Gold was the prize. Blood was the price.The Wild Six thought they were pulling a routine heist — stagecoach, guns, a creepy stone box. Easy money. But when the dust settles and the chest cracks open, what comes out isn't treasure… It's Lord Braga, an ancient vampire with a taste for chaos and a thirst that won't quit.Trapped in a valley sealed by rock and fate, outlaw Cal "Trigger" Jones teams up with the one man he can barely stand — righteous Sheriff Jedi...

From the bestselling authors of Yesterday's Gone, No Justice, and The Karma Police series comes Available Darkness, a character-driven reinvention of the vampire story.Darkness is AwakeningA man wakes in a coffin with no memory of the past. The only clue to his identity is a note: "Avoid the sunlight and don't touch anybody."Just hours later, he's questioning more than just his name as he stands o...

Tales of Mystery boasts an eclectic menagerie of twisted tales, from classic pot boilers, to cozy whodunits, to alien nightmares that leave you gasping. Vampires seeking a high-tech upgrade. Witches who cook. Toys that hold court. Monsters just looking for a midnight snack. Detectives and scientists who are clearly in over their heads. A mystery lover's veritable buffet. This new anthology includes twelve original stories that are sure to please.

A chilling new horror anthology from the twisted minds at Sterling & Stone, featuring 12 spine-tingling tales from the studio's most talented storytellers, including bestselling authors Sean Platt and David Wright, as well as masters of horror Sawyer Black and Ebony Graves.Zombie Run by Jason Krumbine: A young woman stuck in a never-ending time loop relives the same day in a desperate attempt to save her boyfriend after he's been bitten by zombies.J...

This comprehensive book is aimed at all those railway modellers who wish to create a realistic model of a branch line. First of all it examines the origins, developments and future of branch lines in Britain and then provides useful insights into how to select a suitable branch line to model. It discusses in detail how to create scenic realism and an appropriate setting for the model, with reference to the landscape, the infrastructure, the lineside and the use of authentic colour. Detaile...

From the bestselling authors of Yesterday's Gone, No Justice, and The Karma Police series comes Available Darkness: Book Two, a character-driven reinvention of the vampire story.Darkness is FallingWhen a portal opens to the magickal and monstrous Otherworld, the vampire John is forced to work with the very organization that has hunted him for years — a secret government agency charged with protecting the ...

English Romantic poetry from its beginnings and its flowering to the first signs of its decadence. Nearly all the famous piéces de résistance will be found here - 'Intimations of Immortality', 'The Ancient Mariner', 'The Tyger', excerpts from 'Don Juan' - as well as some less familiar poems. As far as possible the poets are arranged in chronological order, and their poems in order of composition, beginning with eighteenth-century precurs...

From the bestselling authors of Yesterday's Gone, Karma Police, WhiteSpace, and more comes ForNevermore, a compelling and lush dark fantasy.What would you do if your dreams seeped into reality?All Noella Snow ever wanted was a normal life. But in her seventeen years, she's experienced only tragedy—the death of her mother in childbirth, then the murder of her father before her very eyes. Now she spends her days in quiet mi...

Elias's shadow turns sinister, acting with a chilling will of its own, committing unspeakable acts that only he can witness. As the body count rises and the authorities close in, Elias is forced to confront his shadow.

From the bestselling authors of Yesterday's Gone, No Justice, and The Karma Police series comes Available Darkness: Book Three, a character-driven reinvention of the vampire story.Darkness is Spreading.In the conclusion to the Available Darkness trilogy, the paths of vampire brothers John, Jacob, and Caleb converge in an epic battle for two worlds.The vampiric Valkoer have been exiled to the Forgo...

This isn’t a book full of rules on How You Should Write Your Book.First off, I don’t even know all the rules to writing, at least not in any instructional sort of way. For every rule identified by an expert, you can easily find someone else who did the exact opposite and somehow managed to create a kick-ass story.This is a book about how I understand darkness, its place in story, and how I make dark fiction that people enjoy reading.I'll show you my...

Every house has its secrets. This one has a rule.Ten-year-old Leo isn't afraid of the dark, but the house on Blackwood Lane makes him think twice. It's an old, tired place where the floorboards whisper and the windows watch him like sleepy eyes. His Great Aunt Martha only has one rule:Never go down the basement stairs after sunset. And whatever you do, do not count the steps.