Winter In the City Pre‑Order

The city.

Noisy, crowded, ever in motion, the city can be more than a setting—it can be a character, as nuanced and as fickle as a human being, with as many traits and quirks as the best mapped out characters. The city can be the ever-present and constant companion (or foe) to the protagonist and antagonist alike. 

Winter in the City: A Collection of Dark Speculative Fiction is an anthology of dark speculative fiction tales that takes place in 18 different cities around the world during the bleak—sometimes harsh—season of winter.

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120 Murders Anthology

Whether thanks to an overnight college radio shift or cable pumping flickering videos into TVs across America, the music of the alternative era was the soundtrack to our lives, and sometimes our deaths.

BONUS: Pre-order 120 Murders: Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era at a 33% discount and receive a PDF copy of an original Nick Mamatas story!

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Winter In the City

Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era
The city. Noisy, crowded, ever in motion, the city can be more than a setting—it can be a character, as nuanced and as fickle as a human being, with as many traits and quirks as the best mapped out characters. The city can be the ever-present and constant companion (or foe) to the protagonist and antagonist alike.
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Ruadán Books

Ruadán (pronounced ROO-ah-dawn) Books derives its name from the Irish god of Mystery and Espionage. He is the son of Bres & Brigit. He met his fate when he was sent to spy for the Formorians by his father. He infiltrated Goibhniu’s weapons foundry and found him engaged in the craft of spear‑making. Grabbing one of the magical weapons, he stuck it into the Great Armorer. But the spy was unaware of the weapon’s proper use, and Goibhniu calmly pulled the spear out and slayed the wayward spy. When Brigit discovered that her son had been slain, her wailing was such that it started the tradition of keening, used ever since at Irish wakes.

Clever and curious reads for
lovers of the strange and mysterious

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