Blood Coven

FULBRIGHT, Christopher and Angeline Hawkes

Dead Letter Press

First edition, limited to 500 copies. A collection of dark stories about books with examples by Saki, Gary Fry, Barbara Roden, Ramsey Campbell, Rhys Hughes M.R. James, Jeffrey Thomas, H.P. Lovecraft, Fred Chappell, Robert Chambers and many others. xvi, 779, 5 pages. faux leather.. thick 8vo..

Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad

"Every so often, the old Id grows weary of the Gothic style and declares a return to Classicism. He doesn't take it so far as to pull down Nightmare Abbey and erect a villa in its place. He settles for wrapping togas around the gargoyles. It's an attitude thing apparently. At such times, what he doesn't know about the glory that was Greece, or the grandeur that was Rome, isn't worth carving on an olive-stone. First he starts up the wine-presses in his cellar. Then he excavates the original amphitheatre in his extensive grounds, piles cushions on the tiered seats and throws a decadent party. <P" think Engelbrecht was expecting to compete in some sort of gladiatorial contest when he received his invitation. I remember the last Imperial Bash at the Abbey. Tommy Prenderghast got confused and assumed he was attending the Highland Games. He took one of those big Roman catapults, onagers I believe they're called, and launched the Id's prize Doric Column into the extinct volcano moved there especially for the occasion. It was no Etna, that conical mass, but this novel method of tossing the caber wasn't appreciated when the pillar plugged the crater. Magnanimity was as scarce as magma in the grounds that day, and we were all asked to leave. The Id had clearly forgiven that insult, for now he sent us a fleet of chariots with rubber practice scythes attached to the wheels, and they clattered the entire membership of the Surrealist Sporting Club down rutted lanes. The awful bulk of the Abbey loomed ahead, but the dreadful effect was softened by the sweet strains of a lyre plucked from one of the turrets. Presently our host came down to greet us with blistered fingers. He had a garland of ivy onhis head and sunglasses fashioned from two halves of an enormous grape. I looked out for slave-girls but there were none to be had. All the other ancient details were in order, so there was no room for complaint. Baths of milk fed by miniature aqueducts, lions in sandals and poisoned eunuchs. He led us into the Arena and Engelbrecht drew out a sharpened salad-fork from under his robe, turning it so that the starlight reflected into my eyes. He realised he was going to be disappointed at about the same time I did. There was a musical play going on right at the centre, some dreary rubbish entitled The Sound Of Mastic, and we had to sit and watch it. Hardly the orgy of violence hoped for by the plucky dwarf. But he put his modest trident to good use when the refreshments were passed around, for when I dipped my thumb into a dish of Pisum Indicum he took this inverted digit as a signal to stab three poor peas at once." And so begins Rhys Hughes' wonderful novel, Engelbrecht, Again

Engelbrecht Again!

Humor & Entertainment

Hughes, Rhys.

Humor

The Mysterious Flame

Orrin Grey

A BOTANICAL NIGHTMARE collects a half-dozen Victorian weird tales featuring "the Green Menace" -- evil plants that entrap, strangle, and leach the blood of their victims. These "six succulent stories of vampiric vegetation" include contributions by H.G. Wells, E. & H. Heron, Phil Robinson, and E. Nesbit, as well as an adventure featuring literature's first psychic detective, Mr. Flaxman Low. Included is an introduction by Series Editor Tom English. A BOTANICAL NIGHTMARE is the first volume in the Literary Vampire Series, edited by Tom English and presenting the early English prose and poetry that helped shape Bram Stoker's DRACULA and create an enduring sub-genre of horror fiction.

A Botanical Nightmare: Six Succulent Stories of Vampiric Vegetation (The Literary Vampire)

Literature & Fiction

English, Tom

Genre Fiction

God wants YOU!  Do you have what it takes to join His band of “angels”?  To help perform His divine will, God has frequently relied on a celebrated company of Heavenly messengers called angels. But in a manner of speaking, we’re all called to be God’s “Heavenly messengers” here on earth: we all have a story to tell, an experience to relate, a testimony to share; and, like His celestial band of servants, the Creator of the Universe wants each of us to become a Godly emissary of His supernatural love: following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, through a lifestyle of giving, serving, encouraging, and … sharing the Words of Life!   But something’s been holding us back from fully answering the call! We've lost an important truth that expresses the heart and nature of God, and we've abandoned a practice that’s vital to peace and unity within our homes and communities, as well as the growth of our churches. It’s one of the most misunderstood and neglected Biblical concepts today, and its inexcusable neglect is keeping us from becoming all God intended!   God wants us to develop the “heart of an angel”—but how do we accomplish this? Better still, what is the heart of an angel? Join us as we examine the secrets of the heart: learn how to change the world while building meaningful relationships; strengthen your family while becoming more like God; unite your community while impacting eternity; and fulfill the Lord’s greatest commandment while “flying” with the angels!

The Heart of an Angel: Becoming God's Messengers of Love and Hospitality to a World in Need (Ravens' Reads)

Religion & Spirituality

English, Wilma Espaillat

Christian Books & Bibles

The first issue of the new magazine of scary science fiction, featuring the complete SF novel Deathworld by Harry Harrison, plus seven strange tales of perilous worlds and hostile aliens, by award-winning authors Douglas Smith and Simon Strantzas, Clifford D. Simak, Jerry Sohl and others. Retro SF movie reviews, weird science fact, and comics by Jack Kirby.

Black Infinity: Deadly Planets (Black Infinity Magazine)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Rocket Science Books

Science Fiction

Black Infinity #2 features 13 tales of blobs, globs, slime, and spores, plus a brief history of gunk and goo in SF magazines, movies, TV and comics; not to mention science fact, retro movie reviews and comics. 200 pages of slimy fun, with new stories by Rhys Hughes ("Swallowing the Amazon"), Gregory L. Norris ("The Tree Surgeon") and Marc Vun Kannon ("Boarding Party"). Plus Douglas Smith's "Out of the Light" and Kurt Newton's "The Old Mill."

Black Infinity: Blobs, Globs, Slime and Spores

Why has Roger Manning suddenly gone dark? Can his pal Tom Corbett really be dead? What caused the strange trouble on Titan—and how is it connected to a rocket race in outer space? These are but a few of the mysteries confounding Captain Steve Strong and the big Venusian engineer, Astro, as the Solar Guard races against time to save the mining colony on Saturn’s largest satellite. At stake are the lives of hundreds of men, women and children; the future of the intrepid Polaris crew; and quite possibly the fate of the entire star system. Book 6 in Tom Corbett, Space Cadet series.

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: Treachery in Outer Space

Rockwell, Carey

Third issue of the magabook of creepy science fiction adventure, featuring strange tales of strange science and weird worlds, alien control and replacement, including Gregory L. Norris ("Hibernation"), Marc Vun Kannon ("Space Zombies"). Plus Douglas Smith's "By Her Hand, She Draws You Down" and Kurt Newton's "Nicola Tesla and the Resonating Frequency Transmitter"; with classics by Philip K. Dick, John W. Campbell, Clifford D. Simak and others. Plus comics, retro movie reviews, weird science fact and more.

Black Infinity: Body Snatchers!

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