This volume assembles no less than 40 stories set in H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Ranging from Lovecraft's own tales (including classics such as the novel At the Mountains of Madness, "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," and "The Colour Out of Space") to works by his friends and contemporaries (Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long, and Robert Bloch), to later followers (Henry Kuttner, Lin Carter, Brian McNaughton), and contemporary afficianados (Brian Stableford, Mark McLau...

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER THROUGH THE YEARS Carl Kolchak has faced more than his share of monsters throughout his infamous career. Now, Monstrous Books presents 13 short stories chronicling the intrepid reporter's exploits from his time in World War II until his semi-retirement in the 1990s. Kolchak's luck runs out during World War II. Devils in the outfield stir up trouble in the '50s. A road trip with editor Tony Vincenzo in the '70s takes a turn for the worse. Lovecraftian horrors esca...

Two years ago, Claire Challis's four-year-old son disappeared without a trace. Now, on a cold winter morning, a neighbor's child vanishes outside her apartment. The subsequent police investigation turns up no clues.Claire encounters a strange priest. An ancient church that seems to be the site of unspeakable rituals. A shadowy figure that seems to appear and disappear at will. And now, Claire finds herself at the center of a web of intrigue—and in fear for her life. Still, she is d...

AIKEN MILL, VIRGINIA… A legend-haunted town in Sylvan County, located in a remote, mountainous corner of the state. With its long history of countless deaths and disappearances, Aiken Mill has become known to law enforcement as “The Cold Case Capital of the World.”Now, an unidentified, mutilated body has turned up in the town. During his investigation, Sheriff Bryce Parrott discovers frightening clues that lead him to believe some ghostly force—or entity—may be responsible...

Deathrealm: Spirits, a new horror anthology edited by Stephen Mark Rainey, picks up exactly where Deathrealm magazine left off over 25 years ago!20 all-new stories and poems by the most intense voices ever to weave their way into your waking world. From soft, dreadful whispers to high, chilling screams, these voices emerge from the darkness to lure and draw you back to their hellish home — The Land Where Horror Dwells.Deathrealm magazine ...

Listen and Draw is an EFL/ESL teacher’s resource book of simple, fun, ready-to-use classroom drawing activities. You can take the book to your classroom, open to a selected page and do the activity with the class.Key features:simple drawings—no artistic talent is neededready-to-use classroom activitiessuitable for large classessuitable for mixed-level classesgreat for beginners and false beginnersgreat...

Antarctica... a frozen wasteland of penguins, blinding ice and snow, and blizzards to kill the unprepared in minutes. But it is an ancient land, with ancient secrets, mysteries that humanity is only beginning to glimpse. HP Lovecraft introduced the world to the terrifying reality of this lonely continent in his famous novella, At the Mountains of Madness, and now a new team of intrepid authors follows in his footsteps. New dimensions of horror will send chills up your spine, from the pens ...

Listen and Draw is an EFL/ESL teacher's resource book of simple, fun, ready-to-use classroom drawing activities. You can take the book to your classroom, open to a selected page and do the activity with the class.Key features:Can be used to:Can be used as:

DEADLY LAUGHTERWhen four wealthy teenagers found themselves amongst the ruins of an old Chinese palace they were not impressed. What real significance could these old stones play in their lives? It was ancient history and that was boring. Did they really care about Nui the Ox or Chikyo the monk both dead for centuries. It is said that those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it. If the legends were true then many people had said and done things that displeased Niu...

A journalist’s travelogue of war-torn Sri Lanka “brings refreshing clarity and enlightenment” to our understanding of terrorism (Robert Young Pelton).Armed with a map and a motorcycle, Mark Stephen Meadows ventures to Sri Lanka’s war zone to interview terrorists, generals, and heroin dealers on their own terms. He seeks only to understand the conflict and witness the civil war’s effects on the country. As he travels north through Colombo, Kandy, and the damaged cit...

Ocean Beach, San Diego, better known as OB, is located on Point Loma. Nothing stops the summer influx of tourists, fugitives, and gypsies from coming nearly as far southwest in the continental US as one can go. On any given day, you will see the unofficial mayor of OB holding court on the seawall by the pier. Paul “Pops” O’Hagen tells the tale of his life before and after prison as he encourages the younger surfers to not do what he did. Pops’s troubles are not in the past, though. The per...

The Really Real Mother Goose reexamines some of the best-known nursery rhymes, pointing out the true lessons to be learned.