It was an age of adventure. An age of sorcery. An age of unrelenting horror. Sword and sorcery and pulp horror go hand-in-hand. Sinister enchanters working foul magic. Hideous beasts lurking in shadowy dungeons. Blasphemous elder gods uncoiling from forgotten and forbidden temples SWORDS IN THE SHADOWS features twenty-one stories with a bloody stake driven into the heart of both the horror and fantasy camps. Herein, you will find fantasy worlds, brave warriors, fabulous creatures, wondrous magic. But you will also uncover bloodcurdling chills, spine-tingling horror, and an examination of those things that truly terrify.

A year following the mysterious death of his wife, Professor Derek Flynn wakes up in the middle of a catastrophic and fatal disaster with no idea how he got there. What's more perplexing is that has become a common occurrence. Desperately, Derek reaches out to psychologist Alice Meyers seeking help with the terrifying visions that haunt his dreams - imminent disasters, both natural and manmade, that Derek now feels he is integral to. But with the FBI catching on, a manhunt begins and Derek finds himself stuck between being a "fugitive" and a "messiah." On the run in his pursuit for truth, Derek will discover there are no such things as coincidences.