Ever hear of Maxus R. Crowther? Well, very few have!Matthew M. Bartlett, the Prince of Nightmares, explores one of America's unheralded cult fiction writers, Maxus R. Crowther, a man torn between the real world and the fantasy narratives of his creation. Bartlett's precise prose nails the fateful last days of this iconic American author as he disengages from reality and fully embraces his alter ego, MAXUS.Illustrated by the venerable Mike Dubisch, the master of the macabre....

Clark Ashton Smith -- widely regarded as the third of the "Big Three" to emerge from the early days of the pulp magazine Weird Tales (after H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard) -- published dozens of weird fantasy tales. "The Abominations of Yondo" is one of his finest.

The gods have played the Great Game for eons, and worlds have hung in the balance. Some worlds have survived, some have been destroyed, and some of the playing fields have existed in a draw.The last game nearly brought about the destruction of man anf god alike, requiring drastic measures to reset the board. Now, the current iteration of the Great Game draws to a close, the winner nearly decided. All the gods have played their parts, save one.The God o...

Joe guides a nameless warrior through an underground cavern....This is the first 2000 or so words of a story from my next collection.

In this demonical issue -a story of unspeakable horror by William F. Nolan, co-creator of Logan's Runsword versus sorcery in Ken Bulmer's Ice and Firebestselling writer Brian Lumley's The Man Who Felt Pain*...*and news and views from the world of fantasy

A Rising Knight: Vol2, Iss1 Welcome back to the war. It missed you. Follow Vlad’s declaration of revolution it’s time to put up or shut up. He’ll have to fight through a fully manned military strong hold as a one man raiding party. Will the memory of burning towers and smoke blacked skies cripple him or will he find a better way. Excerpt An arc of blood soared through the air, gushing from the torn throat of a man Wraith had just killed. His first barrage of spells h...

The war between good and evil cycles on, forever and more . Foes become allies. Lovers become enemies.In the forest depths, the Earthmother issues the call to battle.Who heeds her call?Previously published as part of the poetry collection, "The Forestal."

A tyrannical Overlord. A Puppet King. An Assassin ready to kill.In a world ruled by an Overlord, I’m their only hope.I kill in the City of Fire. I protect the innocent. I escape impossible places.Can I escape the City of Fire before it’s too late?If you love action packed, enthralling fantasy assassin short story, you’ll love this one!BUY NOW!

Run. Don't stop. And don't look down.Stranded in a human-ruled land that has no mercy for an elf, Vala has two goals: protect her baby girl and follow her wife to a place where there is no fear of slavery. But will this new world allow her to slip through their grip?

FROM HATRED TO HEALING, A PRISONER'S DIALOGUE is a series of conversations between two men in a prison cell in an undisclosed country. One is the epitome of hatred, the other the epitome of love. It is a metaphor for the world in which we live and purposely has no ethnicity, names or time references. The story is universal. And the message, if understood by enough people around the world, can bring peace to for the first time in history.We are poised on the edge. Enough information...

(Book #0 - The first introductory short story) A group of people are terrorized by a demon and are unable to escape its clutches. Two mysterious individuals arrive with strange abilities that could possibly save them from this menace. And don't forget to follow up with the next stories - Haunted House On Henry Street and Darkk Of The Moon.

This land can be unforgiving and cruel . . . The bodies of two young boys lay at the edge of a swamp. Their killer waits within, relentless, cunning and inhuman. Only Haiyu, the samurai sworn to the Lord of Hell, can stop it, but can he do so alone? A mysterious woman who dwells within the poisonous land may hold the secret to Haiyu's success, but unimaginable pain weighs upon her heart and spirit. With this pulse-pounding adventure, Daniel R. Robichaud continues the exciti...