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Crossroad Press is a new kind of publishing house – digital books formatted for a wide array of e-readers, and high-quality unabridged audiobooks downloadable to your MP3 player or computer. Crossroad Press is a DRM FREE ZONE. We believe in fair pricing, the lion’s share of profit in the hands of the authors and narrators, and following close on the cutting edge of progress as the face of publishing and alternative media changes. Welcome to the digital revolution.

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The Kill Riff    by David J Schow
Price: $2.99 USD. 121400 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 6, 2012. .
Lucas dreams it every night: the rockshow, flashy, ear-pounding, chaotic. The frothed-up mob that storms the stage. The death of his daughter Kristen, trampled in a sudden surge of tribal frenzy. In Lucas Ellington’s eyes, the audience is blameless. His child was murdered by the main event — Whip Hand, the ultimate party band.
SGA-08 Blood Ties    by Sonny Whitelaw
Price: $4.99 USD. 99300 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 2, 2012. .
By Sonny Whitelaw & Elizabeth Christensen Creatures of the night… When a series of gruesome murders are uncovered around the world, the trail leads back to the SGC — and far beyond…
SGA-06 Entanglement    by Martha Wells
Price: $4.99 USD. 75430 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 2, 2012. .
Leap of faith… When Dr. Rodney McKay unlocks an Ancient mystery on a distant moon, he discovers a terrifying threat to the Pegasus galaxy.
STARGATE SG1-12 Do No Harm    by Karen Miller
Price: $4.99 USD. 133300 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 1, 2012. .
Killing time… Stargate Command is in crisis — too many teams wounded, too many dead. Tensions are running high and, with the pressure to deliver tangible results never greater, General Hammond is forced to call in the Pentagon strike team to plug the holes.
Sisters in Mystery    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 24070 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 28, 2012. .
For lovers of the Nancy Drew mysteries, here she is -- times four! Four modern-day Little Women, each with her own charms and talents, solve mysteries in the beautiful New Jersey shore town of Ocean City. In "The Case of the Missing Script," a famously quirky movie director finds himself in a tight spot, and only the Sheridan sisters, Meg, Biz (The Brain), Ames and Josie.
Incursion - Book #4 of the O.C.L.T. Series    by Aaron Rosenberg
Price: $2.99 USD. 82260 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 27, 2012. .
R.C. Hayes has settled into his job with the FBI, and put behind him the strange incident that ended his military career. But when he and his partner are sent to the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana to look into a murder, events take an unsettling and eerily familiar turn. R.C. struggles to solve the case as deaths pile up around him and as the situation takes a decidedly unnatural cast.
Years Without Hope    by Werner Juretzko
Price: $3.99 USD. 57370 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 25, 2012. .
In 1955, Werner I Juretzko was accused of and tried for anti communist activities. He was sentenced to 13 years of incarceration for so-called ”crimes against Article 6 of the Constitution” of the German Democratic Republic. This is his story.
Night Freight    by Bill  Pronzini
Price: $3.99 USD. 74430 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 23, 2012. .
Pronzini makes people and events so real that you are living those explosive days of terror. An empty train yard at midnight...a small cabin bathed in the light of a full moon...a seedy Skid Row hotel in San Francisco...These are the places where fear lives, where the chill in the air has nothing to do with the temperature, and where Death can be someone youve already met.
Blood of the Impaler    by Jeffrey  Sackett
Price: $2.99 USD. 126640 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 14, 2012. .
Malcolm Harker is an educated man. To unmask the lie that his family has accepted as truth, Harker must find the crypt of Vlad of Wallachia, the man once known as the Impaler. He must prove that the vampire prince has no power over the blood coursing through his veins. But when the century-old princess of the Undead arises, the blood calls - and Malcolm will answer.
Empire of Dust - The Searchers -Book II    by Chet Williamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 103780 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 13, 2012. .
Laika Harris, Tony Luciano, and Joseph Stein are the Searchers – deep cover government agents directed by a man they dare not trust, exploring phenomena they cannot fathom. Now their hunt for the mysterious entity known as the Prisoner is leading them to a desiccated corpse in the Southwestern desert … and into the deadly midst of violent fanatics determined to set the enigmatic captive free.
The James Bond Bedside Companion    by Raymond Benson
Price: $4.99 USD. 178340 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 6, 2012. .
New digital edition of the classic 007 reference book from the 1980s, complete with a new Foreword by the author.
Two Fisted Nasty    by Steve Vernon
Price: $2.99 USD. 24460 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 4, 2012. .
Welcome to the hard streets. These are four of the nastiest stories Steve Vernon has ever written. Leftovers, Soul Survivor, Statistic, and Dopple Dribble.
The Abenda Chronicles    by Tara Sutphen
Price: $2.99 USD. 41590 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 27, 2011. .
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This is volume I of the letters Tara Sutphen has made public over a long journey exploring Automatic writing and the worlds of the spirits. This first volume covers 1992-1997.
Murgunstrumm and Others    by Hugh B. Cave
Price: $4.99 USD. 209780 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 19, 2011. .
Winner of the 1978 World Fantasy Award For Best Collection Long before he became the author of polished romances for the slick magazines, of best-seller novels and firsthand-researched travel books -- Hugh B. Cave wrote some of the most grisly and chilling horror stories ever to appear in the pulps. Be warned. This is a collection of Horror Tales.
People Are Strange    by James Newman
Price: $3.99 USD. 28210 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 19, 2011. .
As the title would indicate, people are the monsters in this collection of nine tales from the pen of author James Newman (The Wicked, and Midnight Rain). There is darkness here, but served up with a hint of black humor.
Torment    by Raymond Benson
Price: $2.99 USD. 77350 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 15, 2011. .
Rick Shepherd is an ordinary guy from the midwest with a history of depression and a hospital stay for a nervous breakdown. After a bizarre encounter at a tourist-trap voodoo show where he is “cursed” by an actor supposedly possessed by a spirit, he meets a beautiful young woman named Larissa. Before he leaves the island, she gives him a cursed medallion known as the "Heart of Erzulie."
Sweetie's Diamonds    by Raymond Benson
Price: $2.99 USD. 90490 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 15, 2011. .
Diane Boston lives with her Marfan syndrome-afflicted 13-year-old son in a suburb of Chicago and teaches social studies at the high school, with the students even voting her Teacher of the Year. But she has some dark secrets. Her ex-husband Greg always suspected that Diane kept things from him, but he has no idea just how right he is, like when she disappeared and took a cache of stolen diamonds.
Face Blind    by Raymond Benson
Price: $2.99 USD. 76780 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 15, 2011. .
Imagine a world where you don't recognize the human face. That's Hannah's condition--"prosopagnosia," or "face blindness"--when the brain center that recognizes faces is inoperable. The onset of the condition occurred when she was attacked by an unknown assailant in the inner lobby of her New York City apartment building. And now she thinks he's back, and not just in her dreams.
Evil Hours    by Raymond Benson
Price: $2.99 USD. 82040 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 15, 2011. .
Shannon Reece's mother was one of several women murdered in the small Texas town of Limite when Shannon was six years old. Her mother's alleged killer was convicted and sent to jail, where he was subsequently killed by fellow inmates. Now, 26 years later, Shannon has decided that the unresolved questions about the case, which continue to haunt her, can no longer be ignored.
Dark Side of the Morgue    by Raymond Benson
Price: $2.99 USD. 73570 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 15, 2011. .
Spike Berenger is back in another Rock ‘n’ Roll Hit! Musicians in progressive rock bands in Chicago are being murdered—one by one. The local police have no clues, but several of the musicians who fear they’re next on the hit list claim that the killer is a ghost from the past—a woman who was reported missing and presumed dead for over thirty years!
A Hard Day's Death    by Raymond Benson
Price: $2.99 USD. 80340 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 15, 2011. .
Former James Bond novelist Raymond Benson hits his stride with the release of the first book in his new Rock ‘n’ Roll Detective series. A Hard Day’s Death introduces Spike Berenger, a private investigator specializing in cases in the rock music industry. If Spike’s debut is any indication, here’s hoping he’s walking these mean musical streets of rock for many more cases.
Artifact of Evil    by Raymond Benson
Price: $2.99 USD. 70870 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 15, 2011. .
When his ranch hand's newborn son is abducted from the hospital's maternity ward and found dead hours later in a trash dumpster, former FBI agent and West Texan Rusty "Red" River resolves to bring the perpetrators to justice. A string of similar child abduction/murders all have one peculiar "signature" in common—the babies' heads are marked with the Arabic equivalent to the letter "L."
SG1-18 Transitions    by Sabine C. Bauer
Price: $4.99 USD. 96200 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 12, 2011. .
After her mother’s death, Cassie Fraiser is moving on. So she thinks. But there are dangerous forces at work and she soon finds herself caught up in a situation far beyond her control. It’s a good thing Colonel Carter was keeping an eye on her.
SG1-14 Valhalla    by Tim Waggoner
Price: $4.99 USD. 75260 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 12, 2011. .
Fields of dreams Upon the legendary fields of Valhalla, the spirits of Viking warriors do eternal battle in service to their god, Odin. By night they feast and toast the fallen, but at dawn the dead are restored to fight until the end of times.
SG1-13 Hydra    by Holly Scott
Price: $4.99 USD. 89360 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 12, 2011. .
The faces of evil Rumours and accusations are reaching Stargate Command, and nothing is making sense. When SG-1 is met with fear and loathing on a peaceful world, and Master Bra’tac lays allegations of war crimes at their feet, they know they must investigate.
SG1-11 The Barque of Heaven    by Suzanne Wood
Price: $4.99 USD. 108990 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 12, 2011. .
Through the underworld… Millennia ago, at the height of his power, the System Lord Ra decreed that any Goa’uld wishing to serve him must endure a great trial.Victory meant power and prestige, defeat brought banishment and death.
SG1-10 Relativity    by James  Swallow
Price: $4.99 USD. 105140 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 12, 2011. .
Future Imperfect... When SG-1 encounter the Pack - a nomadic space-faring people who have fled Goa'uld domination for generations - it seems as though a trade of technologies will benefit both sides.
SGA-12 Dead End    by Chris Wraight
Price: $4.99 USD. 78170 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 12, 2011. .
Trapped on a planet being consumed by a runaway ice age, Colonel Sheppard and his team discover a people long disregarded by the Ancients. With the Stargate inoperable and their Puddle Jumper damaged, there is no way for Sheppard’s team to escape the killing cold. Death seems inevitable until they are rescued by the Forgotten, a people abandoned by those who once protected them.
SGA-11 Angelus    by Peter J. Evans
Price: $4.99 USD. 105330 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 12, 2011. .
Fear to tread… With their core directive restored, the Asurans have begun to attack the Wraith on multiple fronts. Under the command of Colonel Ellis, the Apollo is dispatched to observe the battlefront, but Ellis’s orders not to intervene are quickly breached when an Ancient ship drops out of hyperspace.
SGA-10 Nightfall    by James  Swallow
Price: $4.99 USD. 96320 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 12, 2011. .
The rock of Aegis… Deception and lies abound on the peaceful planet of Heruun, protected from the Wraith for generations by their mysterious guardian — the Aegis. But with the planet falling victim to an incurable wasting sickness, and two of Colonel Sheppard’s team going missing, the secrets of the Aegis must be revealed.
The Belhurst Story    by David Sakmyster
Price: $3.99 USD. 24830 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 11, 2011. .
On a cliff overlooking Seneca Lake in upstate New York, the Belhurst Castle proudly stands at the site of previous mansions and Indian fortresses, a place riddled with history and fantastic legends. Rumors abound of hauntings, hidden treasure, underground tunnels, and a curse on those who disturb old burial grounds. Eccentric and passionate individuals lived and died here over the centuries.
My Soul to Keep - The Origin of Donovan DeChance    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 21790 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 10, 2011. .
Donovan DeChance is a collector of ancient manuscripts and books, a practicing mage, and a private investigator. He is also a very private man, and he is in love. When he invites his partner and lover, Amethyst, for a quiet dinner, she has no idea of his true intention. Donovan has planned a sharing - a vision that will give her the keys to his early life and the origins of his power.
SGA-09 Mirror Mirror    by Sabine C. Bauer
Price: $4.99 USD. 120730 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 10, 2011. .
Too good to be true… When an Ancient prodigy gives the Atlantis expedition Charybdis — a device capable of eliminating the Wraith — it’s an offer they can’t refuse. But the experiment fails disastrously, threatening to unravel the fabric of the Pegasus Galaxy — and the entire universe beyond.
SGA-07 Casualties of War    by Elizabeth Christensen
Price: $4.99 USD. 88820 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 10, 2011. .
Burden of command… It’s a dark time for Atlantis. Following the first Asuran clashes, Colonel Sheppard is buckling under the strain of command. When his team discovers Ancient technology which can defeat the Asuran menace, he is determined that Atlantis must possess it — at all costs.
SGA-01 Rising    by Sally Malcolm
Price: $4.99 USD. 45300 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 8, 2011. .
Atlantis will rise again… Following the discovery of an Ancient outpost buried deep in the Antarctic ice sheet, Stargate Command sends a new team of explorers through the Stargate to the distant Pegasus galaxy. Emerging in an abandoned Ancient city, the team quickly confirms that they have found the Lost City of Atlantis.
SGA-05 Exogenesis    by Sonny Whitelaw
Price: $4.99 USD. 101120 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 8, 2011. .
The eye of the beholder… When Dr. Carson Beckett disturbs the rest of two longdead Ancients, he unleashes devastating consequences of global proportions.
SG1-09 Roswell    by Sonny Whitelaw
Price: $4.99 USD. 101290 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 8, 2011. .
A stitch in time… When a Stargate malfunction throws Colonel Cameron Mitchell, Dr. Daniel Jackson, Colonel Sam Carter and Teal’c back in time, they only have minutes to live.
SG1-08 Alliances    by Karen Miller
Price: $4.99 USD. 102770 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 8, 2011. .
When Jacob Carter asks General Hammond for SG-1's participation in a mission for the Tok'ra, it seems like the answer to O'Neill's dilemma. The secretive Tok'ra are running out of hosts, and Jacob believes he's found the answer-but it means O'Neill and his team must risk their lives infiltrating a Goa'uld slave breeding farm to recruit humans willing to join the Tok'ra.
SGA-04 Halcyon    by James  Swallow
Price: $4.99 USD. 103090 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 5, 2011. .
In their ongoing quest for new allies, Atlantis's flagship team travel to Halcyon, a grim industrial world where the Wraith are no longer feared — they are hunted. Horrified by the brutality of Halcyon's warlike people, Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard soon becomes caught in the political machinations of Halcyon's aristocracy.
SGA-03 The Chosen    by Sonny Whitelaw
Price: $4.99 USD. 104860 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 5, 2011. .
With Ancient technology scattered across the Pegasus galaxy, the Atlantis team is not surprised to find it in use on a world once defended by Dalera, an Ancient who was cast out of her society for falling in love with a human.
SG1-07 Survival of the Fittest    by Sabine C. Bauer
Price: $4.99 USD. 127790 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 5, 2011. .
An eye for an eye… Colonel Frank Simmons has never been a friend to SG-1. Working for the shadowy government organization, the NID, he has hatched a horrifying plan to create an army as devastatingly effective as that of any Goa’uld.
SG1-06 Siren Song    by Holly Scott
Price: $4.99 USD. 112960 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 5, 2011. .
By Holly Scott & Jamie Duncan The enemy within… Bounty-hunter Aris Boch once more has his sights on SG-1. But this time Boch isn’t interested in trading them for cash. He needs the unique talents of Dr. Daniel Jackson – and he’ll do anything to get them.
SG1-05 The Cost of Honor    by Sally Malcolm
Price: $4.99 USD. 120540 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 2, 2011. .
No one gets left behind... Following on from the success of their first mission to recover ancient anti-gravity technology, SG-1 set off to rescue Major Henry Boyd and the rest of SG-10 from the edge of a black hole. But the rescue attempt has unforeseen ramifications which force them to confront a monstrous secret on the homeworld of the Kinahhi.
SGU-1 Air    by James  Swallow
Price: $4.99 USD. 83000 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 2, 2011. .
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Without food, supplies, or a way home, Colonel Everett Young finds himself in charge of a mission that has gone wrong before it has even begun. Stranded and alone on the far side of the universe, the mismatched team of scientists, technicians, and military personnel have only one objective: staying alive.
City of the Gods    by Sonny Whitelaw
Price: $4.99 USD. 78050 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 2, 2011. .
When a Crystal Skull is discovered beneath the pyramid of the Sun in Mexico, it ignites a cataclysmic chain of events that maroons SG-1 on a dying world. Xalótcan is a brutal society, steeped in death and sacrifice, where the bloody gods of the Aztecs demand tribute from a fearful and superstitious population. But that’s the least of Colonel Jack O’Neill’s problems.
SG1-03 A Matter of Honor    by Sally Malcolm
Price: $4.99 USD. 80710 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 1, 2011. .
Five years after Major Henry Boyd and his team, SG-10, were trapped on the edge of a black hole, Colonel Jack O’Neill discovers a device that could bring them home. But it’s owned by the Kinahhi, an advanced and paranoid people, besieged by a ruthless foe. Unwilling to share the technology, the Kinahhi are pursuing their own agenda in the negotiations with Earth’s diplomatic delegation.
SG1-02 Sacrifice Moon    by Julie Fortune
Price: $4.99 USD. 74280 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 1, 2011. .
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The Goddess hunts... Just four days after Major Kawalsky’s death, Colonel Jack O’Neill leads the newly commissioned SG-1 on their first mission through the Stargate. Their destination is Chalcis, a peaceful society at the heart of the Helos Confederacy of planets. But Chalcis harbors a dark secret, one that pitches SG-1 into a world of bloody chaos, betrayal and madness.
SG1-1 Trial by Fire    by Sabine C. Bauer
Price: $4.99 USD. 77510 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 30, 2011. .
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Trial by Fire, the first Stargate SG-1 novel from Fandemonium Books, follows the team as they embark on a mission to Tyros, an ancient society teetering on the brink of war. A pious people, the Tyreans are devoted to the Canaanite deity, Meleq. When their spiritual leader is savagely murdered during a mission of peace, they beg SG-1 for help against their sworn enemies, the Phrygians.
SGA-18 Allegiance    by Melissa  Scott
Price: $4.99 USD. 107660 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 30, 2011. .
Enemies and friends Reeling from the shocking discovery of Rodney McKay’s fate, Colonel Sheppard and his team retreat to Atlantis to regroup. With Rodney not only in the hands of the Wraith, but apparently working for them, Atlantis faces a new danger — their own man, turned against them.
The Children of the Island    by T. M. Wright
Price: $2.99 USD. 63790 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 25, 2011. .
Homecoming.Now once again, after so many centuries, they stood upon the island. Manhattan Island. The place which, before the buildings had been put up to cut the sky apart and before the subways sliced through the earth, had been the place of their birth. The place where they had first sprung up. People were going to learn ...
Sleuths    by Bill  Pronzini
Price: $3.99 USD. 77850 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 23, 2011. .
For over thirty years, Bill Pronzini has created fictional sleuths. The most famous dubbed the "Nameless Detective" appeared in twenty-five novels. But there are many others.
Oddments    by Bill  Pronzini
Price: $3.99 USD. 54900 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 23, 2011. .
Plump, nondescript Theodore Conway works as a file clerk in a Manhattan law firm. His passion is collecting memorabilia related to the pulp-fiction heroes of his youth, especially The Shadow. Then one day this quiet little man learns that he, too, has the supernatural power "to cloud men's minds" and fight crime under the cloak of invisibility.
Hornet's Nest    by William H. Labarge
Price: $3.99 USD. 76040 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 23, 2011. .
Sweetwater and Sundance were the hottest Top Gun fly-boys in the Navy. But the Persian Gulf gave a new meaning to the word "hell." Now on a Top Secret mission, Sweetwater and company are out to destroy Iranian ships laying mines in the gulf. This mission sends a loud message to the leaders of Iran, Iraq,
Fear    by Ronald Kelly
Price: $3.99 USD. 149200 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 23, 2011. .
It was a legend in Fear County... a hideous, flesh-eating creature - part snake, part earthbound demon - that feasted on the blood of innocent children in the cold black heart of the Tennessee backwoods. But ten-year-old Jeb Sweeny knows the horrible stories are true. His best friend Mandy just up and disappeared.
City of Blinding Lights    by Roger Dale Trexler
Price: $2.99 USD. 27760 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 23, 2011. .
It happened.....nuclear war. In a cave in the hills outside Jonesboro, Illinois, three teenagers hid from the darkness and radiation of nuclear winter. Then, one day, a brilliant white light filled the heavens. Was it a sign from God? Their salvation? Or had the terrorists who started the war found a way to finish off those who survived?
The Martyring    by Thomas Sullivan
Price: $3.99 USD. 61920 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 15, 2011. .
Kurt Hauptmann will learn to make stained glass to help men see the glory of God, one of the many bizarre heritages handed down from his ancestry. But the family has other, more frightening secrets. The path to God runs through darkness as well as light. And the bond of a family is blood, its own and that of its enemies.
The Man in the Window    by C. Dennis Moore
Price: $2.99 USD. 45730 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 14, 2011. .
When Todd Morgan finally moved out on his own, the last thing he expected was the feeling of isolation that came with breaking his leg in a new town, far from his home. That feeling only got worse when the man in the window showed up, a small somehow familiar man who did nothing, just stood there and stared.
The Ice Downstream    by Melanie Tem
Price: $2.99 USD. 79540 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 13, 2011. .
Nineteen tales of dark, psychological horror from the pen of one of the modern masters of dark Fiction, award-winning author Melanie Tem. Contents include: The Ice Downstream / Sitting with the Driver / The Rock / The Co-op / Secrets / Daddy's Side / Loving Delia / Aspen Graffiti / Chameleon / The Better Half / Memento Mori / Trail of Crumbs / Pandorette's Mother / Pele & More.
Shades of Evil    by Hugh B. Cave
Price: $2.99 USD. 84720 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 13, 2011. .
The mist rose out of the lake, a slow white swirl stark against the night. It took shape, changed shape - a bird, a snake, a woman. It floated, searching for something and not finding it, killed randomly... SHADES OF EVIL Where thepowers of voodoo and obeah meet in a clash of supernatural wills.
Prodigal Blues    by Gary Braunbeck
Price: $3.99 USD. 88030 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 13, 2011. .
children have suffered, but how they eventually learned to fight back and how they discovered that Grendel and his practices are at the center of a very complex network catering to those who tastes run toward the molestation and mutilation of children.
Case File - A Collection of Nameless Detective Stories    by Bill  Pronzini
Price: $3.99 USD. 79360 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 13, 2011. .
It was fifteen years ago when the big, sort-of-sloppy, brew-loving P.I. appeared on the scene, dazzling readers with keen solutions to seemingly unsolvable crimes. And just as his disheveled demeanor gave no hint of the brilliant mind that lay behind it, his lack of a moniker said nothing about his rising popularity with mystery readers everywhere.
City of Iron - The Searchers Book I    by Chet Williamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 104700 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 13, 2011. .
Something is out there, and everything we know, everything we believe, everything we are – is doomed. Their identities are a secret. Their mission does not exist. There is no one they can trust…not even the one man pulling the strings.
Thrust    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $0.99 USD. 36150 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 13, 2011. .
Chase is a performance poet with a history of mental illness who's spent time in jail and hospitals while trying to deal with traumas from his past. A cult figure in New York City, he's as well known for his mania as he is for his poetry. During a reading, Chase sees a woman he believed had died on the ward due to the cruelty of a brutal guard.
Abed    by Elizabeth Massie
Price: $0.99 USD. 3850 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 29, 2011. .
Abed - called one of the most disturbing horror stories ever written - was first published in the anthology STILL DEAD, edited by John Skipp & Craig Spector. You've seen plenty of stories of zombies, decapitation, "double-tapping" and gore...but if you've never experienced this story (now a film by Ryan Lieske...
Undertaker's Moon    by Ronald Kelly
Price: $4.99 USD. 138910 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 28, 2011. .
As the residents of Old Hickory, as well as the local police, begin to fall victim to an unknown evil, four individuals—the town nerd, a high school jock, a widowed gunsith, and a mysterious transient from a distant shore—find themselves facing what could possibly be a hellish lycanthrope from ancient Ireland … the legendary Arget Bethir … the Silver Beast.
Alien Dreams    by John B. Rosenman
Price: $2.99 USD. 86710 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 28, 2011. .
Killer angels are roaming outer space looking for their messiah. If Captain Latimore can’t make them believe he’s the one, everyone on his crew – and many more besides – will die.
Azarius    by Sidney Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 118110 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 28, 2011. .
Something was stalking Jennifer. Threatening phone calls, strange noises, a feeling that someone was watching, waiting. No matter how much police protection her rich father provided, no matter how much comfort she got from the nice young man next door, her terror grew. She got a guard dog. A bodyguard. Still, the gloved hand holding the bloody knife slipped through a crack in her bedroom door...
Blind Side    by William Bayer
Price: $2.99 USD. 91760 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 28, 2011. .
Geoffrey Barnett is a photographer. Due to a mysterious trauma in his past, he has for many years been unable to photograph people. When Kimberly Yates suddenly enters his life, Geoffrey's world is turned upside down. She nurtures him back to life-emotionally, mentally and sexually. Eventually he is able to photograph her. Then she disappears...
The Fabulous Showman : A Biography of P. T. Barnum    by Irving Wallace
Price: $3.99 USD. 95230 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 26, 2011. .
Besides the towering figure of Barnum himself, this book's cast of characters includes not only Jenny Lind, Jumbo, and Tom Thumb, but also such ill-assorted figures a Chang and Eng (the original Siamese Twins), Queen Victoria herself, captive white whales, "The Feejee Mermaid," and Abraham Lincoln. This is far and away the best biography of one of the most fascinating of all Americans.
Ask the Dice    by Ed Lynskey
Price: $3.99 USD. 63980 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 26, 2011. .
Over the past two decades, Tommy Mack Zane has faithfully worked as a contract killer for Watson Ogg, the Washington, D.C. crime boss. Now middle age creeping up finds Tommy Mack edgy, jaded, and weary of his grisly trade. As he contemplates retirement, he is framed for the murder of Mr. Ogg’s niece.
Dystopia    by Richard Christian Matheson
Price: $4.99 USD. 92780 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 21, 2011. .
The critically acclaimed collection of Richard Christian Matheson's stories of dread and the 'irreal'. Inescapably troubling and bizarre, these sixty stories are severe and immediate. These stories are a scape of ominous excess and psychological revelation. Matheson's heralded style is, as always, both distilled and hypnotic.
Gun in Cheek : An Affectionate Guide to the Worst in Mystery Fiction    by Bill  Pronzini
Price: $3.99 USD. 81820 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 21, 2011. .
Love mystery? Then you'll love this book. Hate mystery? Then YOU'LL love this book. Pronzini is a fount of information about the "best" (read: hilariously inept) in mystery fiction. He's read every book ever written in the genre, it seems, and shows genuine affection for the form.
Maelstrom    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $3.99 USD. 107960 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 21, 2011. .
(4.00)
Something in Lavender, California is waking up. Rituals not properly completed for centuries are coming together. Nothing is what it seems. Nick Leatherman and his friends find themselves pitted against ancient evil, Nick's alcoholic step-father, and a local television host in a battle for their lives and possibly their souls. Includes the novelette : The Haunting of Victor Drahos
Shadows Everywhere    by John Lutz
Price: $3.99 USD. 44420 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 20, 2011. .
Twelve tales of mystery from the pen of bestelling author John Lutz, Shadows everywhere collects much of the author's early work. You'll meet everyone from a "hardscrabble farm woman" to a volatile trucker with an explosive cargo, a cliff driver with dreams of gold, and women who are digging for it. Not every PI is a good guy, and not every villain gets his due.
The Seventh Secret    by Irving Wallace
Price: $4.99 USD. 112690 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 19, 2011. .
Armed only with a dentist's letter, her notes, and the determination to finish her father's book, Emily Ashcroft heads to Berlin. She is joined by a Russian museum curator, an American architect, and a Mossad agent, posing as a reporter. Together they uncover what may be the greatest hoax ever perpetrated – the faked death of Hitler and the plot to return the Nazi Party to power.
Cold Night    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 47600 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 17, 2011. .
Jack Paine, is battling alcoholism after a troubled youth, and his current case makes the struggle harder. Calling for an envelope as instructed by a phone call from a client, Morris Grumbach, Paine finds Grumbach dead, an apparent suicide. He has left photos of three men for the detective, slim clues to deeply buried crimes.
The Cleanup    by John Skipp
Price: $3.99 USD. 120330 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 15, 2011. .
Yesterday, Billy Rowe was just another tragically talented loser that the city had chewed up and spat back down on the streets - that was before a young woman was brutally murdered before his eyes. That was before the hideous creatures crawled out of the shadows to call him by name. That was before Billy Rowe discovered the Power. And with it, his mission...The Cleanup.
Fires Rising    by Michael Laimo
Price: $2.99 USD. 76330 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 15, 2011. .
This is where a group of bums and a lonely Father come together to attempt to save the world from the evils of the chalice of doom. Wielding only a holy relic, a measly string of wooden beads with a dangling old cross, this team seems only doomed to fail against a massive collection of power tools held by strong tattooed arms of construction workers.
Cruel Season    by Mark Shannon
Price: $3.99 USD. 68030 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 14, 2011. .
May 9, 1182. Ten days before the consecration of the High Altar of Notre Dame, ritually butchered bodies are discovered in Paris. Provost’s Special Agent Nicolas Maçon is thrust into a labyrinth of crime and art, of scientific alchemy and Arabian magic. His hunt takes him through brothels and inns, from the Templar Commandery to the vast building site of Notre Dame.
The Prodigy - A Biography of William Sidis    by Amy Wallace
Price: $3.99 USD. 93230 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 10, 2011. .
William James Sidis (1898-1944) was born to a psychologist with some unorthodox ideas about child rearing, attended Harvard at an absurdly young age, only to fail to reach his potential. Wallace's book, the only biography of this most enigmatic of prodigies, gives us a balanced look at Sidis' up-bringing and a somewhat revisionist look at his later life.
Atmosphere    by Michael Laimo
Price: $2.99 USD. 80560 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 7, 2011. .
Frank Ballaro, police detective, is retiring shortly. Or is he? A trail of blood on the curb outside his apartment leads to an alley where two young men have been severely mutilated. But they're not dead. Something keeps them alive. In the hands of one is a strange object, something he holds onto for dear life. Something he calls...atmosphere.
Dark Matters    by Bruce Boston
Price: $2.99 USD. 8630 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 4, 2011. .
Bruce Boston's Bram Stoker Award Winning 30th book of poetry collects 49 poems, six of them appearing here for the first time. Includes reprints from Asimov's SF Magazine, Chizine, The Pedestal Magazine, The Rhysling Anthology, Space and Time, Strange Horizons, and other leading genre and literary publications. Beautifully illustrated by Daniele Serra.
Hornets & Others    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $3.99 USD. 74620 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 3, 2011. .
The things that live in the Earth... A haunted computer... A fragrant flower that signals the end of the human race... Billy the Kid's killer beginnings--in the womb... Here, then, are 17 remarkable horror stories by Stoker Award winner, World Fantasy, British Fantasy and International Horror Guild Award finalist Al Sarrantonio.
The Evil Returns    by Hugh B. Cave
Price: $2.99 USD. 77540 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 3, 2011. .
Haiti. In this land of mystery and magic, shadow and superstition, resides the most powerful - and most evil - master of voodoo. His ability to control minds has served him well indeed over the years, so well that his very name chills the blood of those who believe. Many thought him dead following a fiery attempt to destroy him.
Wallflower - Book II in the Janek Series    by William Bayer
Price: $2.99 USD. 103680 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 30, 2011. .
New York Police Lieutenant Frank Janek, hero of William Bayer's million-copy bestseller Switch, returns to solve his strongest, most obsessive, most dangerous case- Wallflower. Riveting psychological suspense, psychosexual intrigue and terror, a labyrinthine journey into a murderer's twisted, tormented past-all the hallmarks of William Bayer's extraordinary crime fiction are here.
Roadside Ghosts    by Steve Vernon
Price: $2.99 USD. 27430 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 29, 2011. .
Come on along with Steve Vernon - ghost story collector, writer and teller - as he brings you eight of the creepiest yarns imaginable; stories that will creep up on you and teach you the fine old art of the booga-booga. Eight stories - including Steve's haunting salute to the road gang - "The Forever Long Road of Olan Walker".
Pentacle - A Self Collection    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $3.99 USD. 53630 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 28, 2011. .
PENTACLE collects the classic tales of an unnamed Necromancer and his demonic familiar "Self" as they wander the spectral highways of America incurring the wrath of both heaven and hell.
The Carpe Noctem Interviews - Volume 2    by Thom Carnell
Price: $2.99 USD. 60570 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 27, 2011. .
ZED PRESENTS... The Carpe Noctem Interviews - Volume Two The unequaled second offering of classic Carpe Noctem interviews by Thom Carnell features in-depth conversations with Frank Miller, Clive Barker, Stuart Gordon, David Schow, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Nacho Cerda, Tom Rainone, Viggo Mortensen, and two never-released interviews with Budgie (The Creatures) and artist Hajime Soryama.
The Evil    by Hugh B. Cave
Price: $2.99 USD. 76150 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 27, 2011. .
Crippled, unable to move, Margal moves you instead, speaks to your mind, commands you to act. There are no doors you can lock to keep The Evil out, no barriers he cannot breach. He calls to those he needs, and they must obey, just as you must obey. The Evil will not be denied!
Road to Gold    by William H. Labarge
Price: $3.99 USD. 87500 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 27, 2011. .
Matt "Sweetwater" Sullivan's dream of becoming a Navy pilot could not possibly have prepared him for the body-numbing pace of basic training with a class of bewildered beginners. With grit, verve, and determination, Matt would survive the "Pensacola Pressure-Cooker" and go on to Saufley Field to meet the grueling demands of the Navy's basic flight program.
Stolen Souls    by Jeffrey  Sackett
Price: $2.99 USD. 129180 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 27, 2011. .
The Mummy's Curse For centuries they slept, buried in the dust of ancient Egypt, Lost, but never totally forgotten...Now the seven caskets have come to Greenfield, a peaceful college town in upstate New York...where a young museum curator thinks she has made the acquisition of a lifetime...where the horror is about to begin.
The Weird Ones    by Steve Vernon
Price: $2.99 USD. 39370 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 25, 2011. .
Some stories tiptoe up and whisper in your ear – all sweetness and gumdrops and happy-ever-after-after-there-you-go. Then, there are the weird ones. All of this wonderful madness is brought to you by Steve Vernon – the creator behind the cult novella classic - Long Horn, Big Shaggy: A Tale of Wild West Terror and Reanimated Buffalo. Read this if you dare.
When Darkness Falls    by Sidney Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 118260 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 25, 2011. .
Unconcerned by the series of wolf attacks that have terrorized the community, a teacher takes a job in Petittville and meets Charlie, a shy misfit who believes the wolf attacks are part of an ancient legend.
A Lower Deep    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $3.99 USD. 62800 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 24, 2011. .
A man known only as the Necromancer and his demonic familiar "Self" wander the spectral highways of the countryside, incurring the wrath of both heaven and hell – and facing the curses of the damned. But it's a figure from his past that may drive the Necromancer into a hell even he cannot escape.
The Night Class    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $3.99 USD. 55620 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 24, 2011. .
The college winter break is over, and Cal Prentiss faces yet another semester of boring classes. But Cal's boredom is shattered when he discovers evidence of an unspeakable murder that occurred in his dorm room over the break. Obsessed with finding the truth about this gruesome crime, Cal travels further and further down the twisting halls of a university suddenly gone mad.
Nursery Tale    by T. M. Wright
Price: $2.99 USD. 55170 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 17, 2011. .
Fiften years is a long time. Memories fade away, but the horror remains.Fifteen years ago, two newlyweds perished at the edge of the woods. Now a development of one-family homes stands where their farm once was. For Janice McIntyre and her husband, this new community by the quiet, lovely woods is a perfect place to raise their expected child. Except for the ghosts...
The Nebulon Horror    by Hugh B. Cave
Price: $2.99 USD. 62030 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 17, 2011. .
Nebulon, a sleepy little Florida town. It had never known trouble, never expected it from its smallest, most innocent residents-the children. But something awful was growing in the youngest minds. It began with a child's brutal attack on her mother's lover. The clues lead to old Gustave Nebulon's house and a door that, if opened, may release all the hate the world could hold . . .
Bloodlover - Book IV in the Power of the Blood World    by Nancy Kilpatrick
Price: $2.99 USD. 78000 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 14, 2011. .
Julien de Villier has been a vampire for close to six centuries. He is from an era of warlords and violence. And now he’s searching for a companion. Jeanette Price is beautiful, smart, and wealthy from an inheritance combined with business acumen. She wiles away her copious free time partying. It is London, England in the 1960s. The post-war world has gone wild and high-drama is the norm.
Guilt in Innocence - A Tale of the Scattered Earth    by Keith R. A.  DeCandido
Price: $2.99 USD. 58340 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 13, 2011. .
The Olodumare Hegemony rules the entire solar system. Led by Oba Isembi, the primary agents of his rule are the Ori-Inu: highly trained telepathic operatives, who do the Oba's dirty work. They are found and trained by Orisha. When Ori-Inu start disappearing, Isembi sends his finest Orisha, Hembadoon, to investigate. When he is injured in a refinery explosion, it's up to Folami to save them all.
The Instant Celebrity    by Jonathan Lowe
Price: $2.99 USD. 92590 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 13, 2011. .
Imagine a bowling alley bookkeeper winning the first billion dollar Powerball jackpot, and then wanting to hold onto his instant celebrity status longer than just 15 minutes. What does Howard Rosen do? He finances a reality show whose sole purpose is to fool a corrupt Caribbean dictator into dropping his guard so that his private special forces team can make him a hero!
Summer Cool    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 41110 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 12, 2011. .
Jack Paine is a retired cop with a private license and a telescope he uses to watch the heavens. It's a simple life, good when he's got clients, and he manages when he doesn't. But this call was leading to something Paine wasn't sure he could manage: Now that Petty had disappeared, bodies were beginning to appear and the trail always led back to his old friend.
Future History : The 2190 A.D. Edition    by Jeffrey  Sackett
Price: $4.99 USD. 52140 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 12, 2011. .
FUTURE HISTORY A Dystopian Fantasy IN 1776, THE FOUNDERS CREATED THE NATION. IN 1789, THE FRAMERS CREATED THE GOVERNMENT. IN THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESTROYED THEIR OWN FREEDOM. IN THE 22ND CENTURY, HUGO GOTTFRIED DISCOVERED HOW AND WHY IT HAPPENED. READ “FUTURE HISTORY” BY HUGO GOTTFRIED, THE 2190 A.D. EDITION, READ THIS BOOK BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!
Lucifer's Eye    by Hugh B. Cave
Price: $2.99 USD. 75960 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 10, 2011. .
To plantatino caretaker Peter Sheldon, St. Alban is a lush Caribbean jewel, but suddenly, all is not what it seems. A crime wave is sweeping the villages...and a mysterious green fog is terrifying natives on the mountain paths. A group of children has vanished while hiking near Black Rock Peak. The twin of one missing boy lies seeting with fever in the village below-dreaming of a cold, wet hell.
The China Doll    by Ronald Kelly
Price: $2.99 USD. 38210 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 9, 2011. .
The summer of 1932 was a troublesome one for Jack Alder. His grandmother's health was fairing poorly, they were having a difficult time making ends meet during the Great Depression, and the town banker was threatening foreclosure on the family farm. The future seemed dismal and help was nowhere in sight. But Grandmama's faith in God brought renewed hope in the form of a lost childhood toy.
I Cannot Protect Her, Ever Again    by Wayne Allen Sallee
Price: Free! 2300 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 9, 2011. .
This is not a happy, feel-good message of American solidarity. This is a deeply thought out, painful journey through an author's mind and heart. We write stories that are meant to frighten people... when the Twin Towers fell, when 9/11 became a "thing" and not just another day on the calendar, all of those make-believe monsters lost their steam.
Beth' s Book    by Timothy Woods
Price: $3.99 USD. 91280 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 7, 2011. .
What happens when fictional detective, Katie Shields, not only takes psychic possession of her author, but also starts to treat her creator as a suspect in a crime?
The Cross on the Drum    by Hugh B. Cave
Price: $2.99 USD. 109870 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 6, 2011. .
A strange young man, Barry Clinton. Unlike most young missionaries, who came to the island to save souls, this one had come with a belligerent skepticism and a driving determination to battle sickness and starvation. He had come to the Ile du Vent with a Bible and a few meager medical supplies- ready to make the little Caribbean island a better place in which to live.
A Crack in Melancholy Time    by Trent Zelazny
Price: $2.99 USD. 15250 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 5, 2011. .
When last in Santa Fe, Blake Gladstone took a darkly surreal ride with Denise Loreaux through the depths of grief and loss, disdain and obsession. With nowhere to go, he once again he finds himself destined for extinction. As the black curtains drop, Blake chances upon the one thing in the world that might keep him from complete and utter annihilation: a crack in melancholy time.
Velvet Dogma    by Weston Ochse
Price: $3.99 USD. 91020 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 3, 2011. .
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In a future Los Angeles where organ theft is sanctioned and complete computer-human interfacing is all the rage, a woman suddenly let out of prison discovers that all of her friends and relatives are mysteriously dying around her. She finds herself on the run from Chinese Black Hearts, eager to confiscate her already levied organs, as well as the authorities.
The Almighty    by Irving Wallace
Price: $4.99 USD. 130150 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 2, 2011. .
Edward Armstead has lived much of his life in the shadow of his famous media lord father. When his father dies, he leaves a will that makes it nearly impossible for Edward to keep the thign he wants most - The New York Record - his father's flagship newspaper. Edward's determination to exceed his father drives him to unspeakable acts and their consequences.
Conquering Kilmarni    by Hugh B. Cave
Price: $2.99 USD. 42070 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 31, 2011. .
When Peter returns to his father's coffee plantation in Jamaica, he wants only to stay with his father. He has been lonesome since the year his mother and brother died; his grief-stricken father has been preoccupied and unable to see how much Peter wants to be at home. But an island boy, Zackie, is able to heal the rift between Peter and his father.
To Sleep Gently    by Trent Zelazny
Price: $4.99 USD. 71900 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 30, 2011. .
When career criminal Jack Dempster gets caught and put away for five years in prison, he finds time to seriously reconsider his chosen line of work. Before he can make any serious decision, some old acquaintances track him down with a proposal. They want him to go to Santa Fe, New Mexico. With the help of an inside man, he's to lead a small group of professionals on a daring robbery.
Nothing Down    by Steve Vernon
Price: $2.99 USD. 10640 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 29, 2011. .
There are superheroes, and there is Captain Nothing - ready to crack knuckles and break heads - no matter what the cost. Five truly unforgettable stories - three of them never seen before - plus a behind-the-scenes afterword and a sneak preview of APOCALYPSE NOTHING, Steve's upcoming Captain Nothing novella. Each story - wild, brutal, honest and surprisingly poignant.
The Watching    by Paul Melniczek
Price: $3.99 USD. 27450 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 28, 2011. .
A young girl witnesses something horrific from her bedroom window, a scene which snatches away her childhood innocence and replaces it with terror. Her life becomes a routine of desperation filled with shadows and darkness, void of any hope. Her home becomes her prison, her life an unending cycle of despair. And her nightmares are of the worst kind.
Serpent's Kiss    by Ed Gorman
Price: $2.99 USD. 64780 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 28, 2011. .
In a Quiet Midwestern city... A community is coming apart at the seams. He is a mild-mannered academic turned serial killer being hunted for crimes he doesn't recognize as his own. She is a TV anchorwoman losing the ratings game - and the only person who understands the evil that drives him. Between them, an innocent young girl's life hangs in the balance...
The Masters of Mars    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $5.99 USD. 176490 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 27, 2011. .
All three books of the Masters of Mars trilogy, Haydn of Mars, Sebastian of Mars, and Queen of Mars in one complete edition! Al Sarrantonio's classic Martian SF epic.
Queen of Mars - Book III in the Masters of Mars Trilogy    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 53920 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 26, 2011. .
Young Princess Clara must defend her crown, as the atmosphere gradually leaks away from the Red Planet.
Shadowboxer    by Trent Zelazny
Price: $2.99 USD. 22010 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 26, 2011. .
Once a happy family man, Kealan now spends his days walking aimlessly and crashing in his friend's spare room. It never seems to matter how much he walks, because his shadow is always there. When he meets younger Valerie, an inquisitive and sensitive soul, a few rays of light begin to penetrate his dark curtains. But what about her jealous ex? How is it that some things inevitably tie together?
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder - A Cassie O'Malley Mystery    by Jeff Markowitz
Price: $2.99 USD. 65670 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 22, 2011. .
Cassie O’Malley is back in a Christmas mystery that will keep you laughing and guessing until the final showdown. At odds with her new boss, tabloid reporter Cassie O’Malley finds herself covering the shopping mall at Christmas. Cassie wants nothing to do with the assignment. Then Big Mack turns up dead in the men’s room, his throat slit.
Mirror Me    by Yvonne Navarro
Price: $2.99 USD. 102220 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 22, 2011. .
(4.00)
Hannah Danior is a young woman struggling to build a life after an unspeakable experience in her childhood. Now self-sufficient, she is still tormented by her past... and the demons of her childhood are not finished with her. At any instant and with no warning, she will inexplicably mirror the injuries of someone else. Many of her wounds would kill a normal woman, but she heals...
Hunters    by Chet Williamson
Price: $4.99 USD. 96530 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 20, 2011. .
Deer season in northern Pennsylvania, when the woods explode with gunfire and bloody carcasses hang from cross-poles. Only this time, the carcasses aren’t just deer.
Reborn - Book III in the Power of the Blood World    by Nancy Kilpatrick
Price: $4.99 USD. 95960 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 20, 2011. .
Reborn takes place several years after the events of the second book, Near Death. The half human, half vampire child, Michel is now grown and on the verge of immortality. The story begins with the shocking murder of an ancient vampire, which throws this close knit group of the undead into a tailspin.
Feral    by Brian  Knight
Price: $2.99 USD. 68520 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 15, 2011. .
Shannon Pitcher was trying to forget the brutal murder of her ex-husband and the loss of her only daughter, when fate brought her to a lost, scared little girl named Charity at the gate of an abandoned and haunted place called Feral Park. Now she must save Charity from the same Bogey Man who killed her own daughter, and from the wild children of Feral Park.
The End of it All    by Ed Gorman
Price: $0.99 USD. 11800 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 13, 2011. .
Roger Daye, a stockbroker whose wife suddenly left him, has changed his appearance in hopes of changing his life for the better. His longing for Amy, a childhood flame, is rekindled when he sees her at a dance in his old hometown. However, his attention is soon drawn to another attractive woman -- and that woman is Amy's daughter. Jealousy and revenge come to the forefront in this dark tale as
Lake Monsters    by Joseph A. Citro
Price: $2.99 USD. 68050 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 13, 2011. .
Downsized from his job and dumped by his girlfriend, Harrison Allen longs for a fresh start. Alone, with no prospects or plans, he relocates to a borrowed house on Friars Island in Lake Champlain to relax, contemplate, and begin redefining his life. Then he hears about the monsters . . .
The Parting - An O.C.L.T. Novel    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 68150 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 13, 2011. .
(5.00)
A vision from ancient Egypt and a call from an old acquaintance send Rebecca York, mystic, occult expert, and adventurer to Arizona, and then Jerusalem and the Dead Sea to prevent a horrifying attack from the annals of history. This is the first full length novel of the O.C.L.T. - the Orphic Crisis Logistical Taskforce.
Tangier    by William Bayer
Price: $2.99 USD. 118370 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 13, 2011. .
Tangier, a sweeping novel of romance and intrigue set in a fabled North African resort, may remind readers of the Alexandria Quartet. In this book Tangier is more than just a place; it is a city of unholy loves. Titled Europeans, Moroccan hustlers, aging former Nazis, decadents of every sort play out their rituals, competing for stunning lovers and social power.
Shadow Games    by Ed Gorman
Price: $2.99 USD. 57500 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 13, 2011. .
Cobey Daniels had it all. He was rich, he was young, and he was the hottest star in the country. Then there was that messy business with the teenage girl...and it all went to hell for Cobey. But that was a few years ago. Now Cobey's pulled his life together again, they're letting him out of the hospital, and he's ready for his big comeback. But the past is still out there, waiting for him.
Broken on the Wheel of Sex    by Jack Ketchum
Price: $3.99 USD. 71600 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 12, 2011. .
Jack Ketchum's "Broken On The Wheel of Sex: The Jerzy Livingston Years" is the most complete edition of the "Stroup" stories ever collected together. Each story also features an afterword by the author. These stories, written from 1976 to 1981, and appearing in various men's magazines and other outlets, offer Ketchum readers a look into this author s formulative years.
Indefinite Renewal    by Aaron Rosenberg
Price: $2.99 USD. 86420 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 11, 2011. .
Nick Gordon is just a normal genetics grad student until a strange and tragic incident brings him to the attention of Daniel Sinclair and his mysterious Renewal Society. It seems the Renewed are not quite human—and they believe Nick may be one of them. Now he finds himself thrust into a macabre landscape of supernatural powers, cutthroat manipulation—and deadly consequences.
The Temple of Camazotz - an O.C.L.T. Novella    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $0.99 USD. 15430 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 11, 2011. .
(5.00)
Headless bodies are turning up along the Mexican border. The Mexican government blames overzealous US Border guards. The border guards blame drug runners. In a village just on the Mexican side of the border, they have other ideas. There are legends, older even than the Mayan civilization that has died away, of a God. Geoffrey Bullfinch & Wendell Macklemore are called in to stop it!
Sleepeasy    by T. M. Wright
Price: $2.99 USD. 59680 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 9, 2011. .
Harry Briggs led a fairly normal life. He had a good job, a nice house, and a beautiful wife named Barbara, with whom he was very much in love. Then he died. that's when Harry's story really began. That's when he found himself in a strange little town called Silver Lake, with a mystery to solve.
Mars Needs Pumpkins - A Crossroad Press Early Reader    by Katie Mary Wilson
Price: $0.99 USD. 400 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 7, 2011. .
The farmer's pumpkins are disappearing. Where could they be going, and, can he get them back? This early-reader picture book is the first published work by Katie Wilson, who is entering second grade this year. The author is saving up for a big purchase from the American Girls collection. If you have a young child you'd like to introduce to eBooks, give Katie's story a try.
Campbell Wood    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 37980 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 29, 2011. .
STAY OUT OF THE WOODS ...or fall prey to the wernching horrors of nature's darkest secret, lurking in the trees and lunging from the shadows... STAY OUT OF THE WOODS ...or surrender to the savage fury of a last race, whose unearthly reign over a terrified community demands the soul of your only daughter... FOR GOD'S SAKE- STAY OUT OF THE WOODS
Sebastian of Mars    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 57260 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 28, 2011. .
After the assassination of his mother, Haydn, Sebastian now rules Mars. But a revolt by Haydn's old enemy forces Sebastian to make his stand.
Switch - Book One of the Janek Series    by William Bayer
Price: $2.99 USD. 95150 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 23, 2011. .
Detective Frank Janek immediately knows that he has entered the realm of a lethal madness. Middle-aged, divorced, a man centered solely on his work, Janek is practiced in piercing the minds of the criminals he pursues. In the absence of clues from the killer, he has only the awful symmetry of the crime to work with, only his own finely honed intuition.
The Worms    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 41150 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 22, 2011. .
The author's first novel! A young couple travel to the girl's hometown and are plunged into a living nightmare of evil -- an evil from deep in the past which appears in a shocking and deadly form. Trapped for long years after being raised by a witch's curse, giant worms are released by the toxic waste from a town dump.
A Minor Case of Murder    by Jeff Markowitz
Price: $2.99 USD. 65450 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 19, 2011. .
When minor league baseball comes to White Sands Beach, not everyone welcomes the club. Birders are upset by the location of Sand Skeeter Ballpark, but will they resort to murder to protect the birds nesting areas? When a woman dies at the ballpark, during the final game of the season, tabloid reporter and amateur sleuth Cassie O’Malley finds herself on the case.
Deep in the Darkness    by Michael Laimo
Price: $2.99 USD. 90360 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 18, 2011. .
Dr. Michael Cayle wants the best for his wife and young daughter. That's why he moves the family from Manhattan to accept a private practice in the small New England town of Ashborough. Everything there seems so quaint and peaceful at first. But Ashborough is a town with secrets. Unimaginable secrets.
Blood & Gristle    by Michael Louis Calvillo
Price: $3.99 USD. 54320 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 18, 2011. .
BLOOD & GRISTLE is a collection of twenty screwed up stories paired with twenty exquisite illustrations. It's about detachable children, and self worth, and hungry, hungry, garbage disposals. It's about boxes that shape destiny and Magic Eightballs that don't. So brace yourself, unplug the goopy gray of your brain, and get ready...things are about to get very, very messy.
A View From the Lake    by Greg  Gifune
Price: $3.99 USD. 46420 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 15, 2011. .
Katherine's Husband James went crazy, then disappeared. Months later, as a blizzard descends over Blissful Point, Katherine, alone at the resort, faces her final winter on the lake. But things are no longer what they seem. Perhaps they never were. Are there others out there, in the woods, in the snow, in the lake, waiting and watching and luring her toward the same madness that claimed James?
The Writing of Dead Lines - The Screenplay    by Craig Spector
Price: $3.99 USD. 28590 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 14, 2011. .
This book covers the adaptation process used in the creation of Dead Lines, the screenplay, written by Craig Spector and Philip Nutman - adapted from the novel by Skipp & Spector. Jack Rowan thought his life was a living Hell. Then he tried dying. Now he'll do anything to get back into the world. Anything.
Futile Efforts    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $4.99 USD. 106990 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 11, 2011. .
"In this disturbing, often grotesque and ultimately mesmerizing collection, Piccirilli (The Cold Spot) reprints 17 stories and 45 poems. Although the star-studded introductions are a nice bonus, Piccirilli's stories are the selling point, and all are standouts..." Publisher's Weekly
Night Brothers - A Vampire Novel    by Sidney Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 119890 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 10, 2011. .
The drought-stricken Louisiana town of Bristol Springs was turning into a living grave. Little by little its desperate citizens were watching their dreams die. But the terrible blight was bringing something else to life--a deadly horror far worse than any earthly bane. A vampire as old as time with powers greater than mere legend, she summoned the beasts of the night to serve her foul will.
Near Death: Book II in the Power of the Blood World    by Nancy Kilpatrick
Price: $2.99 USD. 90450 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 10, 2011. .
David Lyle Hardwick was a poet well over a century ago. Now, he is an undead poet, residing in Manchester, England, surviving during the day in the basement of his ancestors’ stately home. He sleeps in a coffin, acting out the role of vampire. This sensitive yet unholy creature would continue his tormented existence but one night a beautiful girl named Zero appears with stake in hand.
Wire Mesh Mothers    by Elizabeth Massie
Price: $2.99 USD. 89270 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 9, 2011. .
It all started with the best of intentions. Kate McDolen, an elementary school teacher, knew she had to protect one of her students, little 8-year-old Mistie, from parents who were making her life a living hell. So Kate packed her bags, quietly picked up Mistie after school one day, and set off with her toward what she thought would be a new life. It becomes a nightmare.
Dregs of Society    by Michael Laimo
Price: $2.99 USD. 60440 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 7, 2011. .
In this second collection, DREGS OF SOCIETY, we see a different side of Laimo, one filled with personal terrors that don't rely on made-up monsters or other supernatural entities to frighten. Here, the horrors are quiet, discreet, born of human mind and soul. Psychological. The stories travel many roads: dark, light, simple, intricate, all laden with genuine frights.
When Old Men Die    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 58210 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 5, 2011. .
Truman "Tru" Smith is a PI who'd rather be reading Faulkner or fishing on his beloved Galveston Island than solving mysteries, so when his friend Dino asks for help, Tru at first demurs. With some not-very-subtle arm twisting, Dino finally persuades Tru to investigate the disappearance of Old Harry, a homeless vagrant whom Dino and his family have "adopted."
Voodoo Moon    by Ed Gorman
Price: $2.99 USD. 65500 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 2, 2011. .
Psychological profiler Robert Payne is drawn into a circle of intrigue and murder and he investigates the murder of man's girlfriend, whom he claims was killed by an arsonist who burned down an asylum long ago, and disappeared. With TV Psychics and the local police, Payne must unravel the past to solve the case in the present.
Ghosts in the Attic    by Mark Gunnells
Price: $3.99 USD. 28640 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 2, 2011. .
People with secrets they are trying to hide, scars they want to keep hidden from the world. However, not all things buried STAY buried. Sometimes locked doors burst open, and we find ourself face to face with...GHOSTS IN THE ATTIC.
The Case of the Claw    by Keith R. A.  DeCandido
Price: $3.99 USD. 72270 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 2, 2011. .
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The mutated spree killer known as the Claw has returned, leaving bloody victims all over Super City, giving the Homicide detectives of the SCPD with the deadliest case of their careers. The Superior Six claim they'll stop the Claw—but they're busy fighting the Brute Squad and stonewalling the cops. The SCPD must find out the Claw's deadly secret, before he claims another victim
Serpents in the Sun    by Hugh B. Cave
Price: $4.99 USD. 161780 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 1, 2011. .
The Bennett family moved to Jamaica after inheriting a coffee plantation in the Blue Mountains. This novel covers three generations of their lives, loves, triumphs and failures as the build an amazing, profitable plantation, producing some of the finest coffee in the world, and then run afoul of history.
What You Remember I Did    by Janet Berliner
Price: $3.99 USD. 62300 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 30, 2011. .
(5.00)
A woman falls in love with a man who harbors a strange secret. He's been accused of abuse by a son on the strength of "recovered memories". When she poses as a client to see if it's possible the son has been brainwashed, she is drawn into a web of terror and intrigue that threatens to tear her world apart.
The Wicked    by James Newman
Price: $3.99 USD. 92670 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 30, 2011. .
A fire consumes the Heller Home For Children in Morganville, North Carolina. Amidst rumors of devil worship, authorities remand the teenage arsonist to a sanitarium. Unaware of the turmoil in their new hometown, the Littles - David, Kate, and seven year-old Becca - are moving from New York City to Morganville in hopes of repairing their own lives, which were recently shattered by a violent act.
Brought to Light: An O. C. L. T. Novella    by Aaron Rosenberg
Price: $0.99 USD. 14190 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 28, 2011. .
(3.00)
There are incidents and emergencies in the world that defy logical explanation, events that could be defined as supernatural, extraterrestrial, or simply otherworldly. Standard laws do not allow for such instances, nor are most officials or authorities trained to handle them. In recognition of these facts, one organization has been created that can. O. C. L. T.
After the Burn    by Ronald Kelly
Price: $4.99 USD. 67700 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 27, 2011. .
This collection of two novellas and six short stories follows the exploits of a handful of survivors in a nuclear-devestated world ruled by the dregs of the earth; serial killers, child molesters, rapists, and cannibals, as well as radiation-evolved mutants. This is Ronald Kelly's most extreme work to date - including his acclaimed novellas FLESHWELDER.
Totentanz    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 79470 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 24, 2011. .
The carnival appears overnight on the old Scott property: Ferris wheel, Mirror Maze, midway, Tunnel of Love. Cold, monstrous eyes glare down as the calliope's bright music beckons through the carnival's wrought-iron gates. Once inside, there is no escape from terror, from the dance of death.
The Bard of Sorcery    by gerard houarner
Price: $2.99 USD. 100640 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 22, 2011. .
When Tralane, an itinerant bard, was captured by the dread Sorcerer King, his only hope lay in stealing the Eye of Wyden. With that powerful amulet, he was able to escape to another variant world. But he could not so easily escape the destiny that seemed to pursue him. As he fled from world to world, each seemed to offer only greater misery and danger. Bonus Story: Ghost Sword of the Heart
Lucid Dreaming    by Lisa Morton
Price: $2.99 USD. 21520 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 22, 2011. .
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One day Spike is shocked to find her cell door open and so she ventures out, only to find the walls smeared with blood and the staff missing or dead. She escapes and ventures into a world that’s been driven mad by waking nightmares, where she’s now the sanest person alive. Searching for answers, Spike embarks on a road trip that will lead her from Beverly Hills to a nightmarish Texas compound.
The Samhanach    by Lisa Morton
Price: $2.99 USD. 20720 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 22, 2011. .
On a Halloween night 300 years ago, something rose out of a Scottish bog to curse the McCafferty clan. Now, in 2010, single mother Merran McCafferty finds her suburban Halloween celebrations torn apart by the arrival of the Samhanach, an ancient trickster demon. When the Samhanach tries to steal Merran’s young daughter, Merran is forced to put aside reason and accept that magic is real.
Blood Spring    by Erik Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 23500 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 20, 2011. .
When Henry and Claire try to return Brownie, a deer Claire nursed back to health, to the woods, they get lost. That's only the start of their trouble. This novelette is pumped full of hillbilly kidnapping, ancient gods, sacrifices and swords, and an ending that is sure to stick with you.
Blame it on Your Past Lives    by Tara Sutphen
Price: $2.99 USD. 45800 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 20, 2011. .
Your Past Lives Are Often Responsible For Your Present Problems. Tara Sutphen has developed automatic writing into an art. With the assistance of her spirit guide Abenda, she answers questions of troubled seekers who wrie to her for help. After many years of spirit contact, she can point to an astounding track record of proven accuracy.
Pattern Crimes    by William Bayer
Price: $2.99 USD. 104440 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 19, 2011. .
This is a book about patterns – in love, in relationships, in politics, in art, in death. And always at the center is David Bar-Lev, one of the most memorable characters in recent crime fiction, relentlessly searching for the pattern that will unlock his case – the pattern he must uncover in order to clarify his vision … of himself, his family, and the country that he loves.
Child of the Night - Book I in the Power of the Blood World    by Nancy Kilpatrick
Price: $2.99 USD. 85130 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 17, 2011. .
Child of the Night is the first book in the Power of the Blood world. Carol is vacationing in Bordeaux, France trying to recover from the tragic failure of her marriage. At a small sidewalk cafe she meets Andre and her life changes forever in a brutal and shocking way. Andre is not a man but a vampire intent on making Carol his next kill.
The Better Year    by Bridget Morrow
Price: $2.99 USD. 13880 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 13, 2011. .
A woman fights the fear of cancer, her childhood, and something much darker... She finds herself haunted by an unconscious decision she made as a teenager which puts her soul at risk during the most vulnerable time of her life. A dark tale of troubled youth, love gone bad, and demons both real and perceived.
The Call of Distant Shores    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 82960 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 8, 2011. .
Thirteen tales of Elder Gods, Darkness, horror and Lovecraftian madness by Bram Stoker Award Winning author David Niall Wilson. From crazed sculpting tenants, to giant wooden cockroaches, to Tarot cards and a creepy old barber shop, these stories lead through doorways and down corridors that are not of this world. Published for the first time in this volume is the story Anomaly.
Harlan    by David Whitman
Price: $3.99 USD. 61540 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 7, 2011. .
Harlan is about a suicidal, death-obsessed teenager -- Harlan Sexton. Turning himself into a ticking bomb, he has decided to kill himself at the end of the school year unless his closest friend Julian can find a way to change his mind. And that's just the beginning--the tension is amped up by the return of his abusive father, a serial killer stalking his female classmates, & a feud with a jock.
Haydn of Mars    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 65680 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 3, 2011. .
On Mars, in the distant future, the princess Haydn's arranged marriage cannot save her beloved Republic. Her arch-enemy, the warrior-woman Frane, seeks to make herself Queen while Haydn--the legitimate heir-- must flee for her life. A reluctant symbol for those who would restore the monarchy, Haydn is too young and unprepared to assume the throne--but determined to become a great Queen.
Dreamthorp    by Chet Williamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 123200 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 3, 2011. .
Welcome to Dreamthorp A sleepy little Pennsylvania resort town where city folks can get away from it all… A town where a woman who saw her best friend mutilated by a crazed sex killer can hide – and forget… …until haunted relics of another age awaken an ancient evil and unleash a human horror that has no place outside of Hell…
The Methuselah Gene    by Jonathan Lowe
Price: $2.99 USD. 91210 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 31, 2011. .
Meet Alan Dyson, a pharmaceutical scientist who lives for his work. He thinks someone has been watching him, following him. He's right. He shouldn't have told a woman pretending to be interested in him on the internet his secret: that he's developed an experimental drug which may extend life by decades. Now that he's in the crosshairs, he's about to learn it wasn't a woman after all.
Gypsy Blood    by Steve Vernon
Price: $2.99 USD. 89360 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 29, 2011. .
Half-Gypsy, Carnival carries his dead Poppa inside him as a perpetual adviser as he works as fortune-teller and occult troubleshooter, banishing demons and succubi with a carefree confidence born only of youth. His life journey takes a distinctly different turn when he meets Maya, an alluring female vampire.
Desire    by Amy Wallace
Price: $2.99 USD. 77820 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 29, 2011. .
The future of Lily van Velsen, San Francisco pearl "doctor" and gemologist, looks assured, given her recent engagement to her goodnatured colleague Alan Purdue. But once she begins reading the diaries that recount many of her ancestors' illicit romances and their relationships with demon lovers, she is driven toward a dark destiny of her own.
Hallowed Ground    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $3.99 USD. 78880 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 27, 2011. .
When The Deacon set up camp outside Rookwood, a murder of crows took to unnatural, moonlit flight. Things were already strange in that God-forsaken town, but no one could have predicted the forces and fates about to meet in a dust-bowl clearing in the desert. A bargain with the darkness was signed in blood, such deals are only made and broken…on Hallowed Ground...
The Chapman Report    by Irving Wallace
Price: $4.99 USD. 146070 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 26, 2011. .
Based on the "Kinsey Reports" where Dr. Alfred Kinsey conducted interviews with thousands of men and women on their sexual habits, Irving Wallace's blockbuster novel "The Chapman Report" concerns the interviewing of a number of society ladies from a community in California known only as "The Briars," which leads the reader on an intricate trail of desire and intrigue.
The Crossings    by Jack Ketchum
Price: $3.99 USD. 22090 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 24, 2011. .
It's the Arizona Territory. The year, 1848. The year the Mexican War ended. A rough place in a lawless era. About to become a hell of a lot more so one night when Hart, Bell and the easy-going giant Mother Knuckles stumble upon Elena, a fierce, young, badly wounded Mexican woman near the banks of the Colorado, and are drawn into a deep darkness they may not escape.
Heart of Glass    by David  Winnick
Price: $0.99 USD. 8780 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 22, 2011. .
(3.00)
Time has not been kind to Adam and Sonia’s marriage. They have drifted away from each other and barely speak anymore. On a trip to the local antiques mall, Adam finds a jigsaw puzzle made of clear glass. He believes that working on the puzzle together may help with their problems. Then his obsession with the puzzle threatens to drive them apart.
Appalachian Galapagos - A Scary Rednecks collection    by Weston Ochse
Price: $2.99 USD. 87220 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 22, 2011. .
APPALACHIAN GALAPAGOS follows the smash success of Scary Rednecks and Other Inbred Horrors with authors Weston Ochse and David Whitman returning us to the world of rednecks, human-skin beer cozies, urban legends come to life, southern mythology, drunkards flying in lawn chairs, contemplations on the nature of god, and the monsters within us all.
The Ravens of Falkenau & Other Stories    by Jo Graham
Price: $3.99 USD. 50630 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 21, 2011. .
The world is a numinous place where gods and angels intervene in the lives of mortals. Here are stories of love and honor from the beginning of our history to the cusp of the twentieth century as a band of eternal companions unite and reunite over the centuries.
The Warm and Witty Side of Attila the Hun    by Jeffrey  Sackett
Price: $2.99 USD. 41180 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 20, 2011. .
The Warm and Witty Side of Attila the Hun is a collection of historical anecdotes, odd, humorous facts, and things you will never forget, once you know them. They are the product of a life devoted to history.
The Man    by Irving Wallace
Price: $4.99 USD. 320040 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 18, 2011. .
The time is 1964. The place is the Cabinet Room of the Whitere House. An unexpected accident and the law of succession have just made Douglass Dilman the first black President of the United States. A provocative novel of Civil Rights, the American Presidency, and the 1960s.
New Year's Evil    by Sidney Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 50420 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 14, 2011. .
Bran Hatten is big, mean and unpredictable. He’ll pound any guy that crosses his path, and he’s a complete jerk to girls who spurn his affections. Tess Ryan and her friends are looking for options, even those the mysterious new girl at Pembrook High might offer. Charisse Bienville lives in the old dark house at the edge of town, and she’s hinted that she commands powerful magical forces.
Nightmare Child    by Ed Gorman
Price: $2.99 USD. 37140 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 14, 2011. .
Jeff and Mindy McKay are young, attractive and willing to stop at nothing to have it all - even if it means murdering Mindy's little sister, Jenny, to collect her part of an enormous inheritance. With Jenny out of the way, Jeff and Mindy can begin to enjoy luxury beyond their wildest dreams. Then one day, months after Mindy and Jeff have buried the little girl, they answer a knock at the door...
Vintage Soul - Book II of The DeChance Chronicles    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 75300 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 14, 2011. .
Donovan DeChance is a collector of ancient manuscripts and books, a practicing mage, and a private investigator. When, despite the finest in natural and supernatural security, a sexy and well-loved, three hundred year old lady vampire is kidnapped right out from under her lover's nose, Donovan is called in to investigate.
Tales From the Crossroad Volume 1    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $0.99 USD. 64920 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 11, 2011. .
Fiction from Crossroad Press authors Al Sarrantonio, Tom Piccirilli, Gerard Houarner, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Chet Williamson. Ten stories, five novel excerpts. A wonderful introduction to the author's works with links to their digital works.
Frightliner    by Karina Fabian
Price: $2.99 USD. 20390 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 10, 2011. .
Karina Fabian with Colleen Drippe' When Jay Carlson has a run in with a strange, dark truck on a lonely road, his life goes south. He sees things that others don't see. He learns things he wishes he could forget, and he is drawn into an ancient battle he wouldn't have believed in even a day in the past. This time, even country music and the open road can't save him.
Stranglehold    by Jack Ketchum
Price: $4.99 USD. 71850 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 10, 2011. .
Lydia McCloud meets Arthur Danse at a wedding party in Plymouth, N.H., and she thinks he's a man she could grow to love. Arthur sees things differently. In Lydia, he sees the sort of woman people always want to protect. He decides he's going to show her "she wouldn't always be protected."
Little Graveyard on the Prairie    by Steven E. Wedel
Price: $2.99 USD. 15370 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 9, 2011. .
Harley Shaw's life is falling apart around him. After his land was ruined in oil speculation, Harley's wife left him, taking thier young daughter with her. Harley had to find a new source of income, so he began selling all-natural burial plots on his secluded farm. But the bodies aren't where they're supposed to be.
A Spider on My Tongue    by T. M. Wright
Price: $2.99 USD. 24680 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 9, 2011. .
It is said that if ghosts were real, they'd be everywhere-at shopping malls, parking lots, in the parlor, the bathroom, on the sidewalks and boulevards (after all, how many people have lived and died throughout human history?). Seeing them ithe awful gift that Abner W. Cray opened two decades ago, and it's a gift that, even today, keeps on giving.
House Haunted    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 91780 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 6, 2011. .
A thousand years ago, something evil made a bold attempt to cross into this world. Now it's ready to try again. She's eternally young, lovely and lethal. Her cry for help is heard by a teenage boy in Bermuda. A confused orphan in Montreal. A political prisoner in Poland. A raging paraplegic on the Pacific coast. And a bloodthirsty psychopath in New York City.
Butterfly Winter    by Weston Ochse
Price: $0.99 USD. 9540 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 5, 2011. .
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A Bomber crew crash lands in a remote area of China after dropping their bombs on Chinese cities in a terrible future war. The survivors are embraced by a hamlet filled with children, only to learn that doom might have come to claim them all.
Midnight Rain    by James Newman
Price: $2.99 USD. 82950 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 26, 2011. .
MIDNIGHT RAIN is a dark coming-of-age novel in the vein of Robert McCammon's BOY'S LIFE and Stephen King's THE BODY (STAND BY ME). It is a tale of growing up in the South, a reflection of boyhood and all its wonders, and the story of how one boy deals with a terrible secret that threatens to tear apart both his family and hometown.
Sol's Song    by Janet Berliner
Price: $2.99 USD. 64760 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 25, 2011. .
Berlin, 1922. World War I is over. Most of the world enjoys peace and prosperity, but Germany suffers. People dine on cats and dogs. German money is rapidly becoming worthless. Amid the problems, two boys--Solomon Freund, Jewish, and Erich Weisser, Catholic--declare themselves "brothers in blood." But as their friendship grows, so does Hitler's power over the German people.
Midnight Eyes    by Sidney Williams
Price: $3.99 USD. 144140 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 22, 2011. .
Men are being lured to agonizing deaths in the small Louisiana city of Aimsley. Brutalized bodies are displayed on the riverbank and in little-travelled bayou country, and a mysterious dark-eyed beauty may be connected. It’s a case with tremendous human suffering and a challenging political labyrinth for Sheriff Ty Hood.
Sleepwalker    by Michael Laimo
Price: $2.99 USD. 112160 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 20, 2011. .
Richard Sparke has no trouble sleeping. It’s what he does after he falls asleep that gets him into trouble. There’s the nightmares, his dead mother coming to visit, and then the return of his daughter, who was only an infant when she died. Among all of this, the man in black tries to murder him in his sleep.
The Hunger of Empty Vessels    by Scott Edelman
Price: $2.99 USD. 11900 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 20, 2011. .
Christopher Portobello has always blamed himself for every trouble in his son's tortured life. But after he discovers a mysterious stranger watching every mistep Joey makes, Portobello begins to wonder whether there's another, darker reason for the minefield of their lives. All of their misery might be the fault of someone else ... something else ... something ... hungry.
The Two: A Biography of the Original Siamese Twins    by Amy Wallace
Price: $4.99 USD. 134210 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 19, 2011. .
"They" were the famous, the first, the original Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng, and their story is told in this fascinating and remarkable book in such detail, with such enormous insight and warmth, and with such a superb sense of drama that one understands, for the first time, just how bizarre, heroic, tragic and human their lives in fact were.
The Scream    by John Skipp
Price: $3.99 USD. 136960 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 18, 2011. .
Meet The Scream. Just your average everyday mega-cult band. Their music is otherworldly. Their words are disturbing. Their message is unholy. Their fans are legion. And they’re not kidding. They’re killing. Themselves. Each other. Everyone. Their gospel screams from the lips of babes. Their backbeat has a body count. And their encore is just the warm-up act to madness beyond belief.
The Boy With Penny Eyes    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 55230 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 16, 2011. .
Billy Potter is eleven years old. He never smiles. He never laughs. His copper-colored eyes stare calmly at the world. Billy Potter is eleven years old. He is not quite human. He cannot love. He is earching for something - or someone. Where Billy Potter travels, death follows... The Boy with Penny Eyes.
It's For You    by Keith Minnion
Price: $2.99 USD. 81240 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 16, 2011. .
Nineteen career-spanning stories (five that are original to this collection) of horror, SF, fantasy and dark suspense ... all of them dark rides, dark speculations ... of people and monsters, and every shadow in between. Profusely illustrated by the author, with an Introduction by Bram Stoker Award winner Norman Prentiss, and extensive Story Notes.
The Prize    by Irving Wallace
Price: $4.99 USD. 298510 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 16, 2011. .
Six people all around the world are catapulted to international fame as they receive the most important telegraph of their lives, which invites them to Stockholm to receive the prize. This will result to be a turning point in their lives, in which personal affairs and political intrigue will engulf every one of the characters.
Defenders of the Faith    by Chet Williamson
Price: $4.99 USD. 94120 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 14, 2011. .
When Paul Blair's wife is killed by a young drunk driver, he decides to dedicate his life to keeping the youth of his church from bad influences. And if that means bringing down the wolves who tempt them, so be it. When Paul finds that one of his own "flock" has adopted and escalated his own murderous strategies, he joins forces with the boy in a bloody crusade of vengeance upon the unholy.
Sorrow's Crown - A Felicity Grove Mystery    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $3.99 USD. 66140 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 12, 2011. .
Jonathan Kendrick's grandmother lives in the upstate New York village of Felicity Grove. And whenever something of a criminal nature occurs, Grandma Anna is right in the thick of it. This time, the senior sleuth needs Jonathan's help to clear an innocent man's name. Zebediah Crummler, the cemetery caretaker, has been arrested ...
October    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 58970 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 11, 2011. .
Professor Kevin Michaels has returned to the picturesque town of New Polk to fill a teaching position at the local university and a long-held ambition: to revive interest in the town's most illustrious citizen, author Eileen Connel, and her neglected masterpiece, "Season of Witches". But first he must uncover the horror locked away inside the old woman's failing mind.
Don't Clean the Aquarium - Volume I in the Complete Works of Jeffrey Osier    by Jeffrey  Osier
Price: $2.99 USD. 65280 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 11, 2011. .
This book comprises some of the author's earliest and most memorable stories. Often touted as a successor to Lovecraft, and compared to Thomas Ligotti, Osier's work is dark, surreal, and guaranteed to leave you with images that will haunt you long after you finish reading.
The Second Veil    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 51580 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 8, 2011. .
When Euphrankes Holmynn, Captain of the Airship Vector, approaches the High Council with a plan for launching an airship through The Second Veil, an energy barrier that has protected their planet since the beginning of their collective memories, he is dismissed and banished from the city. Then a flaming object is spotted by the priests in The Chamber of Stars, and only Euphrankes can save them.
As Fate Would Have It    by Michael Louis Calvillo
Price: $3.99 USD. 75170 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 8, 2011. .
Montgomery, a gourmet chef on the fast track to fame, has a teensy weensy problem. He's a murderous cannibal addicted to human flesh. Guilt and worry eat his brain and beg him to stop, but his headstrong girlfriend Liz won't let him quit. She blames Montgomery for getting her hooked on the succulent meat and refuses to curb her carnal urges. This is the story of their unlikely love.
Sleep Disorder    by Jack Ketchum
Price: $4.99 USD. 36620 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 4, 2011. .
For a very long time, Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee have followed their separate paths of line-crossing, gut-wrenching, no holds-barred storytelling. Now, those roads have drawn close and merged for a collection of five collaborative stories guaranteed to shock, amuse, disgust, and bring lovers of extreme fiction back for more.
P. I. G. The Pain is Good Workout    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 5340 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 3, 2011. .
Tired of expensive, complex workouts that promise the moon? The P. I. G. workout was developed on a cruise onboard the US Navy Ship GUADALCANAL. It worked for me, and it can work for you. You need almost nothing to start...what do you have to lose?
Lycanthropos    by Jeffrey  Sackett
Price: $3.99 USD. 107030 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 2, 2011. .
When a chance encounter between a squad of Hitler's elite SS troops and a band of gypsies ends in slaughter, the Nazi's take a man named Janos Kaldy into custody for the killings. When they find that Kaldy is a werewolf, the Nazis bring in a beautiful young chemist and an aging doctor turned minister to aid in a daring, crazy plan.
The Miraculous Plot of Leiter & Lott    by Jonathan Lowe
Price: $4.99 USD. 89580 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 1, 2011. .
What do a handsome optics engineer and a lovely TV producer have in common? They are both about to see the world in an entirely new light. But not before risking their lives in the process. David Standell and Valerie Lott are strangers to each other--and to themselves--until quantum physics lends its profound entanglement.
Gator Kill    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 59260 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 27, 2011. .
After he failed to find his missing sister, whose remains finally turned up in a bag in an overgrown field, Texas PI Truman Smith retired to become a housepainter on Galveston Island. But when an alligator is killed and its carcass left on display on a family friend's property, Tru is persuaded to search for the culprit.
Eternal City    by Nancy Kilpatrick
Price: $2.99 USD. 76670 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 25, 2011. .
When Claire Mowatt inherits her aunt's land, she arrives to find that the air, land and water have become polluted since the environmentally correct gated community Eternal City bought the island on Skeleton Lake. The longer she remains, the more she comes to believe that all is not as it seems with the town or with the residents of the wondrous Eternal City.
Falling Idols    by Brian Hodge
Price: $2.99 USD. 81410 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 25, 2011. .
We were given language, says an old parable, because God loves the stories. And he loves the stories because they help him know himself better. These eight tales in Brian Hodge's renowned second collection advance the cause a little further. Full of gods and devils, tormentors and deliverers, Falling Idols is a twisting, harrowing path toward the a blessing of the darkness with the light.
Cast in Dark Waters    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $2.99 USD. 18900 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 25, 2011. .
Her name was Crimson... and she was a legend. A beautiful pirate queen who plundered the 16th Century Caribbean sea by day and confronted voodoo and vampires during the steaming tropical nights. Cast in Dark Waters is an original dark adventure tale by Ed Gorman and Tom Piccirilli
Mischief Night    by Paul Melniczek
Price: $2.99 USD. 16350 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 24, 2011. .
When Rusty and his friends decide to visit the local neighborhood haunted house on Halloween night, they get much more than they bargained for, becoming embroiled in a hair-raising escapade which threatens to drag them into a living nightmare
Skeletons    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 135550 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 23, 2011. .
Lincoln is heading for his third temr in the White House. The best-and worst-of humanity are back with a vengenace, a skeletal army hell-bent on conquering the living and uniting the world under the banner of the dead. Against this bloody backdrop of global horror, a small group of refugees find themselves drawn together to determine the survival of the human race.
Blood Moon    by Melanie Tem
Price: $2.99 USD. 55880 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 23, 2011. .
When Breanne Novak adopts eleven-year-old Greg, she knows she has troubles ahead. But Greg has an uncanny ability to *make things happen* and Breanne soon realises that she had been totally unprepared for the full impact of the struggle about to rock her life.
The Dead Past - A Felicity Grove Mystery    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $3.99 USD. 56410 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 21, 2011. .
Welcome to Felicity Grove…as small as it is peaceful. But somehow Jonathan Kendrick's eccentric grandma Anna always manages to find trouble. This wheel-chair-bound senior citizen is involved. So when the phone rings at 4 AM in Jonathan's New York City apartment, he knows to expect some kind of dilemma. Anna's outdone herself this time. There's a dead body in her trash can.
Diablero    by Toby Tate
Price: $3.99 USD. 61960 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 21, 2011. .
Far beneath the waters off Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, an ancient evil is awakened, and an archeologist‘s dream suddenly becomes the world‘s night-mare. Edward Teach might not be as dead as history books claim, and he wants what's his.
STARGATE SG1-17 Sunrise    by J. F. Crane
Price: $4.99 USD. 85200 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 20, 2011. .
After the events of season 4 episode, Beneath the Surface, SG-1 find themselves on a lifeless world. They discover long-dead bodies frozen in the snow and a clue to a device promising protection from the Goa'uld forever. They go in search of the Shield of the Gods, but all is not as it seems and SG-1 find themselves entangled with a people facing annihilation on a drowning world.
Twisted Tumbleweed Tales    by Paul Victor Wargelin
Price: $3.99 USD. 70000 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 17, 2011. .
The Wild West Was Never This Wild or This Weird: The Bony Express delivers souls across the desert plains…Santa Claus is wanted by bounty hunters who have no Christmas spirit…A legendary Pinkerton pursues Jack the Ripper along the Barbary Coast…Billy the Kid leads a gang of Lost Boys in Nevertown…And fifteen more weird western stories, both horrific and bizarre.
Kitt Peak    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 38160 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 15, 2011. .
When retired buffalo soldier Thomas Mullin receives a whiskey-stained letter detailing the disappearance of his friend's daughter Abby, he jumps on the first train to Arizona. Folks around town think Abby has gone back to the reservation where she was raised, yet the more Mullin investigates, the more suspicious he becomes. The game is afoot, and Mullins is on the trail.
STARGATE SGA-17 The Lost - Book Two of the Legacy Series    by Jo Graham
Price: $4.99 USD. 93750 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 13, 2011. .
Reeling from the terrible events of Homecoming: Stargate Atlantis, the team are doing whatever it takes to find their lost crew - even if it means turning to their enemies for help. While Teyla and Ronon seek information from the Genii, Colonel Sheppard reopens tense negotiations with the Wraith, Todd, struggling to ensure that he remains Todd's ally and not his hostage. Book 2: the Legacy Series
Long Horn, Big Shaggy    by Steve Vernon
Price: $2.99 USD. 27580 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 12, 2011. .
There’s things out there that you ain’t dreamed of. Like back-from-the-dead mountain men, green ghost mountain spirits, carrion stallion, time traveling mad scientists and zombified buffalo…just for starters. This weird western novella starts at a gallop and gathers momentum faster than a stampeding avalanche. You will never look at a severed head the same way again.
Black & Orange    by Benjamin Kane Ethridge
Price: $5.99 USD. 100570 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 12, 2011. .
Forget everything you know about Halloween. The stories are distortions. They were created to keep the Church of Midnight hidden from the world. Every October 31st a gateway opens to a hostile land of sacrificial magic and chaos. Since the beginning of civilization the Church of Midnight has attempted to open the gateway and unite with its other half, the Church of Morning.
Crossed Paths - A Tale of the Dread Remora    by Aaron Rosenberg
Price: $0.99 USD. 13950 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 11, 2011. .
The Dread Remora is a ship of Her Majesty’s Royal Navy, disguised as a a pirate vessel When Nate Demming & his crew discover a brutally savaged ship they are appalled. When a second ship appears and attacks, Demming assumes these must be the predators, and retaliates. This novella is the 2nd tale of the Dread Remora.
STARGATE SG1-15 - The Power Behind the Throne    by Steven Savile
Price: $4.99 USD. 83940 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 9, 2011. .
SG-1 are asked by the Tok'ra to rescue a creature known as Mujina. Mujina is devoid of face or form and draws its substance from the needs of those around it. The creature is an archetype - a hero for all, a villain for all, depending upon whose influence it falls under. And the Goa'uld Apophis, understanding the potential for havoc Mujina offers, has set his heart on possessing the creature.
STARGATE SGA-13 Hunt and Run    by Aaron Rosenberg
Price: $4.99 USD. 86390 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 9, 2011. .
When the Atlantis team trigger a trap that leaves them stranded on a hostile world, only Ronon's past can save them - if it doesn't kill them first. We return to Ronon's earliest days as a Runner and meet the charismatic leader who transformed him into a hunter of Wraith. Unless Ronon can out hunt the hunters, Colonel Sheppard's team will fall victim to the vengeance of the V'rdai.
STARGATE SG1-16 Four Dragons    by Diana Dru Botsford
Price: $4.99 USD. 87750 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 9, 2011. .
Daniel Jackson returns from his time among the ascended Ancients, he volunteers to join an archaeological survey of Chinese ruins on P3Y-702. But after accidentally activating a Goa'uld transport ring, Daniel finds himself the prisoner of the Goa'uld Lord Yu. Jack O'Neill vows to go to any lengths to get him back - even if it means taking matters into his own hands.
STARGATE SGA-15 - Brimstone    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $4.99 USD. 67750 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 9, 2011. .
The Stargate Atlantis team discover a city on a moon about to plunge into its own sun. The city turns out to be inhabited by descendants of the Ancients who have fallen into decadence and debauchery. Faced with a dissolute society disinterested in their own fate and unable to escape, the team must fight their way free before being plunged into a fiery death.
STARGATE SGA-14 Death Game    by Jo Graham
Price: $4.99 USD. 92590 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 9, 2011. .
Colonel John Sheppard wakes up on an alien world in the wreckage of a Puddle Jumper and can't remember how he got there. He discovers his team is scattered across a tropical archipelago. Prisoners of the local population, Sheppard and Teyla are taken as tribute to the planet's Wraith overlord, while McKay, Ronon, and Zelenka mount a rescue...
The Waiting Room    by T. M. Wright
Price: $2.99 USD. 72720 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 8, 2011. .
When Sam Feary meets his old high school buddy Abner in Manhattan, he knows something is wrong. But he doesn't know how wrong. Abner has stepped over the boundary, into the world of unseen spirits - a world that has suddenly become a terrifying reality. It will take Abner's life unless Sam can rescue him... But now it wasnt Sam's life as well!
The Ascending    by T. M. Wright
Price: $2.99 USD. 45530 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 8, 2011. .
Ryerson Biergarten is always willing to offer his psychic services to the forces of law and order. But when he tries to help the police find a serial killer who is stalking victims in one of the tallest buildings in the world, he is met with distrust and suspicion. This time he fears he is dealing with an eveil beyond hs powers: possession.
Goodlow's Ghosts    by T. M. Wright
Price: $2.99 USD. 46430 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 8, 2011. .
Exploring the full potential of his psychic talents when a gateway opens between Earth and a menacing world, Ryerson Biergarten seeks to keep humans and ghosts in their proper dimensions while searching for a particular man's killer.
West Texas    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 38120 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 8, 2011. .
Lt. Thomas Mullin i considered the best tracker around. So when a senator's son turns up missing, Mullin is called into find him. It doesn't Quite a few travelers and cowboys have disappeared recently in the same area. And the desolate, inhospitable land is offering no clues--only shallow graves.
STARGATE - SGA #16 - Homecoming - Book One of the Legacy Series    by Jo Graham
Price: $4.99 USD. 101970 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 7, 2011. .
The first of a six book series set after the end of Stargate Atlantis's final season, Homecoming sees Atlantis return to the Pegasus Galaxy. But the situation in Pegasus has changed. The Wraith are on the verge of unification under the new and powerful Queen Death. She stages a daring raid with one goal: the capture of the only man able to give their ships hyperdrive and lead them to Earth -- Dr.
Alice on the Shelf    by Bill Gauthier
Price: $3.99 USD. 24380 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 6, 2011. .
Where's Alice? Down the Rabbit Hole.When Brad awakens with this question on his lips but his friend Miranda on his mind, a sense of unease fills him. When he finds she isn't home, and a strange visitor is outside her house looking for a missing pocket watch, Brad knows something is amiss. The world is familiar but different.
The Carpe Noctem Interviews - Volume One    by Thom Carnell
Price: $2.99 USD. 49440 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 2, 2011. .
The long lost interviews of the much respected dark art magazine, Carpe Noctem, are being released for the first time since the publication ceased in 2000 and includes pieces from the never released Issue 17. George Higham, Dave McKean, GWAR, Lorelei Shannon, Bob Wilkins, Robert Rodriguez, Tim Bradstreet and for the first time ever, the complete Neil Gaiman interview.
The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Circus    by clivebarker
Price: $5.99 USD. 24580 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 1, 2011. .
Maximillian Bacchus is the ringmaster, ruler, guide and owner of what he considers the greatest show in the world. Traveling with a Crocodile named Malachi, a trapeze girl named Ophelia, a strong mane they call Hero, which is short for Hieronymus a clown named Domingo de Ybarrondo, who paints in a wagon pulled by a giant "Ibis bird," the troupe wanders from adventure to adventure.
Unhinged - Tales of Darkness and Terror    by Ronald Kelly
Price: $3.99 USD. 36520 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 27, 2011. .
In Unhinged: Tales of Darkness and Depravity, Southern Horror author, Ronald Kelly, explores the blackest recesses of the human psyche in eleven chilling tales of dark suspense and terror. Serial killers, mass murderers, and other no-account folks stalk these pages, ready to leap from the shadows and chill the stoutest heart.
You'd Better Watch Out    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $0.99 USD. 19990 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 26, 2011. .
After his brutally violent cop father kills his mother in a heinous fashion on Christmas day, a young boy is raised on the streets of Brooklyn to become the deadliest hitman for the Mob. But even while he carves out a life and reputation for himself dispatching enemies of the syndicate, the hitter is planning his revenge against those who helped to make him what he is.
The Convulsion Factory    by Brian Hodge
Price: $2.99 USD. 71850 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 24, 2011. .
Pick among the rubble of modern civilization, and listen for the beating of its rusted heart. 12 stories fused together by the recurring motif of decay … the decay of cities and families, identity and gender, idolatry and love. Among them: Pick among the rubble of modern civilization, and listen for the beating of its rusted heart. By best-selling author Brian Hodge,
The Devouring    by T. M. Wright
Price: $2.99 USD. 56460 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 24, 2011. .
The entity is ancient. It has taken form before, in other places. This time the place is Buffalo. The form is that of a magnificent woman...created from the dreams of a child. The eternal hunger is immense. The entity must feed. Psychic detective Ryerson Biergarten is falling in love with a wonderful woman, but she will die if he can't stop...The Devouring.
AFRAID - Tidbits of the Macabre    by Elizabeth Massie
Price: $3.99 USD. 51630 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 23, 2011. .
Two-time Bram Stoker-winning, veteran horror author Elizabeth Massie offers up a collection of some of her more obscure horror shorts, a sampling spanning nearly the entire length of her 27-year career thus far. AFRAID opens the collection with a new poem, "Afraid," which plays with the question, "Why do we read horror?" There are 13 tales in all from a master storyteller.
Slain in the Spirit    by Melanie Tem
Price: $2.99 USD. 72330 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 20, 2011. .
Leila Blackwell is losing her sight. Nevertheless, she stubbornly tries to maintain a "normal" lifestyle, often forsaking the companionship of her lover Cathy to act independently. When Leila is kidnapped and confined in a basement, slowly and steadily losing her sight as she is forced to engage in a batlle of wills with a man who beleives he is acting to save her soul.
A Senseless Act of Beauty    by John B. Rosenman
Price: $3.99 USD. 116320 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 20, 2011. .
Aaron Okonkwo, a Nigerian bio-botanist, travels to Viridis, an exotic world filled with scientific wonders left by a godlike race. He is ensnared by the delectable, deadly beauty of Nightsong, an enchanting alien female. When the Confederation sends 200 ships to conquer Viridis for its boundless resources, just as the Europeans once did in Africa. Can he prevent history from repeating itself?
Twilight Hankerings - Things That Go Bite in the Night    by Ronald Kelly
Price: $3.99 USD. 26920 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 19, 2011. .
Stories of hunger - of "hankerings" - deep south monsters, vampires, werewolves and more from dixie horror writer Ron Kelly, bringing the darkside of the south to his own flavor of horror. This is a brand new collection, only available in digital.
The Beast That Was Max    by gerard houarner
Price: $2.99 USD. 116720 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 19, 2011. .
Max walks in two worlds; he resides in the borderland between the world of shadowy government conspiracy and the world of vengeful ghosts and evil gods, between living flesh and supernatural spirits – between life and death. For Max is the ultimate killer, an assassin powered by the Beast, an inner demon that enables him to kill – and to do it incredibly well. Includes Tree of Shadows - new!
Devil Tree    by Steve Vernon
Price: $3.99 USD. 59370 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 17, 2011. .
Lucas Sawyer and his wife Tamsen find themselves marooned in the heart of a mid-nineteenth century wilderness forest. They are rescued by Jonah Duvall, a mysterious woodsman and his family. They become aware of an ancient Jackpine - haunted and feeding off their essence. As winter sets in they must face the tree's unholy fury in an utterly horrific finale.
Book of Souls    by Jack Ketchum
Price: $3.99 USD. 18070 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 15, 2011. .
In this intimate glimpse into the heart of his own creative spirit, Jack Ketchum shares his early career, literary influences, and some of the characters that formed the man he has become. From his early respect and admiration for Henry Miller to the tortured lives of friends, and the aftermath of 9/11...
The Changing    by T. M. Wright
Price: $2.99 USD. 47990 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 11, 2011. .
The grisly murders of Rochester's huge film manufacturing complex puzzled Chief of Detectives Tom McCabe. A werewolf prowling the corridors of the huge facility...attacking middle-management level employees? Preposterous. But just to be on the safe side, he'd call in Ryerson H. Biergarten, the well-known parapsychologist. If Rye could deal with ghosts, eh could catch a werewolf!
The Woman    by Jack Ketchum
Price: $6.99 USD. 46490 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 4, 2011. .
The Woman by Jack Ketchum & Lucky McKee is the powerful story of the last survivor of a feral tribe of cannibals who have terrorized the east coast from Maine into Canada. Badly wounded in a battle with police, she takes refuge in a cave overlooking the sea. Christopher Cleek is a slick, amoral,and unstable country lawyer who sees her and decides to capture her, tame her and maker her his own.
Scene Immortal - Book I in the Blood Scene Trilogy    by Chris Patton
Price: $3.99 USD. 52710 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 4, 2011. .
Kyle's still recovering from a breakup with his girlfriend, right before his eighteenth birthday. As a surprise, he gets to see his favorite band Alphatwin in concert. His backstage pass to meet the band is an added bonus, but ends up being more than he expected. Kyle has heard of vampires, but will learn more about them than he ever expected. You see, Kyle will soon be immortal himself...
Heart of a Dragon    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 82170 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 4, 2011. .
Donovan DeChance watches over the balance of energy and power in the underworld of San Valencez, California. When Anya Cabrera, a local Voodoo priestess, begins tampering with the rituals binding the ancient LOA to her followers, Donovan, and his lover, Amethyst, are called in. Can they find a way to stop Anya, or will the young artist who fights at their side release a greater evil?
Toybox    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 71230 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on February 3, 2011. .
Toybox is the first ever collection of stories by horror master Al Sarrantonio, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of more than twenty novels and editor of the landmark horror anthology 999. Toybox itself was nominated for an International Horror Guild Award for best collection.
Dead on the Island    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 60500 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 31, 2011. .
PI Truman Smith has become a loner after failing to find his sister Jan during a recent search of Galveston Island. He jogs on the Seawall, plays with his cat, and reads lots of Faulkner books. Then an old high school football buddy, Dino, asks him to find a young girl named Sharon. As Tru begins his investigation, dead bodies begin to appear and Tru himself wrapped up in a dark mystery.
The Birth of the Dread Remora    by Aaron Rosenberg
Price: $2.99 USD. 63610 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 31, 2011. .
Nathaniel Demming is a midshipman aboard the HMES Remora, the very first ship to go beyond their world's waters and out into the "ether". Can Demming help his friends and fellow officers through the crises that await? Can they survive the dangers all around them? And can he convince them to transform their ship and themselves into the antithesis of everything they believe in?
Dead Lines    by John Skipp
Price: $3.99 USD. 101360 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 31, 2011. .
A NYC Author writes a book of short stories, and then kills himself, leaving the manuscript behind. Two young women, Meryl and Katie, move into the apartment where the manuscript lies hidden. What ensues is a series of surreal, otherworldly events drawing them into the stories, life, and world, of a dead author. A boundary-crashing work by two masters of dark fiction.
Crescent Lake    by David Sakmyster
Price: $2.99 USD. 98200 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 28, 2011. .
Something mysterious has happened to the small town of Silver Springs. The townspeople appear to be under the influence of a higher power and almost everyone seems to attend the mysterious church on the hill. The white-gloved Reverend appears to have an ominous aura surrounding him, but not as ominous as the glow emanating from the nearby lake.
Frayed    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $0.99 USD. 23990 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 23, 2011. .
Eddie's doing his best to get by, but every day the good fight just gets harder. And now there's a new burden to shoulder. Gray - his best friend and nemesis in literature, romance, and life - has landed in a bizarre mental hospital, known for its radical treatments, because Gray couldn't bear the weight of an unspeakable trauma. Now Eddie's invited to a party at Eddie's house...
Nothing to Lose    by Steve Vernon
Price: $2.99 USD. 13630 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 22, 2011. .
Join Steve Vernon, Nova Scotia's hardest working horror writer, as he takes you into the world of Captain Nothing. It's a world without hope, a world that is as cold and dark as a landlord's heart, three days after the rent is due. It's a world that could give the Batman a case of the squirming night fears. NOTHING TO LOSE is a collection of stories that will show you the darker side of courage.
Hollywood is an All-Volunteer Army    by Steven Paul Leiva
Price: $3.99 USD. 113770 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 20, 2011. .
Here's a story that moves from Hollywood to Manhattan to London to the Greek Island of Corfu to a castle by the sea steeped in Hollywood history and, finally, to the skies over California where World War II Spitfires and Messerschmitts dogfight to the death, and wherein the Fixxer, and his band of cohorts and confidants do battle against the amorality of the universe.
Ladies' Night    by Jack Ketchum
Price: $2.99 USD. 46740 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 20, 2011. .
When a tanker labeled "Ladies Inc." spills in a rural neighborhood, the authorities ignore it - until it's too late. The contents of the spill turn the women of the neighborhood into man-hating, man-killing brutes. This is also the story of one man trying to save his family - his son, and the mother likely to end both their lives.
The Bone Tree    by Christopher Fulbright
Price: $3.99 USD. 25370 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 18, 2011. .
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Above a Civil War graveyard in the backwoods of Texas, Kevin and Bobby’s treehouse was their haven against the world. But the day Tom Plecker comes screaming through the creek below, terrified of a shadow man, that all changes. Walking Tom home they see it — the tree, its branches twisted like the pain-wracked frame of a fleshless corpse, knotty snarls of bone-white wood clawing the sky.
AfterAge    by Yvonne Navarro
Price: $2.99 USD. 104870 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 11, 2011. .
A plague of vampirism has crept across the country, reducing once-thriving cities to ghost towns. In Chicago, a few scattered survivors hide behind the fortified walls of office buildings and museums, raiding deserted stores for dwindling supplies of clothing and food. A small band of humans makes a despearate last stand against their vampire masters with the only weapon that can kill the dead.
The Last Deep Breath    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $2.99 USD. 21540 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 5, 2011. .
Grey is a drifter on the search for his foster sister, who showed up for the first time in ten years with a knife in her side, then vanished without a trace. Grey winds up in Los Angeles dealing with manipulative actresses and scummy agents, hoping to find some clue as to what happened to her after she dropped out of a porn career he didn't know about.
'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $0.99 USD. 15110 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 4, 2011. .
In this novelette, Leon flies a crop-duster-and drinks, and so he figures he'd better find a place outside of town to take off and land. He stumbles across an abandoned government airfield deep in the Great Dismal Swamp. He also discovers a lot of barrels filled with something - and being the paranoid type - eventually he starts to worry. His disposal method causes all hell to break loose!
Fuckin' Lie Down Already    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $2.99 USD. 18660 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 3, 2011. .
Clay was an honest New York City cop driven to bring down the mob and make his city a little safer, even when it seemed like nothing he did made any difference. He always played by the rules until a two-bit junkie hit man destroyed his family and left him for dead. But Clay won't let himself lie down until he gets one last thing: revenge.
Dark Dixie I    by Ronald Kelly
Price: $2.99 USD. 21860 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 3, 2011. .
Previously available on audio cassette from Darkscribe Press, this collection was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1992. Dark Dixie collects the following works of southern horror by author Ronald Kelly. This book includes all the stories from the audio book and several more.
Claw Marks & Other Disturbing Diversions    by William C. Rasmussen
Price: $2.99 USD. 45780 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 3, 2011. .
CLAW MARKS & OTHER DISTURBING DIVERSIONS is the first collection of short stories by author William C. Rasmussen. These stories span literally decades. Some first appeared in the late and lamented small and semi-pro magazines of the 80s and 90s, others are new. They have one thing in common - they are spooky, and they'll stick with you...
The Lebo Coven    by Stephen Mark Rainey
Price: $2.99 USD. 77340 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 3, 2011. .
When Matt tried to kill Barry with his car, the two brothers went their separate ways. Barry moved to Atlanta and Matt stayed in the family home in Aiken Mill, Virginia. One day Barry is notified that Matt disappeared. Free of commitments, he returns to try and solve the mystery...but something very wrong is going o in Aiken Mill...
The Sick Stuff    by Ronald Kelly
Price: $2.99 USD. 27720 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 3, 2011. .
Dark southern horror from a true master: An old man’s living fluids reveal a horrible secret from his past…A mentally-unstable woman uses a sexual obsession to take an unwilling hostage…Parasites from within, self-vampirism, and spontaneous decay… all stem from a voodoo curse cast upon the unfortunate survivors of a Louisiana family… This is the sick stuff.
Cumberland Furnace & Other Fear Forged Fables    by Ronald Kelly
Price: $3.99 USD. 26320 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 2, 2011. .
Seven tales of terror that could only beat in the dark, diseased heart of Dixie… - An abandoned furnace stands as a monument to cruelty and torture…as well as a gathering place for old ghosts… - Grandma’s culinary gifts of comfort and compassion contain a special ingredient conjured from the very depths of Hell… And much much more!
Flesh Welder    by Ronald Kelly
Price: $0.99 USD. 12990 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on January 2, 2011. .
Chaos reigns supreme. Social and economic upheaval, rampant terrorism, and nuclear annihilation have turned the earth into a vast wasteland. And, in Texas, the gates of Hell have been cracked open, unleashing its evil and fury upon the undeserving.
Reign    by Chet Williamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 151840 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 30, 2010. .
The story centers around a renovated theater in Pennsylvania and is arranged in three acts, plus overture and curtain call. The tension in Act I heightens as the reader must decide if this is a murder mystery, psychodrama, horror or fantasy, with the author offering clues to support each possibility.
Demons, Freaks & Other Abnormalities    by Michael Laimo
Price: $2.99 USD. 46630 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 28, 2010. .
This Bram Stoker Award-nominated collection is available now for the first time in digital. Cover art is by Dan Verkys. Contains all the stories of the original print version plus one new tale: The Chicken Man - that is exclusive to this Crossroad Press edition.
The Forgetting Wood    by Steven Savile
Price: $2.99 USD. 28540 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 23, 2010. .
The death of children's writer Hoke Berglund draws Jon Sieber into a world filled with Hoke's creations, including the vile Mr. Self Affliction who is the cruel master of this place. In a world where angels are beautiful women and the by-blows of nightmares people the mythical Forgetting Wood, Jon, heir apparent to all that Hoke created, falls for Beglund's daughter but cannot overlook her secret.
The Holy Terror    by Wayne Allen Sallee
Price: $2.99 USD. 82480 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 21, 2010. .
"Crippled and insane, I am the American Dream!" Evan Shustak is on the hunt for the "Pain Killer," who is taking out Chicago's "invisible people" one by one. Evan and a mis-matched band of would-be saviors fight to protect their own, while the author leaves us wondering - is the killer evil, or is he a hero too? Painful to read, brutally honest. Reminiscent of Flannery Oconner.
With Wounds Still Wet    by Wayne Allen Sallee
Price: $2.99 USD. 54000 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 21, 2010. .
With Wounds Still Wet is a Bram Stoker Award-nominated collection of twenty-two stories from Chicago author Wayne Allen Sallee. Visceral, painful, often closing in on the too-personal, Sallee's fiction is a sharp jab of reality in a world of milk-toast angst and watered-down prose.
Recipes of a Lifetime Vol. 1    by Beverly Dodd
Price: $2.99 USD. 4440 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 20, 2010. .
This is a collection of dessert related recipes collected and compiled over the last forty-five years from various sources. These include my Mother, Aunt, Mother-in-Law, friends, magazines and newspapers. The Coca Cola and rum cakes were the favorites of my Mother's. My Aunt's specialty was the apricot nectar cake and chess pie. Please Enjoy!
The Compleate Pigge    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 35360 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 19, 2010. .
With Brett Alexander Savory - Johnson Milhone is crazy...or is he? Talking, sentient stuffed pigs that may, or may not be sewn from the flesh of his father? A psychpathic brother...or...just a bully? A mother who may be a controlling serial killer? Think Donny Darko with a slice of bacon and you're close...the complete Johnson Milhone Stories.
Animals    by John Skipp
Price: $2.99 USD. 135220 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 8, 2010. .
The final book by the team of John Skipp & Craig Spector. Syd was just another lonely working class guy singing the steel-town blues. Then he met Nora. She's sensual, Erotic. Amoral. A creature of the night and she's luring Syd across the line that few can cross--and fewer survive: the line that separates man from beast.
All You Despise    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $0.99 USD. 17060 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 7, 2010. .
In All You Despise, Piccirilli’s characteristically lean prose grimly illustrates the high price of redemption and the violent limits of brotherly love. When a nameless man awakens to find his blood-spattered brother passed out in his trailer it sets off a chain of painful, hard-hitting events that tests family loyalty and shows the savage impact of a father’s dark legacy.
Boundaries    by T. M. Wright
Price: $2.99 USD. 65340 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 5, 2010. .
David and Anne Case were linked as only twins can be, always aware of each other's thoughts and feelings. Now Anne is dead. David takes an experimental drug and crosses the boundary between life and death. But the "other side" is a mysterious and confusing place and Anne is not easily found. David may not escape himself.
Homegrown    by Elizabeth Massie
Price: $4.99 USD. 77020 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 5, 2010. .
Homegrown is a coming-of-age novel set in a contemporary children’s home. Teenaged Cooter finds his way of life crashing down when the Home begins to accept more hardened “state kids.” Told primarily as a flashback, Homegrown follows Cooter as he faces his troubled past, seeking answers and redemption.
Halloween and Other Seasons    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 70400 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on December 4, 2010. .
Here, to treasure, a new story collection from award-winning horror master Al Sarrantonio. In Halloween and Other Seasons you'll find: Summer that never ends... A sleepover that turns into an unending nightmare... A Summer camp that offers a one-way ticket... The strangest Halloween ever... A wonderful collection from a master storyteller.
Scars and Candy - Tales of Terror and Dark Mystery    by Sidney Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 46900 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 30, 2010. .
Scars and Candy opens the door on a dark world of monsters, crime, mayhem and human evil. Demons, dark creatures and dangerous humans lurk in 16 tales that gaze into the darkness of the human heart and paths of revenge, retribution and terror.
Grant Me Timely Grace    by Timothy Woods
Price: $2.99 USD. 135860 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 26, 2010. .
Union Major Russell Johns wonders why he wasn’t courts-martialed. He's being played by Confederate spy and confidant of Lincoln’s cabinet Gerard Chantier. Gerard’s plans will end with Washington’s capture by JEB Stuart, Lincoln’s kidnapping and win the war for the South. Can Russell use Chantier’s daughter to get to Gerard? He must face a daunting moral challenge he's ill-prepared for.
A Question of Will    by Craig Spector
Price: $2.99 USD. 92380 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 23, 2010. .
Paul Kelly is a firefighter and a paramedic who has seen tragedy a thousand times; it has never been his own. Until now. A shocking crime. A loved one, brutally murdered. The killer, a teen sociopath whose dead eyes stare in sullen silence. Paul does not want blood or vengeance. He wants to know why. Where terrible truth lurks in the lies. The price paid to answer A QUESTION OF WILL.
The Whirling Man & Other Tales of Pain, Blood, and Madness    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 78050 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 23, 2010. .
This collection of fourteen stories by Bram Stoker Award winning author David Niall Wilson represent more than twenty years of writing. They all feature madness in one form or another. There is everything here from serial killers to fairy tales, crazy artists and other worlds that might, or might not actually exist. Patterns in White Static and Reflections in Shattered Glass are new.
Loss    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $2.99 USD. 16390 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 23, 2010. .
LOSS concerns a failed writer working as a handyman in an old Manhattan apartment building with a strange history and numerous oddball tenants. The penthouse is owned by a bestselling novelist and his wife, the nameless narrator's longtime unrequited love, who soon goes missing. This novella spotlights the fear of missing out on one's greatest hopes and romantic dreams. AND talking monkeys.
The Nobody    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $2.99 USD. 23720 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 23, 2010. .
Cryer came home to find his wife and young daughter brutalized. He can't quite catch the killer, who slips out a window, stabbing Cryer in the forehead with a 3" blade. As his memories slowly return, Cryer sets out to recreate enough of his life to find and confront the killer, led by a series of encounters with his past, and a string of unintelligible words.
Second Chance    by Chet Williamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 118370 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 23, 2010. .
Woody Robinson, a successful musician, gathers his baby boomer friends and recreates an evening in 1969 out of nostalgia for his long dead love, Tracy. By the evening's end, Tracy is back in Woody's life as though she had never left. But there is another change as well, a shocking one. His name is Pan. An environmental terrorist who wants to save the world by destroying humanity.
No Flesh Shall Be Spared    by Thom Carnell
Price: $4.99 USD. 159460 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 19, 2010. .
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In a near future where society has dealt with the global outbreak of the Living Dead, a highly lucrative international sport, zombie pit fighting, emerges. This isthe story of Cleese, his recruitment and rise to supremacy in this violent world where every match could be his last. The Dead will fall. Friends will die. The question that arises is that of Cleese's fate in the ensuing mayhem.
This Crowded Earth    by Robert  Bloch
Price: $2.99 USD. 37030 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 18, 2010. .
In this classic novel of future overpopulation, Robert Bloch takes us to a world where humans have bred themselves into a state of smothering overpopulation. The Government resorts to more and more Draconian measures to control the population and utilize what space and resources are available.
The Secret Agent    by Joseph Conrad
Price: $2.99 USD. 90360 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 18, 2010. .
In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verlac, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho.
The Big Time    by Fritz Leiber
Price: $2.99 USD. 39090 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 18, 2010. .
This Hugo Award winning novel dripped from the pen of master author Fritz Leiber, and was originall published in two parts in the pulp magazine, Galaxy Science Fiction in March and April of 1958. This is a classic work of time travel, pitting two warring factions, both with the ability to travel through time against one another in a tapestry of changed events and altnernate futures.
Deathworld    by Harry  Harrison
Price: $2.99 USD. 57670 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 18, 2010. .
This classic sci-fi adventure from Harry Harrison, the creator of The Stainless Steel Rat, follows protagonist Jason dinAlt as he investigates Pyrrus, a strange place where all the beasts, plants, and natural elements are out to destroy man.
Brigands of the Moon    by Ray Cummings 
Price: $2.99 USD. 69570 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 18, 2010. .
When The Planetara, a space cargo ship under the command of Gregg Haljan, docked at the moon to be loaded with a special load of moon ore bound for Grantline Corporation, everyone knew it was a risky business. The ore was valuable, and there were plenty of ruthless pirates and brigands willing to go to great lengths to have it.
Moonbane    by Al Sarrantonio
Price: $2.99 USD. 47290 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 16, 2010. .
When amateur astronomer Jason Blake and his son are out star-gazing one night, thousands of meteors suddenly fill the sky. Some of them fall nearby, but when Jason and Ritchie go to investigate, they are attacked by a werewolf-like creature, and Ritchie is injured. This is a novel of relationships, of apocalyptic adventure, and very personal sacrifice.
Deadly Delivery    by Sidney Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 45960 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 15, 2010. .
It's just another long, hot summer – until Derek Cliver and his friends join an exciting new mail-order club. The Terror Club allows Derek and his friends to create their own monsters. AND it gives them the opportunity to "dispose" of those they despise most. But the game turns terrifyingly real when the monsters they create come to life – and actually murder their rivals.
The Nighttime is the Right Time    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 67520 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 11, 2010. .
Short fiction from the author of the popular Sheriff Dan Rhodes series. In these 11 previously published tales, we meet a detective who also happens to be a werewolf; investigate two separate missing-animal cases; tag along with series characters Carl Burns (the amateur-sleuth English teacher) and Dan Rhodes; watch Elvis Presley hunting a vampire; and a handful of other interesting puzzles.
MEOW.ORG - The Cat-Napping Caper    by Darby Patterson
Price: $2.99 USD. 33630 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 3, 2010. .
Dozens of cats and kittens have disappeared from their homes and Elzbeth and her friends are worried. Since the other kids at school don't play with them, the four friends use recess and weekends to figure out a diabolical - and sometimes funny - plot that's making captives out of innocent kittens.
The Demonologist    by Michael Laimo
Price: $2.99 USD. 87170 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 31, 2010. .
Bev Mathers has become an innocent pawn in an infernal game, a victim of hellish forces beyond understanding. His visions of blood and debauchery are growing more ghastly every day. Some of them -- the most shocking -- are real. Bev can feel his mind, his body, his very soul slipping away. Will his only hope or his eternal damnation come from... the demonlogist?
The Light at the End    by John Skipp
Price: $2.99 USD. 124760 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 25, 2010. .
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The newspapers scream out headlines that spark terror across the city. Ten murders on the New York City subway. Ten grisly crimes that defy all reason, pattern, or m.o., no leads for police to pursue. The press dubs him the "Subway Psycho"; the NYPD desperately seeks their quarry before the city erupts in mass hysteria. They won't find what they're looking for. Because they think he's human.
Dark Dixie II - Tales of Southern Horror    by Ronald Kelly
Price: $4.99 USD. 53460 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 21, 2010. .
From the dankness and decay of the Louisiana swamps, to the dust and sweat of Texas, and into the author's own, the mossy gloom of the Tennessee backwoods, as well as the turned earth of its fertile farmland. Creatures lurk within these pages as well. Spiders and gators, things dwelling within jars and the currents of the wind, and the abominations of Hell, let loose to run rampant in the night.
Nightjack    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $4.99 USD. 71880 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 19, 2010. .
Pace is released from a mental institution, only to be kidnapped by three other escapees, all suffering from multiple personality disorder. What ensues is a wild, surreal adventure leading finally to a Greek island, where everyone may wind up dead unless Pace willingly releases the darkest persona of all...Nightjack.
Sineater    by Elizabeth Massie
Price: $2.99 USD. 105780 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 19, 2010. .
The Sineater is to be shunned, along with his family. When Burke Campbell befriends the Sineater's son, horrible things begin to happen. The Sineater, and his family, are blamed. Can superstition be overcome? Is it superstition, or fact? Will tradition be broken...or will a family, and an Appalachian community be undone?
Defining Moments    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 94000 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 18, 2010. .
Bram Stoker Award Nominated short story collection by David Niall Wilson. Contains the Stoker-winning short story "The Gentle Brush of Wings," and the first publication of "'Scuse Me, While I Kiss the Sky. Previously only available in anexpensive, signed limited edition.
Spinning Webs & Telling Lies    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 41640 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 17, 2010. .
This collection includes western themed short stories by authors David Niall Wilson and Brian A. Hopkins, both solo and in collaboration. It contains several reprints from obscure anthologies, and the entire collection of three One-Eyed Jack stories, previously only available in one place through a limited chapbook collection from Camelot Books.
Prototype    by Brian Hodge
Price: $2.99 USD. 116070 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 16, 2010. .
Clay Palmer is one of the rarest people on earth, carrier of a genetic mutation with frightening implications. Clay is caught in a struggle that takes him from the desert to the mountains, into tribal subculture,and cross-country through a landscape corroded with industrial blight, toward the other claimant for Clay's soul: A man who wants sons and daughters…even if he has to breed them himself
The Intelligent Man's Guide to Flying Saucers    by T. M. Wright
Price: $2.99 USD. 66820 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 8, 2010. .
This book, the first ever by T. M. Wright, is an extensive, probing survey of the state of UFO experiences circa the late 1960s. It is a thoughtful, well-written book with photographs. Contents Include: 12 Questions Most Often Asked About Flying Saucers Classic Cases -- Twenty Cases Typical of the UFO Phenomena Explanations Flap Periods Contactees A Summary
The Gift    by Sidney Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 50080 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 5, 2010. .
Veronica Mallory's father gives her a doll house that looks incredibly real. At first, she's thrilled with the ancient treasure, but then it beings to have a strange and violent effect on her friends and family. Can she unlock the gift's dark secrets in time to save those she loves?
Scary Rednecks & Other Inbred Horrors    by Weston Ochse
Price: $2.99 USD. 76120 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 4, 2010. .
SCARY REDNECKS written with David Whitman: 23 stories of horror, madness, and humor set in America’s heartland. The stories run the gauntlet from terror to outrage, with everything from abusive parents, cannibals, deer hunters, demonic catfish, UFO abductions, voodoo priestesses, vampire moonshiners, and Appalachian monstrosities; it will amuse you, disturb you, & leave you hungry for more.
Hell Hollow    by Ronald Kelly
Price: $4.99 USD. 122100 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on October 4, 2010. .
Harmony, Tennessee possessed a disturbing secret; a secret so ancient that most of its residents were completely unaware of it. Even the last survivors of a vigilante raid long ago have filed the tragic events of that autumn night away, totally unaware of the evil that remains, dormant, but forever patient, among the tall pines and thick-leaved kudzu of a place known only as Hell Hollow.
Ancient Eyes    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 100040 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 24, 2010. .
There is an ancient evil lurking in the mountains of California. An ancient carving watches from an alcove above the door of rotting church. When it reaches out to snare Silas Greene, and reclaim dominion over those who live on the mountain, it's up to Abraham Carlson to return to the ancient stone church of his father. The Cleansing was never completed...and there's little time.
The Not Quite Right Reverend Cletus J. Diggs & the Currently Accepted Habits of Nature    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 40020 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 24, 2010. .
When Cletus J. Diggs gets a visit from his buddy Jasper and learns about the dead man sticking boot-first out of the fishing hole, he has no idea what it will lead to. How could he? Old Mill is not known for genetic research, ancient rituals, or alien abduction.Only Cletus, ordained minister, private investigator and jack of all trades can solve the mystery before it's too late.
GNELFS    by Sidney Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 87270 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 23, 2010. .
Heaven was only four-and-a-half, but she knew everything about the Gnelfs. She watched the little green men on TV, "read" her Gnelf books, and watched the Gnelf movies her mommy rented. Then the Gnelfs changed. Then the Gnelfs started hurting her, and other people. Her mommy & friends. Only Heaven could stop the evil little monsters. If only she knew how…
Roll Them Bones    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 29170 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 12, 2010. .
For Jason, Frank, Ronnie and Lizzy, there are bits and pieces of the past that won’t go away. Not in the daylight world, and not in their dreams. They shared a secret, a bond of silence and guilt. They shared the memory of an old woman’s dry, crackling voice, the heat and sizzling terror of flames beyond their control, and the mesmerizing image of a handful of bones.
Ryan Rides Back    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 57240 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 10, 2010. .
Bill Kane was going to hang for murdering Ryan's sister... After three long years, folks were shocked Ryan would show his face after abandoning his sister. Others were amazed that he was back at all. No man could have survived that night in Shatter's Grove. Ryan was no ordinary man. Tularosa was in for more shocks and surprises, because he was back for the real truth behind his sister's murder.
The Book of Days    by Steve Rasnic Tem
Price: $2.99 USD. 82770 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 10, 2010. .
The Book of Days consists of a short story told each day by a man trying to talk himself back to sanity. These daily inventions emulate the styles of everything from traditional ghost stories to the works of O’Henry and James Whitcomb Riley, from westerns to fifties science fiction. As a sequence illustrating the narrator’s deep internal struggle, these stories build to an electrifying whole.
Excavation    by Steve Rasnic Tem
Price: $2.99 USD. 88560 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on September 3, 2010. .
Archaeologist Reed Taylor is called back to his hometown of Simpson Creeks, Kentucky to dig into the earth now covering his family’s old farm, and the bodies of his mother and father. But in a terrifying rendezvous with his own past he discovers that his memories of the dead are not only palpable, but capable of fantastic transformation.
The Fever Kill    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $3.99 USD. 60520 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 28, 2010. .
Crease is going back to his quaint, quiet hometown of Hangtree, where his father the sheriff met ruin in the face of a scandal involving the death of a kidnapped little girl and her missing ransom. It's where crease was beaten, jailed, and kicked clear of the town line ten years earlier. Crease has a single hope; a raw and raging fever driving him toward the truth that might just burn him up.
Tales From the Southern Hotel - Stories About a Girl with Extraordinary Powers    by Stephanie Macomber
Price: $2.99 USD. 53600 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 24, 2010. .
Mary Lou and her family live in the Southern Hotel, a historic building her father has restored and operates. They live in the 1950s, in small town Maryland. Then Mary Lou discovers she has an unexpected gift. She has dreams and visions that transport her through time, mixing her up in mysteries, fires, and every sort of adventure, all in or around the Southern Hotel she has come to love.
Short Ride to Nowhere    by Tom Piccirilli
Price: $2.99 USD. 26270 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 12, 2010. .
Jenks and Hale aren't friends, partners, or even next door neighbors anymore. Not since they each lost their jobs and had their homes foreclosed. Not since they lost their wives and kids and lives. After Hale is found nearly dead beside the corpse of a nine-year-old girl, and soon after commits suicide in a mental hospital, Jenks decides to find out what the hell happened.
FORENSICS 101: A Friendly Primer for Writers    by Robert Jones
Price: $2.99 USD. 39610 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 11, 2010. .
From a time of slow advance in ancient Babylon when fingerprints were pressed into clay tablets to cement business transactions, through to the present time, the rate of advancement in forensics has been steadily increasing. Writers, especially fiction writers, will find some concise, easily read forensic reference of assistance. Fortunately, if you are reading this, your search is over.
The Sufferer's Song    by Steven Savile
Price: $2.99 USD. 160660 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 10, 2010. .
Kristy French is obsessed with trying to find whatever it is that links the disappearance of Jude Kenyon, a hiker, Frank Rogan, a local farmer, and the suicide of Monk Sanders, the 'enforcer' for a disgraced scientist. Once she starts digging she stumbles into a Frankensteinian nightmare in the wilds of Northumberland. But who is the monster?
Children of the Dusk    by Janet Berliner
Price: $2.99 USD. 98000 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 5, 2010. .
Concluding the saga of Solomon, Erich, and Miriam, Dusk begins as they land on Nosy Mangabé, an island off the coast of Madagascar. Along with their mysterious Malagasy guide Bruqah, 144 Jews, 40 heavily armed Nazis, and Erich's crack canine unit, the three fight to find a place in this strange new world, while also fighting to stay alive.
Child of the Journey    by Janet Berliner
Price: $2.99 USD. 15890 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 5, 2010. .
Three years after the end of Child of the Light, Journey begins with Miriam married to Erich, and Sol safe in Holland. Erich has told Miriam that Sol is in a camp, and her only hope of keeping him safe is to remain Erich's faithful wife. When Solomon learns of the deception, he returns to Berlin to try to bring Miriam out with him Instead, he ends up in the very Hell Sol already claimed as truth.
Lowland Rider    by Chet Williamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 79080 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 3, 2010. .
Jesse Gordon, driven to a shocking murder by the killing of his wife and infant daughter, condemns himself to life underground in the New York City subway system. Abandoning the light of day, he finds an evil as old as time, and a redemption which must be bought by a price far greater than death…
Child of the Light    by Janet Berliner
Price: $2.99 USD. 102830 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on August 3, 2010. .
This book follows three friends, Solomon Freund, a Jew, Erich Wiesser, his Catholic neighbor and “brother in blood”, and Miriam Rathenau, whom both boys love, and who happens to be niece of Germany’s foreign minister Walther Rathenau. From their youth helping at their parents’ co-owned tobacco shop, the boys find their relationship strained by Germany's descent into Nazi hell.
Blood Hunter    by Sidney Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 100280 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 30, 2010. .
Legends abound about hideous creatures who live in the swamps near Aimsley, Louisiana. They've picked up the name Mormo, and they are said to be terrifying. but Jag Walker and Debra Blane discover the creatures are at the root of a larger conspiracy as they begin a search for her missing brother. As they unravel ancient secrets and modern evil, they find they must confront a nightmare.
Darkness Falling    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 82670 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 20, 2010. .
When Klaus Von Kroft brings his band to the mountain village of Rathburg to perform a concert, he is drawn into a beautiful, ancient vampire's web of vengeance and blood, his friends are dragged along behind. Can he unravel the mystery of the mountain and overcome the call of blood…or will they all fall to Rosa's game of hunger and revenge?
Ash Wednesday    by Chet Williamson
Price: $2.99 USD. 115260 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 15, 2010. .
In Merridale, semi-transparent blue ghosts are appearing. The town's dead are reappearing, frozen in their final moments of life for all to see, and none to ignore. The ghosts aren't the real story here, though - it's those who are still alive. Faced with the deaths and tragedies of their loved ones, and enemies, can Merridale's sanity survive? A classic novel of horror.
A Time for Hanging    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 54740 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 11, 2010. .
Lizzie Randall, the preacher's daughter, is murdered. The men of the west Texas town are set on lynching Paco Morales, a Mexican teenager who happened to be in the vicinity. In the end justice is served. The list of suspects grows to include almost everyone in the story...
Blood is Pretty    by Steven Paul Leiva
Price: $2.99 USD. 94020 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 8, 2010. .
“Steve Leiva not only promises but delivers. This is a fine first novel. Bravo!” — Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles... “Blood is Pretty is a wonderful read, a highly entertaining and impressive debut novel." — Richard D. Zanuck, Academy Award-winning Producer of Jaws, Cocoon, Driving Miss Daisy, and Tim Burton’s Alice in wonderland
Keepers of the Beast    by Jack MacLane
Price: $2.99 USD. 77070 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 4, 2010. .
Something strange is stirring in Bayou City. Screams in the night. Mutilated animals. The murder of a college student. Barry Shannon wants to know why, and he he wants to know what's happening in the strange house on the edge of town, the one everyone avoids. He should have let well enough alone because it was better never to have found . . . the Keepers of the Beast.
Medicine Show    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 60260 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 2, 2010. .
Ray Storey plays the role of Kit Carson in Col. A. J. Mahaffey's Authentic Medicine Show. Storey's using his job with the show to travel around the country to look for the men who killed his parents, and of course there's a showdown in the end. Also accompanying the show are an alcoholic doctor and the colonel's daughter.
A Taste of Blood and Roses    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 52740 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 25, 2010. .
This collection of stories spans two decades of work by Bram Stoker Award winning author David Niall Wilson. From the streets of Jerusalem to the historical life of Vlad Tepes, follow this prolific author through eleven tales of vampirism, lycanthropy, and darkness. There's a bit of dark humor, a touch of the erotic, and a little something for everyone who loves creatures of the night.
The Last Angel    by Steven Savile
Price: $2.99 USD. 58830 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 19, 2010. .
Gabriel Rush takes a photograph of a beautiful sad-faced hooker in a down town bar and is stunned by what he sees when the picture is developed. At first he thinks it is a flaw in the photograph, but then he recognizes it for what it is, the mark of the Trinity Killer. It is the same mark that scars the faces of mutilated corpses that are turning up all over New York City.
Blood Dreams    by Jack MacLane
Price: $3.99 USD. 76260 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 13, 2010. .
Hubert is a killer. Larry is a young boy who dreams about death before it happens. He can't remember his dreams by day, but by night he is haunted by the faces and words of the dying. When the two end up in the same town, a classic battle of good and evil ensues. Blood Dreams is an old school supernatural thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Just Before Dark    by Jack MacLane
Price: $2.99 USD. 74650 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 8, 2010. .
You never know what you might find in a junkyard, especially when your uncle isn’t the kindly old gentleman you think he is. He’s actually the kind of man who would put someone into a car that’s about to be run through the crusher, just to get rid of him. Frank Castella isn’t so easy to get rid of. His spirit is back, and a lot of people are going to die.
The Nightmare Frontier    by Stephen Mark Rainey
Price: $2.99 USD. 84620 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 4, 2010. .
The town of Silver Ridge, West Virginia, has disappeared from the face of the earth. Confined by this unimaginable barrier, the townspeople find themselves confronted by the denizens of a distant dimension: horrifying creatures that intend to transform the valley town into their own outpost. To these extra-dimensional travelers, human beings are nothing more than pests to be exterminated.
Goodnight Moom    by Jack MacLane
Price: $2.99 USD. 80390 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 4, 2010. .
When Harry's grisly experiments progressed beyond stray pets and farm animals to classmates, Harry’s dad decided to lock the boy away in the basement. Harry waited and grew… and grew… and GREW! And while he waited, he was counseled by his one and only friend — the bright orb in the night sky he called “Moom.” Harry spoke to Moom. And Moom spoke to Harry. Moom told Harry to Kill
Rest in Peace    by Jack MacLane
Price: $2.99 USD. 83930 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on June 4, 2010. .
An Evil Secret Danny West knew that something was wrong from the first day his folks moved into the rundown house next to the creepy graveyard. At night, he saw weird shadows prowling around the crumbling tombstones, and heard strange gurgling sounds. But his parents wouldn’t listen to him. They said he had a good imagination… Then bad things
Laughing Boy's Shadow    by Steven Savile
Price: $2.99 USD. 89300 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 7, 2010. .
“Your problem, city, is that you have no soul. Declan Shea learns the depth of this lie through a series of brutal events, as systematically, an evil as old as the city itself strips him of every last shred of hope and humanity. A road accident, a bag lady, a bird man, renegades from L. Frank Baum’s Wizard of Oz, all of these nightmares converge in one horrific moment under a dark bridge.
Strange Seed    by T. M. Wright
Price: $2.99 USD. 58310 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 7, 2010. .
A new husband and a new home, what more could a newlywed want? Unfortunately, home is an isolated neglected farm house near an encroaching woods. And each day Rachel’s husband grows quieter and more introspective. Worse, she cannot ignore the menacing woods she sees from the porch windows. They are the hiding place for abandoned children. But are they truly children and, if not, what are they?
Sins of the Flash    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $3.99 USD. 99040 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 1, 2010. .
When a photographer named Christian Greve's mind snaps, he begins to do some very strange things for his art. Women are disappearing, and then turning up dead. It's up to Tommy Doyle, the "Psychos 'r' Us" Cop and his partner Big "Mac" Markum to sort out a crazy series of murders, and track down the killer before more women can be killed.
Timber Gray    by Ronald Kelly
Price: $3.99 USD. 51950 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 19, 2010. .
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After his family is killed by a pack of rabid wolves, Jefferson Gray survives the horrid disease himself, with the aid of a Cherokee medicine man. But, unfortunately, he can not banish his animosity toward dangerous game, particularly timber wolves. 15 years later, he tackles his greatest challenge… a pack of fifty wolves led by the legendary Cripplefoot. Can he survive?
Joined at the Muse    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 106870 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 11, 2010. .
Joined at the Muse collects thirteen stories, two of which have never been published. They have one thing in common, a blending of the works of two creative minds. There is horror in this book, and fantasy, alternate history, science-fiction, and fantasy. Many of these are novellas. David Niall Wilson in collaboration with a host of talent!
Cockroach Suckers    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $1.00 USD. 21840 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 7, 2010. .
0.5 star(4.50)
When Bobby Lee shows up at Jasper's fruit stand with something big and covered in a tarp in the back of his truck, things start getting a little weird. From giant statues pulled out of the Great Dismal Swamp, to roadside attractions and ancient Lovecraftian-style gods, the two friends find themselves in way over their heads. Includes the novella DEEP BLUE
The Preacher's Marsh    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $0.99 USD. 36370 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 5, 2010. .
Reverend Gideon Swayne took off from a small community church in Illinois to go South. The slaves had been free, and he knew they needed someone to bring them the word of the Lord. He was called. What he didn't bargain for was the attitude of the former slave owners of Old Mill, North Carolina, a swamp-witch named Desdemona, and a life that would challenge not only his faith, but his sanity.
The Fall of the House of Escher & Other Illusions    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 32940 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 4, 2010. .
This collection was first published in 1995 and was the first by Bram Stoker Award wining author David Niall Wilson. It collects two novelettes & several short stories from early in the author's careers. Two of the stories were expanded later to novels. One made Year's Best Horror. Rare fiction covering fantasy, horror, historical fantasy, and Lovecraftian tales - even one romantic fantasy.
Daughters    by Steve & Melanie Tem
Price: $2.99 USD. 92820 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 3, 2010. .
Four diverse characters collide in an ancient world of darkness and magic: the amazon Gwynn, the princess Evonna, the wizard Alden, and the beast Thet. Out of that collision comes an unforgettable novel of endings and reconciliations, the death of magic and the birth of technology, and the eternal struggle between darkness and light.
This is My Blood    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 83780 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 3, 2010. .
When Jesus is tempted in the desert, a fallen angel is raised in the form of a woman to tempt him with the flesh. Instead, that woman, Mary Magdalene, falls in love, and yearns to return to her home in Heaven. This is My Blood is a retelling of the gospel through the Book of Judas, and the eyes of one who did not require faith to know the truth...Award-nominated novel.
The Mote in Andrea's Eye    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 87980 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 3, 2010. .
A young girl loses her father to a hurricane near the end of WWII. She grows up to fight hurricanes for the government. When Operation Stormfury is closed down, she continues herfight and accidentally causes one of the biggest storms in history to head toward the US Coast. Then the storm, and her husband, a US Navy pilot, disappear off the coast of Bermuda. In 2006, they both come back...
Deep Blue    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 109490 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 2, 2010. .
(5.00)
Brandt is a drunken, self-loathing guitarist. When he locks himself out of his apartment and stumbles into an alley filled with trash can fires and the homeless, he is gifted - or cursed? - with the ability to play blues like he's never heard...at a price. He must play to release the pain of the world before it drives him mad. There is another who wants that pain to grow...
On the Third Day    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 74800 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 2, 2010. .
A Young priest experiences the Stigmata. When the Vatican sends in Father Prescott, the "Miracle Man," to investigate, what ensues is a race to find the truth behind what's happening at the Cathedral of San Valencez by the sea before the miracle - or curse - gets out of hand, and before they are faced with the question of what happens...on the third day.
The Orffyreus Wheel    by David Niall Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 79490 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on March 2, 2010. .
In 1712, a remarkable man named Johann Bessler invented a wheel that spun after being set into motion until it was stopped with no mechanical input. The Orffyreus Wheel follows his adventures in inventing it, and those of his heir, Elly Kassel, as she fights to keep it from falling into the wrong hands.


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