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Addiction starts like a sweet lullaby sung by a trusted loved one. It washes away the pains of the day and wraps you in the warmness of the womb where nothing hurts and every dream is possible. Yet soon enough, this warm state of bliss becomes a cold shiver, the ecstasy and dreams become nightmares, yet we can't stop listening to the lullaby. We crave to hear the siren song as it rips us apart.

Addiction is the perpetual epidemic, where swarms of human moths flutter to the flames of hell. Because that warm blanket of a heroin high, that joyful intoxication of a pint of vodka, that electric energy from a line of cocaine, over time leaves you with a cold loneliness and a bitter heart. Relationships destroyed, bodies deteriorate, loved ones lost, yet the craving continues for that which is killing us—living, as the title suggests, like an Orphan of Bliss.

Enforcer and drug dealer Fernando has seen better days. On his way home from work, some heavily-tattooed gangsters throw him in the back of a car and take him to an abandoned house, where they saw off his friend's head and feed the kid's fingers to...something. Their message is clear: this is...

A "vivid and visceral, gritty and magical, dark and soaring” (Meg Gardiner) novel from one of the most electrifying voices in contemporary crime fiction, Gabino Iglesias, this deeply honest story follows several, lost, desperate folk in the heart of the southwest. In this mosaic horror/crime...

Fernando es un ilegal y un vendedor de droga de poca monta que ha conocido días mejores. Tras escapar de México hacia los Estados Unidos para alejarse de un grupo de personas que lo querían muerto, ve cómo, de nuevo, la fatalidad se ceba con él: secuestros, maras, brujería, santería, matones rusos, muerte, violencia desenfrenada y el atisbo de un acechante horror ancestral se dan la mano en este vertiginoso noir con ciertas dosis de weird.

A strange final message from a ghost ship, comes alive with the voices of the past. Listen or die. "The Song of The Lady Rose" by Gabino Iglesias is one of 9 short horror stories in Nightfire's audio anthology. Come Join Us by the Fire S2: Originals is the second installment of Nightfire's...

Austin, Texas. Lorsqu'on diagnostique une maladie foudroyante à sa fille, le monde de Mario s'écroule. Il se met à négliger son travail, se fait virer sans ménagement, les factures d'hospitalisation s'accumulent et sa femme cède lentement au désespoir. Décidé à relever la tête, Mario contacte Brian, un ancien collègue devenu dealer de meth. Celui-ci lui propose un marché d'une effroyable simplicité : la vie d'un homme, contre 6 000 dollars. Sans une once d'hésitation, Mario accepte. Et découvre que la violence est un excellent remède à la colère qui l'habite.