Dark Regions Press


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Dark Regions Press has been publishing horror books since 1985 and is an award winning press specializing in Horror, Dark Fiction, Fantasy, and Science Fiction. The press has published such renowned writers as Bentley Little, Kevin J. Anderson, Michael Arnzen, Elizabeth Massie, Jeffrey Thomas, W.H. Pugmire, Simon Strantzas and many others. Dark Regions Press has had many Bram Stoker Award nominations and numerous award winning short story and poetry collections and are the recipients of the HWA 2010 Specialty Press award and the Italian 2012 The Black Spot award for Excellence in a Foreign Publisher.

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Dark Surge    by Gina Ranalli
Price: $3.99 USD. 60160 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on May 9, 2013. .

Recently divorced Tess Waters is an attractive young professional woman and mother of Emily, her precocious six-year-old daughter. Tess cannot understand why her ex-husband, Josh, who obviously still cares for his ex and madly loves his little daughter, had to spoil their marriage by having a torrid affair with another woman...
Blood Wallah and Other Poems    by Robert Borski
Price: $2.99 USD. 9870 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on May 9, 2013. .

"If you think there's nothing new to write about the classic characters of horror and fantasy, think again. In this fine collection Robert Borski offers us witty and memorable reflections on Vlad the Impaler, Dorothy's Tin Man, Pinocchio's Gepetto, Rotwang from Metropolis, the Morlocks of H.G. Wells, Poe's Ulalume--even the Tooth Fairy...
The Engines of Sacrifice    by James Chambers
Price: $3.99 USD. 85620 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on May 9, 2013. .

In hidden places, they sleep and dream, and through their dreams they touch humanity--but their touch brings only the stains of horror, death, and madness...until the day the Old Ones return. In The Engines of Sacrifice, acclaimed writer James Chambers delivers four nightmare novellas inspired by the Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft...
Dark Entities    by David Dunwoody
Price: $3.99 USD. 34500 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on May 9, 2013. .

Hidden in the dark corners of our reality are the passages to spaces beyond. Is it there that unfortunate souls come face to face with the horrors that move silently about us in everyday life. Take a breath, take a chance, and turn the page...
Phantom Navigation    by Robert Frazier
Price: $2.99 USD. 11190 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on May 9, 2013. .

23 chromosomes from one parent, 23 from the other. 46 inescapable parts to a recipe. In Robert Frazier's case, his father was a cryptographer at Bletchley Park during WWII, and his mother was a landscape painter who studied with Emile Albert Gruppé....
Strange Vegetables    by G.O. Clark
Price: $2.99 USD. 3780 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on May 9, 2013. .

Harpo Marx's pockets. The truth about crop circles. Bizarre job opportunities. A robot poet. A flashback to the Sixties. Within the cornucopia that is Strange Vegetables you will find these and other speculations on things scientific and fantastical, real and surreal, complete with a special garnish here and there to illuminate a poem.
The Gaki & Other Hungry Spirits    by Stephen Mark Rainey
Price: $3.99 USD. 64450 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on May 9, 2013. .

Strange Shapes hiding in the shadows cast by the moonlight. Eerie noises drifting out of the forest and rising into the night. The sound of inhuman footsteps approaching from somewhere in the darkness. A pair of gleaming eyes peering in through your window at midnight...
Lullaby for the Rain Girl    by Christopher Conlon
Price: $3.99 USD. 122620 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on May 9, 2013. .

At age 36, Ben Fall is a man in torment. Overstressed, out of shape, in the middle of a bitter divorce, and carrying a secret that weighs heavily on his psyche, he's convinced he's a failure. He can hardly get out of bed in the morning to make his way to the high school where he teaches English. But suddenly one gray afternoon, a mousy, nondescript new girl appears in his classroom...
Our Lady of the Shadows    by Tony Richards
Price: $3.99 USD. 85090 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on May 9, 2013. .

Tony Richards has been hailed as "one of today's masters of dark fiction," and has been penning supernatural tales for more than thirty years. Come with him as he voyages the world in search of the dark arcane. The jungled slopes of Penang, and Malaysia. The night-bound alleyways of Tokyo and New York. Everywhere that holds a shadow also holds a deadly secret...
Midnight's Angels    by Tony Richards
Price: $3.99 USD. 112460 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on December 19, 2012. .

It may look like a perfectly ordinary New England town, a little larger than most. But Raine's Landing, Massachusetts, holds some very dark secrets. The real witches of Salem fled here just before the Trials of 1692, and the place has been full of magic -- the good and the bad kind -- ever since. And a curse hangs over the whole population ...
Resurrection House    by James Chambers
Price: $3.99 USD. 75050 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on December 19, 2012. .

They say Mooncat Jack takes the kids nobody is watching, the kids nobody wants. They say he takes them in the dark and smiles with teeth like black dice and eyes like pools of dead water waiting to suck them down to...someplace else...
Nightingale Songs    by Simon Strantzas
Price: $3.99 USD. 78440 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on December 5, 2012. .

Simon Strantzas, master of the subtle and the bizarre, returns with a dozen strange tales and eerie mysteries. From the shores of a remote oil-stained sound to deep within the familiar heart of suburbia, these are the songs of broken people who cannot find a way to fix themselves, who must search the dark for salvation. Like a siren, the nightingale sings them onward to face their end.
Urn & Willow    by Scott Thomas
Price: $3.99 USD. 54650 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on November 27, 2012. .

Urn & Willow is the fifth book in our ongoing Ghost House imprint and features eleven interior illustrations by artist Erin Wells. Ghostly tales of 18th and 19th century New England. Dark Regions Press presents Urn & Willow as part of Dark Regions Digital. Browse all of our digital titles by searching for "dark regions digital" or "dark regions press."
Multiplex Fandango    by Weston Ochse
Price: $3.99 USD. 93820 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on April 10, 2011. .

Multiplex Fandango is subtitled "A Weston Ochse Reader" for good reason. This collection contains a comprehensive representation of short fiction and novellas by the Bram Stoker award winner and Pushcart Prize nominee, including his recent powerful Stoker finalist short story, "The Crossing Of Aldo Rey" and his brilliant Stoker finalist novella, Redemption Roadshow.
Regret    by Gabrielle Faust
Price: $3.99 USD. 47650 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on April 10, 2011. .

Humanity is renowned for placing the blame for their most unspeakable actions in the palms of their "demons." It would seem that for every crime, every indecency there is a minion of the Underworld assigned to it. Dark Regions Press presents Regret as part of Dark Regions Digital. Browse all of our digital titles by searching for "dark regions digital" or "dark regions press."
Thought Forms    by Jeffrey Thomas
Price: $3.99 USD. 105570 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on April 10, 2011. .

A NOVEL OF SUPERNATURAL HORROR FROM THE VISIONARY AUTHOR OF PUNKTOWN AND LETTERS FROM HADES. THOUGHT FORMS follows the alternating stories of two cousins stalked by mysterious enemies bent on their destruction. Dark Regions Press presents Thought Forms as part of Dark Regions Digital. Browse all of our digital titles by searching for "dark regions digital" or "dark regions press."
Voices From Punktown by Jeffrey Thomas    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 71580 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on April 10, 2011. .

In these eleven searing stories, Jeffrey Thomas takes us on a tour of the infamous far-future colony known as Punktown, its streets raging with violence and danger, its alleys stalked by aliens and muntants, its citizens struggling to retain their humanity, dignity, and sanity in the oppressive shadows of its soaring cold towers.
Fall of Hades by Jeffrey Thomas    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 74550 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on April 10, 2011. .

(5.00)
A young woman emerges from a catatonic state to find herself naked and devoid of memory, a centuries-long prisoner of an apocalyptic battle between formerly human avenging Angels, rebel bands of the Damned, and monstrous Demons of every description. With only a sentient, talking gun for a companion, she sets out to explore a radically transfigured Hell.
Voices From Hades by Jeffrey Thomas    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 56880 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on April 9, 2011. .

If the dead could speak from the afterlife, what might they tell us? How might they warn us? Seven dispatches from the Hades of Jeffrey Thomas, author of Letters From Hades and Ugly Heaven/Beautiful Hell.
Nocturnal Emissions by Jeffrey Thomas    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 81250 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on April 9, 2011. .

Supernatural “Black Dogs,” UFOs, a vampire shark, parasite-infested children, and a foul-mouthed marionette from another dimension. These are just some of the dark delights to be found collection NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS by Jeffrey Thomas.
Lord of the Mountain by William Ollie    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 86410 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on March 29, 2011. .

October 1929 Times are hard in West Virginia, and harder times are just around the corner. But not for William Pitch, as long as he returns to Ward Rock Mountain and give that creature what he wants. Dark Regions Press presents Lord of the Mountain as part of Dark Regions Digital. Browse all of our digital titles by searching for "dark regions digital" or "dark regions press."
Doomsdays by Jeffrey Thomas    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 104330 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on March 29, 2011. .

Everyday is a Doomsday. Every hour is someone's private Armageddon. A collection of twenty-two Apoclaypses. Dark Regions Press presents Doomsdays as part of Dark Regions Digital. Browse all of our digital titles by searching for "dark regions digital" or "dark regions press."
Sideshow by William Ollie    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 77350 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on March 28, 2011. .

The carnival is in town, a very different kind of carnival this year. One no one will be coming home from. Dark Regions Press presents Sideshow as part of Dark Regions Digital. Browse all of our digital titles by searching for "dark regions digital" or "dark regions press."
The Disappeared by David B. Silva    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 112580 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on March 25, 2011. .

Ten years ago: Gabriel Knight, age 11, takes a bike ride to the park and becomes one of the ... disappeared. When Teri Knight answers a knock at the front door, she discovers her son Gabriel standing in the doorway. Only it can't be her son. Gabe took a bike ride to the park ten years ago, at age 11, and became one of the disappeared. He would be 21 now and this boy is the same age as he was...
The Mad and the Macabre    by Jeff Strand
Price: $3.99 USD. 66720 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on March 25, 2011. .

The Mad & The Macabre... Two novellas, previously only available as hardcover limited editions, now joined together into one affordable package! Dark Regions Press presents The Mad and the Macabre as part of Dark Regions Digital. Browse all of our digital titles by searching for "dark regions digital" or "dark regions press."
Voyeurs of Death by Shaun Jeffrey    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 54420 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on March 25, 2011. .

From monsters to ghosts, Shaun Jeffrey runs the gamut in this expanded collection with a diverse mix of the sinister, erotic, strange and surreal. From the foreboding alleyways of Venice to a bleak Scottish island, the horror is never far away. A young boy fixes dead things. You can't always judge a man by the cut of his suit, especially when the suit isn't made of cloth...

Books

Gathered Dust and Others    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 65160 words. Published on May 9, 2013. Fiction.

With his first collection from Dark Regions Press, W. H. Pugmire continues his radical and obsessive reinterpretations of H. P. Lovecraft's brilliant fiction. Among the book's original pieces is the title story, "Gathered Dust," a sequel to J. Vernon Shea's "The Haunter of the Graveyard." Set in Arkham, this tale of utter strangeness concerns the legacy of Randolph Carter...
The Walls of the Castle    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 25240 words. Published on February 4, 2013. Fiction.

From four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, two-time winner of the International Thriller Writers Award and finalist for the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award Tom Piccirilli comes an intense and visceral psychological thriller novella, the first title in the Black Labyrinth imprint illustrated by Gothic artist Santiago Caruso.
Glimpses: The Best Short Stories of Rick Hautala    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 126080 words. Published on November 27, 2012. Fiction.

One of 2012’s HWA Lifetime Achievement Award Winners, Rick Hautala has a writing career that spans more than three decades. From Moondeath, his first novel published in 1980, to the republication of his best-selling novel The White Room (DRP, 2012) and his forthcoming “Little Brothers” novella Indian Summer (CD Publications, 2012), his novels and short stories have entertained millions of readers.
Tales of the Weak & The Wounded by Gary McMahon    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 85000 words. Published on November 16, 2012. Fiction.

Acclaimed author Gary McMahon raids the archives of a notorious derelict mental asylum called the Daleside Institute to bring you stories of madness, horror and emotional trauma. In locations as diverse as suburban Germany, the London Underground, an Italian seaside resort and the inhospitable polar icecap, you will meet damaged people with broken lives.
Voices From Punktown by Jeffrey Thomas    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 71580 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on April 10, 2011. Fiction.

In these eleven searing stories, Jeffrey Thomas takes us on a tour of the infamous far-future colony known as Punktown, its streets raging with violence and danger, its alleys stalked by aliens and muntants, its citizens struggling to retain their humanity, dignity, and sanity in the oppressive shadows of its soaring cold towers.
Fall of Hades by Jeffrey Thomas    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 74550 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on April 10, 2011. Fiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
A young woman emerges from a catatonic state to find herself naked and devoid of memory, a centuries-long prisoner of an apocalyptic battle between formerly human avenging Angels, rebel bands of the Damned, and monstrous Demons of every description. With only a sentient, talking gun for a companion, she sets out to explore a radically transfigured Hell.
Voices From Hades by Jeffrey Thomas    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 56880 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on April 9, 2011. Fiction.

If the dead could speak from the afterlife, what might they tell us? How might they warn us? Seven dispatches from the Hades of Jeffrey Thomas, author of Letters From Hades and Ugly Heaven/Beautiful Hell.
Nocturnal Emissions by Jeffrey Thomas    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 81250 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on April 9, 2011. Fiction.

Supernatural “Black Dogs,” UFOs, a vampire shark, parasite-infested children, and a foul-mouthed marionette from another dimension. These are just some of the dark delights to be found collection NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS by Jeffrey Thomas.
Lord of the Mountain by William Ollie    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 86410 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on March 29, 2011. Fiction.

October 1929 Times are hard in West Virginia, and harder times are just around the corner. But not for William Pitch, as long as he returns to Ward Rock Mountain and give that creature what he wants. Dark Regions Press presents Lord of the Mountain as part of Dark Regions Digital. Browse all of our digital titles by searching for "dark regions digital" or "dark regions press."
Doomsdays by Jeffrey Thomas    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 104330 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on March 29, 2011. Fiction.

Everyday is a Doomsday. Every hour is someone's private Armageddon. A collection of twenty-two Apoclaypses. Dark Regions Press presents Doomsdays as part of Dark Regions Digital. Browse all of our digital titles by searching for "dark regions digital" or "dark regions press."
Sideshow by William Ollie    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 77350 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on March 28, 2011. Fiction.

The carnival is in town, a very different kind of carnival this year. One no one will be coming home from. Dark Regions Press presents Sideshow as part of Dark Regions Digital. Browse all of our digital titles by searching for "dark regions digital" or "dark regions press."
The Disappeared by David B. Silva    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 112580 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on March 25, 2011. Fiction.

Ten years ago: Gabriel Knight, age 11, takes a bike ride to the park and becomes one of the ... disappeared. When Teri Knight answers a knock at the front door, she discovers her son Gabriel standing in the doorway. Only it can't be her son. Gabe took a bike ride to the park ten years ago, at age 11, and became one of the disappeared. He would be 21 now and this boy is the same age as he was...
Voyeurs of Death by Shaun Jeffrey    by Dark Regions Press
Price: $3.99 USD. 54420 words. Published by Dark Regions Press  on March 25, 2011. Fiction.

From monsters to ghosts, Shaun Jeffrey runs the gamut in this expanded collection with a diverse mix of the sinister, erotic, strange and surreal. From the foreboding alleyways of Venice to a bleak Scottish island, the horror is never far away. A young boy fixes dead things. You can't always judge a man by the cut of his suit, especially when the suit isn't made of cloth...

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