John Everson

"This book will scare the crap out of you and keep you begging for more " - Hellnotes Their bites are more than deadly... The small town near the Everglades was supposed to offer Rachel and her son a fresh start. Instead it offered the start of a nightmare, when an unknown breed of flies migrated through the area, leaving painful bites in their wake. The media warned people to stay inside until the swarm passed. But the flies didn't leave. And then the radios and TVs went silent. That's when the spiders came. Spiders that could spin a deadly web large enough to engulf an entire house overnight. Spiders that left stripped bones behind as they multiplied. Spiders that, like the flies, sought hungrily for tender flesh...through Violet Eyes.

Its roots are old...and twisted The blood of the tree is its sap. It has sustained Scott Belvedere's family for generations. It's the secret ingredient behind the family's intoxicating ale and bourbon, among other elixirs. But only when Scott inherits The Family Tree Inn, deep in the hills of Virginia, does he learn anything about his family, its symbiotic history, or the mammoth, ancient tree around which the inn is literally built. And after he stumbles upon the bony secrets hidden in its roots, while in the welcoming arms of the innkeeper's daughter, he realizes that not only is blood thicker than water - it's the only thing that might save him from the hideous fate of his ancestors...

Tales beyond the darkness If you could bring your daughter back from the dead...should you? If you could forget the worst event in your life...would you? In this collection of twenty-five dark tales from Bram Stoker Award-winning author John Everson, you'll meet a host of provocative characters. Learn the secrets of the man whose pumpkin carvings look strangely, disturbingly real. Visit a small town where the tavern game isn't about shots, but sharks. Meet the woman who finds an ancient sex toy - and a salacious spirit-entombed beneath her garden. From quiet tales of ghosts and cemeteries to extreme tales of erotic horror, Sacrificing Virgins will take you to the bleeding edge...and beyond.

"Hellraiser meets 50 Shades..."2012 BRAM STOKER AWARD FINALIST She yearned to go beyond... but some curtains should never be opened. When Rae broached the idea of visiting an underground sex club, Mark didn't blink. He should have. Because NightWhere is not your usual swingers club. Where it's held on a given night...only those who receive the red invitations know. Soon Rae is indulging in her lust for pain. And Mark is warned by a beautiful stranger to take his wife away before it's too late. But it's already too late. Because Rae hasn't come home. Now Mark is in a race against time -- to find NightWhere again and save his wife from the mysterious Watchers who run the club. To stop her from taking that last step through the degradations of The Red into the ultimate BDSM promise of The Black. More than just their marriage and her life are at stake: Rae is in danger of losing her soul...

Nothing so commonplace as a werewolf or zombie lurks within these pages. No, on offer here is an altogether more complex assortment of evils and a sampling of humans who battle, retreat, suffer and are changed. Rob Dunbar from his Introduction ...between these covers is a breath of fresh air to those of us who have grown a bit weary of the usual zombies and beasties. Gary Braunbeck Introduction by Robert Dunbarby The Storm by David Morrell Mr. Mumblety-Peg by Tim Curran Terms And Conditions by Violet LeVoit Hate Me Afire by Thomas Sullivan The Mouth by Ray Garton In Hell, An Eye by Gemma Files Morgenstern's Last Act by Bracken Macleod One Last Drop Of Blood To Remember Me By by Matt Moore Fly Away Home by Elizabeth Massie The Hole To China by John Everson She Sits And Smiles by Chet Williamson Carry On, Carrion by Paula D. Ashe One Possible Shape Of Things To Come by Brian Hodge

A sweeping, threaded narrative of the global phenomenonknown as the Vampire Wars! Mankind is silently infected by a millennia-oldbacteria unknowingly exhumed by a scientific expedition in Antarctica. Now, insome rare cases, a person's so-called "junk DNA" becomes activated, anddepending on their racial and ethnic heritage they begin to manifest one of themany diverse forms of the "others" that are the true basis for the legends ofsupernatural creatures. These aren't your usual vampires and werewolves - itgoes much deeper than that. Conceived by JonathanMaberry, V Wars features stories from various "frontlines" as reported by suchcontributors as Nancy Holder, Yvonne Navarro, James A. Moore, Gregory Frost,John Everson, Keith R. A. DeCandido, and Scott Nicholson (as well as Maberryhimself, of course). The result is a compelling series of tales that create aunique chronicle of mankind's response to this sudden, hidden threat tohumanity. For readers who enjoyed; World War Z(9780307346612), Robopocalypse (9780385533850), 30 Days of Night (9781613770405)and Zombies vs Robots (9781600103285)

The 10th Anniversary edition of Vigilantes of Love, John Everson's second book-length collection of tales of short fantasy and the macabre, includes a new preface by the author and six additional stories not present in the original release A woman whose life is shaped and doomed by the "Calling of the Moon"... A girl who learns the secret powers of the "Seven Deadly Seeds"... A boy who finds that the power of music can open a hidden world thanks to a flute hidden in the attic... A man who learns the meaning behind the voodoo curse that brings the "Vigilantes of Love" from the hearts of the New Orleans swamps to punish the adulterers under the light of the full moon... Vigilantes of Love offers these and many more tales of dark magic, the macabre and things that happen when you go one step beyond. Vigilantes of Love was originally issued in 2003 by Chicago-based Twilight Tales, a year before a limited edition of Everson's first novel, the Bram Stoker Award-winning Covenant, was released. While Everson's first book of short fiction, Cage of Bones & Other Deadly Obsessions, focused on erotic horror, Vigilantes of Love was something of a flip side -- this collection offers light and dark fantasy tales, mixed with the occasional slice of horror. The Dark Arts Books 10th Anniversary edition of Vigilantes of Love is an expanded release that includes six never-before-collected Everson tales -- including his first horror publication, "Learning To Build" -- alongside Vigilantes of Love's original 15 dark fantasy and horror stories. The book includes the voodoo-zombie oriented title story, written especially for the collection, as well as "Calling of the Moon," which received an Honorable Mention in the Year's Best Fantasy & Horror anthology, and "Lovesong" a 5th Place winner in the 2000 World Horror Convention Fiction Contest.

"BEST NEW VAMPIRE TALES goes for the throat with chilling and innovative new takes on the undead. Highly recommended for the bloody-minded " -Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of THE KING OF PLAGUES and WANTED UNDEAD OR ALIVE Want the Greatest Vampire Stories Ever Written? BEST NEW VAMPIRE TALES (Vol. 1) Approximately 100,000 words From the people that brought you the Best New Zombie Tales series, comes Best New Vampire Tales Includes amazing fiction by: Bram Stoker Award Nominee, Michael Laimo Bram Stoker Award Winner, David Niall Wilson Authorlink New Author Award Winner, Tim Waggoner Bram Stoker Award Winner, John Everson International Horror Guild Nominee, Don Webb British Fantasy Award, Science Fiction Award Nominee, Jay Caselberg Speculative Literature Foundation award nominee, Colleen Anderson Bram Stoker Award Nominee, Alan Smale Arthur Ellis Award Winner, Nancy Kilpatrick And so much more... Complete TOC: Michael Laimo - Banalica James Newman - The New Racism Steve Vernon - Moving Lines Tim Waggoner - Preserver John Everson - When Barrettes Brought Justice Donn Webb - 13 Lines John F. D. TAFF - Cold Calls Barbara Roden - Endless Nights John L. French - A New House Fredrick Obermeyer - The Verbpire William Meikle - Morning Sickness Scott Harper - Flotsam David Niall Wilson - A Candle Lit In Sunlight David M. Fitzpatrick - Sabbatarian Alan Smale - Bridges Jay Caselberg - Window Across the Street Rycke Foreman - A Sunset so Glorious Matt Hults - Through the Valley of Death Colleen Anderson - Lover's Triangle Nancy Kilpatrick - Farm Wife Preview: Matt Hults - Husk Preview: James Roy Daley - Terror Town Photography by: Danielle Tunstall

Want the Greatest Zombie Stories Ever Written? BEST NEW ZOMBIE TALES (Vol. 2) Over 100,000 words Includes Amazing Fiction by: Bram Stoker Award Winner, David Niall Wilson British Fantasy Award Nominee, Rio Youers Bram Stoker Award Nominee, Nate Kenyon Multiple Award Winning Author, Cody Goodfellow Authorlink New Author Award Winner, Tim Waggoner George Turner Prize Nominee, Narrelle M. Harris Bram Stoker Award Winner, John Everson Pulitzer Prize, Bram Stoker Nominee, Mort Castle And so much more... "I'm proud to be a part of the Best New Zombie Tales series." World Horror Grand Master, Multiple Award Winning Horror Legend, Ray Garton James Roy Daley is doing a marvelous job with his Best New Zombie Tales series-- TERRIFIC Bloody well done " New York Times bestseller Jonathan Maberry, author of PATIENT ZERO and ROT & RUIN TOC: Sleepwalk: The Deduction ROBERT ELROD Introduction JAMES ROY DALEY Bury Me Not RIO YOUERS Laundry Day STEVEN A. ROMAN Provider TIM WAGGONER The Truth About Brains NARRELLE M. HARRIS Gravedigger NATE KENYON Coming Home DAVID NIALL WILSON The Third Option DEREK GUNN The Worst Is Yet To Come PETE MESLING La Sequia T. F. DAVENPORT Viva Las Vegas THOMAS ROCHE 'Til Decay Do Us Part MYRRYM DAVIS We Will Rebuild CODY GOODFELLOW Dredging Up The Dead J. W. SCHNARR Camille Smiled JOHN EVERSON Not With A Bang But A Whimper MONICA J. O'ROURKE Reunion JAMES NEWMAN Gran'ma's in the Bathroom (...and she's not coming out) KEN GOLDMAN The Old Man And The Dead MORT CASTLE The Finger MATT HULTS