Tim Mendees – författare

Mythic tales, legends and lore are part of every human culture. From the quests of Greek myth, to China''s Journey to the West, from India''s Mahabharata to the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf, our histories resound with the clang of swords, and the struggle of heroes and heroines against dark forces and foul sorcery.

In the 20th century, Robert E Howard, among others, pioneered modern mythologies which have become known as Sword and Sorcery. This anthology continues that tradition, with eleven new sizzling S&S tales from the pens of the Innsmouth Writing Circle.

The yarns within feature a cast of lucky thieves, avenging barbarians, bold swordswomen, and temple plunderers, not to mention sorcerers, necromancers, priests and a range of horrors that would freeze the blood of all but the bravest warrior.

So don your chain mail shirt, hoist high your battle-axe, let loose a war cry, and join us in the days of High Adventure....

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

THE HORN OF TUR - H.R.Laurence

TO TAME A DEMON - Lyndon Perry

FEAST OF FOOLS   - Robert Poyton

THE ROTTING GODDESS   - B Harlan Crawford

THE COLOUR OF DECAY  - Ashley Dioses

THE LUCKY THIEF    - Tim Mendees

WIND - Russell Smeaton

THE HAUNTER OF THE CATACOMBS - Gavin Chappell

SKYFALL  - Glynn Owen Barrass

THE GUIDE, THE GENERAL AND THE PRIEST - Shelley de Cruz

ONE SWORD AGAINST THE GLUTTONOUS GODS -Lee Clark Zumpe

In this collection of nightmarish fiends, ghouls, and tentacular horror, cosmic horror author Tim Mendees has collected twenty short stories from various previous publications. Each story is lovingly discussed and their origins explained. Delve into the nameless abyss that is the mind of Mendees.

This anthology collects his short stories:

Carpe Detritus, Tasty Treats, The Secrets of High Bend Chapel, Death and Taxes, Grave Corruption, More Tea, Vicar?, How Much is that Doggie in the Window?, Becoming A Man, Cracking Up, Guided by the Light, Model Citizen, It''s Only Over When...,Fronds, Fruits De Mer, Fit For The Gods, Voices on the Wind, The Jack & Elsie Cycle: (I - Karma Has Teeth, II - The Vigil, III - The Thing in the Shed), Once Bitten, Body Electric, Ollie

Two things spring to mind when you think about the golden age of pulp magazines, weird fiction & detective stories. In these pages, those two worlds collide as an assortment of sleuths fight against the machinations of the Great Old Ones and their earthly allies. From the Victorian era to the present day, in locales ranging from the streets of San Francisco to the windswept Cornish moors, these tales promise to pack a punch.

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14 Tales of Eldritch Investigations by; Glynn Owen Barras, Simon Bleaken, Gavin Chappell, B. Harlan Crawford, Matthew Davenport, John A. DeLaughter, Stephen Herczeg, Jonathan Inbody, Tim Mendees, C.T. Phipps, Robert Poyton, Mark Rankin, Charles Reis & Jasiah Witkofsky.

Unease stirs around the world. The time has come. Something calls. 

It starts as an itch. A need to move. A compulsion to explore. It leads you on by car or train. By ocean liner and airship. But what will you find at the end of your travels?

You are invited to join these nine writers on an epic steampunk-laden journey of paranormal adventure and Lovecraftian horrors.

Will you deny the cry? Or will you answer the call of darker skies?

With stories by

Callum Pearce/ Chris Bannor/ David Green/ S.O Green/ Tim Mendees/ E.L. Giles/ Neen Cohen/ Lynne Phillips/ Theresa Halvorsen

Among these pages, you will find ten stories of crime and detection. From classic whodunnits to modern police procedures. From jilted lovers to dastardly evil-doers of the orient. Ten talented authors have put their spin on murder, mystery, and mayhem. Why not see of you can solve who did it?

With stories from Tim Mendees, David Bowmore, Charles Sartorius, Shannon Hollinger, Renee Lehnen, Rekah Valliappan, Margaret Karmazin, Albert N, Katz, Jasiah Witkofsky, Karen Keeley, and Vincent L. Scarsella

Some land should never be built upon

Called to a newly-built low-rise block of flats on a Cornwall housing estate, plumber Paul Cannon finds more than a blocked toilet to contend with. Teaming up with a pair of local police officers, Paul''s humdrum existence is turned upside down as something old and hideous stirs in the foundations. The tenants are vanishing, the nosy neighbour is in uproar and there is something definitely wrong with the pipes.

Uncovering a nightmare that stretches into the town''s distant, and often murky past, it''s up to a rag-tag assortment of local characters to ensure that what lurks in the walls of that cursed building never makes it to the outside world.

In the depth of the North Sea lies the fabled Doggerland. An ancient world of mysterious people and creatures. A green and verdant land destined to be flooded and destroyed, all but forgotten. What actually happened to the people of Doggerland? Was there some great ancient evil bent on destroying the world dreaming below the surface waiting to emerge?

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Fifteen Lovecraftian authors explore the world known only as Doggerland and the cosmic horror destined to destroy paradise. Book one in the North Sea Trilogy