"Frankly, I haven't been this impressed with an authorial debut since Clive Barker's Books of Blood. And no, that isn't hyperbole. John C. Foster really is that good." -- Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award Winning Author of Dead City  Roaring south in a black Cadillac, John Smith is on the road trip from Hell through a nightmarish version of Americana, a place of rotting hollows and dusty crossroads, slaughterhouses and haunted trains. He doesn't know how he woke up after sitting down in the electric chair, where he got the black suit with the slit up the back or even the cigarettes in his pocket. All he knows is that there is a woman guarding a great secret and he's supposed to kill her.

Dead Men (Libros de Inferno, Book I)

Literature & Fiction

Foster, John C.

Genre Fiction

Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing

Issue #5 includes fictions from Stephen S. Power (author of The Dragon Round), John C. Foster (author of Mr. White, and Baby Powder and Other Terrifying Substances), David Busboom (author of Nightbird), Gary Buller, Jake Marley, Christa Carmen, K.P. Kulski, Sara Codair, and Aaaron J. Housholder. Includes a feature by Gwendolyn Kiste (author of And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe, and Pretty Marys All in a Row). Publisher spotlight on Coffin Hop and Q&amp;A interviews with Owen King (coauthor of Sleeping Beauties, and author of Double Feature) and Christina Henry (author of Lost Boy, and Alice).

Unnerving Magazine: Issue #5

Codair, Sara

Carmen, Christa

Power, Stephen S.

Kiste, Gwendolyn

Busboom, David

Kulski, K.P.

Marley, Jake

Buller, Gary

Housholder, Aaron J.

Unnerving

Throughout history, there have been certain moral evils so entangling, so alluring, that they routinely give birth to countless other evils in the hearts of human beings. From antiquity, these "capital vices" have been known as the seven deadly sins. Now, from the editors who brought you Cutting Block Single Slices and Shadows Over Main Street, comes an all-new novella anthology featuring seven dark fiction authors at the top of their games, each writing passionately about one of The Seven Deadliest sins. Inside these pages: John C. Foster spins "Gilda," a yarn about Avarice; Bracken MacLeod takes us on the road to Wrath with "A Short Madness"; Kasey Lansdale's "Cap Diamant" teaches us the steep cost of Pride; Brian Kirk lays bare the Jealousy hidden beneath affluence in "Chisel and Stone"; Rena Mason reveals a new and terrifying guise of Sloth in "Clevengers of the Carrion Sea"; Richard Thomas examines Lust in his dystopian "Ring of Fire"; and John F.D. Taff feeds us the darker aspects of Gluttony in "All You Care to Eat." These dark tales from a cabal of highly regarded and award-winning authors hold nothing back, so turn the pages and feast your eyes. The Seven Deadliest sins await you.

The Seven Deadliest

Thomas, Richard

Taff, John F.D.

Kirk, Brian

MacLeod, Bracken

Mason, Rena

Lansdale, Kasey

Cutting Block Books

Dare to enter the world of the paranormal to engage the spirits of those that once lived and monstrosities once believed never to exist. It’s here in the realm of death where the living engage in the unspeakable with souls of the dead in sixteen disquieting tales of the supernatural from horror’s modern masters. From hellish specters summoned from beyond the veil with treacherous intent for humankind, to a young boy whose special powers seem governed from beyond the grave, Death’s Realm delves into the abnormal, the ghostly and the infernal.It’s only here that a grieving son’s demon can beckon him to a secluded cemetery plot in the dead of night, where a preternatural murder-for-hire has extreme repercussions, and when the revenant of a dead mother seeks vengeance on her dying daughter.Welcome to Death’s Realm. You may be alone now, but not for long.With horror fiction from Stephen Graham Jones, Hank Schwaeble, John F.D. Taff , JG Faherty, Rhoads Brazos, Aaron Polson, Jay Caselberg, Paul Michael Anderson, Gregory L. Norris, Brian Fatah Steele, Karen Runge, Simon Dewar, Martin Rose, Jay O'Shea, John C. Foster, Jane Brooks and Matthew Pegg.

Death's Realm

Jones, Stephen Graham

Polson, Aaron

Faherty, JG

Caselberg, Jay

Schwaeble, Hank

Norris, Gregory L.

Anderson, Paul Michael

Brazos, Rhoads

Grey Matter Press

EXPOSE THE DARKEST OF SECRETS AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD Start with an isolated island in the rainswept North Atlantic, add an enigmatic community of hostile inhabitants, throw in the body of a fugitive found dead by mysterious causes, combine with an ages-old supernatural curse that has lethal implications, and garnish with a secret so horrifying it is best left unspoken, and you’ve got the recipe for the dark feast that is The Isle. A deadly menace threatens a remote island community and every man, woman and child is in peril. Sent to the isle to collect the remains of a dead fugitive, US Marshal Virgil Bone is trapped by the forces of nature and the will of man. As the body count rises the community unravels, and Bone is thrust into the role of investigator. Aided by a local woman and the town pariah, he uncovers the island’s macabre past and its horrifying connection to the killings. Some curses are best believed. Sometimes the past is best left buried. And some will kill to keep it so. Praise for The Isle "With The Isle, John Foster makes a twenty-first century contribution to the tradition of the New England Gothic, taking his lawman protagonist off the coast of the mainland United States to visit a small island in the North Atlantic whose inhabitants might have settled there from one of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Puritan fantasies. Himself riven by guilt over past misdeeds, U.S. Marshall Bone encounters a community on whom the sins of their ancestors continue to exert a very terrible and a very real force. Fast-moving, gripping, it's a tale straight from Old Man Atlantic's barnacled treasure chest." — John Langan, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Fisherman "Brooding and claustrophobic, one hell of a scary ride. You won't soon forget your visit to The Isle." — Tom Deady, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Haven “Dripping with claustrophobic malice, crawling with dread and otherness, The Isle is a journey into places best left alone. A chilling, disturbing, compelling tale.” — Alan Baxter, award-winning author of Devouring Dark and Manifest Recall “John Foster masterfully weaves New England folk horror into a hard-boiled murder mystery to form a wholly original and gripping novel that will keep you guessing as the dread builds like a tide rolling over the rocky shore. Strange rituals, hidden histories, and dangerous paranoia intersect on The Isle in ways that turn northeastern peculiarity into something uniquely horrific and thoroughly engrossing to read.” — Ed Kurtz, author of The Rib from Which I Remake the World and Nausea "If you’re the kind of person who seeks out hidden places with awful histories, then this book is for you. You’ll feel the damp and the chill, you’ll hear the shrieks and the inhuman mutter, you’ll see those children and their awful games. Read it in a safe place." — Karen Heuler, author of The Inner City Proudly presented by Grey Matter Press, the multiple Bram Stoker Award-nominated independent publisher. Grey Matter Press: Where Dark Thoughts Thrive

The Isle

In the shadowy world of international espionage and governmental black ops, when a group of American spies go bad and inadvertently unleash an ancient malevolent force that feeds on the fears of mankind, a young family finds themselves in the crosshairs of a frantic supernatural mystery of global proportions with only one man to turn for their salvation. Combine the intricate, plot-driven stylings of suspense masters Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum, add a healthy dose of Clive Barker’s dark and brooding occult themes, and you have an idea of the horrifying world of supernatural espionage that the chilling novel MISTER WHITE will reveal.John C. Foster’s MISTER WHITE is a terrifying genre-busting suspense shocker that answers the question that should never be asked: “Who is Mister White?”

Mister White: A Dark Thriller

Night Roads (Libros de Inferno, Book 2)

From the author of Dead Men and Mister White, John C. Foster continues his odyssey through the horror genre with his debut story collection. Within these pages, you will board a train to Detroit on a route littered with the darkest monstrosities the mind can imagine ("Highballing Through Gehenna"); a man avenges his father's murder in a series of violent mobster slayings ("Burial Suit"); a mute ventriloquist and his chattery dummy seek a therapist ("Talk to Leo"); future soldiers summon forth an ancient evil to battle an alien menace ("The Willing"); body smugglers crash land on a world where sinister trees feed on flesh ("Meat"); an interrogation takes a strange, psychedelic turn ("Girl Six"); a special agent investigates a potential alien invasion ("Red"); the undead infiltrate the Whiskey-A-Go-Go ("Dead on the Sunset Strip"); a man is hired by a nefarious agency to witness prison executions around the country ("A Lamb to Slaughter"); and a pair of paranormal scam artists suffer when they confront true evil ("Baby Powder").

Baby Powder and Other Terrifying Substances

Archibald Leech is the secret weapon Control unleashes when the fabric of reality tears and alien mathematics leak into our world. Control wields him like a barely understood instrument, because Leech can see through the curtain, and it's enough to drive a man mad. But now his relationship with Control is slowly disintegrating as his need to create a safe home for his volatile and hard-drinking wife increases. Unfortunately, people in Leech's line of work don't retire so easily-not when he's pitting himself against doppelgangers, demigods, and whatever the hell else might be waiting in line to give him a bad day.

Leech

Ghoulish Books

John Gallo is a professional hitman with a history that’s spattered in blood and littered with bodies. Known in the criminal underworld as Rooster, Gallo is an assassin suffering from mental illness and constantly battling the black dog of depression that stalks him. When able to crawl out of his downward spiral and throw himself into the job, he’s a proficient, stealthy and unforgiving killer. A relentless wheeler-dealer in the game of death.\nBut now he finds there’s a price on his head. A vendetta that could have been placed by anyone in the gangland underground. And everyone wants to collect. From two-bit street punks to the highest echelons of organized crime. The Mafia. Yakuza. Russians. Chinese. Every crime syndicate that’s ever been on the bullet-end of his gun is now taking aim at him, intent on ending the reign of the Rooster.\nAfter making a fast break from New York with a young actress rescued from certain death at the hands of the Chinese mob, Rooster is on the run and headed to his native Boston and promised refuge with his on-again, off-again criminal associate Grace. He quickly learns Beantown’s dark underbelly is only interested in welcoming Rooster home so thugs and gangsters can line up to seize the prize that is his head.\nDetermined to solve the mystery of who wants him dead and exact his own revenge, Rooster uncovers a deadly plot with tendrils that stretch across the country, revealing a conspiracy designed to achieve the ultimate retribution.\nFrom the author of The Isle and Mister White, and proudly presented by Grey Matter Press, the multiple Bram Stoker Award-nominated independent publisher. 
Grey Matter Press: Where Dark Thoughts Thrive

Rooster

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

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