Step into a world where the bizarre is ordinary and the ordinary is bizarre. In this eclectic collection of tales, a dyslexic kickboxer battles both opponents and book reports, a queen defends her kingdom with terrible baking, and a werewolf with a hatred of Charlie Chaplin lurks on Hollywood Boulevard.Blending surreal humor, dark comedy, and poignant glimpses of humanity, these stories introduce an unforgettable cast of characters—including a lens-happy gi...

A cursed theater. A time-traveling oak tree. A teenage murderer. Just another day on the job.Marty Hamm and Tepper Gibbons are the S.C.A.R.E. Team—a pair of washed-up paranormal investigators whose cheesy reality TV show just got the axe. Forced back into freelancing, the brothers take a gig investigating supernatural mischief at a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet. Marty sees it as his big Hollywood break, landing the coveted role of Oak Tree...

Edna and Gerald wanted the joys of parenthood without the messy realities, making a wind-up robotic boy named Robbie their perfect, controllable solution. But when Robbie's key mysteriously begins turning on its own and he starts asking profound questions about life, death, and his own soul, their convenient child becomes frighteningly human. Confronted with the unpredictable burdens of true parenthood they tried so hard to avoid, the couple must make a dark and desperate choice to reclaim...

There are a lot of great albums out there. Masterpieces, even. Hundreds, perhaps? But I need more than just a bouquet of ear-catching melodies.I want an album that refuses to behave. One that doesn't sit politely on the shelf of "classics" but snarls when I reach for it, daring me, challenging me, to press play. I want to feel uncomfortable in the way that only art can manage—like it's staring back at me, judging my attention span, my taste, my willingness to surrender control. I w...

Welcome to the jungle. The gig is survival.It's 1982, and Detroit new-wave punk rockers Neon Voltage are on the verge of their big break. But when their twin-engine plane goes down in flames over the Pacific, their dreams of MTV stardom crash-land on a remote, uncharted island. Their unlikely savior is the eccentric Doctor Moreau, who offers them food, shelter, and a sweet deal: earn their keep as his resident house band until the next supply ship arrives.B...

A harmless college thesis. A legendary monster. A heist that unleashes hell.Frederick Rollason has the perfect plan to guarantee an 'A' for his college thesis—and secure an all-expenses-paid vacation to the Himalayas. His target? The Yeti Woman, a bloodthirsty, half-human monstrosity born from the violent aftermath of a doomed 1938 Everest expedition.The only catch is that they need a map to find her.When Fred coerces his skeptical girlfriend, Melis...

A sweltering Florida road trip. A fifteen-year friendship on the verge of romance. And a thirteen-acre garden of pure, blood-soaked terror.Nikki and Brian are platonic best friends driving an un-air-conditioned '84 VW Beetle through the sweltering backroads of rural Florida. When a spontaneous midnight swim finally sparks the romance they've avoided for fifteen years, their picture-perfect moment is shattered by a blood-curdling scream from the nearby woods.

Before her devastating accident, Jeanette Moreneau was a blonde bombshell who left a trail of broken hearts in her wake. Now, forced to hide her grotesque face behind bandages, she seeks out the only man who can save her—Dr. Albert Levin, the renowned cosmetic surgeon and her former married lover.When Albert refuses to help and a fight leaves his new mistress dead, Jeanette makes a terrifying discovery. Bathing in fresh blood temporarily reverses her disfigurement, magically restor...

A broken heart. A forbidden chord. And a direct line to the Lord of the Underworld.Future concert pianist Francis Philbin didn't mean to start the apocalypse. He just wanted to win the heart of the beautiful Christine Chagnay. After his romantic mixtape is crushingly rejected—partially because Christine doesn't own a cassette player—a heartbroken Francis seeks a different kind of inspiration.Turning from Bach to the dark side, Francis is introduced by his m...

The apocalypse didn't end the world. It just changed the apex predator.Sixteen-year-old Ellora Cooper survived the day the missiles rained down on California. But surviving the irradiated aftermath is another story entirely. The ashes of the old world are now ruled by ruthless, masked bandidos and "nuke pooches"—rabid, mutant canines with an insatiable craving for human flesh.Armed with a scavenged AK-47 and traveling north with a small band of surviving cl...

A quiet movie night. A 101-page script. A completely unhinged plan for cinematic glory.Andy DeBello thought he and his eccentric downstairs neighbor, Edwin, were just going to eat pizza and watch terrible B-movie horror flicks. Instead, Edwin unveils a terrifying new passion project: a script for a real-life snuff film titled Enough S'nuff. The unwilling stars? The unsuspecting tenants of their Upper West Side apartment building.Tricked into a dead...

Leave your high-brow cinematic standards at the door. Welcome to the sticky-floored, polyester-scented golden age of grindhouse cinema.Schlock! Thirteen Underground Masterpieces of Grindhouse Cinema is a hilarious, affectionate love letter to the darkest, strangest, and most unapologetically vile films of the 1960s and 70s. This isn't a pristine guide to mainstream horror. This is a celebration of zero-budget outsiders, accidental visionaries, and absolute...