Upon the literal and figurative outskirts of polite society within a literal and figurative shithole shack lives Rat Bastard. Though a character more fitting to a dubious threat a parent would give an irksome child (Eat your brussels sprouts or the "ratman" will get you), Rat Bastard inexplicably exists and interacts with the semi-normal human populace of Butthole City. Each episodic tale herein is full of adventure, excitement, whimsy, and wonder. Then Rat Bastard shows up and ruins all t...

A wonderful collection of short stories by an amazing list of contributors—all of whom were in attendance at Emerald City Comic Con 2026!In 2024 Grim Oak Press exhibited at Dragonsteel Nexus, Brandon Sanderson's convention in Salt Lake City, UT, where the award-winning publisher released Grimoire, an anthology containing short stories by attending authors. It sold out on the first day.Due to reader demand, a new Grimoire published at Emera...

A magical collection of ten short stories by an amazing list of contributors—all of whom were in attendance at Brandon Sanderson's Dragonsteel Nexus 2025!Grim Oak Press is proud to present the fourth Grimoire anthology for readers who enjoy SF&F stories of the magical and the future. Return to the space station Unity and solve a mystery with Christopher Paolini. Discover brotherly love between ancient dragons alongside Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle. Travel for r...

A wonderful collection of ten short stories by an amazing list of contributors—all of whom were in attendance at Emerald City Comic Con 2025!Following the success of the Grimoire released at Dragonsteel Nexus 2024, this second Grimoire published at Emerald City Comic Con 2025 in Seattle, WA, creating a new anthology of stories sure to delight. Read a deadly chess game between a demon and a mage observed by Terry Brooks. Fall in love with a lovelor...

A powerful collection of twenty-one SF&F short stories by an amazing list of contributors—all of whom were in attendance at Seattle Worldcon 2025!In partnership with Seattle Worldcon, Grim Oak Press is proud to present the third Grimoire for readers who enjoy SF&F stories of the magical and the future. Escape the country through Las Vegas beside Laura Anne Gilman. Regain the time you never know you could with Megan Lindholm. Fight back against a book thief...

In 2013, a newly launched Grim Oak Press published the Unfettered Phoenix Comicon Exclusive, an early edition of the award-winning anthology that featured only short stories by authors who attended the convention. The result was a book that fans could purchase and have signed by Terry Brooks, Kevin Hearne, Peter Orullian, Brandon Sanderson, and Shawn Speakman. It is now regarded by collectors as one of the most difficult Grim Oak releases to find.With this first volume of ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys: A pandemic has devastated the planet, sorting humanity into two types: the uninfected and the infected, the living and the living dead. • "One of the best books of the year." —EsquireAfter the worst of the plague is over, armed forces stationed in Chinatown’s Fort Wonton have successfully reclaimed the island south of Can...

Candid, outspoken, laugh-out-loud funny essays from much-loved Samantha Bee, host of TBS's uproarious late-night show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, executive producer and writer of TBS's comedy television series The Detour, and former The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’s Most Senior Correspondent.In I Know I Am, But What Are You? she shares her unique and irreverent viewpoint on subjects as wide-ranging as:BARBIE’S DREAM H...

Emmy Award–winner Aisha Tyler shares her Self-Inflicted Wounds of epic mistakes through hilarious stories—and the life lessons she gained along the way.Refreshingly and sometimes brutally honest, surprising, and laugh-out-loud funny, the essays in this collection from comedian and actress Aisha Tyler vividly translate the brand of humor she has cultivated through her successful standup career, as well as the strong voice and unique point of view she express...

For the first time, Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor speaks directly to his fans and shares his worldview about life as a sinner. And Taylor knows how to sin. As a small-town hero in the early '90s, he threw himself into a fierce-drinking, drug-abusing, hard-loving, live-for-the moment life. Soon Taylor's music exploded, and he found himself rich, wanted, and on the road. His new and ever-more extreme lifestyle had an unexpected effect, however; for the first time, he began to...

Now a motion picture starring Macaulay Culkin and Seth Green, Party Monster is a "vastly entertaining, scarily well-written and horrifically funny book" (The Baltimore Sun) that depicts a dazzling, dizzying descent into hell—New York's downtown club scene, where dancing, sex, drugs, and murder were just part of the everyday experience. True crime has never been more fun.When Party Monster was first published, it created a storm of controv...

Though technically a memoir, this is more a compendium of hair-whitening bar stories that punch you in the throat until your eyes explode. Many people have watched their friends die and some have been to jail. There are those who have stepped in the ring with professional fighters and been beaten within an inch of their lives. Others have created media empires. Very few have done all this and embarrassed dozens of celebrities; enjoyed more than a couple of threesomes; brou...