David J. Schow

What if you reached out on the internet to that long-ago crush you had in high school... and she turned out to be a contract assassin with you on her hit list? What if you viewed these outrageous events through the lens of cinema, making real life and reel life collide and turning your own narrative into a Hollywood free-for-all? What if you tumbled into an underworld where no one is who they say they are... where no one can be trusted... and everyone...

"Life isn't always cheap south of the border--some lives are worth a million dollars. That's what the Mexican kidnapping cartel was demanding for Carl Ledbetter's wife. So Carl reached out to the one person he knew with a chance in hell of saving her, a deadly man whose own life he'd saved in the sands of Iraq"--Cover [p. 4].

"DJSturbia is home to monsters. All kinds of monsters, from skyscraper-sized Godzilla (twice!) to the microscopic space germ known as the Andromeda Strain. Monsters human and inhuman, from fictional psycho killers to the real-life terrorists of 9/11. Lovecraftian horrors. Extraterrestrial insects. Giant serpents. Gargoyles and ghosts. Gunfighters and assassins. The battlefield monstrosities known as Warbirds, the alien invaders called Black Widowers,...

DJStories is Schow's first "greatest hits" album, covering four decades of his efforts to shake you up, shock you awake, tweak your sensibilities and gun down your preconceptions. Thirty stories-- count 'em, thirty!--that cover the entire spectrum of what you may find frightening.

Resurrected on Devil's night, a year after his murder, Eric is back for revenge against the men who killed him and his fiancee.

The only thing more shocking than how it ended is how it all began! Born under unspeakable circumstances, a young orphan is taken in by the sick and demented Hewitt family and soon the seeds of a deranged murderer are planted.

Often disturbing, occasionally delightful, let The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror be your annual guide through the mysteries and wonders of dark fiction.

The tale of young musician Eric Draven who, along with his fiancee, is murdered on the eve of their Halloween wedding. Exactly one year after their deaths, Eric is risen from the grave by a mysterious crow to seek out his killers and force them to answer for their crimes.