Decades ago, Dan and Grace Robertson encountered a childhood legend: Bicycle Bob. Some say he's an insane drifter with a taste for blood. Others call him evil made flesh and claim his touch will poison your soul. Some say he's just another country ghost story. Now, Dan is a cemetery caretaker who prefers the solace of his work to the complexities of living people. Grace persists as a strung-out addict living on the fringes. Grace has set a desperate plan in motion, and Dan is the only one who knows the root of her madness. He alone can uncover the unholy monstrosity hungering beneath the surface of a dying town.

David Peak's The River Through the Trees is a grotesque of impoverished rural life, a life of quiet acceptance broken only by drugs, death metal, desecration, and the teachings of an ancient book. Combining the compelling pacing of Lehane, the cosmic terror of Lovecraft, and the defunct modernity of Ligotti, it is a taut, disturbing story whose haunting images bring to mind the dark places we do our best to ignore.

DAVID PEAK is the author of Surface Tension and Glowing in the Dark.

"What do you get when a group of psychopathic killers take on a family of mutated freaks? A whole lot of bloody good fun-and Daniel I. Russell delivers it in spades "

Greg Chapman, author of The Noctuary and The Last Night of October

Natalie has strived to be different her whole life. She's dedicated her attitude, fashion, and very being to standing out from the crowd. After witnessing a brutal attack, Natalie becomes entangled in an escalating battle between a violent street gang and a strange tribe of sewer dwellers. Now she's about to learn just how much being different can mean.

"Take one part Sid Vicious, one part H.P. Lovecraft and shake. Throw in a dash of the thrill kill thug life and you have Mother's Boys."

David C. Hayes, author of Cannibal Fat Camp

What begins in madness and desperation must eventually end that way.

The Taylors want nothing more than to start a family, but the couple remains childless. A stranger, known only as Mr. Smith, arrives on their doorstep late one night with a strange proposition: safeguard a crate for the peculiar man and they'll get their offspring. They strike a dark and irrevocable bargain. Almost twenty-five years later, the Taylors' farmland is occupied by a new family-but the curse of the past lives on. Does wickedness dwell in the soil itself, or does evil grow from what takes root there?

Meet Rachel McFarland, a disgruntled superhero forced to ingest massive amounts of calories just to fuel her powers.
When reality TV offers the only glimpse of escape, just how far will Rachel be willing to go to feed her ambitions?
Horror and humor are blended perfectly as Rachel and her teammates, each cursed with their own unique and grotesque powers, are forced to do battle with an ancient British king in order to save the world. But will they ever be able to save themselves?
Over the top action meets reality show satire - as aliens, mummies, time travel, ghost trains, re-animated dinosaurs, zombie babies, giant brains, super-sweat, a kick-ass schoolgirl and one giant undead squid collide in this wild novella from Lawrence Conquest.

A lone farmer is chosen by God to test the boundaries of sin. Isolated in a cave with only a candle, quill and parchment, the farmer is burdened by awakening each day within a predetermined encounter with one of the seven deadly sins and their associated demons. This chilling novel is the translation of those encounters, and the ending will leave you shocked

First Place Winner of the 2010 Royal Palm Literary Award - Horror/Dark Fantasy Unpublished Novel

When American resort tycoon Martin Walker travels to England in hopes of acquiring a lonely island off the northeastern coast, he brings his family along for the trip. Only then does he learn the island's long-abandoned keep carries with it a legacy of terror. Some say the ghosts of Viking raiders, clad in wolf-skins and drunk on slaughter, still haunt its twisted architecture. Some say the island itself is cursed. An ancient, hateful force slumbers within the windswept rock-and the Walker family has awakened it. Can anyone escape THE BLACK LAND?

MJ Wesolowski, based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, has had short stories published in places such as Ethereal Tales and the Midnight Movie Creature Feature anthology. His dark comedy production, Suckers, raised money for the SOPHIE fund (Stamp Out Prejudice, Hatred and Intolerance Everywhere). THE BLACK LAND is his debut novella.

The gumshoe detective, complete with fedora and trench coat, just became a cold, dead corpse himself thanks to KJ Moore. Join one of the freshest voices in spec fiction in a noir thriller that would make Orson Welles blush.

Set in the world of fetish, bondage, s & m and consensual torture, Gabe is your average, every day human tragedy author. His sole purpose is to travel the world and write about the miserable existences that the 'unfortunates' on this planet need endure and the rubbernecking 'normal' world eats up every word. Gabe's self-loathing is all but perfect until his friend Ben dies in an apparent auto-asphyxiation accident, complete with gimp mask. Gabe believes Ben's death is murder and goes on an alcohol and nicotine-fueled undercover investigation through the sordid world of deviant sexuality to find the killer. What Gabe encounters, along with his trusted platonic life-mate Tilley, is beyond comprehension.

Never one to do things the easy way, even when the easy way is the right way, Gabe's journey takes him on a path of self discovery that can only be accomplished by wading into the most miserable filth this planet can offer... and coming out on the other side. What he finds, though, may just be the end of everything that keeps Gabe together at the seams.

Just when you thought it was safe to crawl back into bed . . . we've got a new set or terrors If Night Terrors made you pray for dawn, Volume II will send you into total madness. Step inside the secret chambers of the Vatican and experience the dark side of the papal elections. Meet people only a mother could love; listen to the dead speak, and even more disturbing, hear them cry. Discover the darkness that lives inside the hearts of man, and hide from other worldly tormentors . . . and, if you manage to wake up after these night terrors . . . you'll wake up dead

"In conclusion, various, good new authors to watch and an interesting imprint to which we'd better keep an eye on in the future." British Fantasy Society

"Overall, one particular strength of "Night Terrors II" is that the writers all understand the importance of atmosphere, creating a sense of dread through character, setting and language, rather than leaning on gore. There are some shocking jolts and graphic violence-the authors don't shy away from it-but they are just that, punctuations within an already well crafted motif of terror." - The Horror Review

Mike and Dwain are Foley artists for the porn industry in the famed San Fernando Valley. After meeting an amputee porn star, the guys decide to make their own movies portraying a wide variety of "monsters." While Mike wants to make tastefully erotic films featuring abnormally shaped performers, Dwain sees greater profits on the horizon if they push "Freak Porn" to its nauseating extreme.

"Monster Porn is beautifully written, descriptive to the Nth degree, with a shocking twist that will leave you gasping for air." - Brandon Wilkinson, Author of Memoirs of the Messed Up Minds

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..".Editor Marc Ciccarone has assembled an entertaining set of shorts in a range of styles as diverse as their musical counterparts." - Rue Morgue, Issue 114

"Quite possibly, Blood Bound Books may do some great things if they keep this up." - Dark Markets

We are proud to announce that Rock 'N' Roll is Dead received 4 honorable mentions in Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year 2011. G. Winston Hyatt, Rex McGuire, Belen Lopez, and Natalie L. Sin It's unanimous, if you haven't checked this book out yet, you need to

Blood Bound Books presents an anthology of horror & music. Get ready to rock with the set list from hell 24 deep tracks guaranteed to leave your ears ringing. Each story either deals with music directly or was inspired by songs in one form or another. G. Winston Hyatt strikes a deep chord with all metal heads in his story End of the Line, Nathan Crowder examines the price of fame in The Invitation and asks the reader: is it better to burn out or fade away? Find out what happens to a young drummer lucky enough to buy the drum set of his favorite musician in Trap Set, and walk down the nightmarish streets of a concrete jungle know only as The City. This is a Blood Bound Books style concert, so crank it up 'cause rock will never be the same.