Robin Cook is the author -- and Coma is the book -- for which the term "medical thriller" was first used. It's a spine-chilling shocker about a crime beyond imagining and the committed young medical student who brings it to light. The surgery was routine -- the kind performed many times a day at Boston's most prestigious hospital. The teams that worked in OR #8 were among the best in the world. But even their incredible skill couldn't make up for what was happening around them. Several patients, admitted to the hospital for minor surgery, never awoke. For some inexplicable reason, their brains had been destroyed.

The night belongs to them, and it will be a night eternal... After the blasts, it was all over. Nuclear Winter has settled upon the earth. Except for one hour of sunlight a day, the whole world is plunged into darkness. It is a near-perfect environment for vampires. They have won. It is their time. Almost every single man, woman and child has been enslaved in vast camps across the globe. Like animals, they are farmed, harvested for the sick pleasure of the Master Race. Almost, but not all. Somewhere out there, hiding for their lives, is a desperate network of free humans, continuing the seemingly hopeless resistance. Everyday people, with no other options - among them Dr Ephraim Goodweather, his son Zack, the veteran exterminator Vassily, and former gangbanger Gus. To be free, they need a miracle, they need divine intervention. But Salvation can be a twisted game - one in which they may be played like pawns in a battle of Good and Evil. And at what cost...?

Three scientists play God and give life to an experiment. Things go wrong. Who will get out alive?Dr. Henry Carter is called into work at the Endeavour Science Facility after his colleagues spot a problem with one of their experiments. Chiefly, that it is *working*. The experiment comes to life and rampages through the lab, while Carter and his partners attempt to stop it - and get out alive.

Lucy Frost must battle the vampires and her fellow zombies to protect one innocent mortal in a REAL clash of the titans!4 (and a half) thrilling fantasy/romance novels in one!From bestselling author W.J. May, 4 fantasy/paranormal books with a bonus excerpt of a new vampire series coming this spring. Each shade is a different genre of the fantasy, paranormal and romance – all from different series!A young adult anthology.RAE OF HOPE – THE CHRONICLES OF KERRIGANHow hard do you have to shake the family tree to find the truth about the past? SEVENTH MARK Part 1 – THE HIDDEN SECRETS SAGAAn ancient journal, a Sioghra necklace and a special mark force life-altering decisions for a girl who grew up unprepared to fight for her life or others. SHADOW OF DOUBT – Part 1When destiny takes control, that which is forbidden could destroy you. RADIUM HALOS – THE SENSELESS SERIESAn incredulous group of heroes. A traitor in their midst. Some dreams are written in blood.COURAGE RUNS RED – Except from the BLOOD RED SERIESWhat if courage was your only option?

Corporal Horatio White knows firsthand how General McClellan lost the Battle at Antietam Creek during the Civil War. Though the Union Army outnumbered Lee’s forces two to one and had the element of surprise, the battle would take a shocking turn.Corporal Horatio White knows firsthand how General McClellan lost the Battle at Antietam Creek during the Civil War. Though the Union Army outnumbered Lee’s forces two to one and had the element of surprise, the battle would take a shocking turn. After surviving the horrors of a full day of battle, Corporal White discovers the horror has only just begun. Despite being sworn to secrecy, White reveals the details of that day.

Troubled teens go missing every day. The police often brush them off as runaways. When one of these teens turns up, muttering and rambling about how her boyfriend was eaten, she is taken to the psych ward and her warnings are ignored. But the Order of St. George listened. Tom Reidy and his fellow monster hunters scour the city in an attempt to find out what terrible fate has befallen the teens.Troubled teens go missing every day. The police often brush them off as runaways. When one of these teens turns up, muttering and rambling about how her boyfriend was eaten, she is taken to the psych ward and her warnings are ignored. But the Order of St. George listened. Tom Reidy and his fellow monster hunters scour the city in an attempt to find out what terrible fate has befallen the teens. Will the answers be found beneath a fetid corner store?A FREE short story in the Reidy Chronicles.

A trio of short stories for those who love horror. Includes a sneak peak at the author's next novel, Shift, a sci-fi mystery.Dania Sonin's first publication comes in the form of three wonderfully crafted short stories. The theme that ties this together is a little dark, but a perfect start for this young author. Get a quick glimpse into the lives of three men struggling with the world around them. Loneliness and alienation drives them to do unspeakable things.Also included is a preview of Dania's first novel Shift. This sci-fi adventure promises to be action packed. A departure from the macabre, this mystery disguised as a science fiction novel will keep you on the edge of your seats.

The Winter Wonderland Dance was supposed to be a chance to get outside after the zombie outbreaks that had been plaguing the Carolinas all holiday season. But the heavy guards and all the adult supervision in the world couldn’t stop the Great New Year’s Outbreak of 2019, and now Cara Brent is stuck inside the Nightshade Gym with a dozen other unfortunate kids, awaiting the inevitable. Or will she…Anne Jones -- ordinary name of an ordinary person starting an ordinary office job. Was it her, or was every one of her colleagues completely insane? Was it her?

Two brothers do some shopping before closing time in a world that no longer belongs to them. A tie-in tale to the novel, "There is Something in the Dark".Rayne has been fighting for her life for three years against an alien enemy, on a distant planet, with no hope of rescue. When help finally arrives, it becomes a mixed blessing, because something is not right in her head. Psychological trauma, rage, and bitterness are the least of her worries as she fights for control over her mind. If only that were her only problem. The military suspects she's hiding something, they want it for themselves, and they're willing to do anything to get it. After losing everything, they're seeking to take the last thing Rayne has...her freedom.

From folklore of the Balkans to Vlad the Impaler, and 18-th century vampire hysteria, and on to Bram Stoker, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, and finally to Stephenie Meyer, they persist under the cover of the night.August is nine years old, and dreams of becoming a scientist. This is a dream that will never come true, because August is dying. The only dream that's left to him now is that of reaching his tenth birthday, on the last day of the month he was named after. Yet on the eve of that month, August gets two surprise visitors: time-travelling ravens Muninn and Huginn, come out of Norse mythology to bring him the science that he loves. On each of the final days of August, the birds take him back through time to an event in science that happened on that day - the writing of the Einstein-Szilard letter; the discovery of the first Neanderthal grave; helium and Hiroshima and hot air balloons... August comes to understand that these trips into science aren't simple kindnesses. They're ways for him to come to terms with his own death, to make peace with his mortality. And, if Muninn has her way, they'll give him a chance to cheat death after all...

More than two decades strong, the Saint-Germain cycle is one of the most compelling works of dark fantasy and horror of our age. Historically accurate, often involving key events or figures from throughout world history, these deeply emotional novels have a devoted readership. Each novel is written as a stand-alone and they are not chronologically consecutive, so readers may enter the saga with any book and move backward or forward in time as they choose, from Pharaonic Egypt to Paris in the 1700s, from the fall of the Roman Empire to World War II Europe.In An Embarrassment of Riches, the vampire Count finds himself a virtual prisoner in the Court of Kunigunde in Bohemia in the 1200s. Rakoczy Ferncsi, as Saint-Germain is known, passes his days making jewels to delight Queen Kunigunde and trying not to become involved in the Court's intrigues. In this, the vampire fails. Handsome, apparently wealthy, and obviously unmarried, he soon finds himself being sexually blackmailed by Rozsa, an ambitious lady-in-waiting. If he does not satisfy her, she will denounce him to the priests and he'll be burned at the stake, resulting in his True Death. Despite his care, the vampire makes more than one enemy at the Bohemian Court, and by the end of An Embarrassment of Riches, the Count can see only one road to freedom...through death.

Evelyn investigates a possible case of a modern day witch-hunt in upstate New York.Journey into the Darkside of the world with experienced hunter Evelyn Blackwood and ordinary New Yorker Zac Quinn as they unravel supernatural mysteries and save the innocent from the terrors of night.

A sweet little girl.A bullying big brother.A creepy old well.Beware of what you wish for.Get ready for engaging, and oddly humorous content in this month’s edition. Alessandro Cusimano and Jerry Williams will kick off this issue with speculative poetry that may disturb the deeper you wish to analyze. Then we present Richard Lee Landridge’s The Missing Limb, an excellent story of a horrific haunting that doesn’t rely on ghost and spirits, but rather the mind and body split in relation to a known medical phenomenon known as phantom limbs. After surviving a horrific night a slave to your own body’s sinister unconscious intentions, take a break from the bloodletting with Every Twenty-two Days. It’s a slightly dark tale with a hint of erotica with a man cursed to live in torment, denied of freedom and bliss until he can find that certain lay.

Mikey, on watch over his post-apocalyptic town wall, is confronted in the middle of a frigid January night by a dark-clad stranger seeking entry.The town wall in the middle of a frigid January night is no place for a scared kid to be. But Mikey understands his town faces many threats. The man who approaches the perimeter wearing a dark, ragged cloak surely can't be all that dangerous. But he gets the creeping sense that this is no ordinary stranger.

Emi Nakano just wants to eat carrion in peace. And thanks to a business deal she had going with Goro Nanase, that was possible...until a group of teenagers posed a threat to her way of life. No big deal, though. She'll just scare them off; how hard can it be? Jikininki is eighth story in the Bestiary Tales.In Prohibition-Era Kansas City, being a part of the underworld was sometimes both a figurative and literal concept. In an underground speakeasy located just outside of the metropolis, Paul Verconi was already aware of the risks involved in simply being where he was and who he was. On this rainy night, he'd been looking for nothing more than a few drinks to soothe his nerves before heading home. However, what came looking for Paul would prove to be even tougher to swallow than the diluted bootleg whiskey swirling in his dirty glass: a drop-dead gorgeous dame that was enigmatic, curiously silent ... and perhaps even dangerous.