Murder is Easy. But the consequences are Deadly.
Amy Sholes has a problem. An obsession. She's a murderer. A talented and prolific serial killer. To most, she is a monster--an evil person with a cancer on her soul. But to many, she is an avenging angel, serving justice and helping those who could not help themselves. Her one rule, she only kills those who prey on others. Amy is beautiful and sexy with a wonderful husband and a family she adores. Her world may seem perfect, but Amy knows it could be better. And she's willing to do whatever it takes to rid the world of bad people. She's a killer you'll want to root for.
Book 1 follows Amy's Affair with Murder. She succumbs to the seductive draw of a dark society, risking everything for a little taste. Her desires lead her into a thrilling world filled with twists and turns so intoxicating that she loses sight of who she is. Soon, Amy is living two lives--a dangerous juggling act in which one misstep could destroy her and shatter the family she loves. But her newfound obsession has bled into her family's lives, jeopardizing everything. Amy's husband is a police detective and some of her adventures have showed up on his desk. She's determined to keep her two worlds separate, and finds herself tangled in a deep web of lies, telling one after another to throw off the suspicions of the man she loves and to save who they are.
Amy knows people live for the idea that their fantasies can come true. The question she begins to ask: should they?
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Do you love apocalyptic books? "Kill Them Dead" Will entertain you and keep yourheart pulsing page after page...In the very near future...An asteroid mining vessel returns to a space station...The mining crew immediately realize something is very wrong...Dark and deserted...With Blood...everywhere...Do you love apocalyptic books? "Kill Them Dead" Will entertain you and keep yourheart pulsing page after page...In the very near future...An asteroid mining vessel returns to a space station...The mining crew immediately realize something is very wrong...Dark and deserted...With Blood...everywhere... And the promise of certain death lurking around every corner...All the result of an old secret...That will set in motion the coming apocalypse... Views: 304
In the thirty years since S. T. Joshi prepared revised editions of H. P. Lovecraft's stories for Arkham House, Joshi has continued to do research on the textual accuracy of Lovecraft's stories, and this comprehensive new edition is the result.
For the first time, students and scholars of Lovecraft can see at a glance all the textual variants in all relevant appearances of a story-manuscript, first publication in magazines, and first book publications. The result is an illuminating record of the textual history of the tales, along with how Lovecraft significantly revised his stories after initial publication.
The result is the definitive text of Lovecraft's fiction-an edition that supersedes all those that preceded it and should endure as the standard text of Lovecraft's stories for many years.
In this final volume, the tales of Lovecraft's final years are presented. The Antarctic novella At the Mountains of Madness is perhaps Lovecraft's most finished work, a superb fusion of weirdness and science fiction that he referred to as -cosmicism.- -The Shadow over Innsmouth- is a chilling evocation of the terrors inherent in a lonely New England backwater, while -The Thing on the Doorstep- and -The Haunter of the Dark- feature physical horrors with cosmic implications. -The Shadow out of Time- is the culmination of Lovecraft's portrayal of the vast vistas of space and time-his signature contribution to literature. Views: 304
John Davys Beresford was an English writer, now remembered for his early science fiction and some short stories in the horror story and ghost story genres. Views: 304
Could my luck get any worse? I'm trapped in the middle of nowhere. It's the pouring down rain, I'm left with two options. One is to hike miles either way to town and kill myself in the process. The second is to take the notorious route 95 bus route, or as known my others, the evil rust bucket from hell. I guess I should have hiked.Recently fired from his job, single, and friendless, thirty-two-year-old Glenn is on the verge of losing his sanity. The only thing that might stop his slow descent into madness is the touch of a woman—no easy feat for Glenn, whose last and only success with a woman transpired in college.But someone must have a crush on Glenn, because he’s receiving strange texts and pictures from a secret admirer, a mysterious woman who watches him from afar keeps reappearing, and in the small town of Blarney, Texas, there are no coincidences.A Strange Attraction is taking hold of Glenn, changing him from the inside out, and when it’s over he’ll never be the same again. Views: 304
Jealous Dr. Roger Cochran discovers that his wife may be having an affair. Shackled by rage and assumption, the good doctor devises a plan to teach his wife a drastic lesson in the value of loyalty.This collection of novellas is about journeys. In The Last Long Walk of Noah Brown, a young man leaves his home in Annapolis in 1965. A complete innocent, he trusts the people he encounters along the roads who give him direction until he settles in New Orleans where he eventually rescues people and animals caught in the flood. The King and the Clockmaker examines questions about the genesis of evil, the role of art and the nature of time. In The Vast Darkness, a young woman student of anthropology reflects upon the influence of isolated mountain living upon her neighbors. Views: 304
NEW SCIENCE FICTION, URBAN FANTASY, AND MYSTERY STORIES WITH A NOIR THEME FROM BEST-SELLING AUTHORS LAURELL K. HAMILTON delivering an Anita Blake series story, LARRY CORREIA, penning a Grimnoir series adventure, an original Honor Harrington series tale from DAVID WEBER, AND MORE.
The silky note of a saxophone. The echoes of a woman’s high heels down a deserted asphalt street. Steam rising from city vents to cloud the street-lit air. A man with a gun. A dame with a problem…
NOIR.
From the pulpy pages of Black Mask Magazine in the 1920s and 30s, through the film noir era of the 1940s, to today, noir fiction has lured many a reader and movie-goer away from the light and into the dark underbelly of society. Names such as Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and James M. Cain; titles like The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, The Postman Always Rings Twice… these have inhabited our collective consciousness for decades. Humanity, it seems, loves the dark. And within the dark, one figure stands out: that of the femme fatale.
Here then, Noir Fatale an anthology containing the full spectrum of noir fiction, each incorporating the compelling femme fatale character archetype. From straightforward hardboiled detective story to dark urban fantasy to the dirty secrets of futuristic science fiction—all with a hard, gritty feel.
As Raymond Chandler said, “Down these mean streets, a man must walk who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.” Because, as these stories prove, doing the right thing doesn’t necessarily mean you get the big bucks or the girl. But you do the right thing anyway.
All new stories by
Larry Correia
Kacey Ezell
Laurell K. Hamilton
David Weber
Sarah A. Hoyt
Robert Buettner
Alistair Kimble
Griffin Barber
Michael Massa
Christopher L. Smith and Michael Ferguson
Hinkley Correia
Patrick Tracy
Steve Diamond
About Larry Correia and the Monster Hunter International series:
“[E]verything I like in fantasy: intense action scenes, evil in horrifying array, good struggling against the darkness, and most of all people—gorgeously flawed human beings faced with horrible moral choices that force them to question and change and grow.”—Jim Butcher
“[A] no-holds-barred all-out page turner that is part science fiction, part horror, and an absolute blast to read.”—Bookreporter.com
“If you love monsters and action, you’ll love this book. If you love guns, you’ll love this book. If you love fantasy, and especially horror fantasy, you’ll love this book.”—Knotclan.com
“A gun person who likes science fiction—or, heck, anyone who likes science fiction—will enjoy [these books] . . . The plotting is excellent, and Correia makes you care about the characters . . . I read both books without putting them down except for work . . . so whaddaya waitin’ for? Go and buy some . . . for yourself and for stocking stuffers.”—Massad Ayoob
“This lighthearted, testosterone-soaked sequel to 2009's Monster Hunter International will delight fans of action horror with elaborate weaponry, hand-to-hand combat, disgusting monsters, and an endless stream of blood and body parts.”—Publishers Weekly on Monster Hunter Vendetta
About the work of Kacey Ezell:
"Gritty, dark and damp. Much like the war itself."—Michael Z. Williamson, best-selling author of A Long Time Until Now
"I loved Minds of Men."—D.J. Butler, best-selling author of Witchy Eye
"A lot of good scifi writers write war, but sometimes forget that it is fought by actual people, and even in the midst of war, you don't stop being people while you fight. If you want a good read that dares you to think about what it is like to go to war when you can't hide behind the masks you learn to wear, check it out."—John T. Mainer
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Here there be witches and werewolves.The moon illuminates magical things that could otherwise hide from view. Nightmares don’t go away just because we grow up. Several tales of the night from the author of DEMONS AND OTHER INCONVENIENCES.Our moon is something special. It illuminates the magical things that could otherwise hide from view. Our nightmares are born while we are young, and they don’t go away just because we grow up.Here there be witches and werewolves.From the author of:Demons and Other Inconveniences andHow To Eat A Human Being Views: 303
FEAR STREET — WHERE YOUR WORST NIGHTMARES LIVE... The new girl is as pale as a ghost, blond, and eerily beautiful — and she seems to need him as much as he wants her. Cory Brooks hungers for Anna Corwin's kisses, drowns in her light blue eyes. He can't get her out of his mind. He has been loosing sleep, ditching his friends...and everyone has noticed. Then as suddenly as she came to Shadyside High, Anna disappears. To find a cure for his obsession, Cory must go to Anna's house on Fear Street — no matter what the consequences. Anna may be the love of his life...but finding out her secret might mean his death. Views: 303
The Tengen brothers planned to make themselves all the law there was in Coffin Creek and the surrounding Cochise County. Then the whole south east corner of Arizona would be theirs to plunder at will. Behind the tin stars they wore, the brothers were killers, pure and simple... But they'd reckoned without Calvin Taylor, former Indian scout turned Wells Fargo agent. Taylor would bring real law and order to the town, even if he had to do it at the point of a gun. The result was an explosion of violence and killing. Blood ran on the streets of Coffin Creek and a twisted trail of vengeance led high into the mountains of Apache country. Views: 303
In the blink of an eye, all human life disappeared, except for myself. A short story.Jesse Winter is a smart, young staffer at City University of New York who has a knack for finding himself at the center of controversy. As an expert handler of disputes among faculty, students, and partners of CUNY (not to mention the general public), his instinctive negotiation skills make him a valuable asset; but they also make him a juicy target for those with an axe to grind. When a group of students from CUNY's award-winning—and highly controversial—investigative journalism program uncover an elaborate, decades-old lie that underpins the massive wealth and clout of a Polish political family, Jesse's life begins to unravel. Views: 303
This is the fourteenth book in series one of the Borderlands Press Little Books.Contents of this collection:Silver Bullets (an Introduction)Burying BetsyThe Ties That BindDustTwo-Headed Alien Love ChildGolden BoyBunnies In AugustTake Me To The RiverThat Which LingersI Am An ExitThis Is Not An ExitWithout YouThe Siqqusim Who Stole Christmas Views: 302
This is a collection of short, and some not so short, stories that involve the undead as well as a wide variety of very unpleasant things.This is a collection of short, and some not so short, stories that involve the undead as well as a wide variety of very unpleasant things.Some of the unpleasant things include mentally deranged psychotic clowns, someone being pushed from a very tall building, a giant six foot tall fluffy pink talking bunny that a man discovers in his kitchen at 2:47 in the morning, an elderly deranged man who believes he's a ninja, a vacation near Albuquerque that ends very tragically, and many other things.Southwestern Road Trip picks up immediately after the events portrayed in Valley of Death- Zombie Trailer Park. It features appearances by Deputy Bo Autry, Sheriff Guiteriz and finally explains what became of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Keith Dudley. This story marks a major change for me, in that the reader get to decide how it ends; Horribly or Very horribly.The Fall of Bayonne is actually more of a novella than a short story and chronicles the events that led to an undead outbreak that occurred during a prison revolt. My personal favorite scene is when the execution of a very bad man goes about as wrong as possible and it turns out being dead doesn't mean much.Waking at 2:47AM does not involve zombies, but is filled with many unpleasant things. A father discovers nightmares are more than they seem, and sometimes they do come true.Chef's Surprise may seem like just another murder case, but when it ends with undead and psychotic clowns it's anything but ordinary.Disgusting Campfire Tales was written principally for those critics and reviewers that have complained my stories are too gross and disgusting. (which they are)Fortunate Cookie takes a peek at an unloved girl who discovers the end doesn't mean that everything is over. Views: 302
