Bøger af Jacob Steven Mohr

Chthonic Matter is a quarterly offering of tales from the darkside. Its contents range in tone from the quiet horror of Shirley Jackson to the bleak stylings of Thomas Ligotti - and everything in between. This issue contains the following stories: You Won't Remember This by Jacob Steven MohrThe Sun in the Shadows by M.S. SwiftCarapace by Chris & Rebecca McGuinnessWorn Out by Travis MushanskiThe Man Upstairs by Shawn PhelpsGetting Out by Tim GranvilleAngels in Amber by Erica RuppertSomeday, I Will Find It by William Grabowski

Jacob Steven Mohr's debut novels follows one imaginative boy across twelve years of his life as the slings and arrows of growing up (both natural and supernatural) drive him to his limits. Over the course of four interlocking short stories, Marshal Brithaus encounters four equally unusual and unforgettable characters: There's Valerie: a friend and teacher (as well as a Norse Valkyrie...)There's Selene: a spitfire water sprite who moonlights as a lifeguard...There's Diane: a burned-out, body-snatching sandman-in-training...And there's Claudia: a childish and manipulative (and possibly carnivorous) muse.Full of magic, heart, romance, and nostalgia, The Book of Apparitions is a story for readers in all seasons of life. And as Marshal

A flyboy volunteers for a suicide mission with a copilot from beyond the stars. A painter's body is possessed by a malevolent force to render a likeness of its hellish beloved. Hundreds of adults mysteriously drown themselves along a one-mile stretch of beach. Two bandits mistakenly steal a severed head-and inherit a nightmare. These and more are the narratives within Nightfall & Other Dangers: stories of ecstasy and terror, memory and madness. Quietly apocalyptic, intimately brutal, and above all else devilishly frightening, this is the beginning of the Nightfall, from which there is no reprieve of dawn.

She should have known Lutz would never let her go so easily.... After a chance roadside meeting, Kaitlyn Brecker's jealous ex-boyfriend pursues her into the Appalachian foothills, revealing the monster under his skin for the first time.

Captain Joshua Foley might be a disgrace to the royal army and a drunkard to boot, but he knew Diamanda the Berserker, a complicated woman nearly reduced to myth and rumor by even the most seasoned taletellers of Delthain. She was a warrior, a bloodthirsty killer, a monster in the eyes of men-and perhaps the only thing standing between humankind and the true monsters at our door. He was her friend, her lover, her last companion-and when she could no longer speak for herself, he became her voice in our world. Through a startling interview with an eager young student, Captain Foley relates the full story of his encounters with the Daughter of Man, even as the cosmic secret concealed within his narrative threatens to destroy him…