"Reality is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there." -John Barth
by Cherie Priest “And if there are gods after all, perhaps we should not struggle so hard to get their attention, if this is the attention they would lavish upon us.” The Lizzie Borden murders shocked the world, and now we get the real scoop on what happened. Yes, madness was present, and yes, as... Continue Reading →
by Hugh Howey "It was supposed to be people who died and cultures that lasted. Now it was the other way around." Prequel to the best-selling Wool and containing a few of the same characters, in Shift Howey charges himself with reasoning how and why the world ended. Despite the majority of the action happening... Continue Reading →
by Unknown “Inform, repleat, instruct, restore, correct, and refine me, that I may be made new in the understanding of thy Precepts, and in receiving the Sciences which are profitable for my Soul and Body, and for all faithful believers in the Name which is blessed forever, world without end.” Edited by Joseph H. Peterson... Continue Reading →
by H.P. Lovecraft “. . . do not calle up That which you can not put downe” Dependent upon your specific definition, this is the only novel written by Lovecraft. His other works of some length beyond short stories do not reach the word count of this tale and are generally considered novellas. Charles Ward,... Continue Reading →
by Clive Barker "This was my father you just murdered!" "Yes. I see the resemblance." Originally published as 6 very short short stories, Tortured Souls was written to back up a line of 6 toys Barker released. These backstories helped fill out the characters of his toys and work together surprisingly well considering their origins.... Continue Reading →
by Thomas Cranham “Because outside the walls the monster (no dragon but pain) had arrived and it struck the barrier with tooth and claw, fire and fist, and little Emily’s defender, her knight was nowhere to be seen.” Consisting of six dark tales and a novella and written by one of the CD forum’s very... Continue Reading →
by Neil Gaiman “If you walk the path, eventually you must arrive at the cave.” A small man, half-human, enlists the help of a gruff mountain-dweller to guide him as they embark on a journey to a fabled cave in the mountains rumored to contain limitless gold. Told in a fairy-tale style, most of the... Continue Reading →
by Matthew Gregory Lewis “Though I forgive your breaking your vows to heaven, I expect you to keep your vows to me.” Well over 200 years old, The Monk details the fall of the most pious man the world knows. Ambrosia the hero-monk, the sinless man of God revered above all others, is softened by... Continue Reading →
by Various Authors (Stephen Jones - Editor) (on fairies) “But they can’t have memories. They don’t know their name. Don’t have a favourite smell or sound, a longed-for taste or a book in which they might lose themselves. They have nothing.” Peter Crowther – "The Artemis Line" Based on the tales of the brothers Grimm,... Continue Reading →
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