An anthology of the damned to startle the imagination...An otherworldly creature terrorizes a remote pub.Tobe turns his family into comic book characters in a twisted act of revenge.Melissa finds an ominous slab of stone in her basement which summons forth swarms of rats.An archaeological dig on another planet goes wrong when the crew finds the lone survivor of an ancient culture.These and many more tales of horror, suspense, and terrors from the beyond await. An anthology that will chill you, move you to tears, and make you second guess that strange noise coming from the basement.Find out what awaits you in Tales Under The Blood Moon!Featuring frightening original illustrations by Jack Rourke!Praise for Tales Under the Blood Moon: "Fisher's dark fiction comes from the same miasmic stew as Lovecraft, King, and Barker. Unsettling evil lurks in every corner. The kid's got a future in the damp recesses of horror and a keen eye for that which goes bump in the night." - Stephen T. Brophy, author of The Villain's Sidekick"There's a sense of playfulness in the tone that harkens back to Fisher's influences. I could tell it was crafted from a true love of the horror genre." - Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter

"After school one day, physics lover and astronomy fan Frankie has her first sexual experience, with quiet and gorgeous Benjamin and gets her period. It's only blood, they agree. But soon a gruesome meme goes viral, turning an intimate, affectionate afternoon into something sordid, mortifying, and damaging. In the time it takes to swipe, Frankie's universe implodes. Who can she trust? Not Harriet, her suddenly cruel best friend, and certainly not Benjamin, the only one who knew about the incident. With the online shaming taking on a horrifying life of its own, Frankie begins wo wonder if her normal life is over"--Dust jacket.

A hand slowly reaches out a crack in the window to feel the light sprinkles of rain. The hand, cemented with dirt, sweat, and blood, trembles like a withered leaf clinging to a dead branch. Although filthy, the hand emits a history of grace and elegance long lost to the evils of torture and imprisonment . . . From what Willa recalls, seeing this pitiful hand, and, eventually, the person connected to it, was the catalyst to the discovery of her true self. Willa is a witch, and it turns out her boyfriend, Simon, is a witch, too.

"Blood Moon" is a collection of short thrillers and tales of terror, horror, mystery, suspense, and noir written by Bryan Cassiday, the author of the 2007 CIA thriller "Fete of Death." "Blood Moon" features the vampire thriller "I Kill for Your Blood," in which the CIA suspect one of their agents is a vampire. Other stories involve contract killers, CIA hit men, an out-of-work model, a serial-killer senator, a batty bag lady, bank robbers, and a town gone mad.

"Where are you leading me?" the bewitching woman questions. A smile crossed the phantom's lips. "To a place of endless time," he promises her, "then for evermore." Under the Blood Moon begins on a fateful windswept October night in the year 1838 as a band of Cherokees seek refuge in a hidden mountain valley. Despite the valley's impenetrable fortress, ravenous creatures enter and soak the valley with blood. The cries of those slaughtered reach heaven as one escapes to become "keeper of the truth." Years later an enigmatic figure known as Peter Brickman mysteriously vanishes from the valley without a trace. Now, in present day, Peter's spirit guides Joseph Raincloud, a renowned archeologist, who is haunted by a mysterious stick figure, and five extraordinary souls who must unknowingly enter the valley of death and prepare, in five days, for the final battle against an ancient demon who consumes the soul of an innocent mortal. Disguised as a human the demon rises to power and prepares, under the auspice of a group known as MAGUS, to devour the children of man.

They say no good deed ever goes unpunished, a sentiment Dara understands fully now that she is paying for a crime she didn’t commit. It was stupid to call in a murder she didn’t really see. But how could Dara have kept silent? Now a stunning—scratch that, a dangerous—man with a frightening secret of his own is telling her he can help. Yeah, right. A telepath knows better than to trust mere words. The last decade of Tristan’s life has been penance. All that time spent among the worst dregs of society might have made him begin to question his humanity, but he’s never felt so much like an animal as he does around this timid, delicate female. Her very presence stirs the beast within him; Tristan can feel it growing stronger every day. Any more time with Dara, and it might overpower him completely. But without her, he stands no chance at all…

Winner of the World Fantasy Award: New twists on classic fairy tales from Neil Gaiman, Patricia Briggs, Robin McKinley, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and more. Long ago, when we were children, our dreams were inspired by the fairy tales we heard at our mothers’ and grandmothers’ knees—stories of princesses and princes and witches and wondrous enchantments, by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, and from the pages of 1001 Arabian Nights. But, as World Fantasy Award–winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling remind us, these stories were often tamed and sanitized versions. The originals were frequently darker—and in Silver Birch, Blood Moon, they turn darker still. Twenty-one modern Grimms and Andersens—masterful storytellers including Neil Gaiman, Nancy Kress, and Tanith Lee—now reinvent beloved bedtime stories for our time. The Sea Witch gets her say, relating the story of “The Little Mermaid” from her own point of view. “Thumbelina” becomes a tale of creeping horror, while a delightfully naughty spin is put on “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” Author Caitlín R. Kiernan transports Snow White to a dark, gritty, industrial urban setting, and Patricia Briggs details “The Price” of dealing with a royal and unrepentantly evil Rumpelstiltskin. Rich, provocative, and unabashedly adult, each of these tales is a modern treasure, reminding us that wishes have consequences and not all genies have our best interests at heart.