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Horror author C. Dennis Moore returns to the short story form with this latest collection, The Dichotomy of Monsters, 15 terrifying tales of things that aren't what they seem. Moore's reality will leave you questioning your own senses and doubting the proof right in front of your eyes.

Give her a kiss, the voice says in the night. David Reed’s life has been upended lately, and now a disembodied voice is about to herald an all-new low to which he can sink - as if that thing he made himself do six months ago wasn’t bad enough. But the tragedy David’s life has become since then is nothing compared to what this night holds. Because it’s not just a kiss the voice wants, but the kiss. The Devil’s Kiss. The source of all his troubles.

The werewolves were dead and David Reed just wanted life for his family to return to normal. But a mysterious wooden box found in the woods suggests that word has a whole new meaning, one he's not prepared for. As he tries to uncover the secrets of the box, a new threat emerges from the night, and it's targeting those closest to him. David has to unlock the mystery of the box in order to uncover the face in the darkness and the source of those horrible sounds coming from down the hall.

Angel Hill is home to The Lonely Man, the Ash Wednesday killer, and who knows what’s going on at the Mertland Childrens’ Home. But for 12-year-old Frank, the only evil he fears is his mother’s new husband Terry. The source of all the ridicule and shame Frank faces on a daily basis, the swats to the head, the laughter when Franks falls and needs stitches, Terry is the source of it all.

Horror author C. Dennis Moore pays homage to the '80s slasher flicks of his youth with this next installment in his Holiday Horrors series. President’s Day is sure to make you rethink that next home improvement project!

It’s two years later, and after a massive prison riot, several villains have escaped the most maximum-security prison ever built. The Invasion Agents have been tasked with finding them and bringing them back in. Their latest target is an eight-foot-tall behemoth known as The Atrocity. But this isn’t just some mindless beast; The Atrocity has the mind of a scientist, and he’s not going back to his cell quietly. Can the Agents capture him before The Atrocity sets off a bomb in Capital City?

Horror author C. Dennis Moore's third short story collection, Dancing on a Razorblade, is intense, hard-hitting horror fiction that refuses to let up until the bloody end.

This collection of three novellas from different genres - supernatural horror, mystery suspense, and historical romance - all blend together to form a perfect mash-up of all things imaginative.

It's New Year's Day, a time for new beginnings and setting the stage for things to come. Factory worker Kevin usually starts with a day off, but this year he's working the year-end inventory. He is disgruntled but doing as he's asked until he can get out of there and return home to his wife and kids.

Horror author C. Dennis Moore (the Angel Hill series, the Monsters of Green Lake series, the Holiday Horrors) leaves behind the ghosts to offer five erotic stories, some with a speculative bent.

Theology professor Mary Cortez is saved from certain attack at the hands of two drunken frat boys by a homeless man in a fur coat. Evangelical preacher Nathaniel Brymstone snorts a line before an otherworldly meeting with the devil himself. Dwayne Akins sells his soul for a perpetual high. Rock singer Zane Enzo has an important show coming up, but the blood-filled dreams are keeping him distracted and distant. And Lucifer...he just wants to break the world.

A man frozen in time...Geoffrey was an experiment in cryogenics. But someone forgot to wake him up...50 years ago! Now he's awake and finding out the world isn't exactly the way he left it. Hell on Earth...The Lord led the righteous to Heaven and left Hell to literally open up on Earth. And Hell is spreading like an infection. Unfortunately, it's inside that infection where Geoffrey has to go in search of answers, the most important being: Why wasn't he taken?

In this fourth issue of the series, Paragon questions the nature and limit of his powers. A new threat appears, attacking the Capital City police station. And the mysterious fifth member of the group begins to ask the important questions about his identity.

As a building burns and the team is split, Exile is left alone to face off against the two deadliest professionals in Capital City. Can he hold them off long enough for the cavalry to arrive? Can Red Bear and Paragon save the occupants before the building collapses on top of them? Even when Blackbird steps in to offer a hand, will it be too late?

Fate has brought them together - according to Red Bear - and now, their fifth member has appeared out of nowhere. He has no memory but thinks he knows where to look for answers. But first, reluctant Agent Jack runs into some trouble with a quick grocery store run, one that leaves him with a choice: let nature take its course, or reveal himself and save a life? The Invasion Agents are just getting started in this ongoing monthly title.

Blackbird is on the hunt for the serial killer known only as The Hangman. The Hangman, meanwhile, has found a new target for the night, a homeless man and his young son, taking refuge in an abandoned building in downtown Capital City. But before Blackbird can attack, the mysterious Paragon intervenes.

Whether you're a new writer or a veteran, many of the pitfalls are the same. Lack of motivation, writer's block, outside influences, and lack of belief in yourself can all contribute to relying on the dreaded day job. But if you're looking for a way to break the cycle and be the consistently productive writer you’ve always known you could be, Doing It Write will help.

In Terrible Thrills, Moore packs a punch with some of his shortest stories, proving brevity really is the key to effective communication. The horrors inside include a late night Halloween attraction that traps half a dozen people in an underground catacomb. Lost in the dark with no way out, one guest treads a dark path into madness and paranoia in a story that combines the atmosphere of Edgar Allan Poe with the scares of Stephen King.

Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting for the faithful when they receive the sign of the cross in an effort to bring others to the church. But when 14-year-old Mary Western received the sign, something happened and she was suddenly seeing a series of grisly murders from the perspective of a violent killer. In desperation, Mary turned to the church, insistent she'd been possessed by a demon. Can a visiting priest at St. Michael's help save Mary's soul? In Angel Hill, nothing is certain.

For nearly three decades, one man has used his twisted sense of justice to rid the world of racism and hatred by very simple means: he finds and kills racists. But on his very first outing, one victim escaped his bullet. Now, 30 years later, that job left unfinished could very well be his undoing.