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In this haunting collection, master of horror Ambrose Ibsen tears open the chest cavity of human relationships to expose the writhing horrors within. From a cultist who returns to the scene of a terrible crime, to an academic seeking an obscure book with a disturbing secret, to a forbidden website that streams the decomposition of the dead.

J.R. Hamantaschen, a name synonymous with groundbreaking underground horror, returns with his latest collection. Channeling the essence of horror legends like H.P. Lovecraft, Thomas Ligotti, Clive Barker, T.E.D. Klein, and Dennis Etchison, this collection cements his status as a master storyteller in the realm of dark fiction, blending nihilism, the grotesque, and the philosophical in a way that only he can.

Returning with his distinctive brand of unsettling fiction, J. R. Hamantaschen presents a new collection of unsettling and dark tales. These 11 stories refuse to shy away from the profound depths of human desperation and unyielding perseverance. Echoing the voices of weird fiction legends like Thomas Ligotti, H. P. Lovecraft, and Chuck Palahniuk, Hamantaschen’s narratives are a masterful blend of the uncanny and the profoundly insightful. Prepare for a journey that challenges the boundaries of dark fiction and leaves you questioning your sanity.

Author Elford Alley invites you to pull up a chair, sit down by the fire, and spend one last night listening to chilling tales. Three generations are drawn to a haunted farmhouse with a terrifying secret. A grieving couple's chance at rebuilding their family comes with an unexpected price. A paranormal team investigates a haunting that isn't what it seems.

Well, for the sake of argument, let's say these mythical creatures are actually real. What if some ruthless (and totally legitimate) businessman somehow managed to acquire a number of these cryptids for the purpose of putting them on display? For a very large admittance fee, of course. A fee so large, only the wealthiest people would ever know about it.

J.R. Hamantaschen returns with a collection of his inimitable weird, dark, and imaginative fiction. In these intelligent and haunting stories, Hamantaschen pushes the boundaries of horror, exploring the deepest corners of the human psyche with an unflinching eye.

There’s more to Poland than sausages, perogies, and thousand-year-old churches: there’s a hardcore horror movement that’s blowing the rest of Europe out of the water, and here are the four authors leading the pack.

Acclaimed throughout the underground horror world, J.R. Hamantaschen’s stories push the boundaries and refuse to conform to the usual conventions. A mix of nihilism, cosmic horror, and weird fiction, this collection is a must-read for anyone who craves the dark and disturbing.

Come along on another hilarious and terrifying tale by comedy-horror writer, P. D. Williams. Amelia is a quiet, intelligent loner, longing for purpose and love. Oh, and by the way, she’s also a savage serial killer. Follow Johnny, the criminal and manipulating courter addicted to over-the-counter meds, and Timothy, the naïve Mormon missionary, as they find themselves caught up in Amelia’s kooky web of violence. Prepare to laugh at the zaniness, and gasp at the horror that unfolds in the dark, frightening room that lurks beneath her feet.

An unlucky man falls upward into the sky. A disturbing dinner ritual begins with the family removing their left eyes and only grows worse from there… A woman encounters a mysterious entity that allows her to travel through time with gruesome consequences. A rapidly aging child with the ability to control minds forces her father into a nightmare of servitude. A man forms a deadly alliance with the intelligent parasite attached to his neck.

A grieving father attempts the unthinkable to keep his child alive. A contractor discovers a secret in the soil of a haunted house. A community faces a plague after a drought-stricken lake reveals a forgotten cemetery.

Cosmic horrors visit a town ravaged by a changing climate. A team of scientists discover the price of immortality. A mysterious killer stalks a neglected campsite. A Christmas haunting torments an isolated family. A lonely child with a terrible secret makes a new friend.

Valerie Lott is a reporter living in Tucson, Arizona, when she meets a man at the ballpark while waiting to interview a baseball star. Their conversation affects her deeply. He is so alive in the moment that she can't forget him. Homeless? When a councilman's daughter is kidnapped, though, the description fits the man she met! Could her instincts be wrong about him? She is so certain that he can't be a criminal that she tries to find him before the police do...

People used to talk. We don't much anymore. Not sure when it happened, but how is pretty obvious. Progress became a two-edged sword. People wanted more, better, faster. Stopped going on family road trips in fake wood-paneled station wagons and moved on to SUVs and muscle cars fueled by road rage warriors between monitored intersections.

Follow Elford Alley into the shadows with 10 terrifying stories of the evil that watches from the darkness while worming itself deep into your heart. The dead rise, and a small company discovers a disturbing new business model. A family stumbles on a nest of eight-legged terrors beneath their new home. An ancient being torments a fractured family.

Evil is best fought from within. When Mason Black is first called out to investigate the disappearance of three teenagers, he never truly believes he will find their bodies. Especially not with human bite marks embedded in their remains. While the police are breathing down his neck, Mason finds himself trapped in the deep underground world of a cannibalistic cult, working his way toward the truth from the inside. But then a shocking secret is revealed, and it will change his life forever.

This collection is a bundle of the first four books in the Private Investigator Mason Black crime thriller series. Welcome to San Francisco, where depraved serial killers lurk in the dark.

From the award-winning author of Occupational Hazards come nine more tales of blue-collar fiction, including The Destroyer (sequel to Jar Baby) and the author's autobiographical Memoir of a Murderer, narrated by an all-star cast of performers. There's horror, there's humor, there's horrific humor. It slices, it dices, it makes julienne fries. Treat yourself. You deserve it.

Mason had killed him in cold blood years ago, but somehow, the Lullaby Killer is back. He’s taunting Mason with letters printed in blood. They threaten a slow, painful death…but not before his secrets are spilled. Desperate to keep the weight of his crimes from crushing his family, Mason is forced back into his run-and-gun life as a private investigator, as he tracks down the man bent on destroying his life - the man who will do anything to ruin him. Mason is caught up in his most dangerous case yet.

Mason Black is finding calm, fulfilling work as a private investigator until Jacob Wright turns up at his door. Jacob’s family has recently been killed in an explosion with 15 other tourists. The police are baffled as to who did it, but Jacob has a secret he can only share with Mason. With nowhere else to turn, Mason promises to find the killer and stop him before he targets another group of tourists. But he has to do it discreetly, or Jacob will be next on the list…taking Mason Black and his family with him. The terrorist is out there with a bomb, and the timer is counting down.