Psychotic killers, devious ghosts, alien monsters, howling storms, undead creatures, and other dark forces haunt the highways and the truckers who drive them in these 18 chilling tales. A ghostly voice on a trucker's CB radio knows more about his life than it should… Two drivers find their cargo gives them inhuman appetites… A boy in a truck stop encounters a supernatural force that threatens to destroy the world… The hypnotic singing lulling a driver to sleep might not be coming from the ...

Alec Archer isn’t just a superhero... he’s a survivor.* He’s survived being harpooned by the megalomaniacal captain of a steampunk airship.* He’s escaped being drowned by a sex-crazed mermaid.* He’s narrowly avoided being reduced to a glowing pile of mush by a radioactive grandma.* Even Kryptonite probably couldn’t hurt him.(His inability to think before he opens his mouth, on the other hand, will probably get him killed.)By day, Alec is the owne...

A missing intergalactic artifact valuable enough to inspire murder. A cartoon gag gone bad that leads to a gruesome death. Greek deities unraveling a divine mystery in New York City. A human detective navigating the temptations of Faerie in pursuit of a magical killer. Call them sleuths, call them gumshoes, call them shamuses or dicks or beagles—these private investigators prowl the back alleys of imagination, explaining the unexplainable, seeking answers and justice for two hundred dollar...

Learn the craft of writing from those who know it best.This is Writers On Writing – An Author's Guide, where your favorite authors share their secrets in the ultimate guide to becoming – and being – an author.In this third volume you'll find in-depth essays from authors such as Jonathan Janz, Kealan Patrick Burke, Nerine Dorman, Hal Bodner, Ben Eads, and James Everington. Edited by Joe Mynhardt."Creating Effective C...

Grieving his husband's untimely death, Alec Archer doesn't feel up to donning the Whirlwind's skintight turquoise costume to defend Centerport against yet another supervillain.But the evil genius who calls himself the Zookeeper doesn't care about Alec's feelings. The Zookeeper has chosen Centerport as the perfect place to demonstrate his latest creation—a genetic process that converts harmless house pets into lethal bioweapons.Whether he's battling giant spiders, rescuing t...

Alec Archer isn't just a superhero... he's a survivor.* He's survived being harpooned by the megalomaniacal captain of a steampunk airship.* He's escaped being drowned by a sex-crazed mermaid.* He's narrowly avoided being reduced to a glowing pile of mush by a radioactive grandma.* Even Kryptonite probably couldn't hurt him.(His inability to think before he opens his mouth, on the other hand, will probably get him killed.)By day, Alec is the owne...

A Fiend Rises from the Grave…Mark Hartner was male beauty incarnate, the quintessential dream lover with the face of an angel and the body of a god. But beneath the surface lurked the most depraved soul imaginable.Fortunately, Mark Hartner is quite, quite dead. Or is he…?Rising from a mortuary slab, driven by malevolent passions and unspeakable lusts, Mark Hartner is the herald of depraved, twisted beings from beyond the grave. And he is eager to raise Hell to pleas...

Welcome to West Hollywood. The Creative City. Liberal and welcoming. Free from discrimination and hatred. A safe place to live if you're gay.But West Hollywood isn't safe anymore...Someone in town has a macabre passion for beautiful young men. Healthy, gym-toned male bodies keep turning up, tortured, drained of blood, missing parts and quite, quite dead. Someone is using the Creative City as a canvas of gruesome, sadistic creativity. Someone is using West Hollywood as a war...

World-renowned painter Alex Restin seems to have everything: wealth, youth, a beautiful face, and an amazing body. Then his perfect life is shattered when his lover, Tony, is stricken by a mysterious illness which baffles medical science. Powerless to save the man he loves, Alex is caught in a maelstrom of conflicting, haunting emotions.In desperation, Alex turns to the Zodiac Men—twelve statues of indescribable beauty which decorate the converted library building where he lives. G...

Grieving his husband’s untimely death, Alec Archer doesn’t feel up to donning the Whirlwind’s skintight turquoise costume to defend Centerport against yet another supervillain.But the evil genius who calls himself the Zookeeper doesn’t care about Alec’s feelings. The Zookeeper has chosen Centerport as the perfect place to demonstrate his latest creation, a genetic process that converts harmless house-pets into lethal bio-weapons.Whether he’s battling giant spiders, rescuing...

Royden Poole is having a very bad day. Strong-armed into investigating a break-in, a bizarre theft, two missing persons, and a shooting with no body, and all he wants to do is go back to pretending he's dead. And that's just a warm up.There's an infinity of time and space just after midnight where the rules of reality you are accustomed to don't necessarily apply. Most people don't know anything about it. And of those that do, most don't want anything to do with it. But a heart's d...

“When you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth...” Arthur Conan Doyle -On the banks of the river Thames a massive new building is being completed. A stunning creation of glass and concrete that will be a new landmark on London's skyline. And people are dying because of it...Dozens of mysterious unexplained accidents have claimed the lives of workmen during the construction and journalist Jessica Anderson is convince...