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James Benton might be the last man on earth. Racing to get to work, he finds random abandoned cars, smoldering pile-ups, and something even stranger. Everywhere he goes there’s no grass, no people, not even a bird in the sky. Alone in a bar… more

FADING IN DARKNESS: EMPIRE OF BLOOD BOOK TWO, the long-awaited sequel to SHINING IN CRIMSON hits Amazon April 23rd! Come and celebrate with Robert S. Wilson on Facebook at the COUNTDOWN TO FADING IN DARKNESS Facebook Event! It’ll be five da… more

The Collision is the worst disaster in human history. So far…In the near future, an experiment at the Large Hadron Collider causes an enormous explosion, known as the Collision. The blast flattens a huge chunk of central Europe and punches … more

A friend’s death at a pro wrestling show sends gutter journalist and punk rock hasbeen Spar Battersea back to the underground of the city to find the killer. Along the way he rams into a washed up grappler deadlier than a snake bite, a domi… more

Perry wakes up in an arroyo, hungover and unsure how he got there. His wallet and cell phone missing, he walks back to the last place he remembers being before he blacked out—the bar. Fueled by alcohol and a touch of companionship, Perry is… more

12 dark tales from the masters and rising stars of genre fiction. Complete TOC: “No More Shadows” by Tim Waggoner; “A Curse and a Kiss” by Eric J. Guignard; “Depravation” by Mark Allan Gunnells; “The Girl with the Thirsty Eyes” by Scott Bra… more

Edgar is a ghost cursed to spend his nights at Sunfall Manor, an apartment complex that was once a farmhouse in the flatlands of Nebraska. Every night he must move through five different dwellings, haunted by the living—a drunken and parano… more

Have you ever randomly come across $3,087? Nick did.Problem is, it’s blood money. And now unemployed Nick finds himself involved in way more than the money is worth.NOTE: This is a novelette, not a full-length novel. It also appears in The … more

Tough and smart at thirteen-years-old, Malcolm knew the illegal fight game like a pro, making bets and staying alive one day at a time. But nothing prepared him for Milkwood: a fat, ugly bastard who could take a beating like a government mu… more

A short play about Grant Harrington, a man forced to kill a teenager by the name of Lecy Newsted. Gaining the confidence of Lecy’s sister Cora, Grant thinks he may have a plan worked out. But Lecy Newsted is not any little girl.

Who can they blame for their problems?Give them a minute…They’ll find someone.What do drunks, dogs, rock bands, love, coffee, delivery services, carpet cleaners, infidelity, retarded racoons, gay dogs, credit cards, Skittles, jerks, Broad… more

Jared Sumner just wanted a pack of cigarettes. But as he waits in line at the crowded gas station, a customer pushes the clerk over the edge and the doors at The Quickshop lock themselves. The clerk has a secret he’s been waiting to share f… more

Hollow Shell is a zombie epic that pits two unlikely survivors against hordes of monsters, both living and dead. Life was finally working out for Chris, until the day he killed his family. They had turned, and so had the entire world. He me… more

The third volume in award-winning writer Bruce Bethke’s new ebook-only original anthology series continues to get even bigger and better, with six all-new tales of the fantastic, frightening, and funny by Gary Cuba, Ron Lunde, Tyler Tork, D… more

Once a happy family man, Kealan now spends his days walking aimlessly and crashing in his friend’s spare room. It never seems to matter how much he walks, because his shadow is always there. When he meets younger Valerie, an inquisitive and… more

The wait is finally over: Here is the tribute issue to “A Night in the Lonesome October”!Welcome to the October issue of The Lovecraft eZine. I have eight tales for you this month instead of the usual five, as well as a wonderful essay on … more

BLOOD THAT BURNS SO BRIGHT: A SHORT STORYSakura has a chance to be the greatest fighter in the pit, if her body survives one more fight against the fang-jobs. Ned has one last chance to help her become a legend, and spark a revolution. Insp… more

Was she an angel from above, or a walking time bomb of doom?His life having crumbled, Blake Gladstone returns to his hometown of Santa Fe, and tries to settle back into the unsatisfying life he’d had before he left for Florida.When he meets… more

When last in Santa Fe, Blake Gladstone took a darkly surreal ride with Denise Loreaux through the depths of grief and loss, disdain and obsession.With nowhere to go, he once again he finds himself destined for extinction. As the black curt… more

Broke, beaten, but undefeated, Spar Battersea finds himself working the local science fiction and comic book convention when things go from geeky to bad to insane. Wounded and haunted from the nightmare adventures of DEATH MATCH, Spar disco… more