THIS BOOK KILLS Now they taste like ash in my mouth. When did you start to create your own happy memories, Orion? When did I get left out of the picture? Do you think of me at all anymore? Does it really matter? Like a dark shadow I move up the stairs, holding my breath. Through the walls I can feel him, his essence. I can hear his beating heart throbbing with emotion. I am moving closer now, closer to her and his cheating heart. I stand outside their bedroom door and listen to them sleeping. They are close now. I can hear the familiar sound of his peaceful gentle snore. I can hear her sigh...

WHO WILL RULE THE UNDERGROUND TONIGHT? actual 99th page: In his eyes I can see the confusion. There is a lack of focus. He is easily distracted. He is slow, clumsy. He is a foreigner here. He does not belong here. This will be my victory I can already taste his blood in my mouth. I can feel his heart still beating in my fist. His veins pumping against my chin. His skin shredded at my feet. Maybe I will pick it up, cure it, and wear Little Smiley as a coat. I want his soul tonight. I want this man to be a fucking casualty. I keep telling myself this until I am worked into a frenzy. I realize...

Ten short stories including Banshee's Song, Sinner's Heaven, Fast Times in Tijuana, When I Grow Up I Wanna Be An Abortion, Regressor, At Home in the Darkness, The Gift that Keeps on Killing, A Bullet for Your Bride, Among the Flying Ones and Gravelord.

An epic adventure into the realms of loneliness, madness and despair ...

A FORMER VAMPIRE HUNTS FOR FRESH BLOOD actual 99th page: Yaug did not recognize himself. No. The man staring back at him was a total stranger. The hair was cut short, not too short, but short. Not a flat top but something else, something in between. Still, it looked good. Johnny was a master. His head looked clean. "I'll take it," Yaug said. "Like you got a choice," Johnny grinned and started to wipe the stray strands of hair off his shoulders. Yaug tried to smile like the boy in the picture. When he finally came close he got up and fished the ten dollar bill out of his pocket. With a...

When a stranger in black rides into Arbor, California the townspeople realize that the time has come to pay for their sins. GRAVELORD is a fast paced zombie western broken up into three individual stories: LEAD MOUNTAIN, THE GRUESOME HUNT and THE DEAD MENAGERIE.

Ten sacrilegious stories including: Spinster, Water Walking, The Penguin Hunter, The Evolution Revolution, God's Vein, This Insect Suffers, Ignition, Black Hole Boy and Island of Atrocity

AND THE DRAGONS SHALL COME AGAIN actual 99th page: nightmares whenever he thought about writing. "Doesn't he know Jamie's kids?" "I wanted to meet you first. Make sure you weren't, uh? you know ..." "Drunk? No, that was a good idea. I never know when I'm going to fall apart." "Right. So, do you have any advice for him?" "Yeah. Don't ask for advice. Ever." Now it felt as if he was gaining ground. That was a sentence he had rehearsed a hundred times. He said it whenever anyone asked him for advice about writing. "Never?" He shook his head. "Every writer approaches their craft in a different...