Jeremy Megargee

Kelli Owen

John Kiste

Henry Herz

Mark Oxbrow

Emma Kathryn

Laura Keating

Kai Holmwood

Cat Voleur

Amelia Mangan

Damon Cavalchini

Elizabeth McClellan

Dracula Beyond Stoker Is a Fiction Journal Dedicated to Celebrating and Continuing The Legacy of Bram Stoker's Dracula.Issue 2 focusses on Renfield, with 10 all new tales, an essay, a classic reprint, and a poem featuring the world's favorite flyman.

Dracula Beyond Stoker Issue 2

"Wowww!"--- Raina Telgemeier, #1 NY Times, #1 USA Today, #1 Publishers Weekly bestselling author/illustrator "Herz presents a provocative and unique look at the lifecycle and benefits of smoke throughout the millennia. Lopez's multimedia artwork further illuminates the ethereal nature of smoke as it drifts and dances across the page."- John Rocco, NY Times Bestselling author and Caldecott Honoree A fascinating, refreshing, and beautifully atmospheric take on something often taken for granted. I'll never look at smoke the same way again!- Matthew Cordell, Caldecott Medalist author/illustrator "I Am Smoke is an absolutely beautiful book, where smoke is both poetry and science. Readers will rest, float, and dance along with smoke's quiet power across time and traditions. I have lingered over its pages more than once, and I'm sure young readers will, too."- NY Times Bestselling author Doreen Cronin Smoke itself acts as narrator, telling us how it has served humankind since prehistoric times in signaling, beekeeping, curing and flavoring food, religious rites, fumigating insects, and myriad other ways.

I Am Smoke

Jonathan Maberry

Jane Yolen

David Mack

Jeremy Robinson

Peter Clines

Tanya Huff

Scott Sigler

Harry Turtledove

Catherine Stine

Combat Monsters brings together twenty award-winning and bestselling speculative fiction authors who each bring their own spin on an alternate history of World War II.

New research has uncovered deeply buried military secrets—both the Allied and Axis special operations during World War II included monsters. Did the Soviets use a dragon to win the Battle of Kursk? Did a vampire fight for the Canadians in Holland? Did the US drop the second atomic bomb on a kaiju?

This collection takes real events from World War II and injects them with fantastical creatures that mirror the “unreality” of war itself. Each story—and two poems—feature mythical, mystical, and otherwise unexplainable beings that change the course of history. Dragons rise and fall, witches cast deadly spells, mermaids reroute torpedoes, and all manner of “monsters” intervene for better or worse in the global turmoil of World War II.

Together, Combat Monsters challenge the very definition of monstrous, with the brutality of war as a sobering backdrop.

Untold Tales of World War II

Combat Monsters

Bryan Thomas Schmidt

Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie

Caren Gussoff Sumption

Colleen Ennen

Jane Nightshade

Laura Hennessey DeSena

Haunted Quill

Michelle River

Michael D Nadeau

Within these pages gods of fable, creatures of lore, and ancient rituals have been brought back to life in over two hundred drabbles of exactly one hundred words each.

Drabbles of Myth and Legend

Forgotten Ones

“Wowww!”—– Raina Telgemeier, #1 NY Times, #1 USA Today, #1 Publishers Weekly bestselling author/illustrator “Herz presents a provocative and unique look at the lifecycle and benefits of smoke throughout the millennia. Lopez’s multimedia artwork further illuminates the ethereal nature of smoke as it drifts and dances across the page.”- John Rocco, NY Times Bestselling author and Caldecott Honoree "A fascinating, refreshing, and beautifully atmospheric take on something often taken for granted. I’ll never look at smoke the same way again!"- Matthew Cordell, Caldecott Medalist author/illustrator “I Am Smoke is an absolutely beautiful book, where smoke is both poetry and science. Readers will rest, float, and dance along with smoke’s quiet power across time and traditions. I have lingered over its pages more than once, and I’m sure young readers will, too.”- NY Times Bestselling author Doreen Cronin Smoke itself acts as narrator, telling us how it has served humankind since prehistoric times in signaling, beekeeping, curing and flavoring food, religious rites, fumigating insects, and myriad other ways. Smoke speaks in mesmerizing riddles: “I lack a mouth, but I can speak…. I lack hands, but I can push out unwanted guests…. I’m gentler than a feather, but I can cause harm…". This rhythmically powerful narration is complemented by illustrations in which swirling smoke was captured on art paper held over smoky candle flames, and the dancing smoke textures were then deepened and elaborated with watercolors and Photoshop finishes. With this unique method, Merce López “let the smoke decide how the idea I had in mind would dance with it, giving freedom to the images.” The resulting illustrations are astounding, and they resonate with the otherworldly text.

Elana Gomel

Scott Harper

Steven Pajak

Brian Asman

Red Lagoe

Matthew R. Davis

Scotty Milder

Hannah Trusty

Bridgett Nelson

Sandra Stephens

Frank Beghin

Kevin M. Folliard

Tales of Nightmare Creatures

If I Die Before I Wake

C. D. Gallant-King

David Bernard

Erin Lee

Dominick Cancilla

D. J. Tyrer

Kevin A. Davis

Eileen Wijesinghe

M. Stern

Joshua James Jordan

Robert Allen Lupton

Rosalind Barden

Luke Foster

Judith Field

Paul Wartenberg

Edward Lodi

R. C. Mulhare

Kay Hanifen

"Just want to let you know, so far we've got two of the drafted volunteers reporting sick to the base doctor with severe cases of Aw Hell Naw."-- Paul Wartenberg, "War of the Murder Hornets"The ninth volume (you read that right) of the Strangely Funny series is one of the weirdest yet. An asexual gives tips on dating succubi. A certain reanimator treats a Miskatonic U football player before the big game. Is there such a thing as a vegan vampire, and what do they eat? And finally, we revisit the invasion of the 'Martians' in Surrey.Let Rosalind Barden, RC Mulhare, Erin Lee, Henry L. Herz and many other talented authors guide you through tales of quirky paranormal love, twisted science fiction tropes, and horror gone wrong. So very wrong.

Strangely Funny VIII

Josh Herz

Harrison Herz

If you've ever given an imp a penny, then you know how outrageous things can get. If you haven't...consider yourself warned! In this vibrant new story from the writer and illustrator behind Monster Goose Nursery Rhymes,a well-meaning imp needs one tiny favor. But sometimes even the smallest of good deeds can lead to huge accidents! When he tries to help you clean house, this clumsy imp will leave everything messier than ever. And once he's done burying his money bag for safekeeping, your yard might never be the same. With colorful illustrations right out of a fairy tale and a story that will get the whole family laughing, this book is a must-have for every lover of fantasy.

When You Give an Imp a Penny

“For all of us who grew up loving Dungeons & Dragons and Tolkien, Monster Goose is an excellent way to introduce our little ones to the world of fantasy!”—Drew Daywalt, bestselling author of The Day the Crayons Quit “Monstrously clever—I’d rather Mary had a hippogriff than a ‘little lamb’ any day!” —Molly Idle, award-winning illustrator of Flora and the Flamingo “The charm and wit of the poems in this book is matched only by Abigail’s beautiful and timeless illustrations.”—Brian Kessinger, story artist for Walt Disney animation studios “Young readers will ‘goblin up’ these wickedly humorous re-told favorites.” —Edith Hope Fine, author of Sleepytime Me

Monster Goose Nursery Rhymes

A rolling, action-packed space adventure; full of humorous pirate talk; an energetic and express read aloud; demonstrates problem solving with math; explains calculations in end notes; and full of exuberent, distinctive, and action-packed illustrations.What does 2 pirates + 1 robot equal? Tons of fun, plus lots of adventure, times masses of laughter! Robot Lagan might not agree with the mathematics of that equation, but in this thrilling, hilarious adventure about the things in life that really matter, young readers will soon learn that it absolutely adds up. (Packed full of facts about math and science!)

2 Pirates + 1 Robot

Nathan Waddell

Alexandra Seidel

Alex Hernandez

Sam Muller

asch

Carina Bissett

Lark Cerulean

Sarah Lyn Eaton

Gabriel Ertsgaard

Kayla J. Espinoza

Rebecca Hardy

Bettina Juszak

Evergreen Lee

Lex T. Lindsay

Jenni Meade

L. P. Melling

Hari Navarro

Leo Otherland

Taylor Rae

Milton Rookwood

Upon a Twice Time is the sequel collection to Upon a Once Time and gathers another diverse array of authors who continue to bring new focus to fairy tales by combining two well known stories with a literary genre of their choice.Upon a Twice Time contains the following tales re-imagined: The Adventures of Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland, Bearskin, Beauty and the Beast, The Boy Who Drew Cats, The Bronze Ring, Chang'e - Goddess of the Moon, Cinderella, The Elder-Tree Mother, The Fisherman and His Wife, Frau Holle, The Frog Prince, The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body, Godfather Death, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Grandaunt Tiger, Hansel and Gretel, Jack and the Beanstalk, The King of the Cats, The Little Mermaid, Little Red Riding Hood, Maid Maleen, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Nue Who Stole the Emperor's Sleep, Petrosinella, The Princess and the Pea, The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground, The Queen Bee, The Queen of Planets, Rapunzel, The Selfish Giant, The Shadow, Sinbad the Sailor, The Six Swans, Snow White, The Story of the Eagles, Tanglewood Tales, The Three Little Pigs, The Twa Sisters, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Water Nixie.

Upon a Twice Time

Henry Herz

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