The Romero Strain (47 page)

Gary Brandner -
The Howling II

For Karyn it was the howling. The howling that had heralded the nightmare in Drago… the nightmare that had joined her husband Roy to the she-wolf Marcia and should have ended forever with the fire. But it hadn’t. Roy and Marcia were still alive, and deadly… and thirsty for the most horrifying vengeance imaginable…

Gary Brandner -
The Howling III

They are man. And they are beast. Once again they stalk the night, eyes aflame, teeth flashing in vengeance. Malcolm is the young one. He must choose between the familiar way of the human and the seductive howling of the wolf. Those who share his blood want to make him one of them. Those who fear him want him dead.

James Roy Daley -
Into Hell

Stephenie Page and her daughter Carrie are driving down an empty highway. They pull off the road at a gas station that has a restaurant attached to it. Carrie enters the restaurant in need of a bathroom. When Stephenie steps inside the building she discovers that the restaurant has become a slaughterhouse. There are dead bodies everywhere, The worse part is: Carrie is suddenly missing.

James Roy Daley -
Terror Town

Hardcore horror at its best: Killer on the warpath. Monsters on the street. Vampires in the night. Zombies on the hunt. Welcome to Terror Town. The place where no one is safe. Nothing is sacred. All will die. All will suffer.

James Roy Daley -
The Dead Parade

Within the hour James will witness the suicide of his closest friend, be responsible for countless murders, and become a fugitive from the police. In the shadow of his mind, a demon lurks. Bloodlust is a virus-it’s infecting his logic. James has become a pawn in a game he does not understand, and only one thing is clear: Survival is not an option.

Tonia Brown -
Badass Zombie Road Trip

Jonah has seven days to find his best friend’s soul, or lose his own, dragging a zombie across the country with a stripper who has an agenda of her own, while being pursued for a crime he didn’t commit… and dealing with Satan. 2,000 miles. Seven days. Two souls. One zombie. Satan.

Matt Hults -
Husk

Mallory Wiess is a typical teenage girl… or so it seems. When she moves to rural Minnesota she discovers her new home won’t be as boring as she’d feared. Who is the dark figure watching her from across the street? What is the shape hanging in the shadows of the old barn? And why has someone begun digging up graves at the ancient cemetery? In the end, one night will decide if the dead will rise.

Tim Lebbon -
Berserk

The army had said it was a training accident. But why had the coffin they sent home been sealed? On a dark night, in a deserted field, Tom begins to unearth the mass grave where he hopes - and fears - that he will find his son’s remains. Instead, he finds madness: corpses in chains and dead bodies that still move. And one little girl, dead and rotting, who promises to help Tom find what he’s looking for…

Best New Zombie Tales -
Volume One

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 / Micro Award Finalist, Robert Swartwood / British Fantasy Awards Nominee, Gary McMahon / Bram Stoker Award Winner, Kim Paffenroth… and so much more.

Best New Zombie Tales -
Volume Two

Includes Amazing Fiction by: Bram Stoker Award Winner, David Niall Wilson / British Fantasy Award Nominee, Rio Youers / Bram Stoker Award Nominee, Nate Kenyon / Authorlink New Author Award Winner, Tim Waggoner / George Turner Prize Nominee, Narrelle M. Harris / Bram Stoker Award Winner, John Everson / Pulitzer Prize, Bram Stoker Nominee, Mort Castle… and so much more.

Best New Zombie Tales -
Volume Three

Includes Amazing Fiction by: Anthony Award Winner, Simon Wood / Bram Stoker Award Nominee, Joe McKinney / New York Times Bestselling Author, Tim Lebbon / Arthur Ellis Award Winner, Nancy Kilpatrick / British Fantasy Award Nominee, Paul Kane / Bram Stoker Award Nominee, Jeremy C. Shipp… and so much more.

Best New Werewolf Tales -
Volume One

Includes Amazing Fiction by: New York Times Bestseller, Jonathan Maberry / Bram Stoker Award Winner, John Everson / Bram Stoker Award Nominee, Michael Laimo / Aurora Award Nominee, Douglas Smith / Bram Stoker Award Winner, David Niall Wilson / Bram Stoker Award Winner, Nina Kiriki Hoffman / Golden Bridge Award Winner, David Wesley Hill… and so much more.

Best New Vampire Tales -
Volume One

Includes amazing fiction by: Bram Stoker Award Nominee, Michael Laimo / Bram Stoker Award Winner, David Niall Wilson / Authorlink New Author Award Winner, Tim Waggoner / Bram Stoker Award Winner, John Everson / International Horror Guild Nominee, Don Webb / British Fantasy Award, Science Fiction Award Nominee, Jay Caselberg / Arthur Ellis Award Winner, Nancy Kilpatrick

James Roy Daley -
Zombie Kong

Big. Bad. Heavy. Hungry. While a 50-foot tall zombie gorilla smashes the hell out of a small town, Candice Wanglund drags her son Jake through the hazardous streets in an attempt to get away from the man that is determined to kill them. She wishes her husband Dale was by her side; he would know what to do. The good news: Dale’s alive. Problem is, he was eaten by the gorilla.

John F.D. Taff -
Little Deaths

Named the #1 Horror Collection of 2012 by Horror Talk / Named top 5 books of 2012 by AndyErupts

You think you’ve got bad dreams? Consider author John F.D. Taff’s nightmares. Taff has the kind of nightmares no one really wants. But it’s nightmares like these that give him plenty of ideas to explore; ideas that he’s turned into the short stories he shares in his new collection.

John L. French -
Paradise Denied

This is one of the best collections you will ever read. There isn’t a single story in this collection that feels like filler. Vampires, zombies, tough cops, faeries, heroes, or super-scientists, John French has got a tale for you and it’s amazing. Again and again, readers agree: this is the book you won’t be able to put down. A must read.

James Roy Daley -
13 Drops Of Blood

13 tales of horror, suspense, and imagination. Enter the gore-soaked exhibit, the train of terror, the graveyard of the haunted. Meet the scientist of the monsters, the woman with the thing living inside her, the living dead... James Roy Daley unleashes quality horror stories with a flair for the hardcore. Not for the squeamish.

Zombie Kong -
Anthology

Zombies are bad, but ZOMBIE KONG is worse. Way worse. Big. Bad. Heavy. Hungry. This is the most original zombie anthology of all time. In the jungles, in the arctic, in the cities, in the towns -- Zombie Kong rules them all. All other zombies must bow to their god… ZOMBIE KONG!

Paul Kane -
Pain Cages

Reminiscent of Stephen King’s classic, bestselling book Different Seasons, Paul Kane gives us an unforgettable collection of four novella-size stories. Each story is refreshingly original and delivers an emotional impact that is rarely seen in today’s literature. Dark and moody, clever and well-written… Pain Cages speculative fiction at its best.

Matt Hults -
Anything Can Be Dangerous

Anything Can be Dangerous contains four amazing stories:

Anything can be Dangerous ~ the simple things in life can kill.

Through the Valley of Death ~ a dark vampire story that will make you remember fear.

The Finger ~ zombie literature has never been so extraordinary.

Feeding Frenzy ~ lunchtime in a place called Hell.

Bill Howard -
10 Minutes From Home: Episodes 1 - 4

When a viral outbreak hits Toronto, Denny Collins and his best friend Thom Washington find themselves trapped over 100 km from Denny’s home in a town called Pontypool, where his wife and daughter remain. As the streets begin to teem with violence, they must first find safety, then find a way out of the now deadly metropolis.

Bill Howard -
10 Minutes From Home: Episodes 5 - 8

The journey gets bloodier as the group runs into hordes of the infected in a suburban neighborhood. Thom must make some drastic decisions when the survivors encounter a military camp. But does the camp provide safety, or just another hurdle delaying Denny’s expedition home?

Classic -
Vampire Tales

Includes: J. Sheridan Lefanu / Bram Stoker / M. R. James / F. Benson / Algernon Blackwood / F. Marion Crawford / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman / James Robinson Planche / Johann Ludwig Tieck

Thank you for reading this book!