In an age of increasing specialization, horror anthologies have seemed to pick up on the trend. Zombie anthologies, vampire anthologies and post-apocalyptic anthologies are among the many that have sprung up of late creating an entire book filled with only one kind of story. But what are the roots of horror and what really frightens us? Bram Stoker Award-winning editors Del Howison and Jeff Gelb have gone back to the roots of our fears with a collection of horror of all types, new tales by...

To be able to fill an anthology with original horror tales by some of the greatest names in terror fiction is a dream come true. Bram Stoker Award-winning editors Jeff Gelb and Del Howison are living that dream... or is it nightmare?Following the first award-winning book of the series, the editors have gathered the finest horror authors from around the country, including bestselling authors James Sallis, Joe R. Lansdale, Max Brooks, Steve Niles, and Caitlin R. Kiernan.18 or...

In Hotter Blood sex and horror are coupled to an ecstatic effect. This is the second in the provocative anthology series that defined a genre and spanned a generation. Grant Morrisons Bram Stoker- nominated The Braille Encyclopedia spearheads a collection of 24 original stories with additional contributions from horror stars like Richard Laymon and Nancy Collins comic book talents Kurt Busiek and John Byrne and superstar horror director Mick Garris. Explore the dark side of having your lov...

With this horrifying sequel of short story thrillers, the music just got turned up loud. Beginning with Mark Verheiden’s exploration into a twisted-if-musical mind, and ending with Rush’s Neal Peart and Kevin J. Anderson’s creepy quest for a village peddling haunted drums, this collection rocks hard and reads heavy. A diverse group of award winning suspense writers, graphic novelists, music critics and musicians delve into the psyches of superfans, front men, and dead leg...

Everyones afraid of something ... But certainly not a horror writer--right? Master editor Jeff Gelb asked 21 giants of the horror genre to tell us about their own worst nightmares, and this intimate anthology was the result. A horrifying burglary. A mother who will stop at nothing to give her little girl the best. A wife murdered by a stone Madonna. A writer who loses his gift and goes mad with grief. Stories from Joyce Carol Oates, Graham Masterton, Max Alan Collins, Jack Ketchum, Nancy C...

An unexplained drowning. A brutal murder at a dinner party. A kids Halloween prank gone wrong. Paul and Johnny have been best friends since they were kids--hell, theyve been best friends since their parents were kids--but now events seem to be tearing them apart. When the boys are involved in a tragic car accident, it seems likely that their friendship will be broken forever. Even Paul can see that Johnnys new friend Vic is a troublemaker, and Johnnys fascination with the axe murderer whos...

Sixteen tales of dread and desire by Nancy Holder, Max Allan Collins, Graham Masterton, and others reveal our deepest fantasies.The eighth anthology in Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett's boundary-breaking Hot Blood erotic horror series delivers sixteen thrilling tales that will leave readers tied up ever tighter, even as the stories themselves defy all restraint. Four-time Bram Stoker Award–winner Nancy Holder, Shamus Award–winning and bestselling au...

The needle plunges into the red for Hottest Blood third in the pioneering Hot Blood erotic horror anthology series edited by Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett. Nancy Holders Bram Stoker- winning I Hear the Mermaids Singing jump-starts a collection of 20 original stories with something to whet every appetite (Bayonne Journal) that will rev up your heart and drop you to the floor… Find yourself taken for a deathly ride in Black Cars join Grant Morrison in The Room Where Love Lives and check out ...

Fatal Attractions edited by Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett is the eleventh Hot Blood erotic horror collection -- and according to Cemetery Dance one of the best volumes in this long- running series - a top rating. Like a moth to a flame Fatal Attraction draws a diverse array of award-winning authors from the horror mystery and thriller genres (and Hollywood) into its orbit including Max Alan Collins P. D. Cacek Graham Masterton Edo van Belkom Nancy Holder Brian Hodge David Schow Mick Garris...

Plant yourself under the covers and get ready for Seeds of Fear fifth in the ground- breaking Hot Blood erotic horror anthology series. Pinup queen Brinke Stevens delivers the Introduction and 19 original stories cultivated by editors Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett follow. Terror and titillation reach full florid bloom as Bentley Little invites you to See Marilyn Monroes Panties! Ronald Kelly introduces a Scream Queen you wont soon forget Edward Lee follows his Stoker-nominated Mr. Torso (H...

Fear the Fever the seventh of the provocative Hot Blood anthology series is the hottest yet. Your blood will boil as you peruse P.J. Caceks Bram Stoker award-winning story Metalica and Graham Mastertons Stoker- nominated story The Secret Shih Tan. Emmy and Nebula Award winning writer Alan Brennert brings Fantasies to the Hot Blood series while Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee join forces for the unforgettable Love Letters from the Rain Forest. Lucy Taylor and Bruce Jones are among the other con...

Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block, Ramsey Campbell, and others blur the lines between terror and temptation in fourteen hedonistic tales of horror.Crimes of Passion, ninth in the award–winning Hot Blood series of erotic horror, has a criminally good array of talent—fourteen stories by authors as diverse as literary giant Joyce Carol Oates, mystery giant Lawrence Block, horror giant Ramsey Campbell, musician Greg Kihn, and Brian Hodge, who pens the stunning...