The Oni

Accidentally released from the hilt of a Japanese ceremonial sword, the oni, an evil demon, is determined to leave a trail of bloody victims

Literature & Fiction

Linzner, Gordon

Genre Fiction

Leisure Books

Corporate Cthulhu: Lovecraftian Tales of Bureaucratic Nightmare

YOUR CALL TO CTHULHU IS IMPORTANT TO US. PLEASE HOLD. Of all bureaucracies, corporations are the most powerful, seeming to have a life and will of their own. Privately held with multi-national reach, seemingly bottomless resources, and armies of lawyers jealously guarding trade secrets, corporations fiercely resist any attempt to change or regulate them. Anything and everything is justified by the bottom line. Who needs a Cthulhu Cult when you've got Cthulhu, Inc.? Into this insidious world are thrust our heroes - the curious, the puzzled, and the frustrated. Defying authority, seeking answers they'd be better off not knowing, the secrets they discover threaten their sanity and their lives. Will they become the next whistleblower media hero? Or the next no-call-no-show their coworkers promptly forget? Remember: it's nothing personal - just business. Including twenty-five tales from writers including DJ Tyrer, Peter Rawlik, David Tallerman, Gordon Linzner, Adrian Ludens, and many more!

Ludens, Adrian

Rawlik, Peter

Tallerman, David

Dicken, Evan

Tyrer, DJ

Millard, Adam

Fischer, Todd H. C.

Stasheff, Edward J

Todd, Darren

Pickman's Press

YOUR CALL TO CTHULHU IS IMPORTANT TO US. PLEASE HOLD. Red tape. Catch-22s. Circular chains of command. Whether you're a customer or co-worker, bureaucracies drive us all insane. Even management is just a cog in a vast machine. Information, items, and even people get lost in the system, never gone but never found. No one seems to notice the insanity surrounding them... or if they do, they keep it to themselves. After all, those who notice and call attention to it tend to disappear, leaving nothing behind but an empty desk and whispered rumors in the break room. If ever there was a place for a cosmic horror to hide, grow, and thrive, it's deep within the archives of a huge, old bureaucracy. But of all bureaucracies, corporations are the most powerful, seeming to have a life and will of their own. They're privately held with a multi-national reach, seemingly bottomless resources, and armies of lawyers jealously guarding their trade secrets. Corporate culture fiercely resists any attempt to change or regulate it, and anything and everything is justified by the bottom line. Who needs a Cthulhu Cult when you've got Cthulhu, Inc.? Into this insidious world are thrust our heroes—the curious, the puzzled, and the frustrated. Defying authority, seeking answers they'd be better off not knowing, the secrets they discover threaten their sanity and their lives. Will they become the next whistleblower media hero? Or the next no-call / no-show their coworkers promptly forget? Just remember: it's nothing personal—it's just business. This book contains twenty-five tales of bureaucratic insanity, including: DEATH PLEDGE by Jeff Deck WELCOME TO THE R’LYEH CORPORATION by James Pratt SHADOW CHARTS by Marcus Johnston CASUAL FRIDAY by Todd H. C. Fischer THE GOD UNDER THE CHURCH by David Tallerman REFUSAL by DJ Tyrer DAGON-TEC by Adam Millard ESOTERIC INSURANCE, INC. by Evan Dicken &amp; Adrian Ludens CAREER ZOMBIE by John Taloni BOEDROMION NOUMENIA by Andrew Scott INCORPORATION by Max D. Stanton THE LOPONINE EXPLOITATION by John M. Campbell FESTIVAL PREPARATIONS by Justin Bailey MARYANNE’S EQUATIONS by Harry Pauff WHOLESOME LABOR by Sam Rent LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR by Wile E. Young TINDALOS, INC. by Charlie Allison CLEAN UP AISLE FOUR by Josh Storey FORCED LABOR by Peter Rawlik THE SHADOWS LENGTHEN in the Close by Ethan Gibney IT CAME FROM I.T. by Gordon Linzner RETRACTION by Marie Michaels FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AT DAGOCORP HQ by L Chan NO DOVES COME FROM RAVEN EGGS by Mark Oxbrow APOTHEOSIS by Darren Todd

Stasheff Literary Enterprises

Black Cat Mystery Magazine #7: Special Private Eye Issue

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Jeschonek, Robert

Vincent, Bev

Floyd, John M.

Pachter, Josh

Welsh-Huggins, Andrew

Powell, Graham

De Noux, O’Neil

Flora, Fletcher

King, E.E.

Mystery

Wildside Press

This chilling cycle book includes thirteen tales related to Ithaqua, the Wind-Walker, collected together for the first time. Ithaqua was created by August Derleth and is based upon the terrible winter spirits, or Wendigo, of Native North American mythology. Includes stories by August Derleth, Brian Lumley, Algernon Blackwood, Joseph Payne Brennan, and others. A perfect book for those cold winter nights. 
This book is part of an expanding collection of Cthulhu Mythos horror fiction and related topics. Call of Cthulhu fiction focuses on single entities, concepts, or authors significant to readers and fans of H.P. Lovecraft.

The Ithaqua Cycle: The Wind-Walker of the Icy Wastes (Call of Cthulhu Fiction)

BLACKWOOD, ALGERNON

Brennan, Joseph Payne

Rainey, Stephen Mark

Derleth, August William

Comtois, Pierre

England, George Allan

Lumley,Brian

Ambuehl, James

Diezel, George C., II

Medoff, Randy

Urban, Scott H.

Vance G. Warlock

Chaosium

But like all of us, Vinson delivered the dead bodies he created to our parasites, the imps; bodies for disposal which would otherwise rot in plain sight of Mankind, be pondered and investigated. Exposed corpses were too dangerous for us, a tiny minority stalking the world of fragile mortals. Buried bodies were discovered too often. And new technology? iPhones with cameras, still shots or videos uploaded for eternity on the internet highway revealed us to the billions of spiteful people on the planet, the villagers with pitchforks.-Parasites: A Tale of Route 66

Todd Sullivan Presents: The Vampire Connoisseur

Pyne, James

Gray, Paul Alex

Collins, Michael S

Hario, Lisa

Pisculli, Tony

Stella, Nicholas

Bettis, Priscilla

Bricker, Lonnie

Robbe, Gary

Nightmare Press

UNSHEATHED FURY, INESCAPABLE TERROR Imprisoned for thousands of years in the hilt of a ceremonial sword, the oni, a hideous Japanese demon, is accidentally released to wreak the havoc of its pent-up fury on an unsuspecting world. All-powerful, immortal, and possessed of an unquenchable lust for human blood, the demon seems invincible, leaving in its wake an increasing number of horribly mutilated bodies. Only one woman has learned the oni's history and the key to its destruction. But will she be able to pit her puny human strength against the demon's murderous powers before she becomes yet another victim?

Macabre Ink

OF GODS AND GLOBES, the award-winning anthology, returns with over 20 speculative stories based on the world's astronomical myths. We know that the moon holds sway over the ocean tide and the almost universal testimony of the effect of a full moon on people. Are planetary effects more mysterious than we have discovered? Science has a very different view of energy than when astrology was rejected. Can we study our relationship to the cosmos while avoiding pseudoscience? Can Of Gods and Globes III speculate on it with fantasy and sci fi stories? Stories by Juliet Marillier, Chris Edwards, Michaele Jordan, Donna J. W. Munro, Benjamin Brinks, Andrew Najberg, Shashi Kadapa, Teel James Glenn, Victory Witherkeigh, Helen Venn, F.C. Shultz, Dan Henriksen, Anthony G. Cirilla, Evangeline Gianconia, Chuck Boeheim, Benjamin Chandler, Emily Munro, Artemis Crow, Carol Ryles, Gordon Linzner, Gabriel Kellman, Zoe Kaplan, Alexander Sirkman, and Lancelot Schaubert.

Of Gods and Globes III: Trigger Warnings and The Abyss

Edwards, Chris

Crow, Artemis

Najberg, Andrew

Schaubert, Lancelot

MARILLIER, JULIET

Kadapa, Shashi

Boeheim, Chuck

Brinks, Benjamin

Short Stories & Anthologies

Lancelot Schaubert

"In death - no! even in the grave all is not lost." -Edgar Allan Poe 
Wandering souls! Restless spirits! The vengeful dead! Those who die with unfinished business haunt the living and make their presence known from the world beyond: A scientist's invention opens a window onto a terrible afterlife. A New York City apartment holds the secrets of the dead. A grandmother sends text messages from the grave. A samurai returns to his devastated home for a final showdown with his past. A forgotten TV game show haunts a man with a dark secret. A tapping from behind classroom walls leads to a horrible discovery. The specter of a prehistoric beast returns to a modern-day ranch. And the one seeing eye knows all-including what you did. 
Haunted from the other side, these stories roam from modern cities to the shadowed moors to feudal Japan to the jungles of Central America, each providing a spine-chilling glimpse into the shadows not even death can restrain. 
Do you dare open these pages and peer into the darkness they reveal? 
Stories by Marc Abbott, Meghan Arcuri, Oliver Baer, Alp Beck, Allan Burd, John P. Collins, Randee Dawn, Trevor Firetog, Caroline Flarity, Patrick Freivald, Teel James Glenn, Amy Grech, April Grey, Jonathan Lees, Gordon Linzner, Robert Masterson, Robert Ottone, Rick Poldark, Lou Rera, and Steven Van Patten.

Even in the Grave

Neoparadoxa

Adventure Awaits: Volume 1

Marry Hultman, C

Langtree, Charlotte

Breaking Rules Publishing Europe

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