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Among other stories, this anthology includes Steampunk tales from Australia and the Amazon; a Steam Cleansing machine that alters human’s souls; a prisoner/maniac who produces bestselling novels and a time portal opened accidentally by a steam powered mechanized band.

Portals, passageways, doors into infinity and who knows what else... the mere thought of escaping into something unknown or being taken into it without your knowledge or will to go there, surely that's one of the scariest things that can happen to you.
So, let the clever Thirteen O'clock authors loose with a topic like Portals and the result is a collection of vastly different stories exploring the theme in many different ways.
Enjoy!

Buyer Beware!

If you've recently approached a strange emporium of oddities or antiquities, I hope you've taken a few things into consideration...

What urge brought you there?

Were you drawn to a particular item on display?

Did it call out to you?

Mirrors are fascinating. They reflect everything accurately the things that are in front of them, or do they? Scientists were at one time attempting to create a mirror which showed everything the way the viewer would see it, not the back-to-front reflection we are used to. Quite what that would do to our minds is anyone's guess…
Mirrors can be menacing. They can reveal our innermost fears – sometimes showing us those fears in ghastly and horrific forms.

Not everything happens a long way from home... most horrors happen right on the doorstep or at least as far as next door... again, the talented Thirteen Press authors let their imaginations run riot on this one.

Watch out for your neighbours, they might have read this book before you...

All mountains, forced up from the earth’s crust by forces greater than we can imagine in a time so far in the past that we can imagine, carry an aura of ‘climb me at your own risk, puny earthling.’ But there are mountains which are truly dark, ones which hold secrets that are only uncovered at our peril.

Take the rocky pathway to the summit, see what awaits you…

Bloody Ghost Stories is sure to give you the chills. From fields to twin ghosts to downright nasty spirits, you'll find it all contained within these pages. This is an anthology of the bloodiest stories about ghosts ever imagined. So go ahead... wait until it gets dark and grab your favorite blanket and enjoy! You won't want to stop until you reach the back cover.

When people drink, all sorts of things happen… it brings out something in them, something that has been concealed: they develop a mood anywhere between happy and murderous. Within those two end pieces lies a range of emotions and actions which the talented Thirteen Press authors have explored in great detail in this exciting and fascinating anthology.

In the darkness anything can happen and often does – if this wild collection of stories is anything to go by! Under cover of the dark many a nefarious and often strange happening is going on, without our knowledge until it’s too late and we are lost…

Thirteen Press authors have come up with a startling variety of stories on the theme of In The Darkness, murder and mayhem breaking loose everywhere.

Come join us in the dark, don’t be afraid, we don’t bite – not too often anyway…

The sky shines brightly above us and the moon and stars and sun make their revolutions but there is something else that is a constant and that is fear. Fear in all shapes and sizes, from the most minute to the largest, our lives are dictated by the pressures and diversions that fear presents. One way to conquer fear or, I hesitate to say, be chilled to the marrow is to read about it…to experience it through the eyes of another. This book is dedicated to those fears and their purveyors.

Top Ten Finisher in the 2014 P & E Readers Poll (5th Place: anthologies category).

Extraordinary people marked ‘not normal’ come from all different walks of life. For far too long, a shroud of darkness was thrown over those who’ve had boundless potential to transcend greatness; shunned and cast out through the misjudgment forced upon them. People enduring isolation from being trapped inside their own minds. Seeds of greatness cannot be cultivated through judgment and condemnation.

Nightmare Stalkers & Dream Walkers attempts to invade the dream world, bringing back the weirdest and most terrifying tidbits—all for the amusement of the reader. The authors in these pages have dared to draw from their dream worlds, beating a path through the wilderness of the human subconscious in order to take us to places better left unexplored. But that's okay. Fiction can't hurt us. Neither can dreams. This much we know. We believe it. And yet, somehow, fear lingers...

Heated and in the throes of a neon dream, the stories here are stories of blood…blood in the city under bright neon glow and blood in the ancestry of stories that are crafted for fear, spine tingling shakes and bumpy rides. Welcome to the realms of the imagination in bright glaring viscosity, in daring adventure and in the whisper of a secret ghost. Welcome to Neon and Blood, blood rare, blood in gut wrenching drama, blood and neon, neon and blood.

Welcome to Sweet Dreams And Night Terrors. Within these pages you will find a wide variety of dreams, poetry and nightmares. The substance is the reality of what we see when we sleep, when the world around us turns dark and the land of dreams possesses us.

In life things get twisted - bring death into it and it just gets worse... follow the twists and turns of the stories in this anthology of strange stories, of people and places which end up quite different from the way they started and be warned, anything can be twisted, even you...

In this issue we catch up with the wolf of the Abigail Flats in 'Night of the Wolf' part 2, develop a 'Lust For Life' courtesy of Sydney Leigh, see the world through 'Night Eyes' and discover why people bug Will Viharo. We rediscover the classic 'Mother of Toads' with art by Toby Johansen and check our Bram Stoker Award winner Elizabeth Massie 'On the Slab'. Nightmare Illustrated Magazine is YOUR perfect partner during these freezing winter nights (Duvet not included).

Everything eventually gets broken, whether it’s Greek sculptures or spaceships, someone somewhere does something and it gets broken. All the cursing and skilful patching in the world can never put it back together again. When this comes to people…

Broken things, broken minds, broken bodies: these talented authors came up with an amazing array of stories on this theme.

If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.

Read this anthology instead!

E-BOOKS

Captain Science (science-fiction books).

Swords Against Cthulhu (Rogue Planet Press horror book) - The Cthulhu Mythos is best known as a horror genre, but its influence was felt on the work of seminal sword and sorcery writers Robert E Howard and Clark Ashton Smith.

Deep Space Dogfights (Rogue Planet Press science-fiction book) - We have incoming... From Gavin Chappell, editor-in-chief of imprint Rogue Planet Press and editor E.S. Wynn comes the ultimate space opera anthology.

Beyond the cosmic veil (horror book) - Between rhyme and reason, sits Cthulhu - water god. He knows your pain and disrupts your reason. He is the canker of all mankind... and he is loose!

Editor:

Dorothy Davies

Authors:

Various

Genre:

Horror

Locked In - locked in where? Cell, house, relationship, physical locks, mental locks, the field for this theme was wide open and the Thirteen authors who responded took advantage of that. Their stories range far and wide, from demons to humans and everywhere else. Avoid this if you're claustrophobic, being shut in anywhere can be bad, being locked in is worse... on the other hand, it's a good read... none of it is real, , is it... enjoy!

Editor:

Alex S. Johnson

Authors:

Various

Genre:

Fantasy / Sci-fi

Horrified Press summons an international cast of authors and poets to imagine the myths, religion and technology of ancient Egypt from all-new perspectives. Fracking awakens an ancient—and futuristic—form of plague. Canopic jars travel through time and space. Pyramids may not be as static as they appear. A young woman is handed the keys to supernatural revenge—but at the cost exacted by a fanged goddess. Forget Boris Karloff and Brendan Fraser, Howard Carter and Tutankhamun—this is Hyper-tomb: Crypt of the Cyber-mummy. Enter if you dare!

Do you hear that train a-comin'? Comin' round the bend...? Our authors did! Step into an anthology filled with demonic trains and disastrous encounters.

PAY WITH CRYPTO

Editor:

Rie Sheridan Rose

Authors:

Various

Genre:

Horror

Editor:

Rie Sheridan Rose

Authors:

Various

Genre:

Horror

Infancy to childhood...childhood to adulthood...adulthood to death - life is a series of transitions we all must face. But sometimes, those transitions take on a life of their own, leading us down a path that few would travel willingly...

Tales from the Blue Gonk Cafe: volume III (horror/fantasy book)

Editor:

Dorothy Davies

Authors:

Various

Genre:

Horror

The Blue Gonk Café has been sold and the new owners aren't interested in having story sessions. The storytellers were invited to come one last time - which they did, bringing their tales of blood, gore, heartbreak, sadness and even laughter at times. It was a special occasion which demanded special things - Kevin L Jones held an evening session at which he read his novella about the fearsome clown, Uncle Tickle. What a way to end a tradition!!

Editor:

Dorothy Davies

Authors:

Various

Genre:

Horror

Revenge, something we all crave at some point in our lives... fortunately for the world, we don't often do anything about it. Here's a fascinating set of stories about people who did do something about it, horribly, fatally, bloodily... it's a great read - as all Thirteen anthologies are - and the next time someone offends you, it will be one way of getting your own back, imagining them caught up in one of these horror stories!

Editor:

George Wilhite

Authors:

Various

Genre:

Sci-fi / Fantasy

The year is 1985. A covert private company, with government assistance, has constructed the first operational time travel vessel. After several successful unmanned test runs, it is now deemed safe for humans to operate. The present day is 1985, and our authors kept that in mind, crafting stories using the technology available at the time plus any reasonable sci-fi elements - like our time machine. The result is an exciting thrill-ride of fantasy and horror to delight fans in search of unique tales to add to their collection

Editor:

Alex S. Johnson

Authors:

Various

Genre:

Fantasy / Horror

Nobody expected that a cartoon show featuring magical ponies would draw an eager, cosplay-happy following of grown men. But the Bronies are here, and they show no sign of going away any time soon. In Bronies Gone Wild, some of today’s most unusual practitioners of fiction take the fandom to the next level, cutting neigh-sayers down to size with every flash of the rainbow blade. Friendship is magic—and so, sometimes, is murder!

Editor:

Dorothy Davies

Authors:

Various

Genre:

Horror

Sacrifice: big, small, easy, hard, fatal... the word can mean many things to many people. Thirteen authors have taken the word and conjured very different ideas of what sacrifice is about. This anthology contains outstanding stories on a very personal theme for each of us makes a sacrifice in our lives - you need to trust you never meet any of these situations... Enjoy!

Editor:

Dorothy Davies

Authors:

Various

Genre:

Horror

Nothing to lose. Nowhere to go, no one to worry about - a chance to take revenge on those who brought you down to that level, perhaps? Or a chance to end it all and leave them feeling guilty? It's a wide open topic and the stories in this anthology reflect that, with the main theme being they are all very, very dark...

Editor:

Gavin Chappell

Authors:

Various

Genre:

Fantasy

Hammer of the Gods: Ragnarok

The saga continues! Eighteen new action-packed tales of Vikings, wizards, gods and monsters! The further adventures of Hrethel, Thoric, and Ingunn the Red, alongside new stories of new heroes of Valhalla as they ready themselves for an afterlife of warfare that will culminate in the Final Battle between the gods and the giants: Ragnarok!

Does the afterlife really define a resting place? Do all dearly departed find an existence alongside serenity? Binding the temple of one’s soul does not always secure the evil intentions festering and awaiting liberty beyond the shroud. Read to find out what really lies beneath the constraints of merciless cessation.

Editor:

Cynthia Morrison

Authors:

Various

Genre:

Horror

Editor:

Cynthia Morrison

Authors:

Various

Genre:

Horror / Military

The buttstock, the trigger and the MACHINE GUN'S smoking barrel. There's a reason why the combatants of war call it "the devil's piano".

"The solider above all prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war." General Douglas MacArthur - USA

The melodies of the devil's piano can play on in the minds of the living and sometimes even the dead.

"If you are going through hell, keep going." Winston Churchill - Prime Minister Great Britain