Molly Tanzer

Gunslinging, chain smoking, Stetson-wearing Taoist psychopomp, Elouise "Lou" Merriwether might not be a normal 19-year-old, but she's too busy keeping San Francisco safe from ghosts, shades, and geung si to care much about that. It's an important job, though most folks consider it downright spooky. Some have even accused Lou of being more comfortable with the dead than the living, and, well... they're not wrong. When Lou hears that a bunch of Chinatown boys have gone missing somewhere deep in the Colorado Rockies she decides to saddle up and head into the wilderness to investigate. Lou fears her particular talents make her better suited to help placate their spirits than ensure they get home alive, but it's the right thing to do, and she's the only one willing to do it. On the road to a mysterious sanatorium known as Fountain of Youth, Lou will encounter bears, desperate men, a very undead villain, and even stranger challenges. Lou will need every one of her talents and a whole lot of luck to make it home alive... From British Fantasy Award nominee Molly Tanzer comes debut novel Vermilion, a spirited weird Western adventure that puts the punk back into steampunk.

The Adventures of Lou Merriwether, Psychopomp

Vermilion

"A delightful, dark, and entertaining romp . . . Molly Tanzer is at the top of her form in this beautifully constructed novel."--Jeff VanderMeer, best-selling author of the Southern Reach trilogy Victorian London is a place of fluid social roles, vibrant arts culture, fin-de-si�cle wonders . . . and dangerous underground diabolic cults. Fencer Evadne Gray cares for none of the former and knows nothing of the latter when she's sent to London to chaperone her younger sister, aspiring art critic Dorina. At loose ends after Dorina becomes enamored with their uncle's friend, Lady Henrietta "Henry" Wotton, a local aristocrat and aesthete, Evadne enrolls in a fencing school. There, she meets George Cantrell, an experienced fencing master like she's always dreamed of studying under. But soon, George shows her something more than fancy footwork--he reveals to Evadne a secret, hidden world of devilish demons and their obedient servants. George has dedicated himself to eradicating demons and diabolists alike, and now he needs Evadne's help. But as she learns more, Evadne begins to believe that Lady Henry might actually be a diabolist . . . and even worse, she suspects Dorina might have become one too. Combining swordplay, the supernatural, and Victorian high society,Creatures of Will and Temperreveals a familiar but strange London in a riff on Oscar Wilde'sThe Picture of Dorian Gray that readers won't soon forget. "An artful, witty, Oscar Wilde pastiche with the heart of a paranormal thriller."--Diana Gabaldon, best-selling author ofOutlander

Creatures of Will and Temper

This sequel to Creatures of Will and Temper picks up in 1927 Long Island, where Ellie West fishes by day and sells moonshine by night to the citizens of her home town. But after Ellie's father joins a church whose parishioners possess supernatural powers and a violent hatred for immigrants, Ellie finds she doesn't know her beloved island, or her father, as well as she thought.

Creatures of Want and Ruin

The third standalone novel set in Molly Tanzer's magic-infused universe takes readers to World War II-era England where two young women are studying witchcraft. Though once inseparable, competition, secrets, and wildly dangerous magic set them at odds and draw them to terrifying ends.

Creatures of Charm and Hunger

Re-Animator meets The Secret History in this Tale of Sex and Science Henry Milliner thinks his days of being the school pariah are over forever when he attracts the attention of Wadham College's coolest Fellow Commonser, St John Clement, the Lord Calipash. St John is everything Henry isn't: Brilliant, graceful, rich, universally respected. And as if that wasn't enough, St John is also the leader of the Blithe Company, the clique of Natural Philosophy majors who rule Wadham with style. But when being St John's protege ends up becoming a weirder experience than Henry anticipated -- and the Blithe Company doesn't quite turn out to be the decadent, debauched crew he dreamed of -- Henry has some big decisons to make. Should he beg the forgiveness of his only friend, naive underclassman John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, or should he ride it out with St John and try to come out on top?

A Pretty Mouth

Back in print after some time, this new Author's Preferred Edition of The Pleasure Merchant features refreshed content, new introductory material and notes, and a new Matthew Revert cover! When apprentice wig-maker Tom Dawne's greatest creation is used as part of a revenge scheme against a powerful gentleman, he is dismissed by his embarrassed master and forced to abandon his dreams of completing his training, setting up a shop of his own, and marrying his master's daughter. Determined to clear his name, Tom becomes the servant of the man he suspects set him up. Tom finds himself caught up in a web of ambition, deceit, mesmerism, sex, and power...and at its center, a man able to procure pleasure for anyone--for a price--and a woman whose past has been stolen. From Molly Tanzer comes The Pleasure Merchant, a novel of despair and desire, equal parts psychological thriller and sensual parlor drama.

The Pleasure Merchant

Rumbullion and Other Liminal Libations

Nick Mamatas

This flash fiction can be sipped or slammed, just like the booze it represents! A cocktail is like an excellent story—bitter and sweet and over too quickly, but the memory of it stays with you. From the Pimm’s Cup to Smoking Bishop, the Manhattan to the Moscow Mule, Mixed Up features not only more than two dozen classic recipes and hot tips on ingredients and preparations, but new cocktail-themed short stories from some of today’s most popular and acclaimed writers.

Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker (and Reader)

Mixed Up

Kelly Robson

Tim Waggoner

Lucien Soulban

Cassandra Khaw

Gemma Files

Selena Kitt

Darien Cox

Jessica Freely

Steve Berman

Cassie Alexander

Jaye Wells

'Nathan Burgoine

Jason Ridler

Lucy Snyder

Nathan Pettigrew

A. Rustad

D. Warrick

Tom Cardamone

NASTY: Fetish Fights Back is a daring new collection of erotic short fiction spanning sexualities, genders, orientations, positions, & proclivities. From fetish priests to breath restriction, bondage play to somnophilia, there's something in NASTY for everyone. With stories from New York Times Bestseller Selena Kitt, Shirley Jackson Winner Gemma Files, five-time Bram Stoker Award Winner Lucy A. Snyder and more, this collection pushes the boundaries not only of steamy sex but of what defines us as sexual beings. Explore repressed yet explosive gay erotica in a politically-themed tale, "The Straw Man," by Jessica Freely. In A. Merc Rustad's "Bodies Like Galaxies," a nonconventional gendered couple engage in consciousness upload. Jaye Wells ventures into erotic romance with "Aural Sex." A woman explores her obsession with sensual words. Chiaroscuro never sounded so sexy. Genital piercing has rarely been this orgasmic. Read "Metal" by Lazuli Jones. Cassie Alexander, the author of "The House: An Erotic Choose Your Own Adventure," brings "Galatea." The myth has never made more sense than in this retelling. Hugo and Nebula Finalist, Kelly Robson explores the titillating world of aging lesbians and a group penchant for public nudity in "The Desperate Flesh." Moreover, who doesn't like a good Nazi takedown? Douglas F. Warrick's "The Things I Told the Cops After the Uprising (And a Few Things I Wish I'd Told Them)" is a bittersweet yet beautiful, romantic yet sensual journey through violence and transition. Focused on acceptance and consent, co-editors, Anna Yeatts & Chris Phillips, hope the stories in NASTY: Fetish Fights Back will help readers see the sexuality & sensuality common to all of us. Stories from Selena Kitt, Gemma Files, Jaye Wells, A. Merc Rustad, Lucy A. Snyder, Cassandra Khaw, Lucien Soulban, Jessica Freely, Cassie Alexander, Kelly Robson, Jason S. Ridler, Tim Waggoner, Steve Berman, D. F. Warrick, 'Nathan Burgoine, Kaysee Renee Robichaud, Darien Cox, Molly Tanzer, Tom Cardamone, Lazuli Jones, Rose de Fer, Ann Castle, Charles Payseur, Nathan Pettigrew, Robert Brouhard, Konstantine Paradias, and Matthew F. Amati.

Fetish Fights Back: An Erotic Short Story Collection

Nasty

Jesse Bullington

What hope has a humble adventurer when faced with a fight against Cthulhu himself? No matter; the true swordsperson cares only for the bite of steel against flesh, whether that flesh be eldritch or more conventional. From the hottest voices in Lovecraftiana comes a collection that will take readers on a journey from ancient Rome to feudal Japan and from Dreamlands to lands that do not have names in any of the tongues of men. Glory awaits! The contributors include: Natania Barron, Eneasz Brodski, Nathan Carson, Michael Cisco, Andrew S. Fuller, A. Scott Glancy, Orrin Grey, Jason Heller, Jonathan L. Howard, John Hornor Jacobs, John Langan, L. Lark, Remy Nakamura, Carlos Orsi, M. K. Sauer, Ben Stewart, E. Catherine Tobler, Jeremiah Tolbert, Laurie Tom, Carrie Vaughn, Wendy N. Wagner, Caleb Wilson

Swords V. Cthulhu

Linda D. Addison

Milton J. Davis

Wole Talabi

Spencer Nitkey

Russell Nichols

RJ Taylor

Devon Mihesuah

Benjamin Blattberg

Risa Wolf

Strange. Beautiful. Shocking. Surreal. APEX MAGAZINE is a digital dark science fiction and fantasy genre zine that features award-winning short fiction, essays, and interviews. Established in 2009, our fiction has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards. We publish every other month. Issue 130 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews. EDITORIAL Musings from Maryland: Editorial by Lesley Conner ORIGINAL FICTION Nine Theories of Time by Spencer Nitkey To Live and Die in Dixieland by Russell Nichols The First Promise We Break by Risa Wolf Tenure by Devon Mihesuah It Rises and Falls and Rises Again by RJ Taylor Strata by Benjamin Blattberg CLASSIC FICTION An Arc of Electric Skin by Wole Talabi In the Garden of Ibn Ghazi by Molly Tanzer NONFICTION Always and Forever by Milton J. Davis Never Let the Light Go Out by Linda D. Addison REVIEWS Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by A.C. Wise Book Review: A Spindle Splintered Alix E. Harrow (reviewed by Lesley Conner) Book Review: Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus (reviewed by Tracy Robinson) INTERVIEWS Interview with Author Spencer Nitkey by Andrea Johnson Interview with Author RJ Taylor by Andrea Johnson Interview with Cover Artist JR Slattum by Bradley Powers

Apex Magazine Issue 130

Laird Barron

Brian Lumley

Paul Tremblay

Peter Levenda

Barbie Wilde

Bracken MacLeod

Reggie Oliver

Dark Discoveries - Issue #37SupernaturalismAll new Fiction by: Paul Tremblay, Reggie Oliver, Brian Lumley, Bracken MacLeod, Barbie Wilde and Molly TanzerInterviews with: Paul Tremblay, Peter Levenda, Ellen Datlow and more!Articles on: Fantasia Film Festival Reviews by Nancy Kilpatrick, Get out your Violin by Peter Levenda and Featured Film Reviews by Colleen WanglundColumns from Laird Barron, Robert Morrish, Donald Tyson, Brett J. Taleey and Richard Dansky!

Dark Discoveries - Issue #37

Ken Liu

Christie Yant

Jaymee Goh

Zen Cho

Maurice Broaddus

Corinne Duyvis

Andrew Fuller

Jacob Edwards

Shelly Li

Arthur Carey

Richard Larsen

Nicole Kurtz

Angela Rega

Lindsey Duncan

Michelle Meunzler

Therese Arkenberg

Ada Brown

Calvin Jim

Gabrijel Ra

Crossed Genres magazine Quarterly 01- December 2010: Celebration- January 2011: Opposites- February 2011: TragedyIncludes exclusive new content: Fiction, articles and an interview with author Maurice Broaddus!

Volume One of Crossed Genres Quarterly Editions

Crossed Genres Quarterly 01

Ramsey Campbell

Jeffrey Thomas

John Langan

Daniel Mills

Michael Cisco

Cody Goodfellow

Richard Gavin

Damien Angelica Walters

Nadia Bulkin

Maura McHugh

Orrin Grey

Rhys Hughes

Janice Lee

Robert Levy

Michael Griffin

S. P. Miskowski

Nathan Carson

David Nickel

Reginald Oliver

22 Weird tales by a pantheon of top Horror writers, inspired by the classic film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari." The origins of Noir, Expressionist, Existential, and Horror films to this day carry echos of the film, and these tales express and recombine those themes in each author's inimitable style.

The Madness of Dr. Caligari

Back in print after some time, this new Author's Preferred Edition of Rumbullion features refreshed content, new introductory material and notes, and a new Matthew Revert cover! In the aftermath of a party gone terribly, fatally wrong, nobleman Julian Bretwynde strives to make sense of the evening's events, interrogating those in attendance, including the mysterious Count of Saint Germain, the Lady Nerissa, and a servant named Dionysios. As Julian attempts to excavate the truth from wildly disparate stories, he finds that truth may be far stranger--and deadlier--than he imagined. From Molly Tanzer comes Rumbullion, an unsettling epistolary novella filled with 18th century decadence, weird rituals, and murder.

Rumbullion

“A compelling, fun, and thought-provoking story of magical adventure, coming of age, sacrifice, and family, with secrets that add a lingering darkness to the entire tale.”—Booklist Two young witches, once inseparable, are set at odds by secrets and wildly dangerous magic. In the waning days of World War II, with Allied victory all but certain, desperate Nazi diabolists search for a demonic superweapon to turn the tide. A secluded castle somewhere in the south of Germany serves as a laboratory for experiments conducted upon human prisoners, experiments as vile as they are deadly. Across the English Channel, tucked into the sleepy Cumbrian countryside, lies the Library, the repository of occult knowledge for the Société des Éclairées, an international organization of diabolists. There, best friends Jane Blackwood and Miriam Cantor, tutored by the Société’s Librarian—and Jane’s mother—Nancy, prepare to undergo the Test that will determine their future as diabolists. When Miriam learns her missing parents are suspected of betraying the Société to the Nazis, she embarks on a quest to clear their names, a quest involving dangerous diabolic practices that will demand more of her than she can imagine. Meanwhile Jane, struggling with dark obsessions of her own, embraces a forbidden use of the Art that could put everyone she loves in danger. As their friendship buckles under the stress of too many secrets, Jane and Miriam will come face to face with unexpected truths that change everything they know about the war, the world, and most of all themselves. After all, some choices cannot be unmade--and a sacrifice made with the most noble intention might end up creating a monster.

Creatures Of Charm And Hunger

H. P. Lovecraft

Clark Ashton Smith

Victor LaValle

Livia Llewellyn

Fred Chappell

Erica L. Satifka

Masahiko Inoue

Inspired by the Lovecraft's more optimistic writings, this unique collection spotlights the weird works of nine current horror and fantasy authors, including the award-winning Michael Cisco and Livia Llewellyn. Also includes Clark Ashton Smith's 1931 "The City of the Singing Flame" and Lovecraft's own "The Shadow Over Innsmouth."

Wonder and Glory Forever

Elizabeth Bear

Tamsyn Muir

Nancy Kilpatrick

Marly Youmans

Sonya Taaffe

Sarah Monette

Caitlin Kiernan

Cat Hellisen

Joyce Oates

Lucy Brady

Kelda Crich

Karen Heuler

Lois Gresh

E. Knightsbridge

Amanda Downman

Featuring authors Joyce Carol Oates, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Lois Gresh, Gemma Files, Nancy Kilpatrick, Elizabeth Bear, Storm Constantine and others accompanied by the lavish color artwork of Daniele Serra, Dreams from the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror is a representation of some of the finest cosmic horror and weird fiction from female authors in the field today.

Dreams from the Witch House (2018 Trade Paperback Edition)

Angela Slatter

They emerge from the shadows, to claim the night . . . Women from around the world delve into Lovecraftian depths, penning and illustrating a variety of weird horrors. The pale and secretive Lavinia wanders through the woods, Asenath is a precocious teenager with an attitude, and the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Nitocris has found a new body in distant America. And do you have time to hear a word from our beloved mother Shub-Niggurath? Defiant, destructive, terrifying, and harrowing, the women in She Walks in Shadows are monsters and mothers, heroes and devourers. Observe them in all their glory. Ia! Ia!"

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