Böcker av Matthew M Bartlett

This month, we open with an invitation to a truly unforgettable underground soirée in "Free Party, Late." Then, in part one of a Liggotian terror by Matthew M. Bartlett titled "The Scapegrace," a young boy is put in the care of his eccentric grandfather. In Nicholas Kaufmann's "Lucienne," a petty thief burglarizes the wrong house and finds more than treasures inside. Up next, we follow a trendy blog as it details the steps for the perfect flensing ceremony in "Your 13-Month Bridal Planner for The Feast of One Flesh." In "Ouroboros," we'll witness the result of a horrifying cosmic discovery via a brand-new powerful telescope. Then, a drifter recounts a story of grisly cosmic horror with an unbelievable ending in "Ulterior motives." Stick around for a weird satire in which the weather is a marionette controlled by the whims of great elder things in "Weather Department Communications in Disarray Amid Incantation Professional Sick-Out" before we descend to the crypt for the penultimate installment of our presentation of Blackwood's "The Willows."

Matthew M. Bartlett, almost fifty-three, has just moved from Leeds, Massachusetts to the devil-haunted streets of Arkham, and he's anxious to fit in with his new friends. When he's asked to join a secret club, he leaps at the opportunity. But when the cultists start talking about shoggoths, night-gaunts, and participating in their shadowy, fire-lit rituals, Matthew starts to wonder if he's normal. There are some things about being evil that are tough to talk about, even with his friends. Luckily for Matthew, he's got someone else to confide in . . . someone who always waits dreaming.Okay, that's not the plot, and this is not a novel. It's a collection of short stories, light satires and semi-pastiches, written by someone who happened upon Lovecraft a little later in life, and found a lot of inspiration in those tales. Contents include Machine Will Start When You Are Start, The Terrible Old Friend, The Rats on LePaul, The Malls of Ulthar, The Flute Players, and a wicked array of capsule biographies entitled My Miskatonic: A Who's Who of Arkham.

The classic monsters have returned… again!During the gothic horror revival of the late 1950s through the 1970s, vampires, witches, devil worshipers, occultists, spirits, ghouls, and grave-robbing mad scientists returned to terrify a new generation of thrill-seeking movie audiences. Influenced by the social and cultural upheavals of the time and the ever-present specter of nuclear war, these classic terrors became more violent, more subversive-and more seductive.Behold the Undead of Dracula features stories inspired by the films of the gothic horror revival, dripping with blazing bright-red blood and radiating sex appeal.Eleven of the best authors in underground horror fiction offer up unique and terrifying takes on this special era of cinematic history, summoning spine-tingling tales sure to frighten and seduce unwary readers.Grab your popcorn, take a seat, and watch as the curtain rises on these gothic nightmares. Bear witness to the lurid and sensual horrors of Behold the Undead of Dracula!Featuring:"Go to the Devil" by Matthew M. Bartlett"Over the Violets There That Lie" by Gwendolyn Kiste"George Strait and the Black Orchard Grimoire" by Mer Whinery"Vengeance of the Blood Princess" by Dominique Lamssies"Diabolus in Musica" by William Tea"Taste of Fear in the Night (European Release Title: Curse of the Mountain Witches)" by Tom Breen"You Should Smile More: The Blood Coven of Arkana" by Heather L. Levy"Mina's Castle" by Sean M. Thompson"Cleaver Castle of Carnage Presents: The Coven Strikes Back" by Christa Carmen"The Bloody Cask of Rasputin" by Thomas C. Mavroudis"The Filthy Creation of Frankenstein" by Gemma FilesCover art by Trevor HendersonInterior illustration by Mat FitzsimmonsEditing and layout by Jonathan Raab