Matt Betts

It's What's Inside That Counts Something lurks inside Deena Riordan. She never once questioned her life in the criminal underworld as the star of Mr. Marsh's illegal empire and his youngest assassin. Her ruthless demeanor and dark magical powers have kept her at the top of the heap for years. But one day she pushes the sorcery too far and something snaps. Only then does Deena realize she's always been a puppet of that dark power with no true will of her own. Now, in order to get out of the crime business for good, she needs to save her sister from Marsh's angry clutches. It won't be easy. She'll have to make her way through friends turned foes, dodge determined federal agents, and stay out of a particularly stubborn fellow hitman's sights. Worst of all, Deena will have to wrestle with the darkness inside to keep it from swallowing her up again.

Indelible Ink

Gone Where the Goblins Go

Mercedes M. Yardley

Christine Taylor Butler

Sandra Rosner

Maire Bilodeau

Donna J.W. Munro

Z.D. Gladstone

Along the Elizabeth River in Norfolk stands an unassuming diner where love and misery are on the menu. The Brass Bough Cafe is a popular place full of regulars, but something is very wrong. It's Tuesday, or so it says on the paper every day. When weary traveler, Ginette, arrives from France with a blank notebook meant to capture the world around her, she finds more than meets the eye. The unwitting diner patrons and a tenacious cat pull her out of despair, forcing her to see the real diner before her. Cosmic forces are at play, and in order to escape the dangers inside the diner, Ginette must confront her past and fill the pages with the truth of what she can see of the Dark Reflections. Blue Plate Special is the first in a shared world series that will bring to life the madness and mystery behind the Dark Reflections illustrated collection by artist Jeff Lee Johnson. Join our authors as they wander into this seemingly normal place and into a world that clatters, slinks, and drips. Looks aren't everything, and nothing is as it seems. Come for breakfast, stay for the pie. You might never want to leave. Take a meander from places labeled normal to a world that clatters, slinks, and drips. Looks aren't everything, and nothing is as it seems.

Blue Plate Special

Killer Shark? Check. Godzilla? Check. Robots? Check. Bigfoot? Check. Elvis? Check. What more could you want in your poetry? Rhymes? "...some fine examples of speculative poetry that manage to cut a razor's edge between funny and poignant without alienating a reader." - Aaron Polson, SkullSaladReviews "There is good poetry out there. Poetry that does not have its head inserted rectally, yet still possessing the intellect and heart to provide continued interest. Case in point: Matt Betts." - Anton Cancre, HorrorNewsNet

See No Evil, Say No Evil

The Civil War has ended but not because the South surrendered, instead it's on hold while both sides face a new enemy-the chewers, dead men who've come back to life. Cyrus Joseph Spencer didn't fight in the war and couldn't care less about the United Nations of America that resulted from it. His main concern is making money and protecting his crew from all manner of danger. But when tragedy strikes he's forced to take shelter onboard a dirigible piloted by the U.N.'s peace-keeping force. It's soon apparent that many more dangers are lurking and Cyrus must decide whether to throw in with strangers in a desperate bid to protect the country or cast off on his own.

Matt Betts

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