Who is The Hooded Man? Rumors have spread across the Immortal community - from Miami and New York to Paris, Frankfurt and Rome. Talk of 'the man in the hood who carries the decanter' have been increasing. But are the rumors true? Immortals around the world have been losing their dark gift - becoming mortal once again, dying an eternal death, cursed and damned forever. The rumors continue to spread, worldwide, as a mythical figure is seen shortly before each "death" carrying a bulbous crystal decanter. Is it the end of the Immortals? A.L. Mengel continues the Tartarus saga with powerful...

Are you struggling to finish a novel? Read this book and get the novel written. Employ a simple - yet profoundly effective - method of writing, which has proven perfect for the busy author who juggles a full-time career and balancing life's long list of responsibilities. Find the time to write and get the book finished. This book is meant to be a quick and inspirational read. A.L. Mengel, the author of "Ashes," "The Quest for Immortality" and "The Blood Decanter" shares his #Writestorm process with you, a methodology he developed while writing "The Blood Decanter" and has enabled him to...

The world is in chaos. Fires, storms and an eternal dark sky fight to hold the people hostage as an unprecedented flow of bodies keep the morgues at their breaking point. Some are of fallen immortals who once sought renewed eternal life. A.L. Mengel crafts a hypnotic story which inhabits the land of demons and angels; telling of heartache, loss, hope and love. Lush and exotic, with Darius at the heart, he desperately searches for the elixir to end his curse. From his early days we learn of his heritage; from his time in Paris when Vaudeville was in its infancy; to present day New York and...

When Ashes was originally released by Parchman's Press, A.L. Mengel broke new ground in supernatural storytelling. Blending realism with fiction, and weaving together the paranormal with the theology of Catholicism, superstition and common myths, he introduced a simple story with a profound message and deep, spiritual elements. The majority of the message resides between the prose, while other themes are flung into the reader's face. "Ashes" does not hold back in addressing issues of bigotry and intolerance, alcoholism, betrayal, sexual identity and broken relationships. The story opens with...

It's far into the future. The Earth's rotation has stopped and the Sun is dying. The Oceans have shifted towards the Poles, flooding all of the cities to the North. The cities in the South have been punished with a blistering, relentless Sun in a vast, dry, deserted landscape. The survivors have learned to adapt to months of deadly heat, living in darkness beneath the Earth in underground cities. A scout comes unexpectedly to the colony - near death, he spends his first days in a coma, as rumors surface of a "habitable zone." As supplies near depletion, the colonists argue - Who will journey...

The writing of A.L. Mengel has captivated readers, changing the face of Horror Fiction. "A Masterpiece" - ASHES (Amazon) "Unusual...captivating" - THE QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (Amazon) "A Brilliant Tour-de-Force" - THE BLOOD DECANTER (Amazon) "I was spellbound" - ASHES (Barnes and Noble) "Leaves the reader breathless...not for the faint of heart" - THE QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (Barnes and Noble) "Exquisite; Poetic; Daring" - THE BLOOD DECANTER (Barnes and Noble) Discover War Angel - the culmination, where the other stories converge. And ask yourself, Do You Believe? "There are twice the amount of...