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Shadows of the Emerald City |
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Written by Gregory
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 Shadows of the Emerald City is an anthology based around L. Frank Baum’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz series. The original fourteen novels painted a wild landscape full of character and color that couldn’t be properly fleshed out, despite a fifteen book series.
Originally intended for Baum’s younger audiences, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz was near utopian in the struggle of good versus evil. Shadows of the Emerald City is quite the opposite. Bringing together the horrific elements of Baum’s world, two evil witches, a mechanical tin death squad, a cannibalistic ogre, magicians of high caliber, and an army of lifeless scarecrows, Shadows is a high adrenaline romp through the expansive lands of Oz.
Shadows is not a literary allegory. Those looking for another excuse to compare Baum’s work to the gold standard should look elsewhere.
Shadows is a very disturbing look into the mystical world that Baum left behind. Imagine a tin woodsman and a glass cat fighting an ogre. Imagine an army of soulless scarecrows marching through town to fight the wicked witch. Half the tales are a battle royale with your favorites, the other half are a dark analysis of the more dubious fellows. This anthology delivers.
While there aren’t zombies or werewolves, this book is full of things that go bump in the night. It’s a breath of fresh air into the horror genre that goes back a hundred years to find the most underutilized creatures in the genre. This is definitely a book to round out any horror library
Now available at Northern Frights Publishing! |
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Buried Tales of Pinebox, Texas |
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Written by Gregory
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 "Welcome to Pinebox, a sleepy little East Texas town with more than its share of trouble. Whether it's the snake cultists running the local bar or vengeful spirits haunting the high school boys locker room, there always seems to be some sort of trouble brewing just below the surface. Join us for a dozen tales of horror from these haunting voices in fiction." -- http://buriedtales.12tomidnight.com/
In case you've never been to Pinebox, it's a little bigger'n a little town off Route 96 in the heart of Golan County. Big enough to have a state college campus, but small enough to hide some dark secrets. Fishing, hiking, or sightseeing, this little town can keep a tourist occupied for hours.
But for those of us who are interested in more than tourism, this town delivers. Buried Tales is thirteen short but spooky tales of this town, from the lake to the woods, from the college to the Judge, and from the real-estate to the tourism department. You never get tired of hearing about this East Texas gem of a town.
Buried Tales offers 12 fresh perspectives on the town of Pinebox, and not one of them is bruised or over-ripe. For those interested in a big walk through a small town, be sure to pick up a copy of Buried Tales. |
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Written by Gregory
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Permuted's latest book Season of Rot is now available and features not one, not two, but five diverse tales of the living dead from zombie fiction master Eric S. Brown! Available from many stores including:
Features five novellas including...
SEASON OF ROT: Safe from the walking dead that rule the streets, a band of survivors holes up in a hospital. When their supplies run low, they must either migrate or trust a stranger who promises them salvation-except the stranger isn't who he seems to be, and neither are the dead.
THE QUEEN: To escape a plague that has turned most of mankind into ravenous cannibals, a crew of survivors takes refuge at sea. But supplies only last so long, and the crew must face their enemies on land in order to keep themselves alive and afloat.
THE WAVE: When a wave of mysterious energy from outer space washes over the earth, electronic devices fail worldwide and communications break down. Worse still, the energy alters human brain waves and turns billions of people into bloodthirsty animals. Only a small pocket of humanity is immune, but their only chance of survival may also be their grave.
DEAD WEST: The Civil War is over. The Confederacy is gone. But in the West, a new threat is rising. Accompanied by a regiment of inexperienced soldiers, a journalist ventures into the frontlines of a war against the walking dead, and the truth he finds there is far more frightening than any living corpse.
RATS: Rats are everywhere and can get into anything. And now they are swarming mankind. Those bit rise again as undead pawns in the rodents' onslaught, and no place is safe-no place except one. The problem is getting there before the rats' next attack.
"Season of Rot is a veritable grab-bag of zombie goodness. A little of this, a little of that, a lot of brains..." --Z.A Recht, author of PLAGUE OF THE DEAD |
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Written by Dr. Pus
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 From the “Urban Dictionary”
Zombology : noun: The study of zombies.
Astronomy and Geology are too boring, lets try Zombology, it may help us when we are stranded in that mall one day.
From the "Zompocalyptic Dictionary”
Zombology: noun: A collection of zombie short stories that just may help you survive when you are stranded in that mall one day.
My name is Dr. Pus. I’m known best I guess as the host of the podcast called “Library of the Living Dead” found at www.dr-pus.podomatic. What you may not realize is that due to the overwhelming support of my listeners, whom I call “Good Librarians”, I am now able to publish anthologies and novels specifically in the zombie genre. You are soon to be able to purchase our first anthology. It’s called “Zombology: A Zombie Anthology” Snazzy name, eh? But the name doesn’t mean a damn thing, it’s what’s included between the most wonderful cover and back cover (done by most excellent artist Dan Galli) that’s going to turn your undead crank.
This anthology is full of the most bizarre, strange, weird and different short zombie stories your little undead mind has ever perused. Guaran-fuckin’-teed. You'll find established award winning authors as well as first time authors. And there ain’t a stinker in the bunch. The book is in it’s final edit and will be available in late March.
There has been such a huge amount of interest in “Zombology” that I’ve just had to make it a series. “Zombology II: The Reanimates Return” is already in the editing stage and “Zombology III: Tres Infection” is half filled. If you would like to submit a story for consideration just e-mail it (in Rich Text format please) to
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. The only two things required are that the stories have a maximum word count of 4,500, and of course there have to have zombies in them. Well, maybe one more thing, I want them as strange as they can be.
I’m also accepting zombie flash fiction for “Zombology IV: The Quick and the Undead”. These stories should be slam-bang, hard core in your face stories with a maximum word count of 500.
- D. L. Snell - "Suzy Polenshi's Panties"
- David Dunwoody - "Clockwork"
- Eric S. Brown - "Ground Zero"
- R. Thomas Riley - "Same as You"
- T. Patrick Rooney - "Zombie Cola"
- Pascal van dem Beemd - "Six Feet Above the Grave"
- Rhiannon Frater - "Stop Requested"
- Donald Newberry - "Good Intentions"
- Derek Gunn - "It's Your Turn"
- Robert R. Best - "April's Ministrations"
- Michelle McCrary - "Every Rose"
- John Grover - "Unnatural Selection"
- Robert Cordray - "The Beginning of the End"
- Shane Sullivan - "Zombie Dreams"
- Tel Williams - "Rule Hard or Die Free"
- Mike Steele - "Halloween Treats"
- Greg Michaels - "Undead Overpass"
- Mark M. Johnson - "One of Many"
- Kody Boye - "Happy Ending"
- Brad Zipprich - "Children of Landford's Towers"
- Rob Fox - "The Letter"
- Also added to the end of the book will be the first five days of the upcoming novel "Z Day is Here" by Rob Fox.
So, if you want to play ... stretch out those rotting muscles, staple back on your fingers and write up a zombie story. I’m open to all undead ideas!
Undead love to you all! |
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Written by Administrator
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 Wayne Simmons' living dead novel Drop Dead Gorgeous is now available for purchase from many stores including:
- Permuted Press - Free shipping on any 2 or more books!
- Amazon US
- Amazon UK
- Amazon Canada
- Amazon.de
- Barnes & Noble
- Many Others
As tattoo artist Star begins to ink her first client on a spring Sunday morning, something goes horribly wrong with the world... Belfast's hungover lapse into a deeper sleep than normal, their sudden deaths causing an unholy mess of crashing cars, smoldering televisions and falling aircraft.
In the chaotic aftermath a group of post-apocalyptic survivors search for purpose in a devastated city. Ageing DJ Sean Magee and shifty-eyed Barry Rogan find drunken solace in a hotel bar. Ex-IRA operative Mairead Burns and RIR soldier Roy Beggs form an uneasy alliance to rebuild community life. Elsewhere, a mysterious Preacher Man lures shivering survivors out of the shadows with a promise of redemption.
Choked by the smell of death, Ireland’s remaining few begin the journey toward a new life, fear and desperation giving rise to new tensions and dark old habits. But a new threat--as gorgeous as it is deadly--creeps slowly out of life’s wreckage. Fueled by feral hunger and a thirst for chaos, the corpses of the beautiful are rising…
"Armed with a devilish wit, quirky dialogue, and a unique, palpable flavor, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS provides readers with a fly-on-the-wall view as the shit gloriously hits the fan in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Where's Bono when you need him?" --Andre Duza, author of DEAD BITCH ARMY
"Intriguing novel from a new emerging talent in the horror genre..." --Dan Henk (Lone Wolf Tattoo)
"Exciting! A thoroughly original horror story..." --bloodymessygirls.com
"Rough, filthy and completely brilliant..." --Dave Moody, author of HATER and AUTUMN
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