The promise was reconstruction.The result was devastation.Eventually, someone has to answer for the suffering, and a force beyond control will come knocking.And through it all...THE PULSE REMAINS.This is issue 1 of Undertaker Books's Graveside Reads, short novelettes written by some great talents in the horror community.

Spooky tales from these fabulous authorsRob GrimoireDiana ParrillaM. Lee GoodsonSara Jordan-HeintzJordan KocevskiMary Jo RabePaige L. ChristieMike RusetskyRoss BaxterBrian MacDonaldBeverle Graves MyersRob NisbetDavid HornAlex TuckerMichael D. BurnsideJaimie CapelinKelly ZimmerJen JanetLaura J Kelly

In the city of Olympus, people only speak about Medusa in whispers. She’s Athena’s knife hand, the one sent when Athena wants someone to disappear. No one asks Medusa what she wants, but she owes Athena her life, and if staining her hands with blood is the only way to repay the debt, it’s a small price to pay.Until Athena sends her after Calypso, the mistress of the rich politician Odysseus. Calypso is beautiful and cunning and she’ll do anything to keep her life—including seducing...

Her adventure has only just begun…Wyn thought everything would be unicorns and rainbows once she reached her mother's palace.The last things she expected were assassination attempts, the Summer King readying for war and, worst of all, frilly dresses.But all of that is pushed to the side when one of her Guardians needs her help. They're hers. And she'll protect them while keeping her vow to protect the Realm. No matter the cost.This s...

I have a special power: the ability to calm a berserker, but I’ve been warned never to use it. My mother said: “If you see a berserker in a rage… not your monkeys, not your circus. Get the hell away. They’re too dangerous, and you’ll lose your freedom.”But the thing is… we’re flying 30,000 feet in the air in a speeding aluminum cage, and there’s a berserker raging out in the aisle beside me. Security won’t be able to hold him. They won’t be strong enough. They have no idea what the...

In this short tour of the magical world, the magus Ezekiel takes the reader through the first five tarot cards of the Major Arcana. Rather than seeing the tarot cards as a divination system, Ezekiel uses them as maps of the magical world. The reader is encouraged to suspend disbelief and set off on this journey with the openness of the first tarot card, The Fool.

Don’t miss this companion novella to the enthralling Goddess Test series, perfect for fans of the Covenant, Starcrossed and Mortal Instruments series, originally published in 2012 as part of The Goddess Legacy anthology!For millennia, we’ve caught only glimpses of the lives and loves of the gods and goddesses on Olympus. Now Aimée Carter pulls back the curtain on how they became the powerful, petty, loving and dangerous immortals that Kate...

To get to the End, Dunn must first travel to the Nether. Will he survive? Dunn, a simple farmer, desperately seeks to remove the enchanted curse placed on his mother. The only remedy might be in the most dangerous place on the cube, the End. To reach the End, Dunn must first travel the dangerous road through the Nether. Will he make it there and back? Dunn must risk his life to find a way to reverse the cur...

USA Today and International Bestselling author J.A. Culican presents a new epic fantasy adventure full of dragons, magic, and legends.With the rise of Dag'draath's might, no where is safe. Not even the Library.Rhin is on the search for the final piece of the puzzle that will lock Dag'draath away for good. Not a prison like Onen Suun created. Something powerful enough to either destroy a god, or to lock him away for eternity.But she quickly discovers...

“Eurydice is a luminous retelling of the Orpheus myth from his beloved wife’s point of view. Watching it, we enter a singular, surreal world, as lush and limpid as a dream—an anxiety dream of love and loss—where both author and audience swim in the magical, sometimes menacing, and always thrilling flow of the unconscious… Ruhl’s theatrical voice is reticent and daring, accurate and outlandish.” —John Lahr, New YorkerA reimagining of the classic myth of Orpheus thr...

The Crystals of Z'leth is a solo adventure of exploration, discovery, and survival that works with Dungeons & Dragons: 5th Edition.*The jungle holds many secrets. It will do anything to keep them.You are part of an expedition to the ancient city of Z'leth. Few who have found the city have ever returned. Those that did make it out alive talk of a lost civilization, ancient secrets, and crystals of great power.But all may not be as it seems, and there...

A 96-page, full-color early chapter book, based on the iconic board game Dungeons & Dragons and featuring characters from the hit middle grade series Dungeon Academy!Being a human at the prestigious Dungeon Academy is strictly forbidden. That’s why Zelli Stormclash must keep her identity a secret!Disguised as a minotaur, Zelli does her work, tries her best to blend in with her monstrous surroundings all the while keeping to herself. Unless it involves bulli...