There are many myths and legends in all cultures around the world. The theme for this anthology was taking one of those legends, a real one, and spinning a story around it. This is the end result, a collection of extremely diverse very dark tales to delight.

Join over 20 authors from around the world, some of the best working in the indie fiction scene today, as they ready themselves to divulge the terrifying prophesied truth that surrounds the topic of climate change and its effects on our fragile planet. ALL PROCEEDS will be donated to Greenpeace, so tell your friends, spread the word, and help us raise lots of money for this worthwhile cause.

Clowns, white faces and huge painted smiles, underneath which lurks... Clown phobia is very very common and very real. No one knows what they are at, what they're thinking, what they're planning... The talented Thirteen O'clock writers have had a serious attempt at getting behind the painted smiles and revealing the true nature hidden behind the white face - death.

Sci-fi fan or not, aliens hold a fascination for humans. The mystery of UFOs, the thought they may walk among us without us knowing, the thought they may be watching us all the time... these things ensure that we, as a race, are absorbed with thoughts of ‘aliens’, however they might show themselves. In giving Thirteen’s talented writers a theme like that, it was guaranteed that the stories which came in would cover every possible interpretation of the alien theme that you can imagine, and ...

We are all passengers somewhere, at some time, even if it is no more than a journey through life. Here are a whole collection of stories exploring the theme of passengers. There are a lot of variations on the theme, all dark, all engrossing, all encompassing, from cars to Death himself. Time to take a ride on the dark side...

Arachnophobia is usually rated as one of the most prevalent of phobias and who can disbelieve this when you see the horrid creatures creeping, scuttling, hiding, waiting to pounce, building dust trapping webs everywhere... Let the talented Thirteen Press authors get going on a topic like spiders and associated horrors and all hell breaks loose! If you really are spider phobic, this is not for you. If you want to be terrorised and unable to tolerate the nasties near you, this is for you. En...

Doors are fascinating, from the normal house door, hiding its multitude of secrets from the neighbours, through the elegant crafted doors of high flying businesses in tower blocks, where who knows what wheeling-dealing goes on, to the solid ancient lost-in-antiquity doors of churches behind which are hundreds of years of prayers and confessions and acts that are beyond the imagination of the average churchgoer. Doors that say KEEP OUT and doors that invite you in. Countless thousands of th...

Coming back from – that’s the point at which the authors in this varied and fascinating anthology take off in all directions. Zombies through to returning parents, coming back proves to mean many things to many people. Come back to Thirteen O’clock Publications’ premier authors and sample some dark, dark stories.

Mythical creatures or tribal memory of a creature once living, dragons hold a fascination for so many of us. This anthology is a mixture of dark, fairy tale, humour and outright admiration for the dragon. One for all lovers of the unusual!

Man has ever fought man in some way or another. From the earliest civilisations which sought to take the land of others, there have been wars. Within the overall conflict are the individual stories of heroism, cowardice and unexplained happenings. All are explored here by the talented Thirteen O'Clock authors who have taken this theme to their hearts and produced their fantastic stories. Enjoy!

For over three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror readers crave. Now, with the seventh volume of this series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night.Encompassed in the pages of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as:Neil GaimanKim RobinsonStephen KingLinda...

A doctor makes a late-night emergency call to an exclusive California riding school; a professor inherits a mysterious vase... and a strange little man; a struggling youth discovers canine horrors lurking beneath the streets of Albany; a sheriff ruthlessly deals with monstrosities plaguing his rural town; a pair of animal researchers makes a frightening discovery at a remote site; a sweet little girl entertains herself... by torturing faeries; a group of horror aficionados attempts to trac...