"Michael McCarty's 'A Little Help from My Fiends' truly shines. His collection of short stories is a lovingly created, watered with blood and harvested at the peak of ripeness kind of work. The approach to the collection is so fresh that -- were it a steak -- you would note still a bit of warmth and even a faint pulse. You see, each story in this collection is co-authored with another excellent storyteller. Mark McLaughlin, Terrie Leigh Relf and Dave Miller, to name a few, make appearances. Each short story is prefaced with a few words that identify the co-author, point to an interesting tidbit of the tale's creation, and never fail to show McCarty lauding the co-author while remaining modestly in the background." -- Sylvia Cochran

JournalStone's DoubleDown series hits book number 3. Dog Days: It's the summer of 1983 and the suburbs of Houston are reeling from a disastrous hurricane. But the storm brought more than wind and floodwaters. In the swamps that surround Clear Lake a brutal and possibly supernatural killer is gathering strength, and waiting for the full moon. The focus of his bloodlust is fifteen year old Mark Eckert. Reckless to a fault, with a knack for making spectacularly bad decisions, Mark had planned to spend that last summer before high school wandering the swamps with his friends and his beloved dog Max. But after a chance encounter with the lunatic, Mark's summer becomes a time of terror and tragedy. With his life on the line, Mark's courage will be tested to his limits and beyond as he struggles to survive the hottest days of summer: the dog days. Deadly Passage: Just after the American Revolution, the slave ship Lombard sets off from Africa, beginning its brutal passage to the New World. But even this ship's hardened crew of thugs and drunkards is unprepared for the horrors ahead. When the Lombard's human cargo dies one by one, free black crewman George Bell suspects a stealthy and devious stowaway - not disease - is the cause. As the death toll mounts and the slaves threaten mutiny, he must choose between his humanity and duty to a callous captain. But Bell doesn't have much time to make his voyage of self-discovery. The deadly beast burrowing through the rotten guts of the Lombard grows more powerful with each life it takes.

Seventeen Tales of the Zombie Apocalypse... Featuring stories by Joe McKinney, Carole Gill, Eric S. Brown, W.D. Gagliani, Todd Sprague, Armand Rosamilia, JD Gillam, Scott M. Goriscak, Lawrence R. Dagstine, P. David Puffinburger, Zach Brunner, Scott Nicholson, Ian DG Sandusky, Chantal Boudreau, Mark Tufo, Jeremiah Coe, Ian Woodhead and Zombie Poetry from Rich Orth

Destruction, chaos, death.... Life as we know it is wiped away in the blink of an eye; starvation, disease, and rubble all that is left behind. Would there be any survivors? Or would the dead be the lucky ones? What would you do if everything around you was lost in a natural disaster so large it altered life on Earth? Would you be able to handle the hardships of life after a nuclear war that changed the very environment of existence? Can anyone stay sane after a plague wipes away all the people they love, leaving them alone in a world void of humanity? In this fifth installment of the End of Days series, we explore some of these scenarios of death and destruction. Life, and the world, is going to fall apart eventually. Will you be ready? Or will you fall apart like everything around you?

Creatures of the night are everywhere. Sometimes they make themselves seen, while other times they stay in the shadows, a glimpse out of the corner of your eye all you might catch. However, once in a while, if we are lucky, things that shouldn't exist make themselves known to a chosen few. These are the stories you will find within this tome. Some are bloody, some are supernatural, some are horrifying, but all will entertain. So get comfortable, make sure the doors are locked, and join us for another trip into the world of horror. For it's only a book, and monsters aren't real . . . or are they? With stories by: Terry Alexander, David Bernstein, Eric S. Brown, John C. Foster, David H. Donaghe, Anthony Giangregorio, Michael D. Griffiths, Dane T. Hatchell, Joe McKinney, Rick Moore, Jesus Morales, Matt Nord, Mark Rivett and William Todd Rose.

"HELP WANTED is a rollicking, creepy, crazy, and thoroughly unnerving collection of work-related horror stories by the cream of today's horror crop. Each story is as stingingly fresh as a razor cut " - Jonathan Maberry, New York Times Bestselling author of Dust & Decay and Patient Zero

Editors Michelle McCrary and Joe McKinney have brought together twenty original tales of the end of our world from horror's brightest talents. Within these pages you'll find a madman longing for the good old days of Hometown America, a company that deals in the dead, a radio DJ who holds the living together with her voice, and a soldier haunted by the living and the dead alike. This is the end of the world as you've never seen it before. Featuring stories from Lisa Mannetti, Lee Thomas, Bev Vincent, Harry Shannon, David Dunwoody, Nate Southard, Boyd E. Harris, and a host of others, Dead Set will take you on a guided tour through the ruins. The zombie story has finally come of age.

Irvine (Trainspotting) Welsh makes his directorial debut with this 2009 made-for-TV comedy mockumentary for ITV4. Andy 'The Arrows' Sampson (Jonathan Lewis Owen) is a Welsh darts superstar, whose career takes a sudden tumble after he suffers a heart attack. With his confidence at rock bottom, he just cannot hit the doubles and he sinks into a deep pit of depression. How can he drag himself back to the top? Andy thinks that the answer lies in a very strange, aromatic and disgusting cure.