Early ReviewersGrant Palmquist

When their friend Keith dies, little do Owen and Steve know their suspicions of foul play will lead them deep into a maze of illusions, secrets, and desires, that the search for truth will take them beyond the outer world and into a haunting inner world—behind the surface of reality, beyond what be can seen and heard, deep inside nightmares and dreams, within delusions and visions, past the veneer of an illusory world and into a valley of darkness.

And submerged in that vale of darkness Sacred Witchery will cast its spell on them… and you.

Heath White lives with his wonderful family in a picturesque house in Stonehaven, Texas. It almost seems too good to be true: great job, beautiful wife, loving daughter, and a peaceful home. As a father and husband, Heath White has it all, everything he’s ever wanted. His home is his castle, his refuge against a decadent world… but his sense of safety is unraveling, because someone is watching Heath, stalking him, plotting against him and his family, and Heath would do anything—anything at all—to protect them. Seeking ever new highs, Trent Sable, a murderous sociopath, has found his way to Stonehaven, Texas. Trent lives to break the laws of man and transcend the world around him. His only god is himself, his drugs are brutality and cruelty. And now, as a test, a barometer for his ascendance beyond divinity, he’s targeted the White family for a special type of destruction. An agonizing initiation into the violent laws of masculinity, Vultures is a horror-thriller that will leave you breathless.

Heath White lives with his wonderful family in a picturesque house in Stonehaven, Texas. It almost seems too good to be true: great job, beautiful wife, loving daughter, and a peaceful home. As a father and husband, Heath White has it all, everything he’s ever wanted. His home is his castle, his refuge against a decadent world… but his sense of safety is unraveling, because someone is watching Heath, stalking him, plotting against him and his family, and Heath would do anything—anything at all—to protect them. Seeking ever new highs, Trent Sable, a murderous sociopath, has found his way to Stonehaven, Texas. Trent lives to break the laws of man and transcend the world around him. His only god is himself, his drugs are brutality and cruelty. And now, as a test, a barometer for his ascendance beyond divinity, he’s targeted the White family for a special type of destruction. An agonizing initiation into the violent laws of masculinity, Vultures is a horror-thriller that will leave you breathless.

Heath White lives with his wonderful family in a picturesque house in Stonehaven, Texas. It almost seems too good to be true: great job, beautiful wife, loving daughter, and a peaceful home. As a father and husband, Heath White has it all, everything he’s ever wanted. His home is his castle, his refuge against a decadent world… but his sense of safety is unraveling, because someone is watching Heath, stalking him, plotting against him and his family, and Heath would do anything—anything at all—to protect them. Seeking ever new highs, Trent Sable, a murderous sociopath, has found his way to Stonehaven, Texas. Trent lives to break the laws of man and transcend the world around him. His only god is himself, his drugs are brutality and cruelty. And now, as a test, a barometer for his ascendance beyond divinity, he’s targeted the White family for a special type of destruction. An agonizing initiation into the violent laws of masculinity, Vultures is a horror-thriller that will leave you breathless.

Heath White lives with his wonderful family in a picturesque house in Stonehaven, Texas. It almost seems too good to be true: great job, beautiful wife, loving daughter, and a peaceful home. As a father and husband, Heath White has it all, everything he’s ever wanted. His home is his castle, his refuge against a decadent world… but his sense of safety is unraveling, because someone is watching Heath, stalking him, plotting against him and his family, and Heath would do anything—anything at all—to protect them. Seeking ever new highs, Trent Sable, a murderous sociopath, has found his way to Stonehaven, Texas. Trent lives to break the laws of man and transcend the world around him. His only god is himself, his drugs are brutality and cruelty. And now, as a test, a barometer for his ascendance beyond divinity, he’s targeted the White family for a special type of destruction. An agonizing initiation into the violent laws of masculinity, Vultures is a horror-thriller that will leave you breathless.

The first time Nick Northfield saw a demon was the summer of 1988 in Houston, Texas, when he was nine years old. It wouldn’t be the last. . . . On the outside, Nick has everything a kid could want: a Nintendo with plenty of games, two good friends, and an unrequited crush whose interest in him might be growing. His mom always told him, “Count your friends on one hand and call yourself lucky,” and Nick always listened. But something is wrong on the inside, for he’s having haunting visions, nightmares that cause him to wake up screaming, and thoughts that he’s different than other kids and very much alone. And not long after his first sighting of a demon, he sees another. . . . On the opposite side of town, Sal Burke helps operate his family’s candy store by day, and by night embarks upon a vicious killing spree, eager to watch his fame around town grow. And it does, as the town soon grows wary of the vicious murderer known only as the Pied Piper. Now Sal is opening a new candy store in Nick’s part of town . . . and horror will soon follow. Beware, the Pied Piper is coming to town, and he’s bringing his lust for murder and mayhem with him. The Seer is a terrifying novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat . . . and up till morning.

Bill and Meredith just bought their dream home in picturesque rural Idaho. The scenery is beautiful, the weather is wonderful, and it’s nice and quiet—a tranquil town far away from the noisy city. A place to ease away the days with long walks, relax away the evenings with wine and romance, and idle away the nights beneath the vast night sky lit by the moon and stars. Until Bill discovers a well in the middle of a nearby forest. For at its bottom is a notebook almost daring him to read its contents… and when he does, Bill will unleash something that has been dormant for decades, something that will result in a Transfiguration of not only him, but his wife and the world around him. Transfiguration is a novelette of roughly 9,000 words, or 36 pages.

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. This is a novella of approximately 13,500 words, or 56 pages.

Seventeen-year-old Norman thought he'd hit the jackpot when he met Zach, trading his boring straight-A lifestyle for one filled with parties, drugs, and more girls than he ever imagined he'd meet in his lifetime. But there’s something dangerous about Zach, something not quite right. For Zach has a dark secret, that once revealed will drag his newfound sidekick into a nightmare world mired in death and destruction. Be wary of strangers and careful what you wish for. Sometimes A Song After Dark can be chilling to hear.

Bill and Meredith just bought their dream home in picturesque rural Idaho. The scenery is beautiful, the weather is wonderful, and it’s nice and quiet—a tranquil town far away from the noisy city. A place to ease away the days with long walks, relax away the evenings with wine and romance, and idle away the nights beneath the vast night sky lit by the moon and stars. Until Bill discovers a well in the middle of a nearby forest. For at its bottom is a notebook almost daring him to read its contents… and when he does, Bill will unleash something that has been dormant for decades, something that will result in a Transfiguration of not only him, but his wife and the world around him. Transfiguration is a novelette of roughly 9,000 words, or 36 pages.

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. This is a novella of approximately 13,500 words, or 56 pages.

WHAT’S MORE FRIGHTENING THAN DEATH? Sterling Davis is careening through his hedonistic life of drugs, sex, and money headlong, leaving a dust trail of decadence behind him. On his path of debaucheries, Sterling begins a carnal game of seduction with a secret admirer that takes him from heavenly pleasure to hellish pain…and unlocks a door to evils he never knew existed, unspeakable horrors that send him spinning into a macabre world where a grisly game of terrors awaits him... And so begins Sterling’s descent into the heart of darkness… A harrowing journey through a treacherous wasteland. A torturous struggle for survival. Surrounded by endless savagery, cruel barbarity, and the most lurid of temptations. To save himself from damnation Sterling Davis will have more than hell to pay… Dirge is a terrifying, edge-of-your-seat thriller that takes you on a heart-stopping ride from the dizzying heights of ecstasy to the bowels of hell itself. YOU’RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT…

WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE FOREVER OR DIE TONIGHT? Deep in the underbelly of Nepenthe, California, an ageless evil stalks the night, killing without mercy, drawing weak and strong alike into its eternal embrace…and this frigid winter the evil is spreading like a black plague that threatens to swallow the city whole. THE QUESTION WILL BE ASKED OF YOU. . . . The only thing standing in its way is twenty-two-year-old Joshua, who sets out on a mission to destroy the ancient evil…and thus begins his dizzying journey into the heart of darkness, where Joshua navigates a nightmare world of clubs and caves, sex and madness, pain and pleasure, life and death… PREPARE YOUR ANSWER. . . . …and comes face to face with a horror that will test his very will to live and drive him past the point of madness and into something else entirely… something far worse. Permanent Winter is a macabre roller-coaster ride of terror that will send chills up your spine.

A tyrannical nation... A broken man... An extraordinary dystopian adventure... In Azure, history has been erased, drones populate the skies, androids and cops patrol the streets, walls have been erected to keep the people in, and the threat of execution looms for even the pettiest of crimes. Asher Cain is a beaten man, close to dead. His wife and son are gone, lost to him forever. All he has left is his job as a drone operator, to which he clings desperately. But one day everything changes and Asher finds himself targeted as a transgressor, on the run from the law, seeking a way out of the nation he once helped to keep secure. To make it out of Azure alive, he’ll have to find the courage to face the fears hiding within himself… and confront his haunting past. Azure is a fast-paced, eerie vision of the future that takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride of sheer adventure.

When Samantha finds an advertisement in a tawdry magazine that promises to jumpstart her sex life, she can’t help but tell her husband about it. All they have to do is pay fifty bucks and listen to a subliminal recording daily, so there’s nothing to lose. Only once they buy it and begin listening to it, they start to change, subtly at first, then dramatically, for they’ve been listening to messages from somewhere else, somewhere other, and those messages will alter their lives … forever.

Hope has eluded Ray Reznick ever since his wife died in a car accident and left him alone with his only son. Ray’s tried every trick in the book to meet a special woman who might save him from his loneliness, but she remains elusive, just out of reach… until a magical old friend named Ben who rescued Ray from his forlorn childhood comes to visit. Ben has the power to take Ray to a special place where loneliness and heartache die, a place that can lead Ray to the truth… but can also destroy him. In Ben’s world nothing is as it seems, for this world is just a waiting station for a truth that lies beyond the grave, beyond heaven and hell… in Horrors and Dreams.

The first time Nick Northfield saw a demon was the summer of 1988 in Houston, Texas, when he was nine years old. It wouldn’t be the last. . . . On the outside, Nick has everything a kid could want: a Nintendo with plenty of games, two good friends, and an unrequited crush whose interest in him might be growing. His mom always told him, “Count your friends on one hand and call yourself lucky,” and Nick always listened. But something is wrong on the inside, for he’s having haunting visions, nightmares that cause him to wake up screaming, and thoughts that he’s different than other kids and very much alone. And not long after his first sighting of a demon, he sees another. . . . On the opposite side of town, Sal Burke helps operate his family’s candy store by day, and by night embarks upon a vicious killing spree, eager to watch his fame around town grow. And it does, as the town soon grows wary of the vicious murderer known only as the Pied Piper. Now Sal is opening a new candy store in Nick’s part of town . . . and horror will soon follow. Beware, the Pied Piper is coming to town, and he’s bringing his lust for murder and mayhem with him. The Seer is a terrifying novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat . . . and up till morning.

Bullied and blackballed, eighteen-year-old Stephanie Zeller lives a lonesome life of misery in the hopeless world of Houston, Texas. She daydreams of boyfriends, popularity, and love without a clue how to get them. For who could love a girl so ugly, nerdy, and boring? If only Stephanie were beautiful, everything would be different. Boys would desire her, girls would fight for her friendship, and she’d have a life worth living. But that’s only a dream, so far out of reach she can barely imagine it… On a Friday night in a fit of loneliness, Stephanie searches for someone who can see her inner beauty, and in a dimly lit club she meets a mysterious man named Adrian who invites her to a party that could change her life… Stephanie’s greatest desire is waiting to take hold of her, transform her, and make her dreams a reality… but it will come at a cost so great she may never recover. Part Carrie and part The Hellbound Heart, Feral Beauty is a coming-of-age horror tale that Stephen King and Clive Barker fans can’t afford to miss—particularly if you’re one who keeps a light on when darkness falls.

In a distant future, Stan works at a dead-end job, handcuffed to his desk, forbidden to look out the window. His life seems hopeless till he meets Meredith, a coworker who harbors secrets about this world and the next, secrets that could make his life worth living . . . Thus begins Cemeteries of the Heart and Other Stories, eight mind-bending tales of madness. In “Aphelion,” we meet a man who receives strange messages through his laptop, messages that turn him into a creative genius and make time disappear; in “Parting Sorrows,” an old man has a fling with a sexy young girl he meets online, but there’s something strange about her; in “Flaming Butterfly,” a young man is abducted and forced into another world, where he becomes a slave. In Cemeteries of the Heart and Other Stories, Grant Palmquist explores that elusive part of the mind where reality and insanity meet. These surreal, unsettling tales will leave their mark on you — permanently.

WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE FOREVER OR DIE TONIGHT? Deep in the underbelly of Nepenthe, California, an ageless evil stalks the night, killing without mercy, drawing weak and strong alike into its eternal embrace…and this frigid winter the evil is spreading like a black plague that threatens to swallow the city whole. THE QUESTION WILL BE ASKED OF YOU. . . . The only thing standing in its way is twenty-two-year-old Joshua, who sets out on a mission to destroy the ancient evil…and thus begins his dizzying journey into the heart of darkness, where Joshua navigates a nightmare world of clubs and caves, sex and madness, pain and pleasure, life and death… PREPARE YOUR ANSWER. . . . …and comes face to face with a horror that will test his very will to live and drive him past the point of madness and into something else entirely… something far worse. Permanent Winter is a macabre roller-coaster ride of terror that will send chills up your spine.

A man who seems to have it all… A mysterious woman who draws him toward her… A fate more chilling than death… Sterling Davis is the envy of every man he knows, for he has everything they could ever want—a big house, a fancy car, and more women than he can handle. But someone lurks in the shadows, giving him haunting phone calls, watching him in the night, waiting for the perfect moment to steal it all away, and when she does he’ll come face to face with a world he never knew existed … and a woman who just might save his soul. Dirge is a chilling journey into the beating heart of a man who loses his life to find his spirit.

A tyrannical nation... A broken man... An extraordinary dystopian adventure... In Azure, history has been erased, drones populate the skies, androids and cops patrol the streets, walls have been erected to keep the people in, and the threat of execution looms for even the pettiest of crimes. Asher Cain is a beaten man, close to dead. His wife and son are gone, lost to him forever. All he has left is his job as a drone operator, to which he clings desperately. But one day everything changes and Asher finds himself targeted as a transgressor, on the run from the law, seeking a way out of the nation he once helped to keep secure. To make it out of Azure alive, he’ll have to find the courage to face the fears hiding within himself… and confront his haunting past. Azure is a fast-paced, eerie vision of the future that takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride of sheer adventure.

Bullied and blackballed, eighteen-year-old Stephanie Zeller lives a lonesome life of misery in the hopeless world of Houston, Texas. She daydreams of boyfriends, popularity, and love without a clue how to get them. For who could love a girl so ugly, nerdy, and boring? If only Stephanie were beautiful, everything would be different. Boys would desire her, girls would fight for her friendship, and she’d have a life worth living. But that’s only a dream, so far out of reach she can barely imagine it… On a Friday night in a fit of loneliness, Stephanie searches for someone who can see her inner beauty, and in a dimly lit club she meets a mysterious man named Adrian who invites her to a party that could change her life… Stephanie’s greatest desire is waiting to take hold of her, transform her, and make her dreams a reality… but it will come at a cost so great she may never recover. Part Carrie and part The Hellbound Heart, Feral Beauty is a coming-of-age horror tale that Stephen King and Clive Barker fans can’t afford to miss—particularly if you’re one who keeps a light on when darkness falls.

On a lazy spring afternoon, a sinkhole opens up and swallows Bobby Page’s mother whole… Bobby thinks it must be a nightmare, but he’s never been a in a nightmare this real in all his fourteen years in Kinsale, Texas. When he edges closer to the hole in an attempt to save his mother, he sees something sinister lurking within it, something monstrous that threatens to destroy the whole town. Soon sinkholes are rapidly spreading, neighbors are disappearing, and parasitic monsters are swarming up from the holes to feed on humanity… and Bobby Page finds himself in a race to locate his little brother Ralph, the only person he has left in the world, before it’s too late. Part The Goonies, part Stand by Me, and all fun, Sinkhole is a fast-paced, horrific thrill ride that will leave you reeling.

Hope has eluded Ray Reznick ever since his wife died in a car accident and left him alone with his only son. Ray’s tried every trick in the book to meet a special woman who might save him from his loneliness, but she remains elusive, just out of reach… until a magical old friend named Ben who rescued Ray from his forlorn childhood comes to visit. Ben has the power to take Ray to a special place where loneliness and heartache die, a place that can lead Ray to the truth… but can also destroy him. In Ben’s world nothing is as it seems, for this world is just a waiting station for a truth that lies beyond the grave, beyond heaven and hell… in Horrors and Dreams.

WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE FOREVER OR DIE TONIGHT? Deep in the underbelly of Nepenthe, California, an ageless evil stalks the night, killing without mercy, drawing weak and strong alike into its eternal embrace…and this frigid winter the evil is spreading like a black plague that threatens to swallow the city whole. THE QUESTION WILL BE ASKED OF YOU. . . . The only thing standing in its way is twenty-two-year-old Joshua, who sets out on a mission to destroy the ancient evil…and thus begins his dizzying journey into the heart of darkness, where Joshua navigates a nightmare world of clubs and caves, sex and madness, pain and pleasure, life and death… PREPARE YOUR ANSWER. . . . …and comes face to face with a horror that will test his very will to live and drive him past the point of madness and into something else entirely… something far worse. Permanent Winter is a macabre roller-coaster ride of terror that will send chills up your spine.

Hope has eluded Ray Reznick ever since his wife died in a car accident and left him alone with his only son. Ray’s tried every trick in the book to meet a special woman who might save him from his loneliness, but she remains elusive, just out of reach… until a magical old friend named Ben who rescued Ray from his forlorn childhood comes to visit. Ben has the power to take Ray to a special place where loneliness and heartache die, a place that can lead Ray to the truth… but can also destroy him. In Ben’s world nothing is as it seems, for this world is just a waiting station for a truth that lies beyond the grave, beyond heaven and hell… in Horrors and Dreams.

Hope has eluded Ray Reznick ever since his wife died in a car accident and left him alone with his only son. Ray’s tried every trick in the book to meet a special woman who might save him from his loneliness, but she remains elusive, just out of reach… until a magical old friend named Ben who rescued Ray from his forlorn childhood comes to visit. Ben has the power to take Ray to a special place where loneliness and heartache die, a place that can lead Ray to the truth… but can also destroy him. In Ben’s world nothing is as it seems, for this world is just a waiting station for a truth that lies beyond the grave, beyond heaven and hell… in Horrors and Dreams.

The first time Nick Northfield saw a demon was the summer of 1988 in Houston, Texas, when he was nine years old. It wouldn’t be the last. . . . On the outside, Nick has everything a kid could want: a Nintendo with plenty of games, two good friends, and an unrequited crush whose interest in him might be growing. His mom always told him, “Count your friends on one hand and call yourself lucky,” and Nick always listened. But something is wrong on the inside, for he’s having haunting visions, nightmares that cause him to wake up screaming, and thoughts that he’s different than other kids and very much alone. And not long after his first sighting of a demon, he sees another. . . . On the opposite side of town, Sal Burke helps operate his family’s candy store by day, and by night embarks upon a vicious killing spree, eager to watch his fame around town grow. And it does, as the town soon grows wary of the vicious murderer known only as the Pied Piper. Now Sal is opening a new candy store in Nick’s part of town . . . and horror will soon follow. Beware, the Pied Piper is coming to town, and he’s bringing his lust for murder and mayhem with him. The Seer is a terrifying novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat . . . and up till morning.

Bullied and blackballed, eighteen-year-old Stephanie Zeller lives a lonesome life of misery in the hopeless world of Houston, Texas. She daydreams of boyfriends, popularity, and love without a clue how to get them. For who could love a girl so ugly, nerdy, and boring? If only Stephanie were beautiful, everything would be different. Boys would desire her, girls would fight for her friendship, and she’d have a life worth living. But that’s only a dream, so far out of reach she can barely imagine it… On a Friday night in a fit of loneliness, Stephanie searches for someone who can see her inner beauty, and in a dimly lit club she meets a mysterious man named Adrian who invites her to a party that could change her life… Stephanie’s greatest desire is waiting to take hold of her, transform her, and make her dreams a reality… but it will come at a cost so great she may never recover. Part Carrie and part The Hellbound Heart, Feral Beauty is a coming-of-age horror tale that Stephen King and Clive Barker fans can’t afford to miss—particularly if you’re one who keeps a light on when darkness falls.

A tyrannical nation... A broken man... An extraordinary dystopian adventure... In Azure, history has been erased, drones populate the skies, androids and cops patrol the streets, walls have been erected to keep the people in, and the threat of execution looms for even the pettiest of crimes. Asher Cain is a beaten man, close to dead. His wife and son are gone, lost to him forever. All he has left is his job as a drone operator, to which he clings desperately. But one day everything changes and Asher finds himself targeted as a transgressor, on the run from the law, seeking a way out of the nation he once helped to keep secure. To make it out of Azure alive, he’ll have to find the courage to face the fears hiding within himself… and confront his haunting past. Azure is a fast-paced, eerie vision of the future that takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride of sheer adventure.

Bullied and blackballed, eighteen-year-old Stephanie Zeller lives a lonesome life of misery in the hopeless world of Houston, Texas. She daydreams of boyfriends, popularity, and love without a clue how to get them. For who could love a girl so ugly, nerdy, and boring? If only Stephanie were beautiful, everything would be different. Boys would desire her, girls would fight for her friendship, and she’d have a life worth living. But that’s only a dream, so far out of reach she can barely imagine it… On a Friday night in a fit of loneliness, Stephanie searches for someone who can see her inner beauty, and in a dimly lit club she meets a mysterious man named Adrian who invites her to a party that could change her life… Stephanie’s greatest desire is waiting to take hold of her, transform her, and make her dreams a reality… but it will come at a cost so great she may never recover. Part Carrie and part The Hellbound Heart, Feral Beauty is a coming-of-age horror tale that Stephen King and Clive Barker fans can’t afford to miss—particularly if you’re one who keeps a light on when darkness falls.

Bullied and blackballed, eighteen-year-old Stephanie Zeller lives a lonesome life of misery in the hopeless world of Houston, Texas. She daydreams of boyfriends, popularity, and love without a clue how to get them. For who could love a girl so ugly, nerdy, and boring? If only Stephanie were beautiful, everything would be different. Boys would desire her, girls would fight for her friendship, and she’d have a life worth living. But that’s only a dream, so far out of reach she can barely imagine it… On a Friday night in a fit of loneliness, Stephanie searches for someone who can see her inner beauty, and in a dimly lit club she meets a mysterious man named Adrian who invites her to a party that could change her life… Stephanie’s greatest desire is waiting to take hold of her, transform her, and make her dreams a reality… but it will come at a cost so great she may never recover. Part Carrie and part The Hellbound Heart, Feral Beauty is a coming-of-age horror tale that Stephen King and Clive Barker fans can’t afford to miss—particularly if you’re one who keeps a light on when darkness falls.

Bullied and blackballed, eighteen-year-old Stephanie Zeller lives a lonesome life of misery in the hopeless world of Houston, Texas. She daydreams of boyfriends, popularity, and love without a clue how to get them. For who could love a girl so ugly, nerdy, and boring? If only Stephanie were beautiful, everything would be different. Boys would desire her, girls would fight for her friendship, and she’d have a life worth living. But that’s only a dream, so far out of reach she can barely imagine it… On a Friday night in a fit of loneliness, Stephanie searches for someone who can see her inner beauty, and in a dimly lit club she meets a mysterious man named Adrian who invites her to a party that could change her life… Stephanie’s greatest desire is waiting to take hold of her, transform her, and make her dreams a reality… but it will come at a cost so great she may never recover. Part Carrie and part The Hellbound Heart, Feral Beauty is a coming-of-age horror tale that Stephen King and Clive Barker fans can’t afford to miss—particularly if you’re one who keeps a light on when darkness falls.

Bullied and blackballed, eighteen-year-old Stephanie Zeller lives a lonesome life of misery in the hopeless world of Houston, Texas. She daydreams of boyfriends, popularity, and love without a clue how to get them. For who could love a girl so ugly, nerdy, and boring? If only Stephanie were beautiful, everything would be different. Boys would desire her, girls would fight for her friendship, and she’d have a life worth living. But that’s only a dream, so far out of reach she can barely imagine it… On a Friday night in a fit of loneliness, Stephanie searches for someone who can see her inner beauty, and in a dimly lit club she meets a mysterious man named Adrian who invites her to a party that could change her life… Stephanie’s greatest desire is waiting to take hold of her, transform her, and make her dreams a reality… but it will come at a cost so great she may never recover. Part Carrie and part The Hellbound Heart, Feral Beauty is a coming-of-age horror tale that Stephen King and Clive Barker fans can’t afford to miss—particularly if you’re one who keeps a light on when darkness falls.

WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE FOREVER OR DIE TONIGHT? Deep in the underbelly of Nepenthe, California, an ageless evil stalks the night, killing without mercy, drawing weak and strong alike into its eternal embrace…and this frigid winter the evil is spreading like a black plague that threatens to swallow the city whole. THE QUESTION WILL BE ASKED OF YOU. . . . The only thing standing in its way is twenty-two-year-old Joshua, who sets out on a mission to destroy the ancient evil…and thus begins his dizzying journey into the heart of darkness, where Joshua navigates a nightmare world of clubs and caves, sex and madness, pain and pleasure, life and death… PREPARE YOUR ANSWER. . . . …and comes face to face with a horror that will test his very will to live and drive him past the point of madness and into something else entirely… something far worse. Permanent Winter is a macabre roller-coaster ride of terror that will send chills up your spine.

Seventeen-year-old Norman thought he'd hit the jackpot when he met Zach, trading his boring straight-A lifestyle for one filled with parties, drugs and more girls than he ever imagined he'd meet in his lifetime. But there’s something dangerous about Zach, something not quite right. For Zach has a dark secret, that once revealed will drag his newfound sidekick into a nightmare world mired in death and destruction. Be wary of strangers and careful what you wish for. Sometimes A Song After Dark can be chilling to hear.

The first time Nick Northfield saw a demon was the summer of 1988 in Houston, Texas, when he was nine years old. It wouldn’t be the last. . . . On the outside, Nick has everything a kid could want: a Nintendo with plenty of games, two good friends, and an unrequited crush whose interest in him might be growing. His mom always told him, “Count your friends on one hand and call yourself lucky,” and Nick always listened. But something is wrong on the inside, for he’s having haunting visions, nightmares that cause him to wake up screaming, and thoughts that he’s different than other kids and very much alone. And not long after his first sighting of a demon, he sees another. . . . On the opposite side of town, Sal Burke helps operate his family’s candy store by day, and by night embarks upon a vicious killing spree, eager to watch his fame around town grow. And it does, as the town soon grows wary of the vicious murderer known only as the Pied Piper. Now Sal is opening a new candy store in Nick’s part of town . . . and horror will soon follow. Beware, the Pied Piper is coming to town, and he’s bringing his lust for murder and mayhem with him. The Seer is a terrifying novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat . . . and up till morning.

On a lazy spring afternoon, a sinkhole opens up and swallows Bobby Page’s mother whole… Bobby thinks it must be a nightmare, but he’s never been a in a nightmare this real in all his fourteen years in Kinsale, Texas. When he edges closer to the hole in an attempt to save his mother, he sees something sinister lurking within it, something monstrous that threatens to destroy the whole town. Soon sinkholes are rapidly spreading, neighbors are disappearing, and parasitic monsters are swarming up from the holes to feed on humanity… and Bobby Page finds himself in a race to locate his little brother Ralph, the only person he has left in the world, before it’s too late. Part The Goonies, part Stand by Me, and all fun, Sinkhole is a fast-paced, horrific thrill ride that will leave you reeling.

On a lazy spring afternoon, a sinkhole opens up and swallows Bobby Page’s mother whole… Bobby thinks it must be a nightmare, but he’s never been a in a nightmare this real in all his fourteen years in Kinsale, Texas. When he edges closer to the hole in an attempt to save his mother, he sees something sinister lurking within it, something monstrous that threatens to destroy the whole town. Soon sinkholes are rapidly spreading, neighbors are disappearing, and parasitic monsters are swarming up from the holes to feed on humanity… and Bobby Page finds himself in a race to locate his little brother Ralph, the only person he has left in the world, before it’s too late. Part The Goonies, part Stand by Me, and all fun, Sinkhole is a fast-paced, horrific thrill ride that will leave you reeling.

WHAT’S MORE FRIGHTENING THAN DEATH? Sterling Davis is careening through his hedonistic life of drugs, sex, and money headlong, leaving a dust trail of decadence behind him. On his path of debaucheries, Sterling begins a carnal game of seduction with a secret admirer that takes him from heavenly pleasure to hellish pain…and unlocks a door to evils he never knew existed, unspeakable horrors that send him spinning into a macabre world where a grisly game of terrors awaits him... And so begins Sterling’s descent into the heart of darkness… A harrowing journey through a treacherous wasteland. A torturous struggle for survival. Surrounded by endless savagery, cruel barbarity, and the most lurid of temptations. To save himself from damnation Sterling Davis will have more than hell to pay… Dirge is a terrifying, edge-of-your-seat thriller that takes you on a heart-stopping ride from the dizzying heights of ecstasy to the bowels of hell itself. YOU’RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT…

A tyrannical nation... A broken man... An extraordinary dystopian adventure... In Azure, history has been erased, drones populate the skies, androids and cops patrol the streets, walls have been erected to keep the people in, and the threat of execution looms for even the pettiest of crimes. Asher Cain is a beaten man, close to dead. His wife and son are gone, lost to him forever. All he has left is his job as a drone operator, to which he clings desperately. But one day everything changes and Asher finds himself targeted as a transgressor, on the run from the law, seeking a way out of the nation he once helped to keep secure. To make it out of Azure alive, he’ll have to find the courage to face the fears hiding within himself… and confront his haunting past. Azure is a fast-paced, eerie vision of the future that takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride of sheer adventure.

Three boys think they’ve found their ticket to fortune and fame when they find the body of a werewolf near the woods. Then it disappears . . . which means there must be more of them out there. When a full moon hits and they decide to hunt one down, they’ll get more than they ever bargained for . . .

The first time Nick Northfield saw a demon was the summer of 1988 in Houston, Texas, when he was nine years old. It wouldn’t be the last. . . . On the outside, Nick has everything a kid could want: a Nintendo with plenty of games, two good friends, and an unrequited crush whose interest in him might be growing. His mom always told him, “Count your friends on one hand and call yourself lucky,” and Nick always listened. But something is wrong on the inside, for he’s having haunting visions, nightmares that cause him to wake up screaming, and thoughts that he’s different than other kids and very much alone. And not long after his first sighting of a demon, he sees another. . . . On the opposite side of town, Sal Burke helps operate his family’s candy store by day, and by night embarks upon a vicious killing spree, eager to watch his fame around town grow. And it does, as the town soon grows wary of the vicious murderer known only as the Pied Piper. Now Sal is opening a new candy store in Nick’s part of town . . . and horror will soon follow. Beware, the Pied Piper is coming to town, and he’s bringing his lust for murder and mayhem with him. The Seer is a terrifying novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat . . . and up till morning.

WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE FOREVER OR DIE TONIGHT? Deep in the underbelly of Nepenthe, California, an ageless evil stalks the night, killing without mercy, drawing weak and strong alike into its eternal embrace…and this frigid winter the evil is spreading like a black plague that threatens to swallow the city whole. THE QUESTION WILL BE ASKED OF YOU. . . . The only thing standing in its way is twenty-two-year-old Joshua, who sets out on a mission to destroy the ancient evil…and thus begins his dizzying journey into the heart of darkness, where Joshua navigates a nightmare world of clubs and caves, sex and madness, pain and pleasure, life and death… PREPARE YOUR ANSWER. . . . …and comes face to face with a horror that will test his very will to live and drive him past the point of madness and into something else entirely… something far worse. Permanent Winter is a macabre roller-coaster ride of terror that will send chills up your spine.

WHAT’S MORE FRIGHTENING THAN DEATH? Sterling Davis is careening through his hedonistic life of drugs, sex, and money headlong, leaving a dust trail of decadence behind him. On his path of debaucheries, Sterling begins a carnal game of seduction with a secret admirer that takes him from heavenly pleasure to hellish pain…and unlocks a door to evils he never knew existed, unspeakable horrors that send him spinning into a macabre world where a grisly game of terrors awaits him... And so begins Sterling’s descent into the heart of darkness… A harrowing journey through a treacherous wasteland. A torturous struggle for survival. Surrounded by endless savagery, cruel barbarity, and the most lurid of temptations. To save himself from damnation Sterling Davis will have more than hell to pay… Dirge is a terrifying, edge-of-your-seat thriller that takes you on a heart-stopping ride from the dizzying heights of ecstasy to the bowels of hell itself. YOU’RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT…

The first time Nick Northfield saw a demon was the summer of 1988 in Houston, Texas, when he was nine years old. It wouldn’t be the last. . . . On the outside, Nick has everything a kid could want: a Nintendo with plenty of games, two good friends, and an unrequited crush whose interest in him might be growing. His mom always told him, “Count your friends on one hand and call yourself lucky,” and Nick always listened. But something is wrong on the inside, for he’s having haunting visions, nightmares that cause him to wake up screaming, and thoughts that he’s different than other kids and very much alone. And not long after his first sighting of a demon, he sees another. . . . On the opposite side of town, Sal Burke helps operate his family’s candy store by day, and by night embarks upon a vicious killing spree, eager to watch his fame around town grow. And it does, as the town soon grows wary of the vicious murderer known only as the Pied Piper. Now Sal is opening a new candy store in Nick’s part of town . . . and horror will soon follow. Beware, the Pied Piper is coming to town, and he’s bringing his lust for murder and mayhem with him. The Seer is a terrifying novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat . . . and up till morning.

In a distant future, Stan works at a dead-end job, handcuffed to his desk, forbidden to look out the window. His life seems hopeless till he meets Meredith, a coworker who harbors secrets about this world and the next, secrets that could make his life worth living . . . Thus begins Cemeteries of the Heart and Other Stories, eight mind-bending tales of madness. In “Aphelion,” we meet a man who receives strange messages through his laptop, messages that turn him into a creative genius and make time disappear; in “Parting Sorrows,” an old man has a fling with a sexy young girl he meets online, but there’s something strange about her; in “Flaming Butterfly,” a young man is abducted and forced into another world, where he becomes a slave. In Cemeteries of the Heart and Other Stories, Grant Palmquist explores that elusive part of the mind where reality and insanity meet. These surreal, unsettling tales will leave their mark on you — permanently.

A tyrannical nation... A broken man... An extraordinary dystopian adventure... In Azure, history has been erased, drones populate the skies, androids and cops patrol the streets, walls have been erected to keep the people in, and the threat of execution looms for even the pettiest of crimes. Asher Cain is a beaten man, close to dead. His wife and son are gone, lost to him forever. All he has left is his job as a drone operator, to which he clings desperately. But one day everything changes and Asher finds himself targeted as a transgressor, on the run from the law, seeking a way out of the nation he once helped to keep secure. To make it out of Azure alive, he’ll have to find the courage to face the fears hiding within himself… and confront his haunting past. Azure is a fast-paced, eerie vision of the future that takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride of sheer adventure.

The first time Nick Northfield saw a demon was the summer of 1988 in Houston, Texas, when he was nine years old. It wouldn’t be the last. . . . On the outside, Nick has everything a kid could want: a Nintendo with plenty of games, two good friends, and an unrequited crush whose interest in him might be growing. His mom always told him, “Count your friends on one hand and call yourself lucky,” and Nick always listened. But something is wrong on the inside, for he’s having haunting visions, nightmares that cause him to wake up screaming, and thoughts that he’s different than other kids and very much alone. And not long after his first sighting of a demon, he sees another. . . . On the opposite side of town, Sal Burke helps operate his family’s candy store by day, and by night embarks upon a vicious killing spree, eager to watch his fame around town grow. And it does, as the town soon grows wary of the vicious murderer known only as the Pied Piper. Now Sal is opening a new candy store in Nick’s part of town . . . and horror will soon follow. Beware, the Pied Piper is coming to town, and he’s bringing his lust for murder and mayhem with him. The Seer is a terrifying novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat . . . and up till morning.

WHAT’S MORE FRIGHTENING THAN DEATH? Sterling Davis is careening through his hedonistic life of drugs, sex, and money headlong, leaving a dust trail of decadence behind him. On his path of debaucheries, Sterling begins a carnal game of seduction with a secret admirer that takes him from heavenly pleasure to hellish pain…and unlocks a door to evils he never knew existed, unspeakable horrors that send him spinning into a macabre world where a grisly game of terrors awaits him... And so begins Sterling’s descent into the heart of darkness… A harrowing journey through a treacherous wasteland. A torturous struggle for survival. Surrounded by endless savagery, cruel barbarity, and the most lurid of temptations. To save himself from damnation Sterling Davis will have more than hell to pay… Dirge is a terrifying, edge-of-your-seat thriller that takes you on a heart-stopping ride from the dizzying heights of ecstasy to the bowels of hell itself. YOU’RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT…

WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE FOREVER OR DIE TONIGHT? Deep in the underbelly of Nepenthe, California, an ageless evil stalks the night, killing without mercy, drawing weak and strong alike into its eternal embrace…and this frigid winter the evil is spreading like a black plague that threatens to swallow the city whole. THE QUESTION WILL BE ASKED OF YOU. . . . The only thing standing in its way is twenty-two-year-old Joshua, who sets out on a mission to destroy the ancient evil…and thus begins his dizzying journey into the heart of darkness, where Joshua navigates a nightmare world of clubs and caves, sex and madness, pain and pleasure, life and death… PREPARE YOUR ANSWER. . . . …and comes face to face with a horror that will test his very will to live and drive him past the point of madness and into something else entirely… something far worse. Permanent Winter is a macabre roller-coaster ride of terror that will send chills up your spine.

Seventeen-year-old Norman thought he'd hit the jackpot when he met Zach, trading his boring straight-A lifestyle for one filled with parties, drugs and more girls than he ever imagined he'd meet in his lifetime. But there’s something dangerous about Zach, something not quite right. For Zach has a dark secret, that once revealed will drag his newfound sidekick into a nightmare world mired in death and destruction. Be wary of strangers and careful what you wish for. Sometimes A Song After Dark can be chilling to hear.

The first time Nick Northfield saw a demon was the summer of 1988 in Houston, Texas, when he was nine years old. It wouldn’t be the last. . . . On the outside, Nick has everything a kid could want: a Nintendo with plenty of games, two good friends, and an unrequited crush whose interest in him might be growing. His mom always told him, “Count your friends on one hand and call yourself lucky,” and Nick always listened. But something is wrong on the inside, for he’s having haunting visions, nightmares that cause him to wake up screaming, and thoughts that he’s different than other kids and very much alone. And not long after his first sighting of a demon, he sees another. . . . On the opposite side of town, Sal Burke helps operate his family’s candy store by day, and by night embarks upon a vicious killing spree, eager to watch his fame around town grow. And it does, as the town soon grows wary of the vicious murderer known only as the Pied Piper. Now Sal is opening a new candy store in Nick’s part of town . . . and horror will soon follow. Beware, the Pied Piper is coming to town, and he’s bringing his lust for murder and mayhem with him. The Seer is a terrifying novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat . . . and up till morning.

The first time Nick Northfield saw a demon was the summer of 1988 in Houston, Texas, when he was nine years old. It wouldn’t be the last. . . . On the outside, Nick has everything a kid could want: a Nintendo with plenty of games, two good friends, and an unrequited crush whose interest in him might be growing. His mom always told him, “Count your friends on one hand and call yourself lucky,” and Nick always listened. But something is wrong on the inside, for he’s having haunting visions, nightmares that cause him to wake up screaming, and thoughts that he’s different than other kids and very much alone. And not long after his first sighting of a demon, he sees another. . . . On the opposite side of town, Sal Burke helps operate his family’s candy store by day, and by night embarks upon a vicious killing spree, eager to watch his fame around town grow. And it does, as the town soon grows wary of the vicious murderer known only as the Pied Piper. Now Sal is opening a new candy store in Nick’s part of town . . . and horror will soon follow. Beware, the Pied Piper is coming to town, and he’s bringing his lust for murder and mayhem with him. The Seer is a terrifying novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat . . . and up till morning.

The first time Nick Northfield saw a demon was the summer of 1988 in Houston, Texas, when he was nine years old. It wouldn’t be the last. . . . On the outside, Nick has everything a kid could want: a Nintendo with plenty of games, two good friends, and an unrequited crush whose interest in him might be growing. His mom always told him, “Count your friends on one hand and call yourself lucky,” and Nick always listened. But something is wrong on the inside, for he’s having haunting visions, nightmares that cause him to wake up screaming, and thoughts that he’s different than other kids and very much alone. And not long after his first sighting of a demon, he sees another. . . . On the opposite side of town, Sal Burke helps operate his family’s candy store by day, and by night embarks upon a vicious killing spree, eager to watch his fame around town grow. And it does, as the town soon grows wary of the vicious murderer known only as the Pied Piper. Now Sal is opening a new candy store in Nick’s part of town . . . and horror will soon follow. Beware, the Pied Piper is coming to town, and he’s bringing his lust for murder and mayhem with him. The Seer is a terrifying novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat . . . and up till morning.

The first time Nick Northfield saw a demon was the summer of 1988 in Houston, Texas, when he was nine years old. It wouldn’t be the last. . . . On the outside, Nick has everything a kid could want: a Nintendo with plenty of games, two good friends, and an unrequited crush whose interest in him might be growing. His mom always told him, “Count your friends on one hand and call yourself lucky,” and Nick always listened. But something is wrong on the inside, for he’s having haunting visions, nightmares that cause him to wake up screaming, and thoughts that he’s different than other kids and very much alone. And not long after his first sighting of a demon, he sees another. . . . On the opposite side of town, Sal Burke helps operate his family’s candy store by day, and by night embarks upon a vicious killing spree, eager to watch his fame around town grow. And it does, as the town soon grows wary of the vicious murderer known only as the Pied Piper. Now Sal is opening a new candy store in Nick’s part of town . . . and horror will soon follow. Beware, the Pied Piper is coming to town, and he’s bringing his lust for murder and mayhem with him. The Seer is a terrifying novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat . . . and up till morning.

In a distant future, Stan works at a dead-end job, handcuffed to his desk, forbidden to look out the window. His life seems hopeless till he meets Meredith, a coworker who harbors secrets about this world and the next, secrets that could make his life worth living . . . Thus begins Cemeteries of the Heart and Other Stories, eight mind-bending tales of madness. In “Aphelion,” we meet a man who receives strange messages through his laptop, messages that turn him into a creative genius and make time disappear; in “Parting Sorrows,” an old man has a fling with a sexy young girl he meets online, but there’s something strange about her; in “Flaming Butterfly,” a young man is abducted and forced into another world, where he becomes a slave. In Cemeteries of the Heart and Other Stories, Grant Palmquist explores that elusive part of the mind where reality and insanity meet. These surreal, unsettling tales will leave their mark on you — permanently.

Norman thought he'd hit the jackpot when he met Zach, trading his boring straight-A lifestyle for one filled with parties, drugs and more girls than he ever imagined he'd meet in his lifetime. But there’s something dangerous about Zach, something not quite right. For Zach has a dark secret, that once revealed will drag his newfound sidekick into a nightmare world mired in death and destruction. Be wary of strangers and careful what you wish for. Sometimes A Song After Dark can be chilling to hear.

A tyrannical nation... A broken man... An extraordinary dystopian adventure... In Azure, history has been erased, drones populate the skies, androids and cops patrol the streets, walls have been erected to keep the people in, and the threat of execution looms for even the pettiest of crimes. Asher Cain is a beaten man, close to dead. His wife and son are gone, lost to him forever. All he has left is his job as a drone operator, to which he clings desperately. But one day everything changes and Asher finds himself targeted as a transgressor, on the run from the law, seeking a way out of the nation he once helped to keep secure. To make it out of Azure alive, he’ll have to find the courage to face the fears hiding within himself… and confront his haunting past. Azure is a fast-paced, eerie vision of the future that takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride of sheer adventure.

WHAT’S MORE FRIGHTENING THAN DEATH? Sterling Davis has everything a man could want—a big house, a fancy car, and more women than he can handle. But someone lurks in the shadows, waiting to take it all away, and when she does he’ll have to face death and worse to get it all back. YOU’RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT. . . .

A man who seems to have it all… A mysterious woman who draws him toward her… A fate more chilling than death… Sterling Davis is the envy of every man he knows, for he has everything they could ever want—a big house, a fancy car, and more women than he can handle. But someone lurks in the shadows, giving him haunting phone calls, watching him in the night, waiting for the perfect moment to steal it all away, and when she does he’ll come face to face with a world he never knew existed … and a woman who just might save his soul. Dirge is a chilling journey into the beating heart of a man who loses his life to find his spirit.

THE ULTIMATE HORROR HAS BEEN UNLEASHED UPON AN UNSUSPECTING CITY. When an advertisement encourages Charlie to murder his boss, he begins to wonder whether he’s losing his grip on reality. When an archangel visits Adam one night and reveals the evil skulking beneath the surface of society, it will alter his life in ways he never could have foreseen. Their paths will collide in the novelette Engel.

Three boys think they’ve found their ticket to fortune and fame when they find the body of a werewolf near the woods. Then it disappears . . . which means there must be more of them out there. When a full moon hits and they decide to hunt one down, they’ll get more than they ever bargained for . . .

When Samantha finds an advertisement in a tawdry magazine that promises to jumpstart her sex life, she can’t help but tell her husband about it. All they have to do is pay fifty bucks and listen to a subliminal recording daily, so there’s nothing to lose. Only once they buy it and begin listening to it, they start to change, subtly at first, then dramatically, for they’ve been listening to messages from somewhere else, somewhere other, and those messages will alter their lives … forever. Libertines is a novelette of approximately 11,000 words, or roughly 45 pages. This novelette includes the short story “Black Angel.”

Asher Cain is a model employee for the nation of Azure, obsessed with bringing perpetrators of its myriad laws to justice. But when the nation targets him as a transgressor, he finds himself on the run from justice, seeking a way out of the nation, a place from which few have ever escaped. To do it he’ll have to face his worst fears and confront his haunting past. . . .

When Samantha finds an advertisement in a tawdry magazine that promises to jumpstart her sex life, she can’t help but tell her husband about it. All they have to do is pay fifty bucks and listen to a subliminal recording daily, so there’s nothing to lose. Only once they buy it and begin listening to it, they start to change, subtly at first, then dramatically, for they’ve been listening to messages from somewhere else, somewhere other, and those messages will alter their lives … forever. Libertines is a novelette of approximately 11,000 words, or roughly 45 pages. This novelette includes the short story “Black Angel.”

THE ULTIMATE HORROR HAS BEEN UNLEASHED UPON AN UNSUSPECTING CITY. When an advertisement encourages Charlie to murder his boss, he begins to wonder whether he’s losing his grip on reality. When an archangel visits Adam one night and reveals the evil skulking beneath the surface of society, it will alter his life in ways he never could have foreseen. Their paths will collide in the novelette Engel.

A young man thinks he’s met the perfect one-night stand in Lacey, but she has a plan of her own, one that will last far longer than one night ...

Three boys think they’ve found their ticket to fortune and fame when they find the body of a werewolf near the woods. Then it disappears . . . which means there must be more of them out there. When a full moon hits and they decide to hunt one down, they’ll get more than they ever bargained for . . .

THE ULTIMATE HORROR HAS BEEN UNLEASHED UPON AN UNSUSPECTING CITY. When an advertisement encourages Charlie to murder his boss, he begins to wonder whether he’s losing his grip on reality. When an archangel visits Adam one night and reveals the evil skulking beneath the surface of society, it will alter his life in ways he never could have foreseen. Their paths will collide in the novelette Engel.

Asher Cain is a model employee for the nation of Azure, obsessed with bringing perpetrators of its myriad laws to justice. But when the nation targets him as a transgressor, he finds himself on the run from justice, seeking a way out of the nation, a place from which few have ever escaped. To do it he’ll have to face his worst fears and confront his haunting past. . . .

Norman thought he'd hit the jackpot when he met Zach, trading his boring straight-A lifestyle for one filled with parties, drugs and more girls than he ever imagined he'd meet in his lifetime. But there’s something dangerous about Zach, something not quite right. For Zach has a dark secret, that once revealed will drag his newfound sidekick into a nightmare world mired in death and destruction. Be wary of strangers and careful what you wish for. Sometimes A Song After Dark can be chilling to hear.

WHAT’S WORSE THAN DEATH? Sterling Davis has everything a man could want—a big house, a fancy car and more women than he can handle. But someone lurks in the shadows, waiting to take it all away, and when she does, he’ll have to face death and worse to get it all back. YOU’RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT . . .

In a distant future, Stan works at a dead-end job, handcuffed to his desk, forbidden to look out the window. His life seems hopeless till he meets Meredith, a coworker who harbors secrets about this world and the next, secrets that could make his life worth living . . . Thus begins Cemeteries of the Heart and Other Stories, eight mind-bending tales of madness. In “Aphelion,” we meet a man who receives strange messages through his laptop, messages that turn him into a creative genius and make time disappear; in “Parting Sorrows,” an old man has a fling with a sexy young girl he meets online, but there’s something strange about her; in “Flaming Butterfly,” a young man is abducted and forced into another world, where he becomes a slave. In Cemeteries of the Heart and Other Stories, Grant Palmquist explores that elusive part of the mind where reality and insanity meet. These surreal, unsettling tales will leave their mark on you — permanently.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT LURKS IN THE SHADOWS . . . ? Welcome to Nepenthe, a sunny California city anticipating its harshest winter in history, where people have been disappearing without a trace. The city’s only hope lies in a young man named Joshua, who has a jarring vision that guides him to his purpose: finding who or what is behind these disappearances and rooting them out of the darkness. His life will be forever changed by the Permanent Winter he encounters. THE ANSWER WILL SEND CHILLS UP YOUR SPINE. . . .

Norman thought he'd hit the jackpot when he met Zach, trading his boring straight A lifestyle for one filled with parties, drugs and more girls than he ever imagined he'd meet in his lifetime. But there’s something dangerous about Zach, something not quite right. For Zach has a dark secret, that once revealed will drag his newfound sidekick into a nightmare world mired in death and destruction. Be wary of strangers and careful what you wish for. Sometimes A Song After Dark is one you don't want to hear.

WHAT’S WORSE THAN DEATH? Sterling Davis has everything a man could want—a big house, a fancy car and more women than he can handle. But someone lurks in the shadows, waiting to take it all away, and when she does, he’ll have to face death and worse to get it all back. YOU’RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT . . .