After losing his wife to an untimely death, Buck Wallace has been raising his six children on his own for the last eight years. By day he runs the family business, while at night he remains lost and alone. When a business opportunity arises, Buck insists on trying his hands at something new. Alice Perry is desperate to sell her bar, but there’s always a catch to any good deal. She’s had her eye on Buck for a long time. After learning he’s interested in buying her bar, she decides to provide him with an offer no man could ever refuse. Find out if a broken man from Oyster Cove can love again in Salt Water Wounds.** Views: 16
A longtime Lovecraft devotee, who has extended the weird tale to the next level via the likes of Borges and Burroughs, Thomas Ligotti is usually published as part of a general anthology of horror writers. But now Ligotti has pulled together a collection of his favorite fiction, both old and new, representing his best and most characteristic works.Thomas Ligotti's stories are perhaps best described as dark magical realism. Views: 16
Alien landscapes. Run-down pool halls. Modern kitchens. Ghost-ridden memorials. There are shadows everywhere, housing the dark things that make us human. Love. Hate. Fear. Hope. Although best known for her urban fantasy, and her award-nominated epic fantasy series (The Vineart War trilogy and The Devil's West novels), Laura Anne Gilman began her career as a short fiction writer, using horror, SF and fantasy themes to raise questions about what it means to be aware, to be awake, to be human. Darkly Human collects eighteen of these stories, some never-before-published, featuring work reviewers have called "marvelously poetic," and containing "a high note of cleverness, craft, and sympathy." Views: 16
Her past...or her future? It's taken Amy Finley ten years, but she's finally ready to return to her hometown of Heartache, Tennessee, and face the past. She just never expected that would include reuniting with her high school sweetheart and now town sheriff, Sam Reyes. Or that Sam's latest case would lead right back to the darkest chapter in her life. The attraction between Amy and Sam is definitely still there, not to mention that she's sure she could quickly grow to love his cute baby son. But can he forgive her for keeping her secrets? Can she forgive herself? Views: 16
A MYSTERY VICTIMA corpse is found: its identity extinguished in the most shocking manner imaginable. Detective Ian Bradshaw can't catch the killer if no one can ID the victim. Out there, somewhere, a missing young woman may hold the answers.A SECRET WEBJournalist Helen Norton is about to uncover a massive criminal conspiracy. She just needs the final piece of the puzzle. Soon, she will learn the price of the truth.AN 'INNOCENT' KILLERTrue-crime writer Tom Carney receives letters from a convicted murderer who insists he is innocent. His argument is persuasive - but psychopaths are often said to be charming...WHAT IS THE DARK THREAD RUNNING THROUGH THESE CRIMES?Praise for Howard Linskey:'One of the best new writers around. This is a must-read series' Mark Billingham 'Linskey has taken a sharp swerve towards the big time ... He has elevated his writing to a level of... Views: 16
