Ray Garton

Psychotic killers, devious ghosts, alien monsters, howling storms, undead creatures, and other dark forces haunt the highways and the truckers who drive them in these 18 chilling tales Contains the Bram Stoker Award winning story "Happy Joe's Rest Stop" by John Palisano. A ghostly voice on a trucker's CB radio knows more about his life than it should... Two drivers find their cargo gives them inhuman appetites... A boy in a truck stop encounters a supernatural force that threatens to destroy the world... The hypnotic singing lulling a driver to sleep might not be coming from the tires... A fender-bender between a big rig and a four wheeler is not as accidental as it seems... The sinister cargo lurking in a rock and roll band's fleet of trucks is unleashed at their final show... Hit the road with this anthology of trucking horror fiction

Originally published in 1988, Ray Garton’s fourth novel, following not long after his award-nominated Live Girls, is regarded as a classic of the “splatterpunk” movement in horror fiction. Garton has a way with teenage boredom, atmospheric small-town isolation, incest, drug abuse, and over-the-top violence and he has managed to create a modern remake of the story of the Pied Piper with a sinister character, Mace (who wears a “crucifax” around his neck—a crucifix with an axlike blade on it) appearing on the scene, seducing mixed-up kids with his siren song of pleasure, power, and indulgence, all leading to a horrifically unsettling climax of death and destruction. And then there are the ratlike things that do the piper’s bidding . . .

When he was a boy, Stuart Mullond’s mother held him down while his urologist Dr. Ferguson performed a medical procedure on him that was so traumatizing and humiliating that its painful memory stayed with him for decades. For his entire life, his nightmares have been haunted by the snick-snick-snick of the doctor’s scissors. Now a divorced, unemployed adult with a troubled teenage son, Stuart is trying to hold his life together...when Dr. Ferguson suddenly shows up again. He’s not confined to nightmares anymore. He’s very real. And he is determined to perform that same horrible procedure on Stuart’s son. But all these years later, Dr. Ferguson looks exactly as he did when Stuart was a boy. And he’s kept his scissors nice and sharp ... Snick-snick-snick!

People from across the country and around the globe are coming to the mountain retreat of Hester Thorne, the enthralling leader of the Universal Enlightened Alliance. They are coming to hear the comforting wisdom and messages of peace offered by Orrin, the centuries-old entity that Hester channels. They are coming to donate their money and time to Hester, the Alliance, and Orrin. And some are chosen to make a more significant contribution . . . a greater sacrifice. Jordan Cross is looking for a reporter who disappeared while investigating the truth behind the Alliance . . . Lauren Schroeder is trying to find her husband, who joined the Alliance and kidnapped their son . . . Together, they will go behind the Universal Enlightened Alliance’s false front of crystals and meditation and life-affirming positivity to discover the terrifying truth of an ancient cult bent on tearing down the wall between this world and one of unspeakable evil. The process has begun and the final dark rites are under way. It may already be too late . . .

Want the Greatest Zombie Stories Ever Written? BEST NEW ZOMBIE TALES (Vol. 1) Over 100,000 words Includes Amazing Fiction by: WHC Grand Master Award Winner, Ray Garton New York Times Best Seller, Jonathan Maberry Bram Stoker Award Winner, Kealan Patrick Burke Bram Stoker Award Nominee, Jeff Strand Edgar Award, Bram Stoker Award Nominee, Bev Vincent Micro Award Finalist, Robert Swartwood Emmy Award Nominee, Harry Shannon British Fantasy Awards Nominee, Gary Mcmahon Bram Stoker Award Winner, Kim Paffenroth And so much more... "Something for every zombie fan--a gut-wrenching mix of horror, humor and thrills " NATE KENYON, award-winning author of: THE BONE FACTORY and SPARROW ROCK "In an increasingly crowded graveyard of zombie anthologies, this is a real standout. The stories are thought provoking, chilling, and entertaining, proving that there's still plenty of life in this sub-genre. Long live zombies " TIM WAGGONER, award winning author of: DARKNESS WAKES and LIKE DEATH "James Roy Daley separates the goods from the gristle with a butcher's shrewd eye for the prime cuts that transcend mundane gut-munchery, shaking us awake and reminding us what it means to be alive." CODY GOODFELLOW, co-author (with John Skipp) of: JAKE'S WAKE and THE DAY BEFORE TOC: Introduction JAMES ROY DALEY Zombie Love RAY GARTON Feeding Frenzy MATT HULTS Wings JESSICA BROWN The Man Who Breaks The Bad News KEALAN PATRICK BURKE Immunity JEFF STRAND In The Land Of The Blind ROBERT SWARTWOOD Nowhere People GARY McMAHON Muddy Waters BRIAN KNIGHT Darkness Comprehended HARRY SHANNON & GORD ROLLO Connections SIMON McCAFFERY Sign of the Times JOHN GROVER After, Life JEFF PARISH Paradise Denied JOHN L. FRENCH On The Usefulness Of Old Books KIM PAFFENROTH The Revelations of Dr. Maitland CHARLES BLACK Pegleg And Paddy Save The World JONATHAN MABERRY SKN-3 STEVEN E. WEDEL Fishing JASON BRANNON Groundwood BEV VINCENT