Nick Bullman was a wrestling superstar.His alter ego, The Widowmaker, was the monster heel all the marks loved to hate.Now, after a brutal encounter with two psychotic fans that left his face horribly disfigured, he's just a monster.Yanked from the spotlight and thrust into the shadows, these days Nick tries to live the life of an average Joe. He avoids mirrors. He's angry. He's alone. And he likes it just fine that way...Until he receives a desperate phone ca...

Iconic horror author James Newman brings terror in the form of an unforgettable demon, Moloch, in this throwback to classic 80s horror novels.The Heller House for Children goes up in flames and an ancient evil is awakened. Moloch, the man with the beard, has an agenda and is hungry.AN ANCIENT EVIL RISES...BURNS...KILLS...After a fire consumes the Heller Home for Children, the residents of Morganville, North Carolina thought they knew evil...They were wrong.

A bestselling horror author discovers that nothing is more frightening than his own neighbors in this dark tale of psychological suspense.After his wife leaves him for another man, Andrew Holland throws himself into his writing more vigorously than ever. He lives a quiet life in the town of Poinsettia Lane, where his neighbors are proud to know a celebrity author. But all that changes when Andy discovers a murdered child not far from his home.Though the autho...

"A warning tale for the adulterers, packed with nail-biting brutality and loads of teenage angst. Great fodder for those who like a little kink in their revenge." - Chad Lutzke (Stirring the Sheets; Wallflower)Amelia Fletcher is a good girl. She's a straight-A student, second chair in her middle-school chorus, and she never uses the Lord's name in vain.But a few days ago, she discovered that her dad has been cheating on her mom.For the first time in her life, Amelia...

"A must-read for all fans... It's worth crawling out of your grave for!" - Adam Minarovich (AMC's The Walking Dead; Screenwriter of Chop & Pawn Shop Chronicles)"Every horror fan should buy this book!" - Mark Sieber (Cemetery Dance Magazine)"...Full of so much horror movie influence your momma will call an exorcist to save your corrupted soul!" - Nathan Thomas Milliner (Scream Factory & Horror-Hound Magazine)Do you like scary movies? Are horror flicks all you think a...

ALL FIVE of the infamous JOE DYLAN detective series in ONE book.JOE DYLAN is from the old school. His nerves are shot to pieces, and he's trying to keep his life together in a tropical criminal's paradise where nothing is ever what it seems on the surface... This series of neo-noir novels have been translated into several languages, adapted for television and film, recorded and dramatized on stage, and talked about in dive bars from Bangkok to Belarus. For the first time and for a ...

In the few decades since they first blipped their way onto television screens, videogames have become one of the most culturally, socially and economically significant media forms. Newman’s volume considers how we might approach videogames as media texts to be read, experiences to be played and played with, systems and simulations to be decoded and interrogated, and performances to be captured, codified and preserved.The updated second edition examines the emergence of new platform...

The Roland x0x Series: A History of Early Roland Synthesizers and Drum Machines from SH-101 to TR-909 offers an authoritative but accessible investigation of how the design of these most influential musical instruments is shaped by technological factors, institutional contexts, market forces and imagined users and uses. Drawing on the perspectives of designers and engineers along with musicians and producers from around the world, the book explores how these iconic instruments bot...

WANNABE MUSIC-VIDEO director Johnny Tone believes his next-door neighbor, Laura Causely - beautiful, suicidal, and just released from a mental institution — is his ticket to Hollywood.ONCE A professional dancer, Laura had the moves Johnny craved, and for her part, she’s convinced he could rescue her from her controlling sister, good-for-nothing brother-in-law, and the demons that scream in her head.LAURA IS not the first pretty young thing to fall under Johnny's spell. What h...

"Newman's prose is a bombardment." — The Nation"It's bright lights and dark shadows, and it's certainly not for the fainthearted." — Paul D. Brazill"WITNESS the flowering of increasingly evil acts." — Alasdair McLeod, Author and Poet"Newman WRITES with a FLAMETHROWER." — Timothy Hallinan"Newman is still capable of throwing flames." — People,...

Despite record sales and an ever-growing global industry, the simple fact is that videogames are disappearing.Most obviously, the physical deterioration of discs, cartridges, consoles and controllers means that the data and devices will crumble to dust and eventually will be lost forever. However, there is more to the disappearance of videogames than plastic corrosion and bit rot. Best Before examines how the videogames industry's retail, publishing, technology design, adv...

Playing with Videogames documents the richly productive, playful and social cultures of videogaming that support, surround and sustain this most important of digital media forms and yet which remain largely invisible within existing studies.James Newman details the rich array of activities that surround game-playing, charting the vibrant and productive practices of the vast number of videogame players and the extensive 'shadow' economy of walkthroughs, FAQs, art, narrative...