The high-octane conclusion to the time travel thriller, RIFT.With Cascade gone through the rift, Price is determined to fix everything and find her. It doesn't matter if there's somebody that could become him--steal his life--on the other side of the rift. What does matter is that he figure out how to mend it. But he doesn't even have access to it anymore. When he wakes up to a new, different existence than what he's used to, he realizes that everything about time is fluid. And anyone with the power to walk through time can change his entire future. Cascade knows this all too well, having lived in dozens of realities over the years. And the one she lives in now, she doesn't want. Because it still harbors secrets about her father, who her sister Saige is determined to find. Find him they do, but no one--not Price, not Saige, not Cascade--is prepared for what they'll find on the other side of the rift...** Views: 74
Take a journey to the edge of civilization and go one step beyond to enter mind-blowing worlds of magical wonder and personal revelation that defy conventional reality. Travel the darkly strange passageways of THE NIGHT MARCHERS AND OTHER STRANGE TALES.
Daniel Braum spins a unique blend of speculative fiction that effortlessly blends fantasy, science fiction, mysticism and horror in every verse. Weaving a tapestry of quantum intelligence, the multi-dimensional vistas and dark worlds of spiritualism in THE NIGHT MARCHERS AND OTHER STRANGE TALES explore concepts of advanced science that collide with magical realism in an effort to explain the unexplainable.
Listen to the chords of a psychedelic jazz tune that threatens to herald the end of the world. Travel the sun-soaked beaches of the Caribbean with a young girl possessed by an inexorable power. Play a game of cat and mouse with demons in the lush Central American jungle. Experience a dance of redemption led by the reincarnated soul of an enigmatic Native American legend. Spend an erotically charged evening in the desert that may end in redemption or embraced by the arms of evil. Learn the future from a treacherous Egyptian beast with its sites set not on Bethlehem by Brooklyn.
Partake in all this and so much more with the dangerous and delightfully weird tales in this definitive edition of THE NIGHT MARCHERS AND OTHER STRANGE TALES that includes bonus fiction not found in any other version of this book.
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"Braum presents our world through a lens that reveals the wonderful and the horrifying with masterful, elegant prose. The Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales is a stunning debut from a writer who's been adding to the field of darkly weird literature for years, but who's name is only now beginning to emerge, and it's about time!" - Lee Thomas, Lambda Literary Award-winning and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The German and *Butcher's Road*
"From the jungles of South America to the mean streets of New York's suburbs, his stories wind through territories that feel at once familiar and strange, exotic and dangerous or maybe just dangerously personal." - David Wellington, author of Monster Island and *Positive*
"Daniel Braum is a true storyteller. The Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales will satisfy your cravings for the fearsome and the weird. These stories will also make you laugh, cringe and damn near weep. This is such a big-hearted and wide-ranging book." - Victor LaValle, author of *The Ballad of Black Tom*
"Faithless women and adventuring lone wolves populate these trippy, fantastical stories of music, magic, and the search for connection. Take some Neil Gaiman, a dash of Kevin Brockmeier, and a whole lot of Long Island garage band, and stir." - Sarah Langan, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of *Audrey's Door*
"One of the brightest young stars in the firmament of dark speculative fiction, Daniel Braum is among the best short story writers we've encountered. When you start reading The Night Marchers, it's readily apparent that you've discovered something special, possibly even transcendent." - Shane Douglas Keene, *This is Horror*
From the Author
PRAISE FOR GREY MATTER PRESS:
"In less than two years, Grey Matter Press has managed to establish itself as one of the premiere purveyors of horror fiction currently in existence via both a series of killer anthologies --SPLATTERLANDS, OMINOUS REALITIES, EQUILIBRIUM OVERTURNED -- and John F.D. Taff's harrowing novella collection THE END IN ALL BEGINNINGS." - FANGORIA
"The dark, all-encompassing theme seems to be the trademark of Grey Matter Press. When asked for a referral I often state without hesitation to the very press that has enchanted my reading attention." - Dave Gammon, HORROR NEWS Views: 73
Eloisa James meets E. L. James in Lavinia Kent's deeply sensual Regency romance! Torn between duty and desire, London's most infamous madam fights for a future with the love of her life: an insatiable, ruggedly charming American sailor. Emma Scanton's grandfather wants her to marry. Though he means well, he has no idea that his sweet, shy granddaughter leads a double life as the proprietress of Madame Rouge's. "Ruby" doesn't mean to disappoint her family--in fact, there's quite a bit about the job she would gladly leave behind--but she cannot bear the thought of losing her most beloved admirer: Captain Derek Price. What would she do without his muscular arms encircling her waist or his rough chin scraping her cheek? No, marriage is out of the question, for Ruby and for Emma. Beckoned back to England to assume his role as heir to the family fortune, Derek will soon enter into a suitable marriage. But not without one last visit to see Madame Rouge. During... Views: 73
When the costs are added up, will love land in the black?The Shamwell Tales, Book 3Mark Nugent has spent his life in the closet—at least, the small part of it he hasn't spent in the office. Divorced when he could no longer deny his sexuality, he's sworn off his workaholic ways and moved to Shamwell with his headstrong teen daughter to give her a stable home environment.His resolve to put his love life on hold is severely tested when he joins a local organization and meets a lively yet intense young man who tempts him closer to the closet threshold.Patrick Owen is an out-and-proud charity worker with strong principles—and a newly discovered weakness for an older man. One snag: Mark is adamant he's not coming out to his daughter, and Patrick will be damned if he's going to start a relationship with a lie. Between Mark's old-fashioned attitudes and a camp, flirtatious ex-colleague who wants Mark for himself,... Views: 73
A heart-warming and inspiring tale of three incredible women on the home-front during World War II from the author of The Bomb GirlsIt's 1941 and the country has been turned upside down. For the aristocratic Walsingham family this means being pushed unceremoniously into the upstairs floors of their grand home as it is taken over by the armed forces. But for newcomers Ava, Maudie and Bella, this is a chance for something more. The girls move into Walsingham Hall, each ready and willing to do their part for the war effort, and soon become firm friends. But Lord Edward Walsingham seems like he is hiding something sinister. And although he may be clever, he might have met his match in Maudie and the girls . . .*PREORDER NOW*Praise for Daisy Styles'A great read that I think will appeal to fans of wartime sagas and authors like Donna Douglas . . . From dances to disasters, encounters with handsome Yanks, rationing and... Views: 73
Grimm Valot was a Cajun boy with a heavy bayou accent when I first met him. He spent most of his youth fishing the Mississippi River from the levee in Old Algiers, but I don’t ever remember seeing him in the market selling anything with his family. My daddy always tried to get me to stay away from him, but he was a damn good friend and I think some of my happiest moments were hiding behind the trees, sitting on the grass, and watching him throw his line in. I think part of the reason my daddy didn’t want me near Grimm was because his family lived in the Lower Ninth Ward and we lived in the French Quarter. He said that I was too “upper class” to be seen with anyone from the Wards, which I didn’t agree with. I never did define people on what they had or where they lived, but he did because he worked so hard for everything we had. We left Louisiana the day before Hurricane Katrina swept through and destroyed the Wards, leaving me wondering if he and his family had made it out safely. That almost eleven years ago and I found myself back in New Orleans for a visit with my parents in their fancy French Quarter home. In two days it would be Mardi Gras and the perfect time for me to slip away and see if I could find out whatever happened to him; if he was still alive or if he lost his life like so many others. I'll admit that I'm scared. Dark things happen in the deepest corners of New Orleans and there are whispers of magic, sex, and death. Ritualistic killings to appease spirts and gain power. I never believed in any of that and I knew I would have to swallow my fear to find him. I felt in my bones that he was still alive and I knew that I would have to be strong to find him. I would have to hold onto the hope that maybe, just maybe, Grimm was looking for me too. It was all I could do for now.** Views: 73
