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Bram Stoker Award finalist Michael Laimo delivers his most horrifying novel yet!Is Bev Mathers going crazy? He's been hearing chilling voices in his head, seeing nightmarish visions that just can't be true. And it keeps getting worse and worse. No, unfortunately for Bev, he's completely sane. What's taking control of him is far more terrifying than insanity. And it has an unimaginable purpose…Bev has become an innocent pawn in an infernal game, a victim of hellish forces beyond understanding. His visions of blood and debauchery are growing more ghastly every day. Some of them — the most shocking — are real. Bev can feel his mind, his body, his very soul slipping away. Will his only hope or his eternal damnation come from… the demonlogist?

Dr. Michael Cayle wants the best for his wife and young daughter. That's why he moves the family from Manhattan to accept a private practice in the small New England town of Ashborough. Everything there seems so quaint and peaceful at first.But Ashborough is a town with secrets. Unimaginable secrets. Many of the townspeople are strangely nervous, and some speak quietly of legends that no sane person could believe. But what Michael discovers in the woods, drenched in blood, makes him wonder.Soon he will be forced to believe, when he learns the terrifying identity of the golden eyes that peer at him balefully from deep in the darkness.

Picking up right where Deep in the Darkness left off, Dr. Michael Cayle returns from near death to rescue his wife and daughter, who have been taken captive by the Isolates, the aboriginal creatures living in the woods behind his home. Will he find them alive, or dead? Or…worse?"e;Dead Souls is creepy, atmospheric, and explosive -- keep a light on and a gun loaded when you crack this baby. Another outstanding thriller from Michael Laimo."e; Douglas Preston, author of The Monster of Florence."e;Michael Laimo can stand proud next to Clive Barker and Stephen King"e; The Horror Review"e;One of the best and most refreshing horror novels you're likely to read…"e; Gary Braunbeck, on Deep in the Darkness

See the feature film's premiere in October 2012 on Chiller!**********For eighteen-year-old Johnny Petrie, the dilapidated farmhouse in Maine meant a way out. When the letter arrived saying he had inherited an estate from a man he'd never heard of before, Johnny knew he could finally escape the hell of living with his religious zealot mother and drunken father. He didn't realize that the hell he was moving into would be far, far worse.The previous owner of the estate was Benjamin Conroy, a man obsessed with securing eternal life for himself and his family--even if he had to kill them to do it. Conroy's ultimate ritual, a perverse ceremony of blood and butchery, went hideously wrong, denying him the immortality he sought, leaving him and his family dead. But now that Johnny has arrived at the house, Conroy's spirit will have a second chance....

Dark Ride is a collection of short fiction by one of the brightest writers in the genres of horror and dark fantasy. These stories range from the horrific to the surreal, and prove Michael Laimo to be a compelling stylist and relentless storyteller. None have been collected previously and some are original to this volume."e;Summer Fling"e; is not just another monster tale, and wraps up with a resolution that is as wicked as it is unexpected. In "e;The Rash,"e; the author re-examines a personal nightmare to create a universal tale of biological terror—illuminating that moment when we discover something is going very wrong with our own bodies. Other tales which explore this territory are "e;Contact Lenses"e; and "e;Scarred for Life."e;Laimo uses his knowledge as a native New Yorker to summon up a frightening and memorable subway ride in "e;End of the Line."e; Then he switches gears in "e;Something in the Air"e; to examine a small town visited by a very original kind of evil.Other tales range from the playful, such as "e;Aftermath,"e; to the extreme, as in "e;The Exploitations of George Frederick Leighton,"e; andthe oddly experimental "e;I Exude in Partials."e;In addition, a new novelette, "e;The Startling Supplements to Brione Heloise's Depictions"e; appears here for the first time. Written as anhomage to the work of H. P. Lovecraft, it reveals yet another aspect of Laimo's admirable talent.

New York City Fashion Executive Peter Delmonico has had a rough life. Physically abused by his father as a child, and mentally abused by his wife as an adult, he sees no choice but to let his inner demons guide him through life. Obsessed with photography for as long as he can remember, he takes a detour one afternoon into NYC's Bryant Park, where he snaps a photo of a beautiful woman who bumps into him, and then kisses him, only to vanish into the crowd as mysteriously as she appeared. Determined to bring true love into his life, Peter sets out on a journey throughout Manhattan to find her, his only real lead the photo he took of her in his camera.Missed Connection is an intense erotic thriller filled with twists and turns, a raunchy, funny, sexy, satirical, and somewhat diabolical look at life in Manhattan through the eyes of a damaged man who only wants to love, and be loved.

Eine vergessene Kirche ohne Gemeinde aber nicht leer. Tief unter ihren Gewölben ruht eine Holzkiste, die nie geborgen werden sollte. Als die Kirche jedoch letztlich renoviert wird, stoßen Bauerbeiter darauf und entfesseln eine grauenhafte Macht. Pater Pilazzo beaufsichtigt die Renovierung und träumt davon, den alten Glanz der Kirche wiederherzustellen ein Traum, der sich zu einem Albtraum wandelt, als in den Mauern der heiligen Stätte Menschen gegen Dämonen ums nackte Überleben kämpfen müssen

In the twenty-one tales featured in Michael Laimo's new collection, normal folks begin their day as simply as can be, unassuming of the Dreadful Things lying patiently in wait, poised to crush their spirits and devour their souls.From his very first published story, 11:11, to the most recently written, previously unpublished, The Final Appearance of the Juggling Jester, these stories showcase the author at his finest, spanning an impressive thirty-year career.Along with a hand-picked selection of previously collected works, four brand-new, previously unpublished tales of horror also help fill the pages of this transfixing read.Sit back, crack the book, and submit to the Dreadful Things.