In this startling new collection of 19th century horror tales, editor Martin H. Greenberg presents: * An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, by Ambrose Bierce * Schalken the Painter, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu * The Doom of the Griffiths, by Mrs. Gaskell * The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes, by Rudyard Kipling ... more »

Anthropologist Martine Murdoch theorizes the existence of an ancient cult of heart-eaters to explain the condition of human remains found hidden within a long-abandoned Mayan city. When the theory is published, her life changes forever. Shunned by the scientific community, Marty sets out to discover ... more »

vampire half and built a good life, with a satisfying career and his human partner, Dr. Britt Loren, who is also his lover.Gillian's sudden appearance out of a December night throws him into turmoil. Can he teach her how to live as an ethical vampire without violating either side of her nature?  ... more »

A collection of stories from Jason Brannon. If you loved his other DDP collections and stories (Five Days on the Banks of the Acheron, Space Stations and Graveyards, Atrocitas Aqua, Scary Holiday Tales To Make You Scream) you're really going to love these! Both dark and thought proking Jason has never ... more »

Stephen King hails Rex Miller as terrifying and original. Slob is his debut novel, the story of a man who thinks of himself as Death. A man who likes to feast on human hearts, spilling blood wherever he goes. Jack Eichord is the detective who must hunt this human monster and genius killer. Years of working ... more »

The night Johnny Danetello drove a dying girl through the streets of Brooklyn in his cab, he was trying to save her life. Instead he ran down a cop and lost her and his freedom. Every day in prison, Johnny knew that Angie Monticelli's family blamed him for her death, and that going home would be suicide ... more »

Nate Watson is a cop in a bad section of Island City. Responding to a call from a frightened old woman, Nate and his partner Frank encounter a group of teenage thugs playing at black magic on the decrepit rooftops of the slums. Except they're not playing. Defeated by the boys' mysterious powers, Frank ... more »

Scott Bowman is now a respected psychiatrist living the good life, but sixteen years ago he and his friends accidentally committed a terrible crime. The group swore itself to secrecy and everyone's mouth was sealed out of guilt. None suspected that there had been another present to remember their crime ... more »

Dark Demons: Tales of Obsession, Possession, and Unnatural Desire They are the places we refuse to visit, but can't help but feel drawn there. They are the thoughts we avoid thinking, but in the end they take over our minds. They are the desires that unknowingly burrow into our hearts and infect the ... more »

Three Complete Masterpieces of the Weird and Uncanny! Here is a trio of dark fantasies by the creator of the fiendish Dr. Fu Manchu. You will shiver with dread at some of the horrors that spring from the mind of author Sax Rohmer. As The Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection notes, Although his tales ... more »

A PEACEFUL NEW ENGLAND VILLAGE, TERROR LIES LURKING BENEATH THE SURFACE...Quaint seaport village Phillipsport, Maine seems to be the perfect place for novelist Rick Sychek to settle in order to write his next novel. On his drive into town Rick runs over what appears to be a large crab in the road. Within ... more »

Poppy Z. Brite, author of four novels, LOST SOULS, DRAWING BLOOD, EXQUISITE CORPSE, and THE LAZARUS HEART, plus several collections of short stories, has gone to the edge and back with ARE YOU LOATHSOME TONIGHT (titled SELF-MADE MAN in Europe). Join Poppy as she explores the outermost regions of murder ... more »