PLAY TIMEHer name is Trudy McAllen. On stage she is Raw Pain Max, a whip-toting Amazon who captivates thrill-hungry audiences nightly at the Safe Sex Club.REAL TIMEHer name was Elizabeth Bathory. Legend knows her as Countess Blood. In the Hungary of three centuries ago, she fell in thrall to a sorcery that promised eternal youth. All she had to do was slaughter hundreds of young virgins.TERROR TIMETrudy and Elizabeth … in that twilit realm where plea...

BELIEVE IN EVILThe Dysan children needed to be punished. Daddy took care of them… permanently. Now he's come to Dallas's biggest comic book convention to continue his bloody work. So many bad children. So little time.BELIEVE IN FEARShe is Toxique, the ultimate comic book avenger. She was born in the vivid imagination of one lonely boy. Tonight he is going to drive her out of his mind… and into a real world of unspeakable violence.BELIEVE IN HELLTwo f...

THE NIGHTMARE - For young artist Gina and her lover Jim, it began with a terrifying vision of Gina's long-missing sister, once thought dead, now a prisoner of a horror beyond imagining.THE SEARCH - Their last hope—a circle of witches who command powers that can help and heal—or wreak terrible destruction. Their destination—the dark heart of a New England forest where an evil dynasty built upon the unspeakable secrets of the damned plans a hellish fate for all who oppose it....

IT CAME FROM BELOW…Stoneridge was a peaceful, almost boring little dot on the Kansas prairie, until the night a bottomless shaft mysteriously appeared in the town cemetery and, one by one, something below began scaring the people of Stoneridge to death.…AND KNEW JUST HOW TO SCARE THEMKarl, Beth, and Erik were well acquainted with fear. For years, they'd been plagued with painful scars from their childhood—terrible secrets that had long been buried. But something bel...

I am Frankenstein. I awaken Nightmares. My truth is Terror made Flesh. Two hundred years ago, Mary Shelley told part of my story. Now hear the rest!I am the Creature of Frankenstein. The Horror of my story is more terrifying than his. I know how it feels to be stripped of flesh. So, I did to Frankenstein what he did to me, cursed him with Immortality!I am Katiasa. I traveled back in time to help Frankenstein create Life from Death. It was fun, mostly, until his Creature mad...

The evil wizard Nidhug rules, but a cry of rebellion is still remembered: the cry of Bloodsong, the woman warrior who once fought her way to freedom. Hers is the dream of thousands doomed to slavery and unspeakable torture in the deathless lord's terrible fortress.Now, her cry is heard again, as Bloodsong returns, riding a Hel-horse, from the grim halls of Death itself. She wields such magic as few mortals possess. On her hand is the skull ring of the Death Goddess, Hel. At her sid...

In the second book of the Bloodsong Saga, faithfully set in the mystical world of Scandinavian mythology, the forces of Hel have kidnapped Bloodsong's daughter in a desperate effort to reawaken the dark magic buried in her soul. From the mystical island of the Berserkers to wise Freya's domain, Bloodsong battles an onslaught led by the ghoulish Death Riders, Hel's fiercest warriors. The very touch of their black-hilted swords and rotted flesh brings instant death, but Bloodsong must face t...

In the third book of the Bloodsong Saga, faithfully set in the mystical world of Scandinavian mythology, Bloodsong faces the greatest enemy she has ever known—her own son, Lokith, the demon of Helheim. Once destroyed by his mother, now Lokith is back with a vengeance, allied with the Death Goddess Hel and supported by a vast army of her fearsome Death Riders. Armed with only her sharpened sword and the dark-beast powers that are her heritage, Bloodsong must face her son's blind fury and ba...

From the haunted Carpathian Mountains of darkest Transylvania, Dracula reveals the Secret History of Vampires, Witches, and blasphemous horror.Told in his own words, here is the story of Dracula, a mortal warlord destined to become the Vampire King of the Undead.You have been told many lies. Now learn the truth.Welcome to Dracula's world.***"No vampire fan's library is complete without a copy of C. Dean Andersson's I Am Dracula. The author knows his s...

Keel-Tath has survived the rigors of the Desh-Ka temple to become a warrior. But her true challenges have not yet begun.Keel-Tath, the child who would unite her people as foretold by an ancient prophecy, has grown to be a young warrior in the confines of the Desh-Ka temple. She has been sheltered by her old friend and mentor Ayan-Dar from the clutches of Syr-Nagath, the Dark Queen. But when Keel-Tath is forced to choose between sanctuary and her honor, she goes int...

From the bestselling author of The Bone Houses and The Drowned Woods comes a thrilling fantasy about three unlikely allies bound together in a deadly, magical competition—perfect for fans of Holly Black and Erin A. Craig.Every five years, two kingdoms take part in a Wild Hunt. Joining is a bloody risk, and even the most qualified hunters can suffer the deadliest fates. Still, hundreds gamble their lives to participate—all vying for the Hunt’s life...

Diran used to make his living as an assassin --- one of the best money could buy. But after a life-altering spiritual experience, he's turned his back on killing. All he wants is peace. But in a shoddy port city, his past catches up to him, and killing may be the only way to bring peace to a city on the verge of destruction.From the Paperback edition.