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Simon Vance

Simon Vance
  • Weird Tales magazine is known for launching a number of sub-genres of fiction—cosmic horror, swords & sorcery, dark fantasy, and others. It has also greatly added to existing genres like science fiction, horror, and—a personal favorite of editor Jonathan Maberry—weird mystery stories. Or, as they became known—occult detective tales. Here are all-original tales about people who peer into the shadows in order to solve a mystery. Sometimes successfully … and sometimes the darkness wins. The stories range from nail-biting horror to very dark comedy, and there’s a generous mix of short stories, flash fiction (shorter works of about 1500 words), and poems. The lineup is killer, as you’ll discover, and the interpretations of what constitutes “occult fiction” is unique to each writer.

    “The Eyrie” by Jonathan Maberry
    “Dead Jack and the Mystery of Room 216” by James Aquilone
    “Beneath the Scarred Pulpit” by Kenneth W. Cain
    “Denizen of Deep Holler” by Jennifer Brody
    “The Ephemera of Dreams” by Carina Bissett
    “Forming Threads” by Jody Lynn Nye
    “The Painted Unseen” by Taylor Grant
    “Bull Runs” by Kevin J. Anderson
    “Shimmer” by Keith Strunk
    “Hold my Beer” by Jeff Strand
    “La Silla Del Diablo” by Sofía Lapuente & Jarrod Shusterman
    “The Three-Headed Problem” by Rachel Aukes
    “Inception” by Brian Lumley
    “Laurel Canyons” by Lisa Diane Kastner
    “The Taxidermist” by Lyndsey Croal
    “Within You, In Time” by Brian Keene and Steven L. Shrewsbury
    “Your Sins Will Find You Out” by Cavan Scott
    “Night’s Disease” by Colleen Anderson

  • WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY PATTON OSWALT

    Dubbed “the most significant and controversial SF book” of its generation, Harlan Ellison’s groundbreaking collection launched an entire subgenre: New Wave science fiction. With contributions from legendary authors and multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Dangerous Visions returns to print in a stunning new edition perfect for new and returning fans alike. 

    A landmark short story collection that put the more character-based New Wave science fiction on the map, Dangerous Visions won several prestigious awards and was nominated for many others. This now-classic anthology includes thirty-three stories by thirty-two award-winning authors, over half of whom have won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards. Contributing authors include: Robert Silverberg, Frederik Pohl, Brian W. Aldiss, Philip K. Dick, Larry Niven, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, Theodore Sturgeon, J.G. Ballard, Samuel R. Delany, and Ellison himself.

    As relevant now as it was when first published, Dangerous Visions is a phenomenal collection that deserves a place on every bookshelf.

  • Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first issues of Weird Tales Magazine, 100 Years of Weird is a masterful compendium of new and classic stories, flash fiction, essays, and poems from the giants of speculative fiction, including R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, and Isaac Asimov.

    Marking a century of uniquely peculiar storytelling, each part of this anthology features a different genre, from Cosmic Horror, Sword and Sorcery, Space Opera, to the Truly Weird—things too strange to publish elsewhere, and the magazine’s raison d’etre. Landmark stories such as “The Call of Cthulhu,” “Worms of the Earth,” and “Legal Rites” stand beside original stories and insightful essays from today’s masters of speculative fiction.

    This visually stunning hardcover edition is a collector’s dream, illustrated throughout with classic full-color and black & white art from past issues of Weird Tales Magazine.

  • The first issue in the second century of Weird Tales features a new HELLBOY story by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden. Editor Jonathan Maberry has built a collection of cosmic horror that will destabilize your worldview.

    “The Eyrie” by Jonathan Maberry
    “The City in the Sea: A Hellboy Story” by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden
    “When the Stars Are Right: The Weird Tales Origins of Cosmic Horror” by Nicholas Diak
    “A Ghost Story for Christmas” by Paul Cornell
    “The Forest Gate” by Samantha Underhill
    “Night Fishing” by Caitlín R. Kiernan
    “The Traveler” by Francesco Tignini
    “Cosmic vs Abrahamic Horror” by F. Paul Wilson
    “The Last Bonneville” by F. Paul Wilson
    “Lost Generations” by Angela Yuriko Smith
    “Concerto in Five Movements” by Ramsey Campbell
    “Mozaika” by Nancy Kilpatrick
    “Inkblot Succubus” by Nikki Sixx
    “Laid to Rest” by Tim Lebbon
    “Call of the Void - L’appel du vide” by Carol Gyzander

  • Tales of blood, magic, and steel by masters of the craft! Stories, essays, and poetry by:

    Kevin J. Anderson
    Bruce Boston
    Greg Cox
    Dana Fredsti & David Fitzgerald
    Neil Gaiman
    Teel James Glenn
    Maxwell I. Gold
    Howard Andrew Jones
    Brian W. Matthews
    Greg Mollin
    James A. Moore
    Weston Ochse
    Marguerite Reed
    Charles R. Rutledge
    Jane Yolen

  • Have you ever read a suspense novel so good you had to stop and think to yourself, “How did the author come up with this idea? Their characters? Is some of this story real?” For over five years, Mark Rubinstein, physician, psychiatrist, and mystery and thriller writer, had the chance to ask the most well-known authors in the field just these kinds of questions in interviews for the Huffington Post.

    Collected here are interviews with forty-seven accomplished authors, including Michael Connelly, Ken Follett, Meg Gardiner, Dennis Lehane, Laura Lippman, and Don Winslow. These are their personal stories in their own words, much of the material never before published. How do these writers’ life experiences color their art? Find out their thoughts, their inspirations, their candid opinions. Learn more about your favorite authors, how they work and who they truly are.

  • The words held within these pages, written over two and a half thousand years ago, ring just as true today as they did in fifth century BC China. Bestselling author and master storyteller James Clavell (Shōgun) brought The Art of War to greater prominence in the West in the 1980s and showed how the book’s instruction was applicable on a smaller scale and could be used for personal betterment. Clavell’s wonderfully evocative foreword and helpful notes throughout the text guide the reader through preparations and battle plans, correct use of weapons and knowing when to fight—and when not to fight.

    With a deep understanding of both strategy and human nature, this military treatise illustrates the fine craft of knowing one’s enemy and oneself. From military officers to CEOs to those simply looking to be more powerful in their own life, The Art of War has become required reading for anyone seeking a path of success through the modern world.

  • The epic novel of war, savagery, and survival in a Japanese POW camp by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell

    Japanese POW camp Changi, Singapore: hell on earth for the soldiers contained within its barbed wire walls. Officers and enlisted men, all prisoners together, yet the old hierarchies and rivalries survive. An American corporal, known as the King, has used his personality and wiles to facilitate trading with guards and locals to get needed food, supplies, even information into the camp. The imprisoned upper-class officers have never had to do things for themselves, and now they are reduced to wearing rags while the King’s clean shirt, gained through guts and moxie, seems like luxury in comparison. In the camp, everything has its price and everything is for sale. But trading is illegal—and the King has made a formidable enemy. Robin Grey, the provost marshal, hates the King and all he represents. Grey, though he grew up modestly, fervently believes in the British class system: everyone should know their place, and he knows the King’s place is at the bottom.

    The King does have a friend in Peter Marlowe, who, though wary of the King and himself a product of the British system, finds himself drawn to the charismatic man who just might be the only one who can save them from both the inhumanity of the prison camp but also from themselves. Powerful and engrossing, King Rat artfully weaves the author’s own World War II prison camp experiences into a compelling narrative of survival amidst the grim realities of war and what men can do when pushed to the edge. A taut masterwork of World War II historical fiction by bestselling author James Clavell.