Nathan Shumate

The editor and publisher of the Arcane and Space Eldritch anthologies now presents you with seventeen of his own short stories. From post-apocalyptic communities to existential wastelands, from black comedy to dark absurdism, from visceral shock to Lovecraftian dread, the seventeen unsettling stories in this collection are guaranteed to ensnare your imagination. "These tales are the macabre, elegant, folksy, wise, and macabre gift of a master storyteller, and not to be missed. Did I mention that they're macabre?" -D. J. Butler, author of Rock Band Fights Evil and Cr cheling "Fun, exciting, all-around a good read... everything you'd expect from this writer." -Michaelbrent Collings, author of This Darkness Light and The Colony Saga "Not only exciting and creepy but deeply hilarious." -Dan Wells, author of I Am Not A Serial Killer and the Partials series

INNOCENT ILLUSTRATIONS, RECONTEXTUALIZED AGAINST THEIR WILL Plumbing the depths of forgotten illustrations as grist for the mill, the cult webcomic CheapCaffeine is here presented in its first print collection. These first 300 cartoons introduce running gags and recurring characters-the Martian, the Egyptian embalmers, and of course the irrepressible Grievance Gorilla-in a daily dose of surreal, postmodern wit. And now, in semi-permanent dead tree format, accompanied by behind-the-scenes factoids and a smattering of bonus content 1 , these moments of ephemeral non-sequitur humor can be gifted to luddite relatives, ensconced on the back of the toilet, or placed in studied casualness on a coffee table to impress attractive houseguests