Somewhere just beyond the veil of human perception lies a darkened plane where terrible things reside. Weaving their horrifying visions, they pull the strings on our lives and lure us into a comfortable reality. But it's a web of lies... DARK VISIONS: A COLLECTION OF MODERN HORROR is their instruction manual. DARK VISIONS - VOLUME ONE includes thirteen disturbing tales of dread from some of the most visionary minds writing horror, SciFi and speculative fiction. From twisted accounts of the false understanding of our own existence to the harsh psychological torture that inherent evil forces us to endure, DARK VISIONS uncovers the truth behind our own misguided concepts of reality. Featuring the work of New York Times bestselling authors, Bram Stoker award winners and nominees, and a selection of the finest work from the brightest new voices in dark fiction, DARK VISIONS: A COLLECTION OF MODERN HORROR - VOLUME ONE takes readers on a spell-binding journey that doesn't let up even long after the book has been closed.

Dark Visions: A Collection of Modern Horror - Volume One

Literature & Fiction

MABERRY, JONATHAN

Taff, John F.D.

Garton, Ray.

Genre Fiction

Grey Matter Press

SPLATTERLANDS reawakens and reimagines the hyperintensive writing style and controversial themes indicative of the original Splatterpunk movement. Containing the work of some of the freshest voices of our modern time, it is an anthology of deeply intelligent short stories whose extreme themes and graphic depictions of violence and terror are intended to have a lasting effect for years to come. Splatterlands is a disturbing collection that is not for the weak of heart. It pushes the boundaries of horror while taking several giant leaps beyond senseless violence and simple gore for the sake of gore. Splatterlands is a collection of personal, subversive and intelligent horror that refuses to sugarcoat reality. Exploring themes that include serial murder, personal betrayal and revenge, religious fanaticism, physical and mental abuse, the fragility of the human mind, societal corruption, corporate greed, sexual assault and more, Splatterlands reaches into your soul with an icy, steel claw and twists. You will never look at the world the same way again.

Splatterlands: Reawakening the Splatterpunk Revolution

Laimo, Michael

Norris, Gregory L.

The journey into darkness continues.
DARK VISIONS: A COLLECTION OF MODERN HORROR – Volume Two takes you deeper into the twisted psyche of man with more psychological tales of terror that seek to open the true heart of darkness.
The 14 tales of horror in this volume offer a far more insidious look into the concepts of life, death and how individual choices affect our eternal souls.
FEATURING:
MISTER WHITE by John C. Foster Abel is a master spy until a meeting one fateful night in a cemetery goes awry. Now, paranoid and hunted by a sadistic, supernatural evil, he finds himself in a horrifying battle for his life.
DREAMING IN AND OUT by Carol Holland March
Imprisoned in a world of devotion, there’s no escape for an abused wife. Not until dreams of an enigmatic woman draw her into an ever-darkening world where the truth of her existence is revealed.
MOONLIGHTING by Chad McKee
The streets of New York mask a dark underworld as two unwitting stockbrokers are drawn into a horrifying world they never knew existed. One that exposes how truly evil the heart of man can be.
WORMHOLE by J. Daniel Stone
Jason is obsessed with death and aches to understand the reasons for his mother's suicide. With the help of a friend, the two seek to capture on camera the last horrifying moments of life.
REMEMBER ME by David Blixt
Walking a dark and lonely road, a young man is offered a ride from the driver of a strange horse-drawn carriage. What seems like good fortune becomes a hellish journey of torment when he's presented with a horrifying offer that he can't refuse.
THE FIRST YEARS by David Siddall
Every society has its monsters. Some live down the street. Others wrap themselves in the cloak of government. But which is the most heinous is commonly a matter of only a few degrees.
THE ELEMENTALS AND I by C.M. Saunders
Big pharma is big business. To what horrifying lengths will a greedy corporation go to market their terrifying, mind-altering product?
RELEASE by Jane Brooks &amp; Peter Whitley
Inside a house on the last cul-de-sac at the end of world a young couple comes to grips with the horror that's devastated their suburban community. It soon becomes clear that there are many terrible things in life that yearn to be released.
WATER, SOME OF IT DEEP by David Murphy
Often the darkest places on Earth are those with the shiniest veneer. What terrible force is it that attracts the like-minded to a quaint seaside resort in the Irish countryside, turning it into a home for horrendous evil?
ACCEPTANCE by Kenneth Whitfield
What should have been a relaxing cruise for a married couple quickly becomes a nightmarish journey of personal revelation as a series of horrifying events break out. Sometimes, there's just nowhere to run from your demons.
VARIATIONS OF SOULLESSNESS by A.A. Garrison
Created without a soul, Easter has been put on this Earth for a special purpose. A nocturnal visit to the home of an author famous for his gut-wrenching prose puts God’s gruesome plan into action.
CHAPELSTON by Rhesa Sealy
For twenty years a series of unsolved murders have haunted ex-cop Connor Mason. He now finds himself drawn back into the web of evil by forces that refuse to release their grip on his soul.
LAST CALL by JC Hemphill
Newscaster Maurice Townsend was at the top of his game until he lost it all. Drowning his sorrows with a patron of an Atlanta dive bar, the two men set off a chain of events that have a terrifying impact on their lives everlasting.
CITY SONG by Edward Morris &amp; Trent Zelazny
Everywhere there are populations of forgotten people. They are cast-offs thriving on the periphery of society. Without their own dangerous code of conduct, who protects the homeless from their horrible end?

Dark Visions: A Collection of Modern Horror - Volume Two

Whitley, Peter

Murphy, David

Garrison, A.A.

Brooks, Jane

Zelazny, Trent

Whitfield, Kenneth

Hemphill, JC

Sealy, Rhesa

ENTER DARKNESS IN THIS BRAM STOKER AWARD®-NOMINATED VOLUME OF HORROR.Just beyond the veil of perception is a darkened plane where ultimate evil resides. DARK VISIONS: A COLLECTION OF MODERN HORROR - Volume One is thirteen critically acclaimed tales of terror written by some of the most visionary authors writing genre fiction today.-- A boy comes face-to-face with evil in 'the most haunted town in America'...-- A series of gruesome murders are linked to religious fanaticism...-- Boyhood friends on an English estate battling malevolent forces of the occult...-- A down-on-his-luck author faces the most terrifying decision of his life...-- A mysterious tapestry in a historic hotel may be the doorway into darkness...-- A man with a deadly disease resorts to unthinkable options...-- And so much more.Proudly presented by Grey Matter Press, the multiple Bram Stoker Award-nominated independent publisher.Grey Matter Press: Where Dark Thoughts ThriveFEATURING:-- Mister Pockets: A Pine Deep Story by Jonathan Maberry-- Collage by Jay Caselberg-- The Weight of Paradise by Jeff Hemenway-- Three Minutes by Sarah L. Johnson-- Second Opinion by Ray Garton-- The Last Ice Cream Kiss by Jason S. Ridler-- Scrap by David A. Riley-- What Do You Need? by Milo James Fowler-- The Troll by Jonathan Balog-- Delicate Spaces by Brian Fatah Steele-- Raining Stones by Sean Logan-- Show Me by John F.D. Taff-- Thanatos Park by Charles Austin Muir

Dark Visions: A Collection of Modern Horror - Volume One (Dark Visions: A Collection of Modern Horror - Volume Two)

Muir, Charles Austin

Riley, David A.

Fowler, Milo James

Ridler, Jason S.

Balog, Jonathan

Steele, Brian Fatah

Logn, Sean

Almost three decades ago, a literary movement forever changed the landscape of the horror entertainment industry. Splatterlands: Reawakening the Splatterpunk Revolution is a collection of personal, intelligent and subversive horror with a point. This illustrated volume of dark fiction honors the truly revolutionary efforts of some of the most brilliant writers of all time with an all-new collection of visceral, disturbing and thought-provoking work from a diverse group of modern minds. Exploring concepts that include serial murder, betrayal, religious fanaticism, physical abuse, societal corruption, greed, mental instability, sexual assault and more, Splatterlands delivers on the promise of the original Splatterpunk movement with this collection of honest, intelligent and hyper-intensive horror with a point.
FEATURING:
HEIRLOOM by Michael Laimo - After the death of her mother, Father is all Lucienne’s got. But she’s in competition for his affection with an antique rifle. Soon her admiration for the weapon becomes far greater than she imagined.
VIOLENCE FOR FUN AND PROFIT by Gregory L. Norris - Economic collapse hurts everyone, except the greedy. For one newly-homeless it’s a time to discover all-new talents. And they open doors to vicious and profitable opportunities.
EMPTY by A.A. Garrison - Navigating the streets of a tortured, future city, a devoted wife will stop at nothing to help her husband regain his faith in religion. But, from the faithless, questionable gods require a dire payment.
AMPUTATIONS IN THE KEY OF D by Jack Maddox - Danny is a rock star and charlatan. After a routine surgery changes his life, he discovers there’s far more painful methods of finding one’s true talent.
HOUSESITTING by Ray Garton - A suburban housewife agrees to housesit for her neighbors when a routine visit to feed the pets changes her world forever. She soon realizes the definition of a horrifying secret.
DIS by Michele Garber - Things aren’t going well for Dr. Tony Weiss. He can’t deal with his patients or his quadriplegic wife. Then there is the demon that escapes from his nightmares and enters his waking world.
DWELLERS by Paul M. Collrin - During a fateful trip into the desert to evangelize to a congregation of drug-addicted souls, a would-be prophet opens the schism between Heaven and Hell. He and his atheist partner soon become participants in terrifying battle over religion.
PARTY GUESTS by Chad Stroup - On the outside, Geoffrey seems like most young men. Some might say he’s the life of the party. But on the inside he’s very different. And he’ll take you on a horrifying journey into mania that you won’t soon forget.
THE VISCERA OF WORSHIP by Allen Griffin - Inherent in all of us is the desire to belong. Searching for his place in the world, one man takes steps down a path into true darkness to find his ultimate purpose.
THE DEFILED by Christine Morgan - On the run from their enemies, a group of vicious thieves and rapists seek refuge within a community of swamp dwellers. It isn’t long before they realize their safety is anything but certain.
THE ARTIST by James S. Dorr - There are countless mediums for an artist to choose in which to ply their trade. Vince is drawn to the unusual--creating masterpieces from slabs of meat. After all, isn’t art intended to be shared?
A LETTER TO MY EX by J. Michael Major - While on a trip to Paris there’s a dire change of plans for divorced Alan and his nine-year-old daughter. It’s only then that Alan pens the horrifying letter no parent wants to receive.
DEVIL RIDES SHOTGUN by Eric Del Carlo - Joaquim Abito is a burned out cop who’s seen all the horrors that humanity has to offer. Desperate to solve the difficult case of grisly murders, he enlists some help. But it’s help that’s frighteningly expensive.

Morgan, Christine

Griffin, Allen

Garber, Michele

Collrin, Paul M.

Stroup, Chad

Dorr, James S.

The end is coming. But how will it arrive? From alien civilizations bent on human destruction, to demonic incursions from beyond the event horizon, to the dangerous malevolence that lives within us all, Equilibrium Overturned drags you into the heart of darkness to explore brutal personal and worldwide apocalypses and the lives wavering on the brink.Survive destroyed worlds and terrifying dystopian societies. Experience a prison of the future and the whitewashing of a horrifying past that threatens our very existence. From preventable transgressions, unavoidable doomsdays and personal calamities both near and far, Equilibrium Overturned offers shocking revelations into what life may be like when the end comes.From Bram Stoker Award-nominated editors Anthony Rivera and Sharon Lawson, Equilibrium Overturned contains fourteen apocalyptic visions of life and death from an accomplished group of horror, science fiction, dark fantasy and speculative fiction authors.

Equilibrium Overturned: The Heart of Darkness Awaits

Waggoner, Tim

Everson, John

Faherty, JG

Caselberg, Jay

Vessels, Stephen T.

Knighton, Tony

Vogt, Josh R.

Hemenway, Jeff

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

Schwaeble, Hank

Foster, John C.

Anderson, Paul Michael

Brazos, Rhoads

Immerse yourself in the unnerving world of the paranormal where the spirits of the dead and monstrosities that shouldn't exist torment the souls of the living. It's here in the realm of death where the living are pursued by dead relatives, murdered souls and hellish creatures commit unspeakable acts of terror in sixteen disquieting tales of the supernatural from horror's modern masters. From dangerous specters summoned from beyond the veil with treacherous intent on all of humankind, to a young boy with dangerous special powers that seem directed 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 supernatural repercussions, and when the revenant of a dead mother seeks vengeance on her dying daughter. And there is so much more. Rip open the veil to Death's Realm and let the wrong ones in. While you may be alone right now, you won't be for long... With horror fiction from two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author and World Fantasy Award nominee Hank Schwaeble; the award-winning, Bram Stoker Award-nominated and Shirley Jackson Award-finalist Stephen Graham Jones; the Bram Stoker Award and Thriller nominated JG Faherty; editor-in-chief of the highly respected Jamais Vu magazine Paul Michael Anderson; critically-acclaimed authors Jay Caselberg and John F.D. Taff; emerging masters of modern horror Aaron Polson, Gregory L. Norris and Martin Rose; co-authors known for their extremely disturbing horror fiction, Simon Dewar and Karen Runge; critic favorites Brian Fatah Steele, John C. Foster and Jane Brooks; the twisted, Lovecraft-influenced Rhoads Brazos; and recognized authors of literary fiction Jay O'Shea and Matthew Pegg.

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

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