Jeffrey Thomas

A COLLECTION OF WEIRD STORIES AND FANTASTICAL VIGNETTES. Originally appearing as stories only available to his supporters at his Patreon site, collected here are ten of author Jeffrey Thomas' more bizarre and experimental tales of recent years. Peeks behind the facade of normalcy...glimpses into the afterlife, into other dimensions. Featuring the previously unseen story "The Afterlife of Jacob B. Coppins."

Three stories, originally published separately, brought together for the first time...to detail the summoning of a god-like entity from beyond space and time into the vulnerable realm of humans. DRAWING NO. 8In the far-future colony of Punktown, inhabited by countless sentient races, an artist desperate for recognition is hired by worshipers of a god they call Ugghiutu to recreate a sacred drawing that was purposely destroyed...a commission he soon regrets. GATHERING FORCESAs Ugghiutu begins to manifest in the colony-city of Punktown, wreaking devastation, a battle-scarred band of former gang members assembles to fight back in any way possible. WUNDERWAFFEColonial soldiers protect a group of aliens who hope to reverse the incursion of Ugghiutu by performing a strange ritual, their only chance to save the city called Punktown.

Back in print after a too-long absence is Jeffrey Thomas' HONEY IS SWEETER THAN BLOOD, a collection of eight very bizarre tales of erotic horror, including the novelette "Damask." In these transgressive stories by the author of the critically acclaimed "Punktown" series, you will walk the razor-studded tightrope between titillation and repulsion. Between pleasure and pain. Between desire and darkness. Between sweetness and blood.

Back in print after a long absence is the first book by Jeffrey Thomas, author of PUNKTOWN. TERROR INCOGNITA is a collection of thirteen horror stories, having seen their first publication in the 90s. Among these stories you will meet... A hungry entity that can take the form of anyone you might adore, including Marilyn Monroe. A man damned to hell, who once every earthly year can take a one hour break from his torments. A woman whose ex-husband has been tasked with guarding an otherworldly threat to our reality. A woman who realizes the heartbreaking truth about the horde of monsters attacking her village. A man whose life is falling apart around him, and whose home is apparently being invaded by alien beings. A bitter flesh artist of the future, reluctant to defile the beauty of his latest client. A man who has just murdered his own teenage daughter, but there is a small, elusive witness. ... And ghosts, Lovecraftian creatures, entities from other dimensions... Enter the unknown landscape of TERROR INCOGNITA. There is much to explore.

Three fantastical horror stories that tear aside the veil to reveal other worlds, other realities. THE VANISHING SNAKE - In this direct sequel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," that story's Helen Stoner returns to 221B Baker Street to relate to Sherlock Holmes that not only was the adventure not yet finished...but that occult forces may have been at work all along. DIRTY DESK - The Pearsons are a bored suburban couple who pursue ever more extreme means of satisfying their desires...but when they turn to murder, the act might just open the door to a darkness they never even dreamed of. THE MAYOR OF EPHEMERA - In a strange world not our own, the inhabitants of a strange little town have decided that they have reached the ultimate state of satisfaction: permanent sleep. But one person rebels against their philosophy. One person who refuses to stay asleep. From Jeffrey Thomas, the author of Punktown.

Three stories of horror in the vein of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. AROUND THE CORNER - A man whose parents raised him in a cult suspects the new tenants in his apartment complex belong to a similar cult, and are summoning up powers that will change the world...and not for the betterment of humankind. AFTER THE FALL - Around the world, after a great storm the sky becomes filled with the remains of vast fossilized monsters locked in an ancient conflict, leaving humans to interpret this vision and to consider their own humble existence. SCRIMSHAW - In this alternate history story set in 1851, men in seafaring ships do not harvest whale blubber, but seek strange treasures in the bodies of immense alien creatures. From Jeffrey Thomas -- the author of Punktown.

Three stories of dark obsession, set in the nightmarish future city its inhabitants call Punktown. DRAPED IN FLESH - An alienated young woman develops a strange bond with the wreckage of an organic space vessel that has come to rest on the roof of her apartment building. OUT OF NOTHING - Ex nihilo is the latest must-have toy, so sought after that the citizens of Punktown even resort to deadly extremes to acquire it. LITTLE WING - A black market dealer supplies a client with a most unusual item: a mummy from an extinct, winged race...in which weird properties still live on.

Three weird fiction stories that peel back the skin to reveal the darkness beyond. UNCANNY VALLEY - A salesman is given a tour of a sex doll factory, where the products may be more than simply life-like. STRANGER IN THE HOUSE - A factory worker whose mother is dying begins to truly understand the impermanence of all human flesh, and identity -- his own included. SLICED BREAD - The Caudata Effect is a recent mutation that allows human beings to regenerate damaged cells quickly...a development taken advantage of by a near future totalitarian society. From Jeffrey Thomas, the author of Punktown.

In THE YELLOW HOUSE, we visit that house the kids are always afraid to go trick-or-treating at -- in this case with good reason. In POST #153, the dead of several wars descend on a VFW post on a stormy Halloween. In OCTOBER 32nd, Halloween night just doesn't seem to want to end. Three horror stories perfect for Halloween -- or any occasion. After all, candy is good any time of year, isn't it? JEFFREY THOMAS is the author of numerous horror and science fiction books, including PUNKTOWN, LETTERS FROM HADES, and A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET: THE DREAM DEALERS.

Three stories of body modification and genetic engineering in the nightmarish future city its citizens call Punktown. OPEN MINDED - H. P. Lovecraft's "Mi-Go" feature in this story about a secretive alien race and the conscience-stricken human technician who's working for them. TRANSFORMATION - A young woman working in a brothel that caters to jaded rich people with extreme tastes asks a flesh artist to turn her into...a werewolf. SACRED MEAT - A man obsessed with an alien actress in adult movies tracks her down to an exclusive club where the darkest of fantasies are fulfilled.

Captain Derek Cross is a military commander, trying to come to grips with his past. A father killed in the line of duty, an estranged best friend, and a colonist he killed all weigh heavily on his mind. After a botched mission to Ganymede, during which nearly half his unit is killed, he's given a choice - travel to another solar system to help establish a new colony, or accept a discharge from the military. Things go from bad to worse when, en-route to the site of the new colony, he's awakened from cryogenic sleep by Dr. Elena Brown, the mission's medical officer, to find that the colony ship has been hijacked. All of Captain Cross' skills are put to the test as he tries to protect the nearly four hundred sleeping colonists - colonists who have no idea they're in danger. Protecting the most technologically advanced ship ever created, Osiris, and its passengers is one thing, but earning Elena's trust is another thing entirely.

"I love getting lost in the world (Jeffrey Thomas) creates, and can empathize with the difficulties his characters face, because they are just so real. I envy those of you making your first acquaintance with this author." - From the introduction by Matthew Carpenter Respected as one of today's leading figures of weird fiction for his striking imagination, versatility, and deeply emotional stories, Jeffrey Thomas here offers up fourteen searing tales. Included are the haunting and surreal "Ghosts in Amber," in which a man is compelled to visit a mysterious derelict factory that harbors chilling secrets; "Jar of Mist," which focuses on a father who, in seeking to understand his daughter's suicide, encounters a dream-like other realm; "Those Above," which imagines an alternate Victorian society controlled by vast monstrous entities from beyond; and the title novelette "The Endless Fall," which concerns an astronaut who crash-lands on an unknown forested world where time seems to work in an alien way, and where he finds he is unfortunately not alone. "With brutal elegance and chilling subtlety, Thomas pulls his readers into his dark visions immediately from every opening line." - Paul Di Filippo, in ASIMOV'S "Jeffrey Thomas' imagination is as twisted as it is relentless." - F. Paul Wilson "In time he will, in this reviewer's opinion, be listed alongside King, Barker, Koontz, and McCammon." - Brian Keene

In The Sea of Flesh and Ash, brothers Jeffrey Thomas and Scott Thomas explore the haunted environs of their native New England - and alternate realms of existence - in two poetic and chilling short novels. Jeffrey Thomas' The Sea of Flesh follows the destinies of a dying woman beset by terrifying nightmares; a young Vietnamese woman experiencing strange visions; and an American research scientist is stalked by a menacing figure, with dangerous consequences. Scott Thomas' The Sea of Ash takes us along as three men from three different centuries experience the wonders and horrors of an unknown New England.