The 43rd issue of Weirdbook, under the editorship of Doug Draa, presents new tales of fantasy and horror in the grand Weird Tales tradition. Included this time are:Short StoriesAn American Story, by Darrell SchweitzerImpervious to Reason, Oblivious to Fate, by John R. FultzThe River, by Sharon CullarsTaking Out the Trash, by by D.C. LozarArthur Wardrobe And Asia Anastacia: A Love Story, by Andrew DarlingtonSnack Time, by Franklyn Searight

If a human girl is adopted by the fairies, can she ever truly be human again? Or has her life been altered forever beyond reclamation?Taken in by the wood fairy as an infant, Takara lives a blessed life with her friends Mouse and Toad, and especially the tiny orchid mantis known as Hana. Her extraordinarily long life is filled with carefree play and excursions throughout the Enchanted Realm. Given a full education by the Red Dragon, Takara learns of life both within the enchanted w...

Weirdbook #45 continues its mission of celebrating fantasy, horror, and weird fiction, with another jam-packed issue of stories. Here are works by such talents as Adrian Cole, Darrell Schweitzer, Sharon Cullars, and John R. Fultz.The complete lineup:THE DRAGONS OF THE NIGHT, by Darrell SchweitzerLOVE AND SORCERY, by John R. FultzTHE RECKONING, by Sharon CullarsEVERY BONE IN HIS BODY, by Adrian ColeWE WERE X-MEN, by Abdul-Qaadir Taariq Ba...

Prepare to journey inside the pages...Meet a vigilante killer who speaks with the dead. Discover how an opium den in the Comstock becomes a newsman's final story. What secrets hide within the American wilderness? How powerful is a mother's love? Can anyone survive an isle that only welcomes the dead? Do you truly feel secure within the privacy of your own home?The answers to these and more await within these thirteen tiny windows that open to the dark side....

The first Weirdbook Annual -- The Witches MEGAPACK® -- presents a selection of all-new tales of witches! Included this time are:"Thou Shalt Not Suffer," by Matt Neil Hill"No Holds Bard," by Adrian Cole"Laying the Hairy Book," by Josh Reynolds"Here Is Where Your Proud Waves Halt," by Erica Ruppert"Vicious Circles," by Paul Dale Anderson"Assorted Shades of Red," by Franklyn Searight"Strange Days in Old Yandrissa," by John R. Fultz"Fert...

Shallow Waters—where secrets are buried, and nightmares are born.Dive into the depths of darkness with 21 chilling tales of horror and dark fiction in Shallow Waters Vol.4, the anthology series where morbid fates await and nothing stays buried. It's a collection of twisted love, karma, death, and spectral mysteries that promise to tear away the façade of the everyday and expose the haunting truths beneath.Shallow Waters is the official horror and dark ficti...

Eight short stories. A smorgasbord of bite-sized delights, with a sprinkling of twisted bents and slight undertones of darkness.The Eighth AbigailThe Way Order is MaintainedFrog PrincessAsmund. Here and ThereDust Up at the Sun DownTwenty-Nine SecondsBest Kept SecretDown the Deep Timber

Weirdbook #36 presents another great assortment of stories and poems in the Weird Tales tradition: fantasy, horror, sword & sorcery, and the just plain unclassifiable find a home here! Included are:Burn on the Bayou, by L.F. FalconerThe Mumbler, by Gillian FrenchCleric at Sentinel Hill, by Franklyn SearightWhores and Criminals, by Dean MacallisterThe Quiet on the Water, by C. C. AdamsThe Haggard Brothers Go to Town, by James PrattThe Awaken...

No matter your expectations, the dark is full of the unknown: grim futures, distorted pasts, invasions of the uncanny, paranormal fancies, weird dreams, unnerving nightmares, baffling enigmas, revelatory excursions, desperate adventures, spectral journeys, mundane terrors, and supernatural visions. You may stumble into obsession - or find redemption. Often disturbing, occasionally delightful, let The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror be your annual guide through the mysteries and wonders...

The darkness creeps upon us and we shudder, or it suddenly startles and we scream. There need be no monsters for us to be terrified in the dark, but if there are, they are just as often human and as supernatural. Join us in this outstanding annual exploration of the year's best dark fiction that includes stories of quiet fear, the utterly fantastic, the weirdly surreal, atmospheric noir, mysterious hauntings, seductive nightmares, and frighteningly plausible futures. Featuring tales from m...

Take a journey into darkness. Visit places where one might expect to find the dark—in a house where love was shared and lost, a milky-white pool in an Australian cave, the trenches of World War I, the deep woods. You would not be surprised to find the dark in a cheap apartment on the wrong side of town, down mean streets, under a gallows-tree, along dank passageways, trapped underground, in the near future, or among the mysteries of old New Orleans. Dunes, lakes, isolated cabins, old books...

Lie.Cheat.Bargain.Fight.Accept.Bribe.Conquer.Evade.No matter what humanity tries, Death always wins. Or does it?Discover the answer in The Death of All Things, where twenty-two writers take their shot at the Grim Reaper with explorations of the mythical, fantastical, and futuristic bonds between life and death. Learn the cost of mortality, the perils—and joys—of the afterlife, and the potential pitfalls of immortality ...