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Jonathan L. Howard

Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has faced many horrors during his career, but in this tale he tells of an early encounter with something that horrified even him.Pantomime.A provincial theatre has seen a series of strange deaths. The young Cabal investigates, even though this requires him to don red tights, a curling moustache, and become... the Demon King.Back in 2006, "Exeunt Demon King" was the second Johannes Cabal story published. It has lon...

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Jonathan L. Howard

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Atomfall

Jenny Coggins, a reporter for the London-based National Argus newspaper, has an important meeting. A secret informant claims to have evidence of misdoings at the Windscale atomic plant, in the remote village of Wyndham. Sensing a hot story, she sets off for the Cumberland countryside. Quickly upon arriving at the village Jenny gets the sense that something is seriously wrong. People seem really shifty. The atomic plant seems to be glowing blue in the distance. And there's a phoneb...

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Jonathan L. Howard

What if you could see the future? What if the future could see YOU?Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has discovered a way to give some insights into how he should conduct his future researches; by drinking a glass of the legendary "Ouroboros Ouzo." Rare and precious, the liquor is reputed to give a once in a lifetime glimpse into what may be.But, as Cabal is to discover, the future may not be the most reliable informant after all."Ouroboros Ouzo" is...

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Jonathan L. Howard

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Johannes Cabal Novels

A Long Spoon is a dark steampunk fantasy novella from British author Jonathan L. Howard, a Tor.com Original storyYou may have heard of Johannes Cabal; he is a necromancer and a little infamous. He is also very sensitive to attempts on his life. When a murder of crows tries to... well, murder him, and the contents of his bath are transmuted into hot nitric acid, he suspects someone may mean him harm. The trail leads to one of the less trave...

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Jonathan L. Howard

Johannes Cabal has faced down the undead, ghosts, monsters, and Satan himself. But before all that, he fought the terrifying Bonewind, a supernatural being that devours life itself, and he did it all without leaving his house."Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day" was the story that first introduced the necromancer of some little infamy back in 2004. Long out of print, it makes its belated return on Hallowe'en, of course.

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Jonathan L. Howard

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Johannes Cabal Novels

A horror story from Tor.com set in the same dark world as Jonathan L. Howard's Johannes Cabal: The NecromancerJohannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has this much in common with Emily Dickinson; because he could not stop for Death, she kindly stopped for him. Well, perhaps not that kindly.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Jonathan L. Howard

A short story about a small city with a deep and dangerous past.The oddest little things can hide the darkest secrets. There's a little oddity along the path that runs between the river and the road. Nothing major, but interesting. Just the sort of thing you'd mention while chatting.But, whatever you do, don't go back there. Don't look again. Bad things might happen. Bad things WILL happen."Between the River and the Road" was the first professionally published story...

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Jonathan L. Howard

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Johannes Cabal Novels

A Darkly Gripping Comic FantasyBeyond the wall of sleep lies the Dreamlands, a world formed by dreams, but not a dream itself. For countless millennia, it has been explored only by those with a certain detachment from mundane reality, its strange seas navigated and its vast mountains climbed by philosophers, mystics, and poets. Well, those halcyon days are over, beatniks.Johannes Cabal is coming.Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, is employed by the mysterious ...

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Jonathan L Howard

When two spiritist swindlers accidentally summon something horrific from beyond the stars, they must thwart a sinister time-spanning plot, in this first Victorian-era gaslight fantasy set in the world of Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu**.**London, 1891. Elizabeth Whittle and William Grant enjoy scalping London's bourgeoisie, taking on the personas of grand spiritist Cerulia Trent and her agent to connect the living and the dead. When a detectiv...

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Jonathan L. Howard

The start of a thrilling supernatural mystery series that brings the H. P. Lovecraft mythos into the twenty-first century, optioned by Warner Bros TV.Daniel Carter used to be a homicide detective, but his last case—the hunt for a serial killer—went wrong in strange ways and soured the job for him. Now he's a private investigator trying to live a quiet life. Strangeness, however, has not finished with him. First he inherits a bookstore in Providence from someone he's...

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Jonathan Howard

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Medicine (R0)

This updated edition provides a clear, compassionate guide for people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) and their caregivers. Written in accessible language, it explains what MS is, how it is diagnosed, and what patients can expect, while highlighting how modern treatments enable many people to live full, independent lives.Reflecting major advances in the field over the past eight years, the book incorporates updated diagnostic criteria, newly approved disease-modifying therapies...

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Jonathan L. Howard

The start of a fantastic new series.Johannes Cabal has never pretended to be a hero of any kind.There is, after all, little heroic about robbing graves, stealing occult volumes, and being on nodding terms with demons. His purpose, however, is noble. His researches are all directed to raising the dead. Not as monstrosities but as people, just as they were when they lived: physically, mentally, and spiritually. For such a prize, some sacrifices are necessary. One such sacrifi...