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A new collection of weird western horror shorts with Porter Rockwell and a selection from the forthcoming novel IN MY TIME OF DYING.

The Golden Age is over. An army of evil is coming. Heroes are in short supply… It is the last days of the great Nephite nation and their civilization teeters on the brink of devastating war. Their blood-enemies and rival nation, the Lamanites, have sworn their destruction. As the conflict unfolds upon this ancient American landscape, courageous heroes fight to defend their people against ruthless forces of evil. Amaron and his Ten Scouts, Zelph the White Lamanite, and Anathoth the Lamanite general all must face the Gadianton Master Akish-Antum, as he orchestrates the greatest terror the ...

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Would you kill your last friend to save his soul? Memento Mori is Latin for "Remember to Die" and nobody needs to remind Elizabeth Dee about death. There are far too many enemies seeking her life at any given time. Good thing she has the "Saint" of killers on her side, the gunfighter Orrin Porter Rockwell, because she needs all the help she can get fulfilling her mission to help the immortal magus John Dee on his quest for eternal peace. But what if she doesn't want her mentor, friend, and even her great, great, great (you get the idea) grandfather to die? Can she let him go? Or even worse-...

Air locks. Gas masks. Skyscraper-sized pipes. Secret trams. Broken elevators. Natural disasters aren’t the only thing that Matt, Cody, Catherine, Stacy, and Darin must overcome. What lurks beneath Camp New Beginnings is the real threat. While the mystery behind the natural disasters and Camp New Beginnings is slowly unraveling, the journey to find the cryovault burns hotter than ever for Matt and his group. But with camp fully destroyed, is "the Sev" their only place for refuge? Or will all their clues lead them to another dead end?

“From the wrath of the Northmen, O Lord, deliver us.”—Old French PrayerFrom demon haunted ruins to burning ships manned by eldritch foes, these 21 tales and verse of Sword & Sorcery transport you to realms of terrifying horror and exquisite wonder. The Mad Song and other tales of Sword and Sorcery, a dark fantasy anthology of previously published stories by David J. West is part of his Lit Pulp collection, these are fantasy fiction in the style of Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, H.P. Lovecraft and Karl Edward Wagner with a touch of Joe Abercrombie thrown in for good measure.Praise for...

A FANTASY TALE OF DEATH AND HONOR When desert nomad Ahimoth, takes in defeated conqueror Seantum, extending him the hospitality of his people, he is obligated to defend his guest against all foes whether they be forces of nature, man or worse. But when the victorious enemy insults Ahimoth and takes Seantum prisoner, the nomad's honor cannot rest until he sets things right and the Hand of Fate will not allow him to turn the other cheek.