Joe Hempel

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  Joe Hempel, best known for his rich narrations, has entertained listeners with over one hundred audiobooks in genres ranging from horror and mystery to science fiction, romance, and personal development.

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• Praise for Books

  “An extraordinary horror author.” —The Nightmare Engine Podcast

  “You know that when you combine AC/DC song titles with stellar contemporary mystery writers that something special is likely to happen. It does in Back in Black.” —C. J. Box, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Three-Inch Teeth

  “The most physically—and emotionally—healthy thriller I’ve read in some time.” —CrimeReads

  “Paquette was born to write horror. These subtle, varied stories are sometimes creepy, sometimes hilarious, but always unexpected, and the sharp writing took my breath away. I could not stop reading.” —Nancy Werlin, Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling novelist

  “Harlan was not just a great fantasist and/or science fiction writer; he was a great writer, period.  When he was at the top of his form, from the late 60s through the 70s and well into the 80s, there was no finer short-story writer in all of English literature.”  —George R. R. Martin

  “Harlan was not just a great fantasist and/or science fiction writer; he was a great writer, period. When he was at the top of his form, from the late 60s through the 70s and well into the 80s, there was no finer short-story writer in all of English literature.”  —George R. R. Martin

  “A mix of classics from the past as well as original contributions by popular living writers, such as Laurell K. Hamilton and R. L. Stine…Readers who hope for a comprehensive history of Weird Tales or a definitive collection of its most notable or representative stories will find that the book includes elements of both but in fact is neither. It’s a wild mashup of uneven content, in the custom of the monthly magazine it seeks to celebrate.”  —Wall Street Journal

  “Get out your steely knives…this story collection from some of today’s top thriller writers makes for bloody good reading.” —Brian Freeman, New York Times bestselling author of The Deep, Deep Snow

  “A remarkable collection of interviews with some of the most important writers working in the world today. I loved this book.” —Don Winslow, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Force and The Cartel

  “Rising like a full moon on Friday the 13th, Brian Asman brings bloody slasher mayhem to this western werewolf yarn. The thrill of the hunt is alive on every page, but it’s the humanity of these good dogs that will keep your heart on a leash until the final paw print.” —Brian McAuley, author of Curse of the Reaper and Candy Cain Kills

  “Beautifully curated, killer anthology of today’s best thriller writers at the top of their game.” —Glenn Cooper, internationally bestselling author of Library of the Dead

  “Lori Brand’s debut murder thriller Bodies to Die For has it all: deliciously demented kills, side-splitting humor, and razor-sharp satire of the diet and fitness industry.” —Laura Picklesimer, author of Kill for Love

  “Combine Joe Hill’s sense of the macabre with Karen Russell’s dark whimsy and you get Stories I Told My Dead Lover by Jo Paquette. These stories lodge in the imagination like splinters and must be examined and returned to, time and again.” —Erin Dionne, acclaimed author of Bad Choices Make Good Stories

  “You should buy this book immediately, because this is a book that knows perfectly that you are seething inside.” —Algis Budrys, winner of the Pilgrim Award for Lifetime Achievement in Speculative Fiction

  “You should buy this book immediately, because this is a book that knows perfectly that you are seething inside.” —Algis Budrys, winner of the Pilgrim Award for Lifetime Achievement in Speculative Fiction

  “An interesting celebration of the century that has passed since the start of the titular fiction magazine. This anthology is highly recommended for fans or students of the classic magazine, as well as enthusiasts of the genres it helped nurture.”  —Mystery & Suspense

  “With its edge-of-your-seat scenarios, shady personalities, and occasional touch of the supernatural, Hotel California delivers a gripping series of adventures with a mix of hopeful and horrifying outcomes.” —Foreword Reviews

  “[A] fresh compendium…Particularly revelatory are the authors’ anecdotes about their previous jobs—as reporters, psychiatrists, veterinarians, and lawyers—and the range of perspectives makes for a breezy introduction to the writing game. Thriller writers—and fans curious about the process—are in for a treat.” —Publishers Weekly

  “A found family of werewolves—found wolfpack?—pitted against something wayyy worse, Asman’s Good Dogs is thrilling, funny, bloody, and a howling good time. Read it under the full moon!” —Adam Cesare, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Clown in a Cornfield and Influencer

  “A crisp and clever marriage of music and mystery.” —Kirkus Reviews

  “Bodies to Die For is a wild, twisty romp through the world of bodybuilding and murder. Brand does an excellent job of showing how diet culture really is hell—no matter the size of your body. A perfect thriller for any readers looking for Ruth Ware meets the podcast Maintenance Phase.” —Halley Sutton, USA Today bestselling author of The Hurricane Blonde

  “Paquette’s stories are eerie and enigmatic, at times darkly funny, and always unpredictable. This is a strong collection of unsettling tales.” —Tom Perrotta, bestselling author of Tracy Flick Can’t Win and The Leftovers

  “In his stories of fantasy and horror, [Ellison] strikes closest to all those things that horrify and amuse us (sometimes both at the same time) in our present lives…Most of all, we sense outrage and anger—as with the best Ellison stories, we sense personal involvement, and have a feeling that Ellison is not so much telling the tale as he is jabbing it viciously out of its hiding place. It is the feeling that we are walking over a lot of jagged glass in thin shoes, or running across a minefield in the company of a lunatic.” —Stephen King

  “In his stories of fantasy and horror, he strikes closest to all those things that horrify and amuse us (sometimes both at the same time) in our present lives…Most of all, we sense outrage and anger—as with the best Ellison stories, we sense personal involvement, and have a feeling that Ellison is not so much telling the tale as he is jabbing it viciously out of its hiding place. It is the feeling that we are walking over a lot of jagged glass in thin shoes, or running across a minefield in the company of a lunatic.” —Stephen King

  “If you like mysteries and twisted endings, you will love Hotel California, an anthology of new mystery short stories, by evilly talented mystery authors…These eight authors will captivate you with amazing details, history, and diabolical character development…If you love a good mystery, these stories are a must-read.” —Book Junkie Reviews

  “Just look at this lineup: Lee Child, Patricia Cornwell, David Mamet, Meg Gardiner, Scott Turow, Kathy Reichs, James Rollins—and that’s only a small fraction of them…A nice companion piece to the slew of more traditional how-to-be-a-writer books on the market.” —Booklist

  “Asman’s latest—a stunning debut novel—takes what you thought you knew about werewolves, turns it inside out, and tears its head off. An excellent, propulsive story with lots of sharp teeth and eldritch supernatural evil to boot. Once you start reading, the only thing that’ll get you to put the book down is the rising of the full moon.” —Brian Evenson, ALA Award–winning author of Last Days

  “Hard-charging [and] crowd-pleasing.” —Shelf Awareness

  “Bodies to Die For is a brilliant debut. Lori Brand has cleverly penned a timely, page-turning thriller that will leave you questioning the true cost of perfection. A personal favorite this year!”  —T. J. Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Falling and Drowning

  “A quick yet haunting read, this suspenseful collection will hit the right note for fans of horror.” —Booklist

  “Categories are too small—even the catch-all category of science fiction—to describe Harlan Ellison. Lyric poet, satirist, explorer of odd psychological corners, moralist, one-line comedian, purveyor of pure horror and of black comedy; he is all these and more.” —Washington Post

  “Categories are too small—even the catch-all category of science fiction—to describe Harlan Ellison. Lyric poet, satirist, explorer of odd psychological corners, moralist, one-line comedian, purveyor of pure horror and of black comedy; he is all these and more.” —Washington Post

  “Eight tales with a twist. Make that eight twists…Expect, and enjoy, the unexpected.” —Kirkus Reviews

  “A brilliant book…Mark Rubinstein has fashioned a book that offers the final word on all things related to the craft of telling tales that are impossible to put down…Rubinstein has penned one of the best author-centric studies of writers and writing ever created, and one of the few ever attempted for popular fiction. This book is destined to stand the test of time, with great storytelling in its own right that for this thriller writer was impossible to put down.” —Jon Land, Providence Journal

  “Alpha author Brian Asman runs wild with Good Dogs, and you’re right there in his pack, feeling the wind in your hair, the blood in your throat, the very meat in your mouth. This is a book you want to sink your teeth into and let the words bleed down your body, drenching yourself in its sun-kissed carnage.” —Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters

  “Twisty, surprising, and dripping with satire, Lori Brand puts the ‘die’ in diet in this strikingly original murder mystery set in the world of competitive bodybuilding. A fascinating cast of deliciously demented characters will keep you guessing who dunnit, and who’s next. I absolutely devoured it!” —Susan Walter, acclaimed writer and director

  “A furiously prolific and cantankerous writer [who] looked at storytelling as a ‘holy chore,’ which he pursued zealously for more than sixty years. His output includes more than 1,700 short stories and articles, at least 100 books, and dozens of screenplays and television scripts…ranked with eminent science fiction writers like Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov.” —New York Times

  “A furiously prolific and cantankerous writer [who] looked at storytelling as a ‘holy chore,’ which he pursued zealously for more than sixty years. His output includes more than 1,700 short stories and articles, at least 100 books, and dozens of screenplays and television scripts…ranked with eminent science fiction writers like Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov.” —New York Times

  “Don Bruns has gathered eight solid writers who do justice to the Eagles’ anthem and the album’s other songs while putting a spin on the stories behind the songs…Each story in Hotel California is well thought out.” —Oline Cogdill, South Florida Sun Sentinel

  “Engaging and honest interviews populate the book…Rubinstein’s who’s who of thriller and suspense authors is astonishing and the interviews are sober and sound, as if rubbing elbows with the world’s elite storytellers is an everyday occurrence…Part advice, part tell-all, Rubinstein’s collection encases a treasury of truths from writers whose stories we’ve enjoyed for years. Thrilling indeed.” —Mountain Times

  “Good Dogs combines thrilling action and paranormal horror with heart. Quite the read, indeed.” —Mercedes M. Yardley, Bram Stoker Award–winning author

  “Brand takes you deep inside the fitness mania. She gives us a peek behind the Instafabulous curtain on how influencers’ lives are less than perfect, and way less than meets the eye; all in a contest where the stakes are literally life and death.” —Alberto Mansur, author of Only the Dead Know Peace

  “Harlan Ellison was, after all, one of the most interesting humans on Earth. He was one of the greatest and most influential science fiction writers alive. He marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, lectured to college kids, visited with death row inmates, and once mailed a dead gopher to a publisher. Ellison brought a literary sensibility to sci-fi at a time when the entire establishment was allergic to any notion of art. To say he was one-of-a-kind would be trite, and he would likely hate that. What he was, was a legend.” —NPR

  “Harlan Ellison was, after all, one of the most interesting humans on Earth. He was one of the greatest and most influential science fiction writers alive. He marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, lectured to college kids, visited with death row inmates, and once mailed a dead gopher to a publisher. Ellison brought a literary sensibility to sci-fi at a time when the entire establishment was allergic to any notion of art. To say he was one-of-a-kind would be trite, and he would likely hate that. What he was, was a legend.” —NPR

  “The Storytellers is a gift to aspiring writers of mysteries and thrillers, readers and fans, and academics alike. An instant classic.” —New York Journal of Books

  “A fantastic and exceptionally original take on the werewolf story, with a lot of heart, and bite. Good Dogs by Brian Asman is his best work yet, a story about complex family structures, struggling to belong, and learning how to survive.” —Cynthia Pelayo, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Forgotten Sisters

  “It’s BLOODY BRILLIANT! Punchy, ballsy, funny, uplifting, and so thrilling that I missed it whenever I put it down. In fact, I read the last quarter in one straight go, scrolling my tablet with my nose because I needed to get the washing up done, but didn’t want to stop! It has the acerbic humour and emotional punch of Physical. I literally cheered out loud at the line: ‘Then she drags her foot back. And kicks Craig in the nuts like it’s the Super Bowl.’ Followed by a massive laugh at ‘I zap him in the balls. As a precaution. I swear.’ It’s a dream of a book and WHAT A DEBUT! Never mind Bodies to Die For, this book is to die for.” —Imogen Church, award-winning screenwriter, actress, and novelist

  “There’s a real power to the way he uses the language and how he draws pictures in your mind.” —Ron Moore

  “There’s a real power to the way he uses the language and how he draws pictures in your mind.” —Ron Moore

  “The Storytellers is the most interesting and engaging work of nonfiction I have read in ages, literally filled with golden nuggets of history, background influences and revelations on every page. I envy the reader who goes on this great adventure and inhales the book as I did.”" —BookReporter

  “Good Dogs is exactly the kind of book you want to read this Halloween season.” —Nocturne

  “Brand’s debut thriller doesn’t shy away from calling out the ways women are exploited by social media and the fitness and diet industries while simultaneously delivering an entertaining story filled with surprising twists.” —Booklist

  “You see Ellison’s unswerving social conscience throughout his fiction and critical essays…forcefully and eloquently—and at some length—lamenting the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment and railing against the scourge of misogynistic ‘knife-kill’ films.” —RogerEbert.com

  “You see Ellison’s unswerving social conscience throughout his fiction and critical essays…forcefully and eloquently—and at some length—lamenting the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment and railing against the scourge of misogynistic ‘knife-kill’ films.” —RogerEbert.com

  “In short, punchy chapters that alternate perspectives, Brand—herself a former bodybuilder—sets the two women on a deliriously entertaining collision course. The mix of top-notch suspense and gleeful social satire makes this sing.” —Publishers Weekly

  “The words—there is an attention to the words. There is an attention to the sound of the words. You’re reading them in your head, and they sing.” —Neil Gaiman

  “The words—there is an attention to the words. There is an attention to the sound of the words. You’re reading them in your head, and they sing.” —Neil Gaiman

  “With recognizable characters and a fast-moving story, Bodies to Die For is a book that readers will keep thinking about long after they’ve finished it…[A] compelling mystery that resonates all too well in today’s world.” —Marilyn’s Mystery Reads

  “The spellbinding quality of a great nonstop talker, with a cultural  warehouse for a mind.” —New York Review of Books

  “The spellbinding quality of a great nonstop talker, with a cultural  warehouse for a mind.” —New York Review of Books

  “Brand walks a careful line, showing the destructive sides of two competing movements while still telling a compelling story that left me quickly turning pages until the very end.” —Fangirl Nation

  “Feisty, furious, yet extraordinarily kind and generous; Harlan Ellison was one of a kind.” —Leonard Maltin

  “Feisty, furious, yet extraordinarily kind and generous; Harlan Ellison was one of a kind.” —Leonard Maltin

  “Fabulous…What a great message this one sends to women everywhere.” —The Open Books

  “Harlan Ellison—terrific prose, razor-sharp intellect, pulp gut punches and invention when needed, terse poetics…An original.” —Guillermo del Toro

  “Harlan Ellison—terrific prose, razor-sharp intellect, pulp gut punches and invention when needed, terse poetics…An original.” —Guillermo del Toro

  “Filled with murder and mayhem, this wildly entertaining novel obscures its healthy core—being both a cautionary tale and an extended metaphor for female solidarity—with its deliciously hilarious observations of modern society…Ms. Brand’s wisdom and empathy shine warmly through the pages of this remarkable debut.” —Criminal Element

  “An original and valuable writer…A twentieth-century Lewis Carroll.” —Los Angeles Times

  “An original and valuable writer…A twentieth-century Lewis Carroll.” —Los Angeles Times

  “Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, Norman Mailer, stand aside. Harlan Ellison is now a better short-story writer than you will ever be again during the rest of your lives.” —Ray Bradbury

  “Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, Norman Mailer, stand aside. Harlan Ellison is now a better short-story writer than you will ever be again during the rest of your lives.” —Ray Bradbury

  “The incredible Harlan Ellison writes as if an inner fuse is about to blow before he can get all the words on his pages.” —Anne McCaffrey

  “The incredible Harlan Ellison writes as if an inner fuse is about to blow before he can get all the words on his pages.” —Anne McCaffrey

  “He doesn’t write like anybody else. What emerges is a surprising, eclectic, almost protean series of visions, often disturbing, always strongly felt.” —Michael Crichton

  “He doesn’t write like anybody else. What emerges is a surprising, eclectic, almost protean series of visions, often disturbing, always strongly felt.” —Michael Crichton

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  • Good Dogs

  • By Brian Asman

    Read by Alex Picard, Erin deWard, and Joe Hempel

  • Release Date: 10/01/24

  • Formats: Trade Paperback

  The debut novel from viral horror sensation Brian Asman, Good Dogs is a heartfelt and harrowing story of survival, belonging, found family, and the lengths we’ll go to protect it.

  No one ever said being a werewolf was easy. Take Delia, for instance. She’s spent much of her life fighting against her own nature, plagued by nightmares of childhood trauma, and trying to find her place in the world. Many werewolves are just like her: ostracized by their families, forced to live alone and in secret as they await those nights when the Change overtakes them.

  Becoming the den mother to an odd bunch of lycanthropes in Southern California isn’t exactly the answer Delia was looking for. But under the strict rules of the house, they are able to manage the Change safely and hunt without endangering their San Diego suburb. And they aren’t lone wolves anymore, they’re a pack—a family.

  But when one member’s carelessness leads to the discovery of a severed leg in their backyard, Delia and the rest of her family are forced to confront the cold, hard fact they’ve known all along—they don’t belong here. Their only option is to cover up the kill and head into the wilderness, far from people. There, hopefully, they can live out their lives without posing a threat to anyone else.

  At home, they might’ve been apex predators. But in the wilds around Talbot—a town abandoned for a century—Delia and her pack aren’t the only ones with a savage bite …

  • Good Dogs

  • By Brian Asman

    Read by Alex Picard, Erin deWard, and Joe Hempel

  • Release Date: 10/01/24

  • Formats: Trade Paperback

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  • Back in Black

  • Edited by Don Bruns

    Stories by Reed Farrel Coleman, Heather Graham, Andrew Child, Don Bruns, Sandra Balzo, Rick Bleiweiss, Dave Bruns, Charles Todd, Tori Eldridge, and Ward Larsen

    Read by various narrators

  • Release Date: 7/16/24

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Print ARC, Trade Paperback

  Inspired by songs from AC/DC’s bestselling album, Back in Black, this anthology contains ten murder mysteries from ten bestselling writers—including a new Jack Reacher original by Andrew Child.

  The third collection in the Music and Murder Mystery Series, Back in Black features one story for each song from the seminal hard rock album of the same name. This book showcases ten brilliant mystery writers at the top of their game, including Reed Farrel Coleman, Heather Graham, Tori Eldridge, Ward Larsen, and Andrew Child, among others.

  Chilling and unexpected, Back in Black has a mystery for everyone.

  • Back in Black

  • Edited by Don Bruns

    Stories by Reed Farrel Coleman, Heather Graham, Andrew Child, Don Bruns, Sandra Balzo, Rick Bleiweiss, Dave Bruns, Charles Todd, Tori Eldridge, and Ward Larsen

    Read by various narrators

  • Release Date: 7/16/24

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Print ARC, Trade Paperback

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  • Bodies to Die For

  • By Lori Brand

    Read by Jennifer Aquino, Chelsea Stephens, and Joe Hempel

  • Release Date: 6/11/24

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Print ARC, Trade Paperback

  “Bodies to Die For is a brilliant debut. Lori Brand has cleverly penned a timely, page-turning thriller that will leave you questioning the true cost of perfection. A personal favorite this year!”  —T. J. Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Falling and Drowning

  “Deliriously entertaining…The mix of top-notch suspense and gleeful social satire makes this sing.” —Publishers Weekly

  “An entertaining story filled with surprising twists.” —Booklist

  Perfect for fans of You Shouldn’t Have Come Here and None of This Is True, Bodies to Die For is a brilliant psychological thriller that will have readers wondering whether the perfect body really is worth dying for ... 

  Popular fitness influencer Gemma has transformed herself from a Before into an After, complete with washboard abs, thriving business, and gorgeous husband. But social media can be deceiving. Offline, the cutthroat world of bikini bodybuilding may just eat her alive. That’s if she’s not first devoured by the secret nemesis that lurks beneath her polished surface, waiting to destroy her.

  Software engineer Ashley is fat and frustrated. Frustrated with failed diets. With a world that wants her to shrink. With biased doctors, online trolls, and even her own mother. Until Ashley falls in with a mysterious and radical sect of Fat Activists who are fighting back … by any means necessary. She’s never felt so alive, so full of purpose. She’ll do whatever it takes to ride this high, destroy Diet Culture, and win the approval of her charismatic leader.

  Gemma and Ashley are on a collision course headed for the Olympia, the bodybuilding competition where futures are made. And lost. When Gemma’s toughest rival turns up dead, and more fitness girls fall like dominoes, it’s beginning to look like the body image war has gone too far.

  With breakneck pace and keen insights, Bodies to Die For takes a hard look at social media, the $70 billion diet industry, and the war on women’s bodies—the wars we wage with each other, and with ourselves.

  • Bodies to Die For

  • By Lori Brand

    Read by Jennifer Aquino, Chelsea Stephens, and Joe Hempel

  • Release Date: 6/11/24

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Print ARC, Trade Paperback

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  • Stories I Told My Dead Lover

  • By Jo Paquette 

    Read by Jo Paquette, Joe Hempel, Jenn Lee, Vikas Adam, Sophie Amoss, Emily Woo Zeller, Soneela Nankani, and Gabra Zackman

  • Release Date: 6/11/24

  • Formats: Trade Print ARC, Trade Paperback

  Perfect for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link

  Stories I Told My Dead Lover 

  Eight searing tales of psychological horror that probe the darkest and most deeply buried parts of the human psyche …

  A child is forced to grow up too soon.

  A woman trusts her doctor too much.

  An abandoned woman isn’t as alone as she thinks.

  An idyllic holiday masks an unspeakable act of violence.

  Driven, desperate, fighting for the power to choose their own fate, Paquette’s characters dare to push back at the walls that hold them in.

  Come watch them burn.

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  • Stories I Told My Dead Lover

  • By Jo Paquette 

    Read by Jo Paquette, Joe Hempel, Jenn Lee, Vikas Adam, Sophie Amoss, Emily Woo Zeller, Soneela Nankani, and Gabra Zackman

  • Release Date: 6/11/24

  • Formats: Trade Print ARC, Trade Paperback

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  • Again, Dangerous Visions

  • Edited by Harlan Ellison

    Stories by Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and various authors

    Read by various narrators

  • Release Date: 6/04/24

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback

  A follow-up to the original groundbreaking collection, Again, Dangerous Visions features forty-six short stories from giants of the science fiction genre.

  Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America and winner of countless awards—including the Hugo, Nebula, Edgar Allan Poe, and Bram Stoker—Harlan Ellison proved once more that he was both unpredictable and irrepressible in this second collection of innovative science fiction. Again, Dangerous Visions—the middle installment in a planned three anthology series—includes award-winning stories from incomparable writers such as Ursula K. Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, Piers Anthony, Dean Koontz, and James Tiptree, among many others.

  Unprecedented and electrifying, Again, Dangerous Visions cemented Harlan Ellison’s legacy as the ultimate sci-fi anthologist.

  • Again, Dangerous Visions

  • Edited by Harlan Ellison

    Stories by Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and various authors

    Read by various narrators

  • Release Date: 6/04/24

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback

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  • Dangerous Visions

  • Edited by Harlan Ellison

    Stories by Harlan Ellison, Philip K. Dick, Robert Silverberg, Samuel R. Delany, and various authors

    Foreword by Isaac Asimov

    Read by various narrators

  • Release Date: 3/26/24

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Print ARC, Trade Paperback

  WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY PATTON OSWALT

  Dubbed “the most significant and controversial SF book” of its generation, Harlan Ellison’s groundbreaking collection launched an entire subgenre: New Wave science fiction. With contributions from legendary authors and multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Dangerous Visions returns to print in a stunning new edition perfect for new and returning fans alike. 

  A landmark short story collection that put the more character-based New Wave science fiction on the map, Dangerous Visions won several prestigious awards and was nominated for many others. This now-classic anthology includes thirty-three stories by thirty-two award-winning authors, over half of whom have won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards. Contributing authors include: Robert Silverberg, Frederik Pohl, Brian W. Aldiss, Philip K. Dick, Larry Niven, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, Theodore Sturgeon, J.G. Ballard, Samuel R. Delany, and Ellison himself.

  As relevant now as it was when first published, Dangerous Visions is a phenomenal collection that deserves a place on every bookshelf.

  • Dangerous Visions

  • Edited by Harlan Ellison

    Stories by Harlan Ellison, Philip K. Dick, Robert Silverberg, Samuel R. Delany, and various authors

    Foreword by Isaac Asimov

    Read by various narrators

  • Release Date: 3/26/24

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Print ARC, Trade Paperback

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  • Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird

  • Edited by Jonathan Maberry

    Classic and New Tales by R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, Victor LaValle, Robert E. Howard, Hailey Piper, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, Usman T. Malik, James Aquilone, and more

    Read by Scott Brick, Bronson Pinchot, Richard J. Brewer, Natalie Naudus, Joe Hempel, Dion Graham, Neil Hellegers, Zura Johnson, Simon Vance, Peter Berkrot, James Patrick Cronin, Gabrielle de Cuir, Grover Gardner, James Anderson Foster, Ramiz Monsef, Eric G. Dove, Hillary Huber, Stefan Rudnicki, Edoardo Ballerini, Robin Miles, Kirsten Potter, Vikas Adam, and Kimberly Alexis

  • Release Date: 10/10/23

  • Formats: Hardcover

  Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first issues of Weird Tales Magazine, 100 Years of Weird is a masterful compendium of new and classic stories, flash fiction, essays, and poems from the giants of speculative fiction, including R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, and Isaac Asimov.

  Marking a century of uniquely peculiar storytelling, each part of this anthology features a different genre, from Cosmic Horror, Sword and Sorcery, Space Opera, to the Truly Weird—things too strange to publish elsewhere, and the magazine’s raison d’etre. Landmark stories such as “The Call of Cthulhu,” “Worms of the Earth,” and “Legal Rites” stand beside original stories and insightful essays from today’s masters of speculative fiction.

  This visually stunning hardcover edition is a collector’s dream, illustrated throughout with classic full-color and black & white art from past issues of Weird Tales Magazine.

  • Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird

  • Edited by Jonathan Maberry

    Classic and New Tales by R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, Victor LaValle, Robert E. Howard, Hailey Piper, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, Usman T. Malik, James Aquilone, and more

    Read by Scott Brick, Bronson Pinchot, Richard J. Brewer, Natalie Naudus, Joe Hempel, Dion Graham, Neil Hellegers, Zura Johnson, Simon Vance, Peter Berkrot, James Patrick Cronin, Gabrielle de Cuir, Grover Gardner, James Anderson Foster, Ramiz Monsef, Eric G. Dove, Hillary Huber, Stefan Rudnicki, Edoardo Ballerini, Robin Miles, Kirsten Potter, Vikas Adam, and Kimberly Alexis

  • Release Date: 10/10/23

  • Formats: Hardcover

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  • Hotel California

  • Edited by Don Bruns

    Stories by Heather Graham, Andrew Child, John Gilstrap, Reed Farrel Coleman, Amanda Flower, Don Bruns, Jennifer Graeser Dornbush, and Rick Bleiweiss

    Read by Scott Brick, James Patrick Cronin, Joe Barrett, Joe Hempel, Sophie Amoss, Hillary Huber, Richard Ferrone, and January LaVoy

  • Release Date: 7/12/22

  • Formats: Hardcover, Large Print Hardcover, Signed Hardcover, Trade Print ARC, Trade Paperback

  Featuring a new Jack Reacher story by Andrew Child!

  A dangerous drifter, a hired gun, a grisly corpse—you never know who you’ll run into at the Hotel California.

  Eight deliciously talented mystery authors have lent their skills of crafting murder and suspense to this collection of gripping short stories. Each of these eight provocative tales is designed to entertain and mystify—and maybe even chill you to your core. Get lost in the wild imaginations of such New York Times bestselling writers as Andrew Child, Heather Graham, Reed Farrel Coleman, and John Gilstrap, plus authors Rick Bleiweiss, Jennifer Graeser Dornbush, Amanda Flower, and Don Bruns. From the titular tale “Hotel California” to a new, original Jack Reacher adventure, these stories have a little something for every mystery lover.

  Go ahead. Check in, enjoy some room service, and stay until the very last tantalizing page. Just don’t forget to search the closet or behind the curtains.

  • Hotel California

  • Edited by Don Bruns

    Stories by Heather Graham, Andrew Child, John Gilstrap, Reed Farrel Coleman, Amanda Flower, Don Bruns, Jennifer Graeser Dornbush, and Rick Bleiweiss

    Read by Scott Brick, James Patrick Cronin, Joe Barrett, Joe Hempel, Sophie Amoss, Hillary Huber, Richard Ferrone, and January LaVoy

  • Release Date: 7/12/22

  • Formats: Hardcover, Large Print Hardcover, Signed Hardcover, Trade Print ARC, Trade Paperback

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  • The Storytellers

  • Edited by Mark Rubinstein

    Read by various narrators

  • Release Date: 7/20/21

  • Formats: Trade Paperback, Trade Print ARC

  Have you ever read a suspense novel so good you had to stop and think to yourself, “How did the author come up with this idea? Their characters? Is some of this story real?” For over five years, Mark Rubinstein, physician, psychiatrist, and mystery and thriller writer, had the chance to ask the most well-known authors in the field just these kinds of questions in interviews for the Huffington Post.

  Collected here are interviews with forty-seven accomplished authors, including Michael Connelly, Ken Follett, Meg Gardiner, Dennis Lehane, Laura Lippman, and Don Winslow. These are their personal stories in their own words, much of the material never before published. How do these writers’ life experiences color their art? Find out their thoughts, their inspirations, their candid opinions. Learn more about your favorite authors, how they work and who they truly are.

  • The Storytellers

  • Edited by Mark Rubinstein

    Read by various narrators

  • Release Date: 7/20/21

  • Formats: Trade Paperback, Trade Print ARC

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