S. A. Cosby

Welcome to a world of horror viewed through a kaleidoscope lens. Embark on a journey to untangle the writhing tendrils of human terror in a dimension where the possible and impossible blend-an unstable realm where comfort can be found in the coldest pits, and dark gods feast upon the sweetest suffering-where infernal sounds birth silent letters that drift along midnight shores and the unexplained lurks beneath crumbling urban structures. Step over the edge of what you think you know, and find yourself... Beyond the Bounds of Infinity Featuring stories by L. Marie Wood, S. A. Cosby, Jessica McHugh, and Mary SanGiovanni-alongside newer voices like Cassius Kilroy, Jessica L. Sparrow, and Vicky Velvet-Beyond the Bounds of Infinity offers a collection of weird fiction and cosmic horror stories that are diverse down to the cellular level. From Ta no folk horror to the horror of identity in a world that just doesn't understand, from cozy to apocalyptic, and everything in between, let these authors show you what fear really is, and what it means to them. Are you brave enough to step into the madness that awaits within these pages?

Welcome to a world of horror viewed through a kaleidoscope lens. Embark on a journey to untangle the writhing tendrils of human terror in a dimension where the possible and impossible blend-an unstable realm where comfort can be found in the coldest pits, and dark gods feast upon the sweetest suffering-where infernal sounds birth silent letters that drift along midnight shores and the unexplained lurks beneath crumbling urban structures. Step over the edge of what you think you know, and find yourself... Beyond the Bounds of Infinity Featuring stories by L. Marie Wood, S. A. Cosby, Jessica McHugh, and Mary SanGiovanni-alongside newer voices like Cassius Kilroy, Jessica L. Sparrow, and Vicky Velvet-Beyond the Bounds of Infinity offers a collection of weird fiction and cosmic horror stories that are diverse down to the cellular level. From Ta no folk horror to the horror of identity in a world that just doesn't understand, from cozy to apocalyptic, and everything in between, let these authors show you what fear really is, and what it means to them. Are you brave enough to step into the madness that awaits within these pages?

Titus Crown er den første svarte sheriffen i Charon County i Virginia. En søvnig småby i sørstatene uten mye kriminalitet. Men etter mange år i FBI, vet Titus godt at selv om hjembyen hans virker idyllisk, så lurer det mange hemmeligheter under de kaprifoldekkede engene. Et år etter at Titus tiltrådte blir en lærer drept på skolen av en tidligere elev. Eleven blir selv skutt ute på skoletrappen av betjentene til Titus. Eleven er svart, betjenten er hvit. Dette gjør ikke hverdagen enklere for Titus, spesielt når en radikal gruppe vil paradere for å feire byens sørstatshistorie. Under etterforskningen av skoleskytingen avdekkes det forbindelser til forferdelige forbrytelser. En rekke forsvinninger ser også ut til å ha tilknytning til en sak som har dype, historiske spor i småbyens egne mørke fortid. Charon County er Titus sitt hjem og ligger hans hjerte nær når religion, tro og vold møtes, så er han nødt til å ta et voldsomt oppgjør. «En av de mest muskuløse, særpregede og fengslende stemmene i amerikansk krimlitteratur ... Dypt rørende og minneverdig.» Washington Post «Det som skiller denne ut, som gir den både pondus og tekstur, er den feilfrie skildringen av småbylivet og de ubehagelige (og noen ganger voldelige) sammenkomstene mellom Charons svarte og hvite innbyggere ... For meg løftet stedets virkelighet og menneskene som bor der, historien opp og fikk den til å synge.» Stephen King, New York Times «Cosbys litterære ferdigheter er eksepsjonelle. Karakterene hans føles så ekte, dialogen er perfekt, og historien ... er så moralsk kompleks at den krever leserens fulle oppmerksomhet. Dette er en kriminalroman å nyte og gruble over.» Booklist, stjerneanmeldelse

***GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLERS OF 2023*** THE TIMES - THRILLER OF THE MONTH****** MAIL ON SUNDAY - BEST NEW FICTION*** FINANCIAL TIMES - BEST NEW CRIME BOOKS***'A crackling good police procedural....fresh and exhilarating' STEPHEN KING'Gripping' MICHAEL CONNELLY'Titus Crown is one of the most compelling characters I've read in a long time.' STEVE CAVANAGHA BLACK SHERIFF. A SERIAL KILLER. AND A SMALL TOWN READY TO COMBUST. Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County, Virginia. In recent decades, Charon has had only two murders. After years of working as an FBI agent, no one knows better than Titus that while his hometown might seem like a land of moonshine, cornbread, and honeysuckle, secrets always fester under the surface. But a year to the day after Titus's election, a school teacher is killed by a former student. The student is then fatally shot by Titus's deputies. As Titus investigates the shootings, he unearths terrible crimes, and a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon. With the killer's possible connections to a local church and the town's harrowing history weighing on him, Titus tries to project confidence about closing the case while concealing a painful secret from his own past. At the same time, he also has to contend with a far-right group that wants to hold a parade in celebration of the town's Confederate history. Charon is Titus's home and his heart. But where faith and violence meet, there will be a reckoning.'Richly textured, this is elegant, fierce storytelling at its absolute best.' DAILY MAIL'A distinctive, thrilling new voice in crime writing...will linger long after you've closed the book' DAILY EXPRESS'American crime fiction has found its future and his name is S. A. Cosby' DENNIS LEHANE'One of the most important new voices in crime fiction. I won't read a better book this year. Incredible.' M. W. CRAVEN'A powerful crime thriller that pulls no punches' VASEEM KHAN'An uncompromising, blistering Southern Gothic with a compelling, beautifully drawn protagonist in Titus Crown. Cosby's writing sings.' MASON CROSS

Ny bok av författaren till den kritikerrosade Asfaltsland En New York Times bestseller. Vald till en av årets bästa böcker av: Time Magazine, Washington Post, New York Times, NP & New York Public Library. »Rakbladstårar är en välskriven berättelse och en habil thriller. Hämnd är alltid ett tacksamt tema, och här är den nästintill Shakespeariansk.« Viktor Andersson, BTJ »En stark bladvändare.« Pernilla Ericson, Aftonbladet»Mäktig, gripande och förbaskat bra.« Boksniffaren Ike Randolph har varit ute ur fängelset i femton år, med inte så mycket som en parkeringsbot på sitt samvete. Men som svart man vet han att det finns anledning till oro när poliser dyker upp utanför ens dörr. Det sista han förväntar sig att höra är att hans son Isiah - tillsammans med sin vita make, Derek - har blivit mördad. Ike har aldrig fullt ut accepterat sin sons sexuella läggning, men blir förkrossad av Isiahs död. Dereks far, Buddy Lee, har skämts nästan lika mycket över sonens homosexualitet som Derek skämdes över sin pappas kriminella förflutna. Ike och Buddy Lee, två ex-fångar som inte har mycket gemensamt utöver sitt kriminella förflutna och kärleken till sina söner, förenas nu i ett intensivt hämndbegär. Och tvingas samtidigt konfrontera sina egna fördomar, både om sina söner och varandra. I översättning av Ylva Spångberg. S. A. COSBY är en amerikansk, flerfaldigt prisbelönt författare från sydöstra Virginia. Hans debutroman Asfaltsland hyllades av kritikerna och utsågs bland annat till en av Årets bästa kriminalromaner i The Guardian, Årets thriller på Amazon och en New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Rakbladstårar är lika hyllade och uppmärksammade andra romanen. »Suverän thriller som skär sig rakt in i hjärtat av vår tids viktigaste frågor.« Michael Connelly »Jag föll hårt för Asfaltsland, men denna bok är om möjligt ännu bättre.« Kicki bokmal »En välskriven roman där budskapet är tydligt, den ställer alla fördomar mot väggen. Riktigt, riktigt spännande och bra!« Inte utan min bok

Ny hyllad thriller av författaren till Asfaltsland»Den amerikanska kriminallitteraturen har funnit sin framtid och dess namn är S. A. Cosby.« Dennis Lehane»En viktig bok som väcker mycket tankar om hur samhället kan fungera, den grymhet som människan kan orsaka och om de människor som lägger ner sina liv i att hålla andra trygga och i säkerhet.« Camillas boktips»Fängslande från början till slut.« I min bokhyllaNär Titus Crown efter tolv år inom FBI återvänder till Charon County för att ta hand om sin åldrande far och strulige yngre bror bestämmer han sig för att kandidera till sheriff. Ingen svart man har tidigare innehaft posten, och Titus vill göra skillnad. På dagen ett år efter att han valts till sheriff skakas staden av en skolskjutning. En omtyckt lärare mördas av en före detta elev, och när Titus försöker ta kontroll över situationen och få pojken att ge upp avfyrar en av hans vicesheriffer ett dödligt skott. Utredningen visar att pojken och den döde läraren delade en mörk, blodig hemlighet - och Titus konfronteras fullt ut med vad det innebär att som svart man bära polisuniform i den amerikanska södern. I översättning av Ylva Spångberg. S. A. COSBY är en amerikansk författare från sydöstra Virginia. Alla syndare ska blöda är den tredje av hans romaner som kommer ut på svenska, efter de hyllade och flerfaldigt prisbelönta Asfaltsland och Rakbladstårar.» En stark bok som träffar en rätt i magen.« Betyg: 4 av 5 - Mias bok »Ett flyt i texten med spänning i nästan varje mening.« Boksniffaren»Boken genomsyras av rasism och vad det innebär som svart i ett mindre samhälle med en mörk rasistisk historia. En välskriven och stark läsning.« En bok några koppar te

Edgar Award winner and bestselling author Joe R. Lansdale (the Hap and Leonard series), one of America's most essential crime writers, heads back to the dangerous woods of East Texas. In his first crime career-retrospective, including previously uncollected work, Lansdale shows exactly why critics continue to compare him to Elmore Leonard, Donald Westlake, Flannery O'Connor, and William Faulkner. "Pulpy, blackly humorous, compulsively readable, and somehow both wildly surreal and down-to-earth. Lansdale is a national fucking treasure."--Christa Faust, author of Money Shot In the 1950s, a young small-town projectionist mixes it up with a violent gang. When Mr. Bear is not alerting us to the dangers of forest fires, he lives a life of debauchery and murder. A brother and sister travel to Oklahoma to recover the dead body of their uncle. A lonely man engages in dubious acts while pining for his rubber duckie. In this collection of nineteen unforgettable crime tales, Joe R. Lansdale brings his legendary mojo and gritty, dark humor to harrowing heists, revenge, homicide, and mayhem. No matter how they begin, things are bound to get ugly--and fast.

Winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Thriller/Suspense "Lazarre-White masterfully portrays people of multiple races, old and young. He also delivers Cosby's reflections on family, grief, and faith with genuine introspection and without distracting from the tense plotlines... This is a gripping, timely tale--beautifully told." --AudioFile (Earphones Award winner) The new novel from New York Times bestselling and Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winning author S. A. Cosby, "one of the most muscular, distinctive, grab-you-by-both-ears voices in American crime fiction." --The Washington Post. A Black sheriff. A serial killer. A small town ready to combust. Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County, Virginia. In recent decades, quiet Charon has had only two murders. But after years of working as an FBI agent, Titus knows better than anyone that while his hometown might seem like a land of moonshine, cornbread, and honeysuckle, secrets always fester under the surface. Then a year to the day after Titus's election, a school teacher is killed by a former student and the student is fatally shot by Titus's deputies. As Titus investigates the shootings, he unearths terrible crimes and a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon. With the killer's possible connections to a local church and the town's harrowing history weighing on him, Titus projects confidence about closing the case while concealing a painful secret from his own past. At the same time, he also has to contend with a far-right group that wants to hold a parade in celebration of the town's Confederate history. Charon is Titus's home and his heart. But where faith and violence meet, there will be a reckoning. Powerful and unforgettable, All the Sinners Bleed confirms S. A. Cosby as "one of the most muscular, distinctive, grab-you-by-both-ears voices in American crime fiction" (The Washington Post). A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

From the Academy Award-winning, Grammy-winning, and bestselling author Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and the New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby comes this thrill-a-minute middle grade novel, the first in a series of rollicking time-travel adventures that touch on themes of friendship, family, and otherworldly events. Seventh grader Rahim Reynolds loves testing out the gadgets invented by his brilliant friend Kasia Collins. First there were the X-ray glasses and all the trouble they caused. Now there's the new cell phone she built for his birthday, even though his parents won't let him have one. But Rahim is excited to use the phone to search for videos of his favorite old-school rap group. What he doesn't know is the phone has a special battery that interfaces with a secret government satellite, which spells trouble when the phone transports him back to 1997. Almost immediately, he learns what every time traveler before him has: Actions in the past jeopardize the future. With Kasia as his only lifeline to the present, Rahim works with her to get home unscathed, all the while dodging bullies (on his end) and suspicious government agents (on hers). Philadelphia in the late nineties is a new world for Rahim and Kasia, but it is a familiar place for Questlove, who, alongside S. A. Cosby, delivers a high-velocity tale where two best friends discover that sometimes the best beat is the one that brings you back home.

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby's debut novel My Darkest Prayer is republished in a new edition, with a new introduction from the author. "I handle the bodies." Whether it's working at his cousin's funeral home or tossing around the local riffraff at his favorite bar, Nathan Waymaker is a man who knows how to handle the bodies. A former marine and sheriff's deputy, Nathan has built a reputation in his small Southern town as a man who can help when all other avenues have been exhausted. When a beloved local minister is found dead, his parishioners ask Nathan to make sure the death isn't swept under the rug. What starts out as an easy payday soon descends into a maze of mayhem filled with wannabe gangsters, vicious crime lords, porn stars, crooked police officers, and a particularly treacherous preacher and his mysterious wife. Nathan must use all his varied skills and some of his wit to navigate the murky waters of small town corruption even as dark secrets of his own threaten to come to the surface. 'Every once in a while a writer comes along with an incredible voice...add S. A. Cosby to that list.' STEVE CAVANAGH'S. A. Cosby is a welcome, refreshing new voice in crime literature.' DENNIS LEHANE

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby's debut novel My Darkest Prayer is republished in a new edition, with a new introduction from the author." S. A. Cosby's reissued debut thriller proves he was a master from the start... Cosby has in three books emerged as one of the genre's best living practitioners...its reissue is a brilliant idea." --Los Angeles Times "I handle the bodies." Whether it's working at his cousin's funeral home or tossing around the local riffraff at his favorite bar, Nathan Waymaker is a man who knows how to handle the bodies. A former marine and sheriff's deputy, Nathan has built a reputation in his small Southern town as a man who can help when all other avenues have been exhausted. When a beloved local minister is found dead, his parishioners ask Nathan to make sure the death isn't swept under the rug. What starts out as an easy payday soon descends into a maze of mayhem filled with wannabe gangsters, vicious crime lords, porn stars, crooked police officers, and a particularly treacherous preacher and his mysterious wife. Nathan must use all his varied skills and some of his wit to navigate the murky waters of small town corruption even as dark secrets of his own threaten to come to the surface. " A] colorful tale of small-town corruption... Cosby's] powerful storytelling skills shine through."--Washington Post

Ny bok av författaren till den kritikerrosade AsfaltslandEn New York Times bestseller. Vald till en av årets bästa böcker av: Time Magazine, Washington Post, New York Times, NP & New York Public Library.» Rakbladstårar är en välskriven berättelse och en habil thriller. Hämnd är alltid ett tacksamt tema, och här är den nästintill Shakespeariansk.« Viktor Andersson, BTJ »En stark bladvändare.« Pernilla Ericson, Aftonbladet»Mäktig, gripande och förbaskat bra.« Boksniffaren Ike Randolph har varit ute ur fängelset i femton år, med inte så mycket som en parkeringsbot på sitt samvete. Men som svart man vet han att det finns anledning till oro när poliser dyker upp utanför ens dörr. Det sista han förväntar sig att höra är att hans son Isiah - tillsammans med sin vita make, Derek - har blivit mördad. Ike har aldrig fullt ut accepterat sin sons sexuella läggning, men blir förkrossad av Isiahs död. Dereks far, Buddy Lee, har skämts nästan lika mycket över sonens homosexualitet som Derek skämdes över sin pappas kriminella förflutna. Ike och Buddy Lee, två ex-fångar som inte har mycket gemensamt utöver sitt kriminella förflutna och kärleken till sina söner, förenas nu i ett intensivt hämndbegär. Och tvingas samtidigt konfrontera sina egna fördomar, både om sina söner och varandra. I översättning av Ylva Spångberg. S. A. COSBY är en amerikansk, flerfaldigt prisbelönt författare från sydöstra Virginia. Hans debutroman Asfaltsland hyllades av kritikerna och utsågs bland annat till en av Årets bästa kriminalromaner i The Guardian, Årets thriller på Amazon och en New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Rakbladstårar är lika hyllade och uppmärksammade andra romanen.» Suverän thriller som skär sig rakt in i hjärtat av vår tids viktigaste frågor.« Michael Connelly»Jag föll hårt för Asfaltsland, men denna bok är om möjligt ännu bättre.« Kicki bokmal »En välskriven roman där budskapet är tydligt, den ställer alla fördomar mot väggen. Riktigt, riktigt spännande och bra!« Inte utan min bok

Vald till Årets thriller på Amazon & en av Årets bästa kriminalromaner av bland annat The Guardian & CrimeReads! »Ljuvligt välskriven. Jag säger bara: läs den!« Titti Schultz, Go kväll, SVT »En av de mest gripande spänningsromaner jag läst i år.« Malin Persson Giolito, Vi läser »Blytung action i en underbart välskriven spänningsroman.« Pernilla Ericson tipsar i Aftonbladet WeekendBeauregard »Bug« Montage är numera en hederlig mekaniker, kärleksfull make och hårt arbetande far. Och han vet att det inte finns någon framtid för den han brukade vara: den amerikanska östkustens bästa flyktchaufför. Men när Bugs omsorgsfullt uppbyggda nya liv börjar gå i spillror dras han obönhörligt tillbaka. När en tidigare partner hör av sig om en juvelstöld drivs han till att än en gång sätta sig i förarsätet. Hemsökt av den man han en gång var måste Bug nu hitta ett nytt sätt att navigera i detta asfaltsland. Eller dö medan han försöker. I svensk översättning av Ylva Spångberg. S. A. COSBY är en amerikansk, flerfaldigt prisbelönt författare från sydöstra Virginia. Asfaltsland är en episk berättelse om en man pressad till gränsen av fattigdom, hudfärg och hans eget före detta kriminella liv. Romanen har hyllats av kritikerna och bland annat utsetts till en av Årets bästa kriminalromaner i The Guardian, Årets thriller på Amazon och en New York Times Notable Book of the Year.» Hårdkokt så det osar bränt!« Samuel Karlsson, författare»En tät, gripande kriminalroman & en drabbande historia om en man som slits mellan två världar.« Maria Näslund, Göteborgs-Posten »En originell noir-roman i högt tempo som skär sig fram genom Virginias mörka undersida.« New York Times

A page-turning, provocative revenge thriller and a redemptive tale of knotty southern noir, this is crime writing at its very best.

Why do we crave that which is killing us? 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 are destroyed, bodies deteriorate, loved ones lost, yet the craving continues for that which destroys us-living, as the title suggests, like an Orphan of Bliss. Welcome to the third and final fix of addiction horror. The series that began with Garden of Fiends and followed Lullabies for Suffering can be read in any order. You can start here, you can end here, but Orphans of Bliss is certainly the biggest one yet. A more expansive and diverse table of contents brought together for an explosive grand finale, an unflinching look at the insidious nature of addiction, told with searing honesty but compassion for those who suffer. The table of contents includes: SA CosbyThe New York Times best-selling author of Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland. With his unmistakable voice, Cosby tells a story of a powerful new blend of meth that overruns a rural town. Cassandra KhawKhaw is a Locus Award finalist and a USA Today Best-Selling author. In their story, What We Name Our Dead, a woman is haunted by the ghost of her substance-abusing fatherJosh MalermanNew York Times Best Selling writer of Bird-Box, and one of the most prolific writers of his generation. His story in Orphans of Bliss is a King Midas curse for those who can never drink enough, where witches watch you from every bar stool. Kathe KojaA novelist, performer, director and independent producer, Koja is a multiple time Bram Stoker Award winning author. Her trademark intense speculative fiction is on full display in her short story, Singularity. Kealan Patrick BurkeBram Stoker Award winning author of Turtle Boy, Kin, and Sour Candy, and one of the most talented horror writers in the genre. Burke's work appears in all three addiction horror anthologies, weaved together in one universe. He's done nothing less than create an addiction-fueled mythos. Christa Carmen, Author of Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked, which won the Indie Horror Book Award for Best Debut Collection. Readers are in for a shock when they follow an addict trying to get clean Through the Looking Glass and Straight into Hell. Samantha KolesnikKolesnik's novella, True Crime, took readers by storm and won a Splatterpunk Award. Her story, Buyer's Remorse, is about a character constantly craving a new identify with perpetual consumption to fill her empty spaces, but is never fully satisfied. JOHN FD TAFFTwo time Bram Stoker Award Finalist and author of the sweeping apocalyptic epic novel, The Fearing. Taff's cosmic story about a man who has stopped using drugs, but hoards his character defects piled high in his basement cellar. MARK MATTHEWSShirley Jackson Award nominated editor and author of Milk-Blood. Matthews is the editor of all three anthologies, works in the field of behavioral health, and is in recovery from his own addiction. GABINO IGLESIASAuthor of the Wonderland Book Award winning Coyote Songs. Gabino was nominated for a Bram Stoker award for his work in Lullabies for Suffering and he's once again built a world infected with drugs, this time, a dystopian landscape.

*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* One of Barack Obama's Recommended Reads for Summer - New York Times Notable Book - NPR's Best Books of 2021 - Washington Post's Best Thriller and Mystery Books of the Year - TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2021 - New York Public Library's Best Books of the Year - Goodreads Choice Award Nominee - Book of the Month's Book of the Year Finalist"Provocative, violent -- beautiful and moving, too." --Washington Post"Superb... Cuts right to the heart of the most important questions of our times." --Michael Connelly"A tour de force - poignant, action-packed, and profound." --Milwaukee Journal SentinelA Black father. A white father. Two murdered sons. A quest for vengeance. Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid. The last thing he expects to hear is that his son Isiah has been murdered, along with Isiah's white husband, Derek. Ike had never fully accepted his son but is devastated by his loss. Derek's father Buddy Lee was almost as ashamed of Derek for being gay as Derek was ashamed of his father's criminal record. Buddy Lee still has contacts in the underworld, though, and he wants to know who killed his boy. Ike and Buddy Lee, two ex-cons with little else in common other than a criminal past and a love for their dead sons, band together in their desperate desire for revenge. In their quest to do better for their sons in death than they did in life, hardened men Ike and Buddy Lee will confront their own prejudices about their sons and each other, as they rain down vengeance upon those who hurt their boys. Provocative and fast-paced, S. A. Cosby's Razorblade Tears is a story of bloody retribution, heartfelt change - and maybe even redemption. "A visceral full-body experience, a sharp jolt to the heart, and a treat for the senses... Cosby's moody southern thriller marries the skillful action and plotting of Lee Child with the atmosphere and insight of Attica Locke." --NPR