Bøger af Billie Sue Mosiman

Fourteen brand new 2013 tales of dread ranging from horror to dark science fiction and noir, SINISTER will keep you awake at night. Aliens come from the sky, a detective works his last case, a skull flenser loves his job, and various evils and dark chills creep through this new collection from the Edgar and Stoker nominated author, Billie Sue Mosiman.

Cover art by Neil Jackson. A novella of the world in 2042. In the near future Jackie and her husband Antone are working hard to move out of the bottom class of society. Then one day while her husband is at work in another city, men in suits come and take Jackie and her children away to be interred in a prison camp in North Texas. No phone calls allowed, no explanations given. Jackie keeps hope alive that Antone will rescue them. But if he does manage to get them out, where are they going to run, where are they going to hide, and where are they going to go on the PRISON PLANET? "Billie Sue Mosiman's novels are edge-of-the-seat all the way!" Ed Gorman, Award-winning author and former editor of Mystery Scene Magazine.

"Billie Sue Mosiman's novels are edge-of-the-chair all the way!" Ed Gorman, Award Winning Author. A new novella of dark suspense by Edgar Nominated author, Billie Sue Mosiman. It's 1984 and Bill Turk is building a mansion on the Gulf bay to rival all mansions. It will have twelve bedrooms and twelve bathrooms. It will have marble and wrought iron, a 40-foot pool, a Jacuzzi, a ballroom, and a garden maze. They're going to call it Mourning Mansion when he's done bringing his darkness to bear inside the brick walls. Parties will be thrown, drugs will be free and booze will flow. Bill's boys will have a wonderful time--all the way to the end. Jack DeShane is a veteran cop who has seen it all, but Mourning Mansion is some new hell he needs to investigate. Boys are missing. Bill Turk is an ex-con with more money than God. And Turk has put iron bars on all the verandahs and windows. Jack needs to find out why. Open the door...the marble floors await you...the darkness and the courage to fight it all reside here inside Mourning Mansion. Loosely based on true crimes that occurred along the Gulf Coast, MOURNING MANSION features Detective Jack DeShane from the Mosiman novel, WIREMAN.

Nine tales of horror and terror from an Edgar and Stoker Nominated author. A collection of the author's previously published works in anthologies. Includes the stories from HORROR TALES, HORROR TALES 2, and LIFE NEAR THE BONE. From a simple-minded man left to fend for himself against both a swamp creature and a homicidal maniac, to a vampire looking for an antidote for a disease killing him, these tales are from the crypt of the deep South. This is where bogeymen walk and Tarot cards come alive, where an old woman knows the world beyond her land doesn't exist and a man in prison needs to perform one last act of violence. Raw tales, poetic tales, tales from the crypt. "Billie Sue Mosiman's novels are edge-of-the-seat all the way!" Ed Gorman, award winning author of BAD MOON RISING Bonus inclusion: Chapters from BANISHED, Billie Sue Mosiman's new novel.

NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR NOVEL. A novel of feminism taken to the ultimate limit by a woman who no longer has anything to lose. First her husband killed their children, then himself. Now she's on her own, and she's bent on making sure it never happens to another woman. It's too late for her...she's already damaged. She's already caught in the depths of despair where only taking the law into her hands holds out any sort of relief. Yet when she stops the evil she's felt compelled to commit, the murders continue. Someone is a copycat, pinning crimes on her, stalking her, teasing her with his devious plan. She can't make him stop. There may be no way out of the trap she's created out of loss, out of desperation. There's another problem--she's falling in love with the detective who is in charge of tracking her down. Life is a complex series of paradoxes, a spiral of fear and murder where nothing is as it seems. "A unique knife-edged page-turner, as dark as the alleys of the Houston demi-monde in which the moral twists of its inventive plot play out. Don't miss this one." - Paul Wilson, author of SIBS and THE SELECT. "Taut, riveting...The tension is pulled as a noose around the reader's neck." -Robert W. Walker, author of PRIMAL INSTINCT

She escaped her underground world to go outside where the Zoms waited. She believed her chances at survival were greater among the insane. Baya, orphaned in the underground city, found it impossible to avert danger. The inhabitants were losing their minds in the crowded darkness. Outside lay the Zoms, those infected by a worldwide virus that affects the brain. Now they're more like animals, more like their ancestors of old. They aren't dead, not by a long shot, but given the chance anyone they meet will face death. The Zoms have lost all control and there's no turning back. They're made to kill. Baya, on her own, liked her chances more on the Outside. She had her backpack and she had her hope. There was more freedom in the outside world, but there was more risk too. Everything had to be disinfected. Zoms had to be avoided. If Baya was going to make it she had to find a safe place. Was there any safe place left on Earth? That was the question she must answer for herself in ZOM ALIVE: 2110.

After convicting a murderer and asking for the death penalty, district attorney Beth Kapon is horrified when a series of events, which include the abduction of her daughter, make her believe that the killer's family is retaliating.

Formerly published in hardcover by Headline Books. "Ms. Mosiman's "Unidentified" is gripping and sinister, she was extremely adept at keeping the killer's identity secret. Once I picked up this book, I could not put it down." Lainey M. "Set in Hollywood with clever use of quotes from famous Actors & Writers this is a serious "edge of your seat" thriller. Brilliant work as usual from Ms Mosiman - all of her novels are masterpieces." Vix Kirkpatrick From an Edgar and Stoker Nominated author of more than 50 books comes a true novel of suspense. Karl LaRosa is living the good life as a Hollywood agent. He's got the best clients, the finest car and home, plenty of lovers, and the world by the tail. Then someone starts stalking him, running him off the road, vandalizing his house, and so much more. Why was his life crumbling right before his eyes? What had he done to deserve such an enemy? What he doesn't know is that the events in his life follow the script of a murder movie being filmed, a film he's involved in. Can Karl solve the mystery of his increasingly bold assailant before he falls victim to a particularly gruesome death? His stalker is Unidentified. Which one of those involved with the new film is a killer? Karl LaRosa is presented with a paradox he needs to solve--he has to--his life depends on it.

A novel of youth corrupted and innocence lost. Angie moved with her father from St. Louis to the deep south town of Moon Lake, Mississippi. The lake was huge and peaceful, but the high school wasn't very friendly and Tyeson Dompier thought he owned the lake and everyone who lived around it. He wanted Angie for himself the way he'd had every girl he wanted, but his cruelty ruined everything. In the lake a monster lurked, lying in the weedy bottom, waiting the time it was needed to search out those who committed unforgivable sins. It was the monster of retribution, the hands of justice meted out to those born of evil. Angie and Tye begin a dance of revenge, death, and one of them will pay the ultimate penalty. One of them will face the lake creature's wrath... Billie Sue Mosiman is the Edgar and Stoker Nominated author of more than 50 books. MOON LAKE was published originally by Pocket Books and for the first time appears in a new edition after the author's revision.

This year's stories by an award-nominated author of horror and suspense. Two of the stories are novellas. The collection is 50,000 words in length and available in trade paperback. Dark tales of terror and intrigue from an alien child left on an earth overrun by zombie cannibals to the first killer in all the world, Cain the murderer of Abel, his brother. A worthy addition to the ongoing yearly series of Sinister, these eight tales will make your dreams restless.

A collection of weird and strange stories by the twice-nominated Stoker author, Billie Sue Mosiman. Five stories you don't want to miss on a wintry night by the hearth.

Ed Gorman, award winning author of BAD MOON RISING, says: "Banished by Billie Sue Mosiman is one of the most provocative and compelling fantasies I've read in a long time. Storytelling that is both page-turning and stunning." When the Queen of the Fallen Angels came to earth again she took the dead body of a ten-year-old native girl on an island. It was the 1200s and life was primitive, but Angelique managed to rule the people for two hundred years until Columbus arrived. Escaping her island home, the little angel with her malevolent intent, wandered through the world using humans to do her biding as her parents and guardians. Then she brought down Nisroc, an angel she trusted to be her partner and helpmate. The problem was, Nisroc wasn't like Angelique. Nisroc learned to love. And he had to flee from his life with the terrible child before he lost what soul he had left.

A collection of short stories and novellas from Bram Stoker Finalist Billie Sue Mosiman. Stories include: ZOM ALIVE: 2110 QUIET ROOM CYBERCHIP 3AM WITH THE JAGUAR PRISON PLANET Choose the end of your future world in ZOM ALIVE, when a virus infects most of the world's population, driving them mad. They aren't dead, aren't zombies, but they're just as deadly. Baya escapes her underground city believing her chances on the Outside are better. Can she find a safe place? Or choose the end of the world in PRISON PLANET, where the poor, disenfranchised, mentally ill, or the weak are imprisoned by a government gone rogue. One family fights back, but where are they going to go, where are they going to hide on Prison Planet? In CYBERCHIP, the future holds chips to be inserted for tracking people. One of the scientists working on the project inserts one, just to see how well it works, but what he discovers is there are powers beyond imagining in one little cyberchip. It makes his future the most dangerous of all. In QUIET ROOM and 3AM WITH THE JAGUAR you will meet psychos, stalkers, and murderers. Strong resilient women know what to do with these aberrations. They know exactly what to do. Come along into the dark, into the DIABOLIQ, and face the horror if you dare...

A VAMPIRE NOVEL BY BRAM STOKER NOMINEE, BILLIE SUE MOSIMAN, author of more than 50 books. Book III of the Vampire Nation Chronicles "Billie Sue Mosiman's vampire world has it's own set of rules and customs that must be adhered to if vampires are to coexist with their human counterparts. Hearts will go out to the hero who lost the love of his life and readers will understand the choices he makes. It is Malachi's own humanity that makes him a very good vampire. There are some secondary characters deserving of having their stories told and their are enough of them to fill up the author's entire writing career. CRAVEN MOON is horror the way that it was meant to be written. " Amazon review by Harriet Klauser for CRAVEN MOON, the paperback now titled HUNTER OF THE DEAD. His name was Malachi and he was that rarest of beings, the child of a mortal and a vampire. Raised on an isolated Texas ranch, Malachi grew into his powers safe from discovery. For though himself a mortal, he was gifted with many of the abilities of his vampire mother. And though he chose to follow his mortal destiny, there were those among the vampires known as Predators who had sworn to seek his death. It's possible the Anti-Christ has come as a powerful vampire. Malachi is charged with two duties that are his true destiny--avenge his wife's death and stop the marauders who are willing to destroy humankind. "Billie Sue Mosiman's novels are edge-of-the-seat all the way!" Ed Gorman, award winning author of BAD MOON RISING.

Thirteen new tales of suspense, noir, and horror from the author of the acclaimed novel of suspense, THE GREY MATTER. Sinister-Tales of Dread 2014 includes works recently published by the Edgar and Stoker Nominated author during the year of 2014 and four never-before published works of suspense. Mosiman is an Edgar and Stoker Nominated author of sixteen novels and hundreds of published short stories. She lives in South Texas with her husband, Lyle, and two small dogs called Lewis and Emma.

A VAMPIRE NOVEL BY BRAM STOKER NOMINATED AUTHOR, BILLIE SUE MOSIMAN, author of more than 50 books. Rise of the Legend is Book Two in the Vampire Nation Chronicles, but can be read as a standalone novel. From Booklist (Review for Malachi's Moon the paperback novel now titled RISE OF THE LEGEND) Malachi is the child of a vampire (his mother) and a human (his father). Though mortal, he possesses many of the powers of vampires; and one vampire, Balthazar, is convinced that he is a threat to the most dangerous kind of vampires, the Predators. Balthazar haunts Malachi's dreams and, when Malachi reaches his teens, begins to send assassins after him. Malachi fears for his family's safety and decides to leave home for a while. Meanwhile, in Thailand, imprisoned vampire Charles Upton is planning to escape and wreak havoc on the vampire world by gathering the Predators together to destroy the other two kinds of vampires, the Naturals, who live as humans, and the sickly Cravens. When Upton and Balthazar team up to achieve their respective goals, Mentor, a powerful vampire who tries to keep order among the vampire groups, realizes that both vampire and human worlds could be thrown into chaos and sets out to stop them. Well-drawn characters and a complex plot put this a cut above the usual vampire fare. Kristine Huntley Copyright (c) American Library Association. All rights reserved As a very young child, Malachi was lost in a nightmare, held captive by the will of the terrifying Master of the Predator vampires and marked for a destiny he would not remember when he awoke. He faced many dangers, but none more deadly was the mortal made vampire, Charles Upton, imprisoned for long years by Mentor in a monastery in Thailand. Upton is intent on destroying Malachi and bent on seizing control of all vampires.Malachi must stop him or lose his very soul. "Billie Sue Mosiman's novels are edge-of-the-seat all the way!" Ed Gorman, award winning author of BAD MOON RISING

Gold Rush Dream is the story of a young girl coming of age and overcoming personal tragedy as she makes a long, turbulent journey across the American territories. East Texas in 1849 is no place for the weak, as Rose finds out when marauding Indians destroy her family's homestead. Rescued by Travis, a man who makes his living by trapping in the wild, together they will set out to find her only remaining family in California. As their travels turn into a quest to find not only family, but the wealth available to a few lucky souls during the Gold Rush, Rose and Travis will find that it takes all of their endurance and obsession to achieve their dreams. Ultimately, they will find that it is the love that grows between two people whose shared values of freedom, independence and honor are worth more than any nuggets of gold they might find when faced with the difficulties and dangers of life in the American West. About the Author Billie Sue Mosiman is the author of several award-nominated suspense novels. This is her first Western, which came about through her abiding interest in the California Gold Rush period of American history. The author lives in Texas near Old San Antonio Road, an historic road once used by Native Americans, that crosses Texas from east to west.

He came out of nowhere and murdered Sully's wife, Frannie. Due to police negligence, the case is thrown out of court, and the killer never prosecuted. Sully wants revenge. Yet it's Carla, Frannie's sister, who means to right the wrong and make sure this killer doesn't get away with it. Now Carla is in the killer's spotlight and he's watching her, he's studying her, he's thinking about KILLING CARLA... A novel of suspense from the mind that brought you the Edgar Nominated NIGHT CRUISE and the Stoker Nominated WIDOW.

Women write horror and always have since before Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN. Read here stories by Elizabeth Massie, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Lucy Taylor, and a plethora of other great writers as they work on your nerves, get inside your head, and bang out some of the scariest tales written today. I'm proud to present these women for your consideration, as Rod Serling might say, as I ask you to step into FRIGHT MARE. Lock the door and windows, put on a light, and remember, it's not real. It's not real. Midnight awaits, monsters scheme to take you away, the strange and weird wait in the shadows, but it's not real. Is it?

"Billie Sue Mosiman is edge-of-the-seat all the way!" Ed Gorman, award-winning author of BAD MOON RISING The killer in the night. He waited in the shadows, a dark and deadly presence. He was no novice at this terrible trade--he had struck before and he would strike again. And with each new killing he became less human...and more vicious. He stood patiently, a wire garrote in his strong hands, ready to claim yet another victim. Soon he would have one more to add to his growing list unless they could stop him. But how could they when they didn't know who he was? What he was? To a terrified city he was known only as the Wireman. Set in the 1970s, two brothers return from the Vietnam war with blood on their hands. Learning to kill the enemy wasn't something that would go away when they returned home to Houston, Texas. Could one of them be the serial killer, Wireman? Could the other stop him? Based loosely on true crimes that occurred in Houston, Texas 1978-80. A suspense thriller by Edgar-Nominated author, Billie Sue Mosiman.

"Billie Sue Mosiman is a talented fiction writer. Needless to say, her talent shines through in her memoir as well." Hobbs End Reviews "You will laugh with her, you will cry with her. And you'll come away knowing a bit more about what motivated her stories and maybe even take away a deeper meaning to your own life." Kat Yares, Vine Voice This is eleven chapters and over 50,000 words of the autobiography of Billie Sue Mosiman, author of more than 50 books and an Edgar and Stoker Nominee. She had 13 novels and more than 150 short stories published by major traditional publishers. Since then she's had a new novel and several stories and novellas published digitally. Born in Alabama, she was shared back and forth between her maternal grandparents and her mother. She lived all over the South but was never more comfortable and happy than when she was at "home" in Alabama with her grandparents. Her mother suffered mental illness, though it was undiagnosed most of her life. Observing the chaotic life when with her parents and the loving embrace once she was again with her grandparents, she began to study the behavior of those around her and delve into what made them do the things they did. Now, after a lifetime of writing and publishing fiction, both novels and stories, she has begun her autobiography. It's not just for writers interested in a writer's life. It's for everyone. This autobiography aims to look back on a peculiar life and write about it using novelistic elements. This is the novel of a life...

"Billie Sue Mosiman's novels are edge-of-the-seat all the way!" Ed Gorman, award winning author of BAD MOON RISING. "There are only a handful of authors in the world who can craft true suspense, and Billie Sue Mosiman is one of the best." C. Terry Cline, Jr., author of REAPER Molly Killany is looking for a new life. She's young...and desperate. She'll do anything to survive. Right now, all she's looking for is a free ride. Cruise Lavanic loves his car and the freedom of the road. He has no ties and no identity. He travels unnoticed, unsuspected. And he kills for pleasure. Molly sees Cruise at a truck stop. He looks good. He seems friendly. He offers her a ride. Now Molly's dream of a new life is about to become a nightmare...

North Carolina police officer Jay Anderson knew he was doing wrong, but could not stop himself from abusing his wife, Carrie. To help him with his anger management, Jay was seeing police psychiatrist Frank Hawkins, but in the middle of their sessions, he tells the shrink that he, his wife, and his ten year old daughter Emily were taking a vacation in Missouri. On the trip Jay learns that Carrie plans to leave him for fear he will start abusing their child. They stop at Long Horn Caverns near St. Louis where Emily who can read the thoughts of two evil people. Her father is preoccupied and ignores her warning. When they leave the caverns, Crow, who just escaped from Leavenworth and his girlfriend, Heddy, who abetted his escape, carjack the Anderson vehicle with the family taken as hostages. On the murderous trek to Mexico, relationships change as double crossings occur. None of the five may ever walk away and if by some miracle one does he or she will be haunted by this deadly road trip forever.

The beginning of the Vampire Nation Chronicles, Book One, Legions of the Dark can be read as a standalone tale. A Vampire novel by Bram Stoker Nominated Billie Sue Mosiman, author of more than 50 books. "This is a vampire book unlike any that I've ever read or heard about. I enjoyed how the author chose to dispel the "myths" of vampirism, and go a slightly different route with the legend. I also enjoyed the way she wrapped everything up, yet left enough of an opening for future novels." Goodreads' Review by Ruby Heston (for RED MOON RISING, the paperback title for LEGIONS OF THE DARK) "This book is very fast paced and has an engrossing storyline. It's well written, entertaining, and hard to put down once you get started. " Jon Weber, Amazon review (for RED MOON RISING, the paperback title for LEGIONS OF THE DARK.. "Stupendous! The vampire theory is unique and refreshing. The storyline is pumped full of action..." Vamps R Us review for RED MOON RISING (LEGIONS OF THE DARK ebook) "I enjoyed this book and read it in one go. I liked the twist on the old vampire-story..." Amazon review for the paperback, RED MOON RISING (LEGIONS OF THE DARK ebook) Della Cambian was a senior in high school when she was struck by the family curse; vampirism. With the aid of the ancient known as Mentor, and harried by an aging millionaire with dreams of immortality, Del must find a way to prevent an evil that could endanger every natural vampire on Earth. And what kind of vampire should she be? Does she have the innate violence to be a Predator? Does the future hold nothing but fear and loathing? Or will she embrace the Natural life like her parents, like her brother, and try, someway, to live as human?

A murdered wife leaves a grieving husband and sister bent on revenge. But when they find the identity of the killer, it's a shock and surprise that he is someone so close to home.