 + S&H
Drabbler Special Edition #1
Theme: Alien Sex Secrets: What Your Alien Lover Wants You To Do In Bed.
Drabbles
Tyree Campbell: A Problem In Translation
Jeanne K. Svensson: How To Please Your Alien Lover: A Pocket Guide
John Hayes: Lamia's Love
Mike Stevens: The Forbidden
Glynn Barrass: Nina Demone
Dana L. Freck: Pillow Talk
Iseult Murphy: In a Galaxy far far away
Diane Arrelle: Secrets from a Blue Planet
Derek Osborne: Black Widow Planet
Donald Jacob Uitvlugt: The Xeno Sutra: Reversed Hydrozoan
Rob Brooks: Interview with a Victim
Edward Cox: Skin and Secrets
Gail Wickman: The Metamorphosis, Part 2
Georgia Wilde: Martian Mayhem
Peter Andrew Smith: The Joy of Misunderstandings
Brian Rosenberger: The Fruits of Passion
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: Figure 38
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: About Last Night
Mike Stevens: Big Bang
Mike Stevens: Free Ride
Deborah Waller: A Resemblance to Love
Jeanne K. Svensson: Celestia, Getting What She Wants After Centuries of Flirtation
J. J. Steinfeld: An Unhappily Married Couple Watches an Old Sci-Fi Film on Late-Night TV
Mike Stevens: Oil Required
Harold Pumiceous: A Radiotelephonic Interconnection Between Two Aluionicbivalvoids™
The Boortean Ambassador to Haura: “I am so into you, babe”--and other signs Alien Men watch Primetime Television
The Boortean Ambassador to Haura: When you have sex with someone . . .
Features
Thora Reola: Beauty Secrets of Ionian Tentacle Dancers: Interview with Miara
Are You Ready To "Go Alien"? Take This Short Poll To Find Out Now!
It's Time To Get Your Alien On!
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Ecotastrophe edited by J Alan Erwine
ECOTASTROPHE is a collection of short stories and poetry that examines futures we could face if we continue to damage Earth’s ecology.
The oceans are dying and only desperate measures could save them in Jan Mortimer’s The Empty Ocean. Michelle Mellon’s Undiscovered Horizons questions whether we can truly find the answers out among the stars, or can we only hope to change the future by changing the past as Rebecca S.W. Bates postulates in Walking the River. Also featuring the works of JE Gurley, Bruce Boston, E. Catherine Tobler, Kristine Ong Muslim, and Adam Banks, among others, ECOTASTROPHE is a grim but illuminating view of several possible ecological futures for humanity.
$10.95 + S&H
Encounters edited by Tyree Campbell
In here you'll meet some special people and special creatures. David, who watches the night sky for aliens, only to discover that they're already here. Lucy, who needs a friend and decides that a bear would be great . . . but there's a problem. Andy, who learns that some mannequins are more than what they seem. Isabella, a very unusual dragon. Terri, who's lost on another planet. And Joseph, who hasn't lost his mind . . . not exactly.
These six youngsters are just like you, no matter how old you are. They are curious, lonely, brave, lost, creative, adventurous . . . special. They have a lot in common with you--except, perhaps, for the dragon's scales. Come join them on the adventures of a lifetime.
$6.00 + S&H
Esperance
A compendium of works by Jim Baker and by writers associated with him during his years at the helm. Including brief anecdotes and tributes, ESPERANCE re-introduces Jim Baker to the Universes at large. Come learn more about this gallant and irascible man whose dreams affected so many others.
$9.00 + S&H
Fresh Blood: Tales from the Speculative Graveyard by Lawrence Dagstine
Welcome to the mind of Lawrence Dagstine. With equal facility he can take you to an ice mine in the outer limits of the Solar System or into a camp for zombies, to a world where reptiles are the dominant species, and into the agonies of an unusual addiction. Come dive into this potpourri.
"Lawrence Dagstine has a wonderfully fertile imagination and he has crafted many wonderful, original stories." David Lee Summers, Editor, Tales of the Talisman and author, Heirs of the New Earth.
"Lawrence Dagstine never ceases to amaze me with his abundant talent. His short stories are incredibly imaginative, exceptionally well written, and thoroughly captivating." P.S. Gifford, Author, The Curious Accounts of the Imaginary Friend.
“Dagstine injects some much-needed freshness into his monsters; he endows them with complex qualities both human and inhuman, which somehow makes them all the more disturbing." Ben Thomas, Editor, The Willows Magazine.
$14.95 + S&H
In the Outposts of Beyond edited by Tyree Campbell
"In the Outposts of Beyond" is a trade paperback anthology of stories and poems centered around taverns, trading posts, and watering holes in the Universe. Assassins and refugees, corporate hierarchs and minions, ghosts and shadows, escort you through the fortunes and glories of the worlds of Beyond. Think Casablanca in Outer Space, complete with Ricks and Ilsas and Victors...and Peter Lorres.
Read a review of In the Outposts of Beyond
Invitations
Invitations contains fantasy and science fiction stories and poems for younger readers, with no bad language or "adult" themes. Stories include a rescue by time travel, anticipating a trip to another world, and a nature hike to see Herne the Hunter, among others. This anthology also includes three pages of fantasy to color, a word search, and a brief description of gargoyles.
Includes works from Kathleen McCarthy, Stephen D. Rogers, Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Michael Manis, Sarah Zama, Vera Searles, Rebecca Shelley, Leila Eadie, Samantha Henderson, Stella Evans, Karen A. Romanko, Dorothy Imm, Lee Clark Zumpe, Amy Tibbetts, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, Guy Belleranti, Kristine Ong Muslim, Charlotte Scott, Willow Katsumi Relf-Discartin and Terrie Leigh Relf, by Karen L. Newman, John Ramos, Michael Lohr, McBeth & Libragirl, Cathy Buburuz and Ellen Million, Erin Donahoe, and 7ARS.
$9.00 + $2.00 S&H
Just Because
James Bruce Baker was best known as the editor and publisher of ProMart Publishing, but he was more than that. Jim was also a poet, a novelist, a short story writer, and an opinionated essayist.
Just Because is a collection of his stories, poems, and essays put together as a tribute to a man who did so much for the small press, and so much for many small press writers, poets, and artists.
Jim dreamed of mankind going to space, and he dreamed of the human race improving itself and finally growing up. Here you will find just a sampling of his blueprint.
$15.99 + S&H
Like Birds In The Rain by Marge Simon
Michael Arnzen has this to say about Like Birds In The Rain: ". . . presents a stunning series of literary character studies and poetic flash fictions that are remarkably colorful, slyly cagy, and certainly one of a kind. From twists of dark irony to eruptions of spontaneous wonder, these slices of life cut to the marrow. Simon, a masterful visual artist, always brings a painter's eyes to her fiction and her poetry. In this outstanding new collection she dapples her brush across an emotional canvas to reveal an interior landscape unlike anything she has gifted us with before."
$8.50 + S&H
Little Creatures by Michael McCarty [with special guests]
Here's what William F. Nolan, who wrote Logan's Run, has to say about McCarty:
"McCarty yowls. The wild man inside is given full rein, and off he goes on a bizarre trip of the imagination, all stops out, no limits, hell-for-leather. Check out “Giant Cockroaches From Outer Space” or “The Pet Exorcist Files,” or “Stephen King And The Pit Bull From Hell.” Not to overlook “Scrooge 3000,” which is almost as long as Mike’s introduction for it!
"I defy you to keep a straight face upon encountering Mike’s seven-foot dancing cockroaches, frustrated vampires, demon-possessed house pets, gator-guys and killer kittens. Not to forget “Bunny Boy,” the ill-at-ease, pink-rabbit-suited superhero – who can hop over tall buildings in a single bound (his floppy ears help break the fall)."
With Special Guests:
Linnea Quigley, Mark McLaughlin, Teri Jacobs, Sherry Decker, R.L. Fox, Scott Morschhauser, Cindy Hulting, Sandy DeLuca, Connie Corcoran Wilson & Terrie Leigh Relf.
$14.95 + S&H
A Little Help From My Fiends by Michael McCarty & Guests
Michael McCarty – Bram Stoker Award Finalist, author of Dark Duets and Little Creatures, and co-author of All Things Dark and Hideous – returns with his fourth fiction collection. A Little Help From My Fiends features 20 short stories co-written with the help of McCarty's fiendish collaborators, who include Bram Stoker Award Winners Mark McLaughlin and Charlee Jacob, as well as Sherry Decker, Michael Louis Calvillo, Terrie Leigh Relf, and Sandy DeLuca, plus other guests. Lurking within these pages, you’ll find cannibal popstars, superheroes and werewolves, rock 'n' roll robots, sexy aliens, a henpecked vampire, a creeping horror with a taste for literature, and plenty of other wild and weird surprises.
$12.95 + S&H
Long Way Home by R. D. Robbins
On 31 May 2003 Richard D. Robbins, MD and writer, passed away after a tough bout with cancer. Some of his writing includes several post-apocalyptic stories of Coney Island and New York City, a poem about the social humiliations of a farting dragon, and a ne'er-do-well surgeon who is contracted to perform "enhancement" surgery on the Prince of the Peacock World. With the assistance of his wife Carrie, Sam's Dot Publishing has assembled a collection of the best of his works, and published it in a sort of magazine-chapbook format, with a sturdy stock cover bearing a Laura Givens artpiece, and on sturdy tan parchment paper. In addition to the works mentioned above, this collection contains science fiction stories, Old West doctor stories, coming-of-age stories, love stories [including one about an intern who becomes enamored of his practice cadaver][well, R.D. was always a bit quirky], and of course poetry.
$14.00 + S&H
Lowering One's Self Before Fate, and other stories by J Alan Erwine
A collection of 20 short stories from prize winning science fiction author J Alan Erwine. Included you will find a fight to save Martian microbes, a Taoist community under attack, and America under siege, and just about every subject in between.
$14.95
The Modern Art Cave edited by Erin Donahoe
Folklore, fairytales, and the future. Mazes of words and art. Three mysterious old ladies, and a bag which holds more that it seems. Shapeshifters whose eyes and hands whisper their secrets. Journeys under the sea, far deeper than 20,000 leagues. Leviathans and dragons, fairies and princesses, sorcerers and illusionists. The stars, the beings who catch
them, the beings who fell from them, and the beings who sail among them. Prepare yourself.
Featuring work by Cathy Buburuz, Tyree Campbell, Erin Donahoe, Marge Simon and many more.
Nursery Rhyme Noir by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
Have you ever wondered about all the crime in fairy tales?
For example:Why did the dish abduct the spoon? Was there ransom involved?
Who mutilated the three blind mice, and why?
Was Willie Winkie a misunderstood somnambulist or a peeping tom?
What was Miss Peep really doing with those sheep?
Was Jack Sprat anorexic, or did his wife snarf all his food?
NOW IT CAN BE TOLD!
David Kopaska-Merkel's grim tour-de-farce, Nursery Rhyme Noir, details some three dozen of the most egregious offenses solved by Kopaska-Merkel's intrepid detective, Hasp Deadbolt. With noirish illustrations and cover by A. R. Stone.
$11.00 + S&H
Panic
Panic is a magazine-format anthology of stories about ordinary people caught up in terrifying situations, and who do things they never expected to do in order to get out of them. Each story has a twist, liberally seasoned with the unexpected, and each contains an element of the fantastic or supernatural. Panic also contains dark, theme-appropriate poetry, and mood-setting illustrations by Marcia Borell.
$7.50 + $3.00 S&H
Phasing by 7ARS
PHASING is an odyssey of art that takes you from the very beginning, and Santitoro's initial efforts with horses and angst, to the superb illustrations she does today that capture emotion, mood, and atmosphere like no other contemporary illustrator. You'll see the ragged street girl of "Help Wanted" become the immigrant waif in the holds of the ship for "Steerage," a poem in Karen Romanko's Stoker-recommended chapbook, Raven's Runes. And you'll see how Santitoro's minimalist poetry skills carry over into her art. With just a glimpse of legs and ankles, with just a pair of bound wrists, she conveys a vibrant sensuality in freeze-frame moments of sizzling emotions, as in "Allusions" and "Bigfoot's Love Slave." And she takes on various taboos in "Date With A Droid" and "Young Love."
Includes 8 color interior illustrations
Portals
Portals is an anthology of the best stories and poems from the first year of the online zine "Kisses for Kids" plus all-new stories and poems. Portals is llustrated by Marcia Borell, Sarah Zama, Courtenay Pogue, and Jennifer Cawthorne, and features work by Sarah Guidry, Darcie DeAngelo, Karen A. Romanko, and Stephen D. Rogers, among others.
$7.00 + S&H
Potter's Field edited by Cathy Buburuz
Dark souls from the unmarked graves of Potter's Field arise in these stories, seeking to make things right. They've been murdered, tortured, and maimed . . . and now the bills must be paid. Did you ever wonder how many bodies lie buried in forests and mountains and swamps, hidden there by those who so far have escaped justice? Tonight, the dark souls from the unmarked graves of Potter's Field arise to make things right. These are their stories. Be sure to lock your doors and leave a light on while you read them . . .
Features Erin MacKay, Ed Lynskey, Ernestine Burnett, Ken Goldman, Liza Perrat, Gary McMahon, E. Sedia, Gary Fry, W. B. Vogel, Phil Locascio, Cathy Buburuz, Tom Moran, plus illustrations by Marcia A. Borell and cover art by Argentina's Lis Anselmi.
$9.95 + $4.00 S&H
Potters Field 2 edited by Cathy Buburuz
What dwells beneath the murky depths that divide the land of the living and death, and who shall know its secrets other than the dead? Search for the answers in this chilling collection of midnight tales. Attend a concert with the ungrateful dead. Learn why a pirate treasure must stay hidden, whatever the cost. And if you could raise the dead...what then? Turn these pages and fine out...
Potter's Field 2 features illustrations by Tom Moran, Marcia A. Borell, Marge B. Simon, Jacob Parmentier, Dick Starr, and Noel Beebe, with cover art by Carole Hall.
$9.95 + S&H
Potter's Field 3 edited by Cathy Buburuz
Stone Heart by Alison J. Littlewood
Sky Cemetery by Charlie Bondhus
Deadline by Michael James McFarland
Much of Madness, More of Sin by Lorne Dixon
Plague Dogs by Joe McKinney
The Worst is Yet to Come by Pete Mesling
Whisper by Mark Onspaugh
The Course of Reckoning by Ronda Scheerer
The Caulbearers by Rebecca Nazar
A Feeling Like Freedom by Dev Jarrett
Sixth Son by Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
Encounter at Emerald Lake by Cathy Buburuz
with cover art by Carole Hall and interior illustrations by Tom Moran, Marge Simon, and Jacob Parmentier
$9.95 + S&H
Raising Demons for Fun and Profit by Mark McLaughlin
Okay, the title pretty much covers it. But here's what some critics have to say about Mark's work:
"The Clown Prince of Horror"
– Ellen Datlow, YEAR'S BEST FANTASY & HORROR
"Mark McLaughlin ... deftly mixes grisly horror with outlandish humor ... It is this bizarre voice that has earned McLaughlin an underground legion of hardcore, devoted fans."
– Brian Keene, Stoker Winner and author of THE RISING
"McLaughlin (is) well known for his witty charm and performative fiction readings ... he's known mostly for his short fiction, which has a tendency to combine Lovecraftian imagery with hilarious (and often perverse) comedy."
– Michael Arnzen, Reviewer
$12.95 + S&H
Random Planets edited by Teri Santitoro and L.A. Story Houry
Random Planets is an anthology of 31 scifaiku by various composers, including Charles Lucien, Teri Santitoro, Oino Sakai, and Terrie Relf. Lavishly illustrated by 7ARS, Random Planets is the first scifaiku anthology to be released in too long a while. This anthology makes an excellent gift.
$8.00 + S&H
Sex and the Single Alien edited by James B. Baker
An anthology of stories and poems about how space travel might affect romance between males and females of the human race and/or romance between genders of various alien races.
Containing Rhysling finalist Tyree Campbell's poem "Not One of Us."
$17.95
Side Show Anthology edited by Cathy Buburuz
Side Show: Tales of the Big Top and the Bizarre is a collection of stories and poems designed to awaken the thrills, chills, spills, and memories of time spent on the midway and beyond. Be warned that this is not a medley of happy clowns, rainbow coloured carousels, and cotton candy, but rather an assortment of highly unusual characters and oddities, a sinister smorgasbord of eerie delights intended for those who love the dark and all that dwells there.
Featuring cover art by American artist Chad Savage, the collection includes the work of many writers from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, Switzerland and Brazil...their brand of fiction is as diverse as their personalities and lifestyles. Titles include "Three Chickens" by Barry Hollander, "Snake Ladies, Fire-Eaters and Sideshow Mummies" by Tim Curran, "SuiSide Show" by Michael A. Arnzen, "Anything" by J. E. Deegan, "Sawdust" by Tyree Campbell, "Mesh of Veins" by Brendan Connell, "Freak" by Alison R. Davies, "The Devil's Children" by Richard Dysinger, "The Goose Woman" by Bobbi Sinha-Morey, "Freaks on Parade" by Brian Rosenberger, "Opening Act" by K. L. Donihe, "Gypsy Pigs" by editor Cathy Buburuz, and so much more.
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$13.95
Wondrous Web Worlds Vol. 2 edited by J Alan Erwine
A collection of the best stories and poems from ProMart for 2001, featuring Tyree Campbell, Melissa Pinol, Andree Gendron, Ken Chiacchia, Lida Broadhurst, Darren Franz, Erin Donahoe, Jennifer Cawthorne, Tony Ruggiero, J Alan Erwine, s.c. virtes, Adam Worth, Robert Stephenson, with cover art from 7ARS.
$14.95
Wondrous Web Worlds Vol. 3 edited by J Alan Erwine
An anthology featuring the best fiction and poetry published in the 2002 editions of The Martian Wave and The Fifth Di..., featuring Tyree Campbell, Erin Donahoe, David Shtogryn, Bruce Boston, Lawrence Dagstine, Christina Sng, s.c. virtes, Woody O. Carsky-Wilson, J Alan Erwine, Cathy Buburuz, Jim Schicatano, Marge Simon, Terrie Relf, and John Bushore with cover art from 7ARS.
$15.95
Wondrous Web Worlds Vol. 4 edited by J Alan Erwine
Wondrous Web Worlds 4 contains the 12 best stories and 12 best poems from The Martian Wave, The Fifth Di, and Aoife's Kiss [online edition] for the year 2003. Two of these stories and one poem--"Fade To Rose" and "The Color Of Laughter," and "Kitsune"--finished in the top 10 in the Preditors & Editors Poll. In addition, "Fade To Rose" was the Crux Magazine Story Contest winner. Three other works in this anthology were nominated for James Awards.
Features works by Tyree Campbell, Christina Sng, Michelle Scott, John Bushore, Woody O. Carsky-Wilson, L.A. Story Houry, J Alan Erwine, Dorothy Bates, Forrest Aguirre, Marsheila Rockwell, Valerie Frankel, Erin Donahoe, Michael Pignatella, and Gavin Salisbury
$11.00 + $3.00 S&H
Wondrous Web Worlds Vol. 5 edited by J Alan Erwine
An anthology featuring the best fiction and poetry published in the 2004 editions of The Martian Wave and The Fifth Di..., featuring Keith P. Graham, s.c. virtes, Tyree Campbell, John Bushore, Jennifer Schwabach, L.A. Story Houry, Jonathan Alexander, Terrie Relf, Bruce Boston, William Campbell, Mike Allen, Arthur Sanchez, Cathy Buburuz, Fredrick Obermeyer, Richard Jones, Marge Simon, Matthew Bey, Lawrence Dagstine, Kristine Ong Muslim, Kevin Anderson, t. santitoro, with cover art from Teresa Tunaley.
Wondrous Web Worlds Vol. 6
The best stories and poem from the 2005 on-line editions of The Fifth Di..., The Martian Wave, and Aoife's Kiss.
Featuring the works of: Benny Grezlik, Daniel C. Smith, Tyree Campbell, Terrie Leigh Relf, Abby Goldsmith, Bruce Boston, Gail Kavanagh, JE Gurley, Marsheila Rockwell, t. santitoro, Mikal Trimm, Scott Virtes, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, Adam Banks, Kristine Ong Muslim, Nicholas Scipior, Philip Reyth, J Alan Erwine, Jennifer Schwabach, Ian Brazee-Cannon, Adam La Rusic, Edward Cox, and Nancy Bennett.
$12.00 + S&H
Wondrous Web Worlds Vol. 7 edited by J Alan Erwine
The annual Wondrous Web Worlds series presents the very best science fiction, fantasy, and horror published online at Sam's Dot Publishing, and includes two dozen selections from The Martian Wave, The Fifth Di..., and Aoife's Kiss. The material in this seventh in the series deals with some of the fundamental questions raised in the genres.
What happens when you go mad from loneliness on Mars? If extra-terrestrials eat terrestrials, should you bring one back to Earth? Is it time to move on when you can't even entertain a rag-tag bunch of robots? What are the benefits of DIY terraforming?
Come experience the literary potential of zombies, and learn why the Bone Slayer needed help against the skeletile, and discover the true purpose of biwigglies out Alpha Centauri way.
You'll find some of the finest names in the genres between these covers: Richard S. Levine, Wendy Leeds, Marva Dasef, Tyree Campbell, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Keith P. Graham, Karen A. Romanko, and many more!
$10.00 + S&H
Wondrous Web Worlds Vol. 8 edited by J Alan Erwine
stories
Tyree Campbell: The Quinx Solution
Marva Dasef: Final Exam
Mike Robinson: The Cyclops Conference
David Lee Summers: Through Fires and Snares
William Golynn: Poisoned Mouse
Sam Cash: Alienation
Sherry Peters: The Greatest Honor
L. Mad Hildebrandt: Emily's Arms
David Boop: The Devil You Haven't Met
Edward Cox: Siren of Rain
John Bushore: Portrait of a Weeping Soldier
Matthew Keville: Here Be Dragons
Tracie McBride: The Blue Screen of Death
Mark Allan Gunnells: Last Night
K. P. B. Stevens: The Needle of Despair
poems
Theodora Fair: Mayday 45659
Troy Umphlette: Freedom
Kristine Ong Muslim: The Most Secret Rooms
Susan Sailors: Wild Irish Rose
Robert E. Porter: Morituri
Jim Hart: The Tie That Binds
David C. Kopaska-Merkel: Strangers Bloom
Karen R. Porter: The Jersey Devil's Blues
Holly Day: Bad
Cathy Buburuz: Lahnee Chee's Orange Orchard on Mars
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: Seasonal Color
Richard H. Fay: Explorers
C. A. Gardner: Holding Faerie
Theodora Fair: Sagan's Seed
Cathy Buburuz: A Matter of Respect in the Louisiana Bayou
Marge Simon: Patriots' Day
Bruce Boston: A Man Made of Dreams
$12.00 + S&H
You Had Me At ARRGH!! by Ken Goldman
Ken Goldman's collection of short stories about ghosts, sex, murder, revenge, and sex, You Had Me At ARRGH!!, is a perfect-bound trade paperback, with illustrations and cover by acclaimed artist Tom Moran. The titles include: "Wood River Honey," "Skin Flick," "More Than I'd Hoped For, Less Than I'd Dreamed," "Good Samaritan," and the ghost love story "Deep Kiss Tuesday." In addition to these "five uneasy pieces," You Had Me At ARRGH!! includes a bonus story, "Memories of Dragons Slain." All in all, You Had Me At ARRGH!! is a well-crafted collection for those who appreciate outstanding dark tales.
$6.00 + S&H