The ocean is vast and mostly uncharted. In these nineteen stories, authors imagined some of what might be happening under the surface of the waves. Or in some cases, on dry land when water-dwelling creatures pull themselves out of the ocean into a world of furry and feathered animals that they struggle to relate to. Dance in a cuttlefish rave. Join a shark as she attempts to build an airship. Attend an underwater ball thrown by crab-aliens. Watch the last Asian dragon perform in a whale and dolphin circus. Listen to a ballad sung by lobsters and whelks. Hunt for a killer shark with two waring ocean races under a tense truce. Ride squid with the Hell’s Anglerfish seal gang. But above all, don’t forget to bring a wet suit! Featuring stories by Louis Evans, Allison Thai, Koji A. Dae, Gustavo Bondoni, Nenekiri Bookwyrm, Kary M. Jomb, Huskyteer, Kittara Foxworthy, Daniel Lowd, K.C. Shaw, Willow Croft, Mary E. Lowd, James L. Steele, Su Haddrell, Daniel R. Robichaud, Frances Pauli, Mark Slauter, Jude-Marie Green, and S. Park. Scroll up and grab a copy today!

Death is only the beginning… There was only so long that the crypt could hide the secrets. Only so long the living could wait to pry open the coffin’s lid and discover the truth. For millennia, humans have pondered the endless abyss, made their own determinations, sobbed at the tombstones of lovers and prayed for a restful thereafter. Now, for the first time, “The Other Side” is revealed in all its decrepit glory. In this dark fiction and horror anthology, eleven horror authors explore the infinite possibilities that lay beyond the living. Featuring ghosts, graves, celestial voyages, forgetful realms, and forests of the dead, “The Other Side” will have you questioning all that you think you know about what lies beyond the curtain. This bone-chilling collection features: “Dirt” by Tom Garback “Marvin’s Tavern” by Heinrich von Wolfcastle “Corpse Forest” by Julie Hiner “Wheels within Wheels” by Daniel R. Robichaud “Piece by Piece” by Daniel Willcocks “Secret Places” by Harvey Click “Sheol” by Paul Stansfield “The Cold Dark Forever” by C.W. Blackwell “The Fork in the Road” by J. Thorn “The Bus” by M.B. Vujačić “Click for Ascension” by Thomas Kodnar This collection has been edited by international bestselling author of dark fiction, Daniel Willcocks, and published by Devil’s Rock Publishing. For more information, visit www.devilsrockpublishing.com

Over his career, Daniel R. Robichaud has dabbled with the fantastic and the terrifying in unique ways. His latest collection gathers together fourteen of his unique visions of worlds and people similar to our own but impacted by speculative elements. In this collection meet: Outlaws fleeing a bad bank job only to learn they carry real horror with them. Half-brothers divided by racial lines sharing a rite that will erase their differences and transform their relationship. A doctor bringing hope to an African village and dispensing nightmares. A father discovering the real reason there are so many abandoned shoes in the Washington D. C. Metro. A new spin on vampires and those who hunt them. These fourteen fabulist fictions peek into alternate pasts, the unseen present, and even speculate futures we might be hurtling toward with a careful eye toward character, emotion, and lyrical prose

In these four dramas originally written for college radio, Daniel R. Robichaud explores the intersection between the mundane and the otherworldly in a region of the imagination dubbed Twilight Country. A man visits a carnival fortune teller only to learn an unusual fate awaits him. A family's long held secrets come to light when a spectral presence torments them. The crew of an interstellar vessel arrives at their destination expecting warm welcomes, only to find an abandoned world rife with mystery. A group of bank-robbing outlaws flee a posse and discover terror has been with them since the beginning. These four dramas are accompanied by original treatments and a candid note from the author exploring the project's origins.

The bank job went bad, and only five of the six members of that wild bunch of robbers managed to ride out of town. Cold-hearted Clance and his men are wounded and on the run, fleeing the federales that already claimed one of his men's lives. As they race deeper into the wilderness, they soon discover they are prey to an enemy more relentless than any bounty hunter. An unusual evil rides this trail of dust and worms . . .Writing from the heart of Texas, it was only a matter of time before Daniel R. Robichaud tried his hand at a weird western. The result is a powerful mix of atmosphere and terror, a gruesome exploration of the dark side of frontier life and the transgressors who ride outside the lines of law and order.

Do we really need another book of zombie stories? They choke the markets and the airwaves already. Hasn't everything that's going to be said about the living dead already been done to death? Well, not quite. Rhysling Award finalist Daniel R. Robichaud envisions unusual worlds involving the living dead. In these pages you will find five unusual situations, including: A world where the black collar zombie wage slaves are the subject of moral, spiritual, and political agenda arguments. Drop into the mix with "They Shot Zombies, Didn't They?" A father who must fight off two "Dead Head" addicts intent on smoking his pacified living dead son's ashes to attain the greatest high. A seedy bar that has so far managed to hold off the zombie hordes by playing live music around the clock. Although it's true that "RnR Will Never D," maybe everyone else will . . . A young punker getting a curb stomping is bad enough, but when his recovery is interrupted by the world plummeting into apocalypse, he will learn how far he needs to go to really be "PAF." A dying mind watching its life pass in several cycles of surreal dream logic. Ever wondered what turning into one of the living dead might be like? "Baptism with Blue Bonets and Sweetbreads" offers a vision to make you think and chill your soul. So maybe one more book of zombie stories is useful after all. We live in apocalyptic times, and Daniel R. Robichaud's whispers from the other side offer messages both reassuring and horrifying.

When he was a young man, Laird strove to be the most savage killer who walked the world, a marauder who spoke with cold steel as often as with words. He earned his scars, trampling kingdoms into dust beneath his heels. Then, he met Trytessa, and she woke qualities he thought to be long dead. Conscience, regret, guilt. For her, Laird put aside his savage ways, tried to live a good life. Sometimes, the past returns hungry for vengeance. The riders stole everything. Old enemies rode out from misty memory, murdered Laird's wife, dispatched his daughter, and burned his home to cinders. Laird swore vengeance, never expecting to learn that the monsters who ruined his new life had sold his girl-child to devils. Sometimes, a father's love for his daughter is his only tie to sanity ... Now, Laird will stop at nothing to deliver her from darkness. He will call upon old allies, sworn enemies, and ancient magic to venture all the way to Hell's black heart to save his child. Daniel R. Robichaud delivers a sword and sorcery adventure overflowing with imagination and excitement, that recalls the best of Fritz Leiber, C. L. Moore, Roger Zelazny, and Robert E. Howard.

The first volume of a brand new quarterly series of storytelling excellence, Pulptastic Adventures Quarterly will tackle a new theme each month from a variety of stories. This premier issue examines Intersections between the fantastic and the mundane, between the real world and the cinematic one, between cosmic reaching science fiction and mind-blasting cosmic horror. These stories introduce characters caught in the midst of a transition and delivers pulse pounding plots. In C. C. Blake's "The Nubile Nymphs of Venus," man of action Chuck Cave finds himself on a poverty row movie set in the 1970s, watching a sleazy science fiction picture getting made. He's not a fan, however. He's guarding the girls playing the spicy aliens. Some directed accidents have been targeting members of the cast and crew, and Chuck is on the case trying to find out who is responsible. Can he solve this mystery before someone gets killed? Daniel R. Robichaud's "In My Father's House There Are Many Doors" blasts off to the distant reaches of space to find an interstellar trader getting the short end of a double cross deal only to wind up trapped in a doomed domicile. There are doors in the universe, which serve as the transition between one chamber and another, and there are doors that open up to sanity-blasting cosmic truths best left uncovered. Finally, Kaysee Renee Robichaud brings us a glimpse of the alien spheres and what music can be made, what passions can be unlocked, and what sexual thrills can be explored. These are all tied to the Rocking Rule performance from a mysterious alien being "Born Under a Wand'ring Star." Each volume of the Pulptastic Adventures Quarterly anthology series will deliver pulpy fun and thrilling stories. This inaugural issue features over 20,000 words of fiction for a low, low price.

Chesnee Krueger (code name: Looker) had the looks and luck to make a go of a career as a supermodel, however she left that career in order to be all she could be in the military. Few understand the life she has lived and fewer still understand the trials and challenges she has faced in her career choices. As a member of Kinetic Force, Looker has a rep for being a beautiful ballbuster. Why did she choose such a code name, if she wasn't rubbing people's faces in her awareness of her own good looks? In "By Any Other Name," prepare to learn about Looker's origin. The answers may well surprise you. Kinetic Force: Vignettes are short stories and novellas that target a single Kinetic Force character and provide a look into their lives and the drives that define them. These vignettes might build on elements from the thrilling Kinetic Force adventures, but they are intended to provide satisfying standalone stories to give a clear look at what makes these individual characters tick.

Ten years after the world ended, mankind is poised to ascend once more from the rubble . . . In the zombie riddled warzones that compose the devastated United States, the living dead are not the only threat against life and liberty. Madmen, slavers, raiders, and warlords struggle for total power in the shattered world. Chief among these are the zealot legions who swear fealty to the maniacal Dr. Fowler, a power mad lunatic who uses science the way terrorists use dirty suicide bombs. One thing stands against the agents of chaos and disorder ... Valkyrie Force Book 1: Wormtown Walkers When five scientists go missing within the fortified walls of Wormtown, the Mayor unleashes the one man capable of finding them. Once a decorated member of the city's Protective Services, Kane now takes command of a team of specialists charged with finding the scientists and putting a stop to whatever insidious plan lurks behind the kidnappings. The journey to answers will bring Kane and his team battling dregs of society, an outlaw biker gang, and an army aligned with pure evil. Kane and his team must work fast before a madman can unleash the ultimate doom upon one of humankind's last northeastern city-states. Wormtown Walkers is the first volume in a thrilling new series of post-apocalyptic adventure!