Lucky Strange had been anything but lucky. Inspectors Fawn and Briscoe knew that being shot, stabbed, beaten, and discarded like trash in The District was no way to die. Nothing was certain until they unearthed the truth lurking beneath the surface. Fawn and Briscoe know there would be no hiding from the grim reality of who was responsible for Lucky's death violation.
Mocha Memoirs Press and Nightlight Podcast are proud to present Blackened Roots: An Anthology of the Undead - a groundbreaking anthology celebrating nontraditional zombie stories from the African diaspora. The anthology is co-edited by Stoker-nominated and award-winning editor and writer Nicole Givens Kurtz and 2022 World Fantasy Award® Winner and 2022 Ignyte® Winner, producer, and editor Tonia...
Mamma Lucy don't suffer fools, she don't take no sass, and she ain't no witch. Call her hoodoo woman, conjure lady, root doctor, but call her right — you may have need of her.From Georgia to Vermont, Mamma Lucy travels a long road, facing the darkness and injustices of haint-ridden nineteen twenties America, silver dimes at her ankle and hoodoo at her side.
Dark secrets lie just beneath the surface.Someone close to her is hiding the truth.When strange things start happening, Sara Sue realizes she's being watched. Now she must untangle the mystery before the shadows come for her as well.But can she uncover the truth in time to escape the looming threats that surround her?
The Unholy Trinity combines L. Marie Wood's horror collections, Caliginy, Phantasma, and Anathema into one frightening volume of quiet, extreme, and dark horror, psychological thrillers, and rousing suspense that will keep you teetering on the edge of your seat.
Crescendo is a novel about fate and the lengths we will travel to avoid the inevitable. Set in tranquil Rockland County, New York, this tale of suspense and horror will take its reader on an emotional roller coaster of anger, anxiety, compassion, and indelible fear.
Follow Regulator Inspectors, Fawn Granger and Briscoe Baker, as they traverse the District. Experience a future that's both familiar and strange, vibrant and yet harsh, in this thrilling collection of cyberpunk noir stories.
In the shadows of ancient Benin, a demonic presence stalks an innocent girl on the cusp of womanhood. Seduced by this sinister stranger's fatal charm, the girl's soul descends into eternal damnation as she becomes one of the undead - a vampire slave to the merciless Promise Keeper. For centuries across continents, the Promise Keeper haunts his victim's every move, invading her mind with violent...
Accursed, the final book in The Realm series, puts Patrick, his son Doug, and his granddaughter Gabby together in a fight against an evil that is hungry for the souls of all the people he loves—of every soul who would descend from his line. Patrick and his family must try to save the only two people left who could turn the tide: Gabby's children.
After discovering his mentor Norman has gone missing, Apollo Grant receives a mysterious letter. He leaves the comforts of Sin City. Another supernatural war is brewing, one unlike anything he has seen before. On his quest to find the truth, Apollo will discover more connections to his past, and that forgiveness is not a thing so easily granted.
Gabby was living a life that many people could only wish for and she was over it. It wasn't that she disliked her world—it wasn't that at all…she loved her family and the life that she and her husband had made. She just wanted more— more action, more stimulation, more excitement. But a battle was going on in The Realm, a cosmic tug of war over the most inimitable of prizes: Gabby's very soul.
Patrick thought he knew what awaited him in the afterlife. He's learning the hard way that he was dead wrong. He is hunted by a race of giant beasts, the likes of which have never been seen by living eyes, and he is surrounded by the newly-dead from worlds beyond knowing. In this Realm, nothing and no one can be trusted.
From the mean-streets of The District to the darkest depths of cyberspace, Inspector Fawn Granger is on a mission. She has one goal: to end The Fish's reign of terror. But when she finally gets her chance to capture the elusive violator, disaster strikes and Fawn finds herself in an impossible case.
World famous phlebotomist Dr. Clarence Griffin has gone missing! It's up to Apollo Grant to find him. Complications arise when Griffin's son, Connor, is found dead in a Vegas hotel. His death leads Apollo into a series of events involving a group of vampires known as The Coven. Apollo and his roommate, Murray, must keep the supernatural tension in the city from imploding. Time is running out...
"Nicole Kurtz has created a gritty, noir science fiction world with characters you want to spend time with, but you also don't want to piss them off. If I end up with a laser-blast in my chest, I want Fawn Granger investigating the murder." –John Hartness, Author of the Quincy Harker series Suffering PTSD from her past cases, Inspector Regulator Fawn Granger is exhausted with her job and she...
The tales of horrors that go bump in the night are in fact, real. All he wants to do is rescue his best friend and go home. Apollo will have to work fast, or the supernatural power struggle between witches, vampires, and a dude running a run-down dive bar will take advantage of his naivety.
Branwyn St. Clair is running from her wicked stepfather when she stows aboard the first ship she comes to. Little does she know it is the infamous elven pirate ship, the Moonbeam. When cabin boy, Johnny Pate finds her in the hold, they form an uneasy alliance. Life aboard the Moonbeam is not what she expected. The ship soars through the clouds in search of plunder But the biggest theft of all...
In the year 2146, private inspector, Cybil Lewis and her inspector-in-training, Jane, fill a need in post-apocalyptic D.C. Cybil accepts a case that catapults her into a world of lies and deceit. As they investigate, they move far into the reaches of the divided states and deep into the upper crest of political turmoil. As they move closer to the truth, they discover that the people, who are...
Kaya is the only one of her kind: a hybrid vampire and magician. A demon from days past is trying to free its banished brethren from the dark realms by an ancient sun god. Kaya is the key to freeing them. Valik, her vampire protector, must help her contain the demon. Stavros, the mortal king, will kill any vampire he comes across because they caused the death of his wife and son. Begrudgingly...
Hearts beat together, breath for breath in perfect time. Jude Renfro came to the small island town of Crawford's Landing looking to start over. The bright lights of the LA music scene don't shine as brightly after losing your greatest love. All he wanted was to fix up his rustic old house on the beach and start a quiet, happy life out of the spotlight for his five-year-old son, Kit. A new...
Men from South Hanguk undertake quests to gain social standing, to stand above their peers, to make names for themselves. To become heroes. Few ever return. Ha Jun, sixteen years old, possesses a glyph sword crafted in foreign lands. Alongside a soldier, a knight, and a monk, he travels across the country to destroy a demon lurking beyond the running trees of Naganeupseong Fortress...
Sent to investigate the theft of a sacred artifact, can Hawk Tasifa unravel the threads of the conspiracy before it destroys the Order? Following her success in Gould, Hawk Prentice Tasifa returns to her university to unravel a mystery. Someone has broken into the Museum of the Goddess and stolen its most sacred artifact, attacked two of the guards, and is trying to frame her mentor. Under...
When someone with a pistol meets someone with a magic wand, the pistol loses. From Nicole Givens Kurtz comes a collection of weird western short stories nestled in the often horrific American past and tucked into the parched future. Here are tales of talisman, magic, and the power of ancients wielded by those strong enough to endure the harsh new frontier. These rugged individuals brought not...
Reputed murderer and magick weaver, Akub, known as The Devourer, arrives on the ice planet, with one goal--steal the queen's soul. Armed with the magick soul stealing orb, she's ready to fulfill her destiny. There's only one person standing in her way. Minister Knight of Souls, Zykeiah, will do anything to stop Akub. She knows the savagery of The Devourer first hand. Yet when an even greater...
"Magnificent mansions with dysfunctional diplomats, ruined rock stars and failing families hid their shortcomings behind these structures of supposed strength. Such is life in the District." –Cybil Lewis Cybil Lewis and her inspector-in-training, Jane, are back on the case. Hired to find the missing son of a prominent woman, Cybil is pulled into the District's sordid political arena of a...
Working from home has its perks, being able to attend meetings in your pajamas chief among them. But when the house you occupy all day is empty - when the only voice you hear after work comes through television speakers, it can get a little old. Unless you like it that way. And Chris did like it that way … until the whispering started. Telecommuting is a modern psychological horror story set in...
Sent to investigate a strange murder in a quiet remote egg, can Hawk Tasifa find the killer before she becomes the next target? Prentice Tasifa is an investigative hawk whose been deployed from The Order to the small egg of Gould, a mountain village. A missing girl had been found dead. Hawks investigate strange and difficult situations throughout the kingdom of Aves. They can "see the unseen...
An EMP throws the world into chaos, but for Sarah Peterson, it provides a chance to shine. When scientists developed nanobiology to dissolve plastics, they never anticipated EMPs would mutate it to decay everything. The Blackout, a worldwide ban on electricity, was the only solution. Now, in a steam-powered future, Sarah Peterson counts the last days of her apprenticeship with the ingenious but...
Come explore the outer reaches of the universe. Charge up your adrenaline and strap on your courage for action adventure among the stars! Outpost: An embittered solitary commander of an isolated space station faces the grave threat of an invading enemy armada along the ruinous frontier of a fallen galactic empire. Freebooter: A smuggler crash lands on an uncharted planet. Her only way off-world...
Life's never simple for private inspector, Cybil Lewis. Her investigation for her latest client runs into a snag: dead bodies all over The District with his DNA. Is it a malfunction in the system or something far more sinister?
A group of friends head out to enjoy a much-deserved night out and paintballing is on the menu. But the team they are playing against has something entirely different in mind. The friends find themselves in a battle for their lives in unfamiliar terrain against well-equipped opponents whose motivations are both irrational and lethal. Considered, "… a true trip into the darkest depths of what...
Mocha Memoirs Press is proud to present SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire — a revolutionary anthology celebrating vampires of the African Diaspora. SLAY is a groundbreaking unique collection and will be a must-have for vampire lovers all over the world. SLAY aims to be the first anthology of its kind. Few creatures in contemporary horror are as compelling as the vampire, who manages to...
Before the Change, before Jane, and before she became a PI badass, Cybil Lewis cut her teeth in the District as a solo, brand new private inspector. At last, those stories of her early years are collected into this volume of short stories and novellas. Offering beautiful illustrations by comic book and brilliant artist, Julia Lacquement (DC Comics), Collected: A Cybil Lewis SF Mystery...
For generations, Windshine has chronicled the exploits of young men on quests to become heroes. Most suffered brutal deaths, and distrust of the Dark Elf grew until rogue officials offer sixteen-year-old archer, Woo Jin, the chance to eliminate her. If he succeeds, they will name him hero. If he fails, he can never return home. In the company of musicians, veterans, and the wielder of the glyph...
For Sarah, imprisonment in Solis's soul cages meant an absence of senses. Unable to feel, to taste, to smell, or to love, Sarah's driven by her desire to escape and to become flesh once more. When she's rescued by the legendary ministers of souls, Sarah's elation is short lived. The legendary knights, led by prince Marion of Veloris, are splintered and prone to in-fighting and jealousy. With...
When Parker signed up for the new colony world, they said the journey would be easy; just a nice, long stasis nap, followed by a smooth descent in landing pods. They were wrong. When an asteroid impact damages their pod, Parker and her fellow passengers are prematurely launched and left stranded on a wild, uninhabited moon–the remnant of a failed terra forming experiment. With no way to call...
Imagine horror where black characters aren't all tropes and the first to die; imagine a world written by black sisters where black women and femmes are in the starring roles. From flesh-eating plants to flesh-eating bees; zombies to vampires to vampire-eating vampire hunters; ghosts, revenants, witches and werewolves, this book has it all. Cursed drums, cursed dolls, cursed palms, ancient...