Melanie Conway is a pale and lovely violinist who has strange visions of death. When she collapses during a concert her boyfriend Bodie is on hand to hear her fearful pronouncements of disaster. Penelope Conway is even more stunning than her sister but her looks get her into trouble. Although she takes herself seriously as a writer, men seem only impressed by her beauty. The last thing she needs is a series of obscene phone calls. Captivated by the two alluring sisters, Bodie is drawn deep into a mystery that's fired by sex and haunted by blood. Cover art by Steve Crisp.
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Alarums: Richard Laymon
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Savage: Richard Laymon
$35.00Whitechapel, November, 1888: Jack the Ripper is committing his last known act of butchery on Mary Kelly. Beneath the bed on which the fiend is cruelly eviscerating her cowers a fifteen year old lad. This is just the start of Trevor Bentley's extraordinary adventures, a boy who embarked on an errand of mercy and instead ran into the most infamous serial killer in history. Trevor becomes a man as he travels on a quest of vengeance across the wild and untamed continent of America, following the Ripper. An interesting fictional theory as to what may have become of Jack the Ripper.
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The Vampire movie came first -the girl died in a welter of blood as the vampire bit clean through her jugular...The inquisition came next - the victim confessed as spiders crawled all over her naked body - then came the story of the Axeman...This was the horror movies eries to end them all. Cinema buffs particularly admired the grainy, amateurish camera work -it suggested the action was the real thing.But it couldn't be - could it? This new edition of Out Are The Lights contains five rare short stories by Laymon: Mess Hall; Dinker's Pool; Madman Stan; Bad News; The Tub. -
Funland: Seedy resort Boleta Bay has seen better days, especially since the unexplained disappearances began. Now a group of teenagers have decided to fight back and clear the town of undesirables. As they grow more daring and vicious they are drawn to the abandoned Funhouse and the real source of the disappearances...The Stake: Horror writer Larry Dunbar makes a chilling discovery while staying in a ghost town in California: a coffin containing the corpse of a naked woman with a stake through her heart. Was she the victim of a gruesome murder or was she really a vampire? There's only one way to find out...
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Fiends: Richard Laymon
$9.00It's only a trip to the movies but it turns into Marty's nightmare when she sees the guy sitting behind her. Willy. The man who raped her ten years ago. Now he's out of jail - and looking for Marty. Marty's date says he'll fix the creep - and the way he does it makes Marty sick. But when it comes to sick there's no-one to match Willy. He's a fiend...This is the lead story in this collection. Also included: Kitty Litter; The Bleeder; Desert Pickup; The Mask; Eats; The Hunt; Slit; Out Of The Woods. Cover art by Steve Crisp. -
It started as a game. Six college kids at an end-of-term party. Then someone suggested they try the Ouija board. The board that Corie had hidden in the back of her closet and sworn never to touch again. Not after what happened last time. Not after Jake's death... They were only playing around, but the Ouija board worked all right. Maybe too well. A spirit who called himself Butler began to send them messages - and make demands. Butler promised them a hidden treasure if only they would follow his directions and head off to a secluded spot in the mountains... a wild, isolated spot where anything could be waiting for them. Treasure or death. Or Butler himself... -
Endless Night: Jody is pretty tough for a sixteen-year-old girl. That's the only reason she's still alive - for now. She was sleeping over at her friend Evelyn's house when a group of killers broke in and tried to slaughter everyone. She saw Evelyn spitted on a spear, but Jody managed to escape, along with Evelyn's little brother, Andy. Simon Quirt doesn't seem like a crazed killer. But that's just what he and his friends are - and his friends have left it up to him to find the only living witnesses to their massacre. Or else they'll butcher his family next. But Simon has his own reasons for wanting to get his hands on Jody...Midnight's Lair: Mordock's Cave is one of the spectacular wonders of the world; a place where sightseers can take a ride deep beneath the earth's surface to marvel at Nature's handiwork. But the darkness is also the home of things Nature never intended - violent, bestial, and horrific things born of an old, nightmarish secret...Now a sudden power failure has trapped a group of tourists in the underground depths. Their only escape route is through a sealed-off wall. But what lurks on the other side is something terrifying beyond belief - an obscene, living evil that has been waiting all these years to be set free... -
Body Rides: Richard Laymon
$10.00Neal has been carrying a gun in his car lately - just to be safe. And it looks like it's a good thing he has. When he spots a woman tied naked to a tree and a man ready to kill her, he has no choice but to shoot the attacker. As a reward, the woman gives Neal a reward - a bracelet. A very special bracelet. It allows its wearer to step inside other people, to see through their eyes, to feel whatever they feel. To take "body rides". But Neal has a big problem. The man he shot isn't dead...and he wants revenge. First he's going to finish what he started with the woman. Then he's going after Neal...From the horror-meister himself: If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat. Stephen King. -
Ed Logan is a 20 year old sophomore at Willmington University. He's also just been dumped by his girlfriend. Lonesome and broken-hearted, he goes for a late-night walk. He doesn't know where he's headed. He doesn't know what he's going to do when he gets there. And he has absolutely no idea of the strange people he is about to meet. Like Casey, the athletic blonde who roams the streets as if she's on a mission. And then there's Randy, who's definitely on a mission - to make Ed's life hell. And then there's the others. Not exactly people. And very definitely not friendly. If Ed's not careful, he's not going to make it home at all...Cover art by Steve Crisp.