Eidolon Avenue: Where the secretly guilty go to die.One building. Five floors. Five doors per floor. Twenty-five nightmares feeding the hunger lurking between the bricks and waiting beneath the boards.The First Feast. A retired Chinese assassin in apartment 1A fleeing from a lifetime of bloodshed. A tattooed man in 1B haunted by his most dangerous regret. A frat boy serial killer in 1C facing his past and an elderly married couple stumbling...

And cradled in her kindness, I dove back into the blood soaked memories of this, my life.With those words, the immortal Maruk's tale continues.From modern Paris, he speaks of his life in the religious chaos and pagan magic of 3rd century Antioch. Of his friends, a man haunted by grief and regret, and a woman with secrets as thick as the woolen of her constant cloak. Of days marked by the greed of Rome and the ambitions of those driven by dangerous delusion.He rememb...

This is Writers on Writing – An Author's Guide where your favorite authors share their ultimate secrets in becoming and being an author.Learn the craft of writing from those who know it best.This is Writers On Writing – An Author's Guide Vol.2, where professional authors share their secrets in the ultimate guide to becoming – and being – an author.In this volume you'll find the following in-depth On Writing essays:The Infrastructure of...

Eidolon Avenue: Where the secretly guilty go to die.One building. Five floors. Five doors per floor. Twenty-five nightmares feeding the hunger lurking between the bricks and waiting beneath the boards.The sequel to Eidolon Avenue: The First Feast ("a great read...powerful and jarring" - Cemetery Dance) returns to the voracious Eidolon as it savors The Second Feast.A narcoleptic man in apartment 2A battles a vengeful past determined to rob him of eve...

The new breed of legends continues…If you came here to read short stories about tranquil lakes, run to the nearest exit. Run as far away as you can from Ramsey Campbell, Jack Ketchum, Edward Lee, and our array of international voices.Tales from The Lake volume two also includes the three winners from Crystal Lake Publishing's Tales from The Lake Horror Writing Competition:1st: Descending by John Whalen2nd: Forever Dark by Jonathan Winn

Plunge into the concealed realms with Shallow Waters Vol. 8—where every shadow whispers tales and every silence has its stories.Curating 20 tales of Dark Fiction & Horror, this anthology unfolds the secrets lying beneath life and death, weaving tales surrounding the mysteries that flutter in the unseen. Shallow Waters is the celebrated monthly flash fiction contest by the multiple award-winning Crystal Lake Entertainment, winner of the HWA's Specialty Press Award. Every month intro...

“Deepak Chopra’s story is an inspiring gift for those who truly care and have the courage to seek.”—Michael Baigent, author of The Jesus PapersThe founder of The Chopra Center and the preeminent teacher of Eastern philosophy to the Western World, Deepak Chopra gives us the story of the man who became Messiah in his phenomenal New York Times bestseller Jesus. The author who illuminated the life of Buddha now offers readers an unparalleled portrait of Jesus Christ, from carpe...

Never bargain with the fae . . .A dying man delivers a terrible warning: civil war has broken out between neighboring clans. As healer and clanmistress, Ilyenna is tasked with keeping the wounded refugees alive and her people fed in the midst of a seemingly endless winter.But when the war moves to the heart of her village, Ilyenna looks into her enemy’s eyes and sees more than just cunning. There is also lust—lust for power and lust for her. She could save ...

First-century Rome is a perilous city as Nero stalks the political circles and huddled groups of believers. To be safe, Christians must remain invisible.Gallus Sergius Vitas is the only man within Nero’s trusted circle willing to do what it takes to keep the empire together. He struggles to lessen Nero’s monstrosities against the people of Rome—especially the Christians. But as three Greek letters are scrawled as graffiti throughout the city, Nero’s anger grows.As the early...

Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuriesHe won his fame– his freedom–in the gory pits of Rome's Colosseum.Yet the greatest challenge for once-legendary gladiator Caros Viriathos comes to him through a slave. His slave, the beautiful mysterious Pelonia Valeria. Her secre...

Set in the turbulent years just before one of the most horrendous events in Jewish history, The Last Temple concludes the trilogy of The Last Disciple and The Last Sacrifice. Vitas is reunited with his wife and retires to Alexandria, determined to live a quiet, domestic life. But he can’t avoid the debts that he owes to the men who saved him, and he becomes a key figure in the plot to rid the empire of Nero. It sweeps him into the “year of four emperors,” when th...

“Cunningham weaves Hebrew scripture, Celtic and Egyptian mythology, and early Christian legend into a nearly seamless whole, creating an unforgettable fifth gospel story in which the women most involved in Jesus’s ministry are given far more representation.”—Library Journal“This year’s must-have summer reading.”—KINK Radio“Lavish and lusty . . . Cunningham’s Celtic Magdalen is as hot in the mouth as Irish whiskey.”—Beliefnet (chosen as one of this year’s “heretical...