"Cor, look at the tentacles on that!"Two golden ages collide in this celebration of cosmic horror and classic British comedy.Before the Karma Sutra there was The Nookienomicon, a book so insidious that it brought more than mere titillation... it brought terror!Follow the path of madness wrought by this dreadful tome from the Hyborian Age to the present day as it spreads its influence, and its tentacles, throughout history. Join Kolon the Barbarian, Annie Mater, the ...

New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with a sizzling Angels of the Dark tale about a winged warrior renowned for his ruthlessness, and the woman who becomes his obsession…A tormented past has left Thane with an insatiable need for violence, making him the most dangerous assassin in the skies. He lives by a single code: no mercy. And as he unleashes his fury on his most recent captor, he learns no battle could have prepared him for the slave he rescues f...

New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Carey returns to the curious Midwest tourist community where normal and paranormal worlds co-exist—however tenuously—under the watchful eye of a female hellspawn…Fathered by an incubus, raised by a mortal mother, and liaison to the Pemkowet Police Department, Daisy Johanssen pulled the community together after a summer tragedy befell the resort town she calls home. Things are back to normal—as normal as it gets ...

Time travel romance is not the same thing as sci-fi romance, though some stories may be set in an imagined future; it is romantic fiction set in various different eras, usually from around the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. A woman may fall asleep in Central Park in the present to wake up in the arms of a Scottish laird in the sixteenth century.The Mammoth Book of Time Travel Romance contains 25 stories of adventure and love; settings include medieval Scotland, six...

Leaving his cosy cabin at Black Ridge in the middle of a winter storm isn’t Lowe’s idea of a good time, but he’ll do whatever his alpha wants. With his twin for company, he battles the blizzard and his grouchy bear side, trying to keep his spirits up. When his brother brings up his bad habit of getting his heart broken, Lowe is sure things can’t get any worse… and then a gunshot echoes around the valley and the smell of blood sends his instincts wild.And when he finds the owner of ...

This "toothy follow-up to Datlow's first-rate Blood Is Not Enough " offers "admirably inventive variations on vampirism" ( Kirkus Reviews ).Featuring stories by Jonathan Carroll, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Robert Silverberg, A Whisper of Blood is a "consistently engrossing anthology" from award-winning editor Ellen Datlow ( Publishers Weekly). Continuing to expan...

Hunter Morgan is intelligent, handsome, and in love with Honor Moran. She has never given any indications that she would accept his marriage proposal, but medical school is over and Hunter needs to make his intentions known. All set to pop the question, he sees her nervously enter a dark alleyway known for ruthless activity. Hunter fears for her safety, and charges into the shadows after her. How could he know that his chivalrous act would launch him two hundred and fifty years into the pa...

A compilation of short horror stories by Laurie Bowler where you can find the creepiest and most gruesome happenings and monsters.Blood will be spilt, bodies will be torn apart, lives will be ruined and mostly a shiver will creep down your spine when you are reading these stories!The Sand Monster: The creature that humans ran away from seeks his revenge after disobeying his mother, and hides under the sand to capture his prey. As his hunger begins to spin out of control, he ...

"We've got intrigue, murder, and ghosts. Egos, images, revenge. It's Hollywood... in brilliant Dana Fredsti's hands" Josh Mallerman.Working in Hollywood is a living Hell. Quirky, fast-paced modern horror in the vein of Supernatural, Lucifer, True Blood, and Evil.All the best jobs in Hollywood go to the supernaturals. For a stuntman, it helps to be able to fly. For a romantic lead, it's an advantage to be an incubus or succubus, and if you smell Sulphur in your agent's offic...

1940's Chicago, a black female detective is asked to discover what happened to a rich gadabout whom disappeared mysteriously from his hotel room.Unfortunately, she does.

"Are you here to arrest me, Officer King?"When Officer Mitchell King-her ex and the only guy Tash Buckley has ever loved-arrives on her doorstep, claiming she needs his protective custody, Tash is more concerned by the heart-fluttering, pulse-racing effect he still has on her!Confined to Mitch's beachside cabin, Tash finds it increasingly difficult to resist her delicious protector….The Wild Ones duet continues with The Rebel and the Heiress, available next month!

In this frighteningly full issue of Fantasy Tales you will find:Foreign Parts, a bizarre tale of sex and death by the award winning Neil Gaiman (award-winning comics writer and co-author of the bestselling Good Omens).Thomas Ligotti opens a window into the beyond in The Spectacles in the Drawer.And a stomach-churning meal is on the menu in Gobble, Gobble by Logan's Run author William F Nolan.Plus non-fict...