From the 17th century and Scottish cannibal Sawney Bean’s reign of terror to the 20th century and a runaway child hiding in an ominous cave, two destinies become entwined and an evil course is set.
Mild-mannered Jack Breen works in a video shop in Bristol, living out a dull, uncomplicated existence. But Jack has no clue as to how com-plicated his life is about to become when a menacing figure walks in asking for “the sickest film you’ve got.”
Bane, proprietor of the horror-themed pub The Slaughter Inn, has an obsession with darkness, death—and Jack himself.
As their lives become intertwined, Bane’s tormenting of Jack becomes increasingly dangerous. When the evil reaches out to touch his friends with horrific results, he’s determined to put a stop to it, no matter the cost.
Jack’s final conflict with Bane results in a disturbing journey deeper into the darkness within himself as he takes a bus ride down the Saw-ney Bean trail right into hell. You’ve got your ticket, now take your seat, the Maniacal Mystery Tour’s about to begin. A 101 Ways to Hell novel set in the 1990s, Sawney Bone is by Leo Darke, the infamous author of Lucifer Sam and Pandemonium.
MIDNIGHT MACHINATIONS RELEASE
The Regal Retreat is an exclusive resort situated deep in the countryside of East Anglia where the rich and famous go to unwind. However, far from being a place of rest and relaxation, bad things happen there. Its history has been plagued by tragedy and misfortune. Over the years there have been scores of killing sprees, accidents, suicides, and even the occasional sighting of the resident ghost.
In a desperate attempt to save the business, the resort calls in paranormal investigator Ben Shivers. Since the devastating loss of his daughter and the subsequent breakdown of his marriage, he has been traveling Europe in a vintage VW camper van with his sidekick, a rescue cat called Mr. Trimble. He sees the assignment as the perfect opportunity to break the cycle of self-destruction he has been on, but as he delves into the case, he uncovers a history many would rather forget—sordid family secrets, witchcraft, murder, and an ancient curse, all coming together in a perfect storm deep in the heart of the English countryside.
Welcome to the Regal Retreat.
MIDNIGHT MACHINATIONS RELEASE
LIGHTS!
A killer is targeting TV and Film extras on various productions throughout the South West of England. The murderer leaves a macabre marker at each crime scene—a VHS video nasty, while the murders themselves mimic the killings depicted in the tapes.
CAMERA!
While the police are drawn into both the seedy world of nasties and the hierarchical system that thrives in the film industry, the killer remains one step ahead.
CUT!
It’s an A–Z kill list, and the cops are in a race to stop the slayings before the murderer can chop their way through the 39 titles on the list of banned films, from Absurd to Zombie Flesh Eaters…
“Paul Kane is disturbing and very creepy.”
–Tim Lebbon, New York Times bestselling author of
The Silence and The Last Storm
A group of teenage friends think it’s a good idea to hang around in a graveyard, while a young thief gets more than he bargained for when he breaks into a local property. We’re given a first-hand account of struggles in the aftermath of a post-apocalyptic event and the reminiscences of a musician with a very unusual talent. A woman wakes with no memory of who or where she is… and also no pulse, then we’re flung through space to a planet where a grave discovery is made—one which has deadly repercussions… Ladies and gentlemen, these are the Zombies!, a collection of stories by award-winning and #1 bestselling author Paul Kane (Hooded Man, Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell, Before, Arcana, The Storm), including a brand new short novel, one of his popular Dalton Quayle novelettes, and a steampunk poem. With an introduction by award-winning and bestselling author Brian Keene (The Rising, City of the Dead) and cover art by Dominic Harman (The Hellbound Heart, Cabal), this is one book that simply refuses to lay down and die!
“SCARY GOOD”
—Joe McKinney, author of Apocalypse of the Dead
In a far corner of space, orbiting a massive black hole, the research ship DARC12 discovers a strange asteroid—one that seems to be alive. After loading the rock on board for study, the ship quickly descends into madness. It begins with voices, whispers filling the shadows and the minds of the crew. A once-sane man declares that their discovery is not just a rock, but a god. Then the killing begins, and a cult rises, swearing allegiance to their newfound deity.
As the murders mount and the dead themselves begin to rise, a small group of survivors clings to the hope that they can somehow escape the hell they’ve been plunged into. But their problems escalate as they face an army of undead crewmembers, the reanimated corpses of hundreds of failed genetic experiments, the murderous cult, and—worst of all—the rapidly evolving creature in…