IN ONE L.A. MOTEL ROOM, A COSMIC QUEST IS ABOUT BEGIN. . . . Edgar Award nominee and Philip K. Dick Award–winner Ben H. Winters (EC’s Cruel Universe, The Last Policeman Trilogy) and rising star Leomacs (EC’s Epitaphs from the Abyss, Refrigerator Full of Heads) unravel a three-part, prestige format series exploring the hallucinatory second life of a brilliant author who imagined our desperate future but never imagined he’d become part of it . . . More than just a writer, more than just a sc...

IN ONE L.A. MOTEL ROOM, A COSMIC QUEST IS ABOUT TO BEGIN . . .More than just a writer, more than just a science-fiction icon, Benjamin J. Carp was a cultural revolutionary. Over the course of 44 novels and hundreds of short stories—including the counterculture classic The Man They Couldn’t Erase—Carp pushed the boundaries of literary respectability for the sci-fi genre and his readers’ perception of reality itself . . . until decades of amphetamine abuse and Southern California exce...

What ghost stories do ghosts tell, and what can they tell us about ourselves? An estranged daughter and her father wander a haunted land; they only have the restless spirits, each with its own story to tell, as company along the way. After a deadly accident of which they are the only survivors, Lucas and Harmony Agate can see the dead–an overwhelming amount of the deceased, all with their own warnings, cries for help, and malevolence alike. But Lucas and Harmony aren’t the only ones with t...

We've all heard of ghost stories... but what stories do the ghosts themselves tell us? An estranged daughter and her pastor father wander a haunted land; they only have the restless spirits, each with its own story to tell, as company along the way. After a deadly accident of which they were the only survivors, Lucas and Harmony Agate can see the dead–an overwhelming amount of the deceased, all with their own warnings, cries for help, and malevolence alike. But Lucas and Harmony aren’t the...

Legendary science-fiction novelist Benjamin J. Carp has just been resurrected 40 years after his death . . . and that’s not even the strangest thing that’s going to happen to him today. In an effort to unravel the mystery of author Benjamin J. Carp’s unexpected reappearance, Benjamin and his newfound companion, Marcus, travel to the arid Joshua Tree desert, where they discover the secret lair of a cabal of scientists eager to revive the minds of some of history’s greatest thinkers in an ef...

Two survivors. Two prophets. Two quests. Countless stories. Do the dead tell ghost stories? Lucas and Harmony certainly know, as their long journeys apart converge in the final chapter, and they finally face Shane once and for all. All across the earth, a storm gathers, and Shane finally catches up with the Family and Harmony, but his new goals could prove deadly. Harmony finds herself in peril, but a ghost from her past may help her through. Lucas finally sees who his daughter is–and has ...

I’m saying all of that was never real in the first place. It is not that you will cease to exist, Marcus, it is that you never really existed in the first place. That life was always an illusion. Your dreams were always temporary. Your memories were always an invention. But you know, let’s be honest, that’s how it is for most people, when you get right down to it. You think you have this future. You think you have this past. But everything is always going away. Everything is always in the ...

In the final showdown between Harmony, Lucas, and Shane, victory will come at a great price. In the end comes the hereafter, but will anyone be left to guide lost spirits?

Lucas and Harmony encounter another story, another group of ghosts who need help, and a realization that will change their relationship moving forward. And in another spectral story, shocking details about Shane’s nature materialize...

Lucas and Harmony may be reunited, but things are acutely strained between them, as Harmony interferes in a way Lucas can’t tolerate. In the midst of a growing apocalyptic panic among the populace, Lucas and Harmony are far from alone as they encounter yet another group of living people that aren’t quite what they seem...

Harmony and Lucas have split apart, driven to separate paths after the tension between them grows. Harmony wishes to help the ghosts she encounters, and Lucas is fearful, ready to battle them off. After parting ways, each will have to take a different path in the hope of finding Emily’s ghost. Now each of them will be put to the test in ways they never imagined; can they reunite despite their differences and face a growing, imminent threat? Collects Ghostlore #5-8.

The family harboring Harmony may be in danger and she’s determined to do anything she can to save them. However, when she receives another ghost story, it’s unclear whether she’s been successful...