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It's dangerous to be a doctor... ...Or a member of the Chapman family in this collection of three loosely tied together tales of the macabre by authors Aaron J. French, Erik T. Johnson, and Adam P. Lewis. Aaron J. French starts this weird progression with "The Chapman Stain," a kind of horrorized version of the nature vs. nurture debate. Is it genetics or is it demonic possession? The story moves quickly, with hints of both A Christmas Carol and The Exorcist lending touchstones to the proceedings. The story's end is a heady blend of spiritualism and gore. Erik T. Johnson's "The Chapman Delirium" is a euphoric, phantasmagoric trippy trip through the world of a patent medicine called Etcetracaine. Johnson's writing is, as always, mind-bendingly good, with passages you will read, stop, read again, then curse yourself for not having written. And finally, the Chapman Family's bad luck runs its course in Adam P. Lewis' "The Chapman Remains," a horrific tale of revenant corpses and life-draining ghouls. Lewis manages a shivery Fall of the House of Usher feeling throughout, which gives this tale of grave disturbance and...well...grave disturbances a nice depth. "Interesting to see what three talented authors can do with a shared-world theme, The tales are different enough to hold your interest completely, but tethered enough to each other that they lend some deeper, more twisted meaning to their companion pieces. Highly recommended!" --- John F.D. Taff, author of Little Deaths

Once Upon a Time, in the Zantabulous Land of Zo. . . Hunters face vindictive fairies, Living Confections and Talking Animals roam the land, witches cast curses to thwart True Love, and heroes of every stripe confront the Gray Wind, Death-on-Four-Legs -- Shaykosch, the Wolf-King. Will they find the Happily Ever Afters that they seek? Turn the page and see! Uncanny Books is proud to present a collection of original fairy tales based on the setting and characters inititally developed in Chad Underkoffler's Zorcerer of Zo role-playing game, published by Atomic Sock Monkey Press. Despite being retold again and again, something about fairy tales always remains fresh and new, uniting the ordinary and the extraordinary in wonder. This volume includes fairy tales from authors such as: Andrew Byers Michaelbrent Collings Michael Hill Scott Kane Chad Underkoffler Jon Zeigler Come, enter the Tales of Zo, and follow the zantabulous journeys within!

Michael Augustino is a Washington, DC private investigator. He and his partner Jack don't just handle run-of-the-mill divorce and missing persons cases though - they specialize in cases involving the supernatural. Augustino is hired by the Bookworm, a local occultist with a thing for magical tomes and grimoires, to locate a book that some say could be used to summon a powerful extradimensional being named Tiamat. It sounds like the kind of thing that Augustino handles every day. But he soon learns that he's in way over his head when the entire DC occult underground also comes after the book. Everyone from cabals of renegade sorcerers to things that are only vaguely human want the book, and they're willing to get rid of anyone standing in their way, including Augustino and everyone he cares about. As part of the growing supernatural noir genre, if you enjoy the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher, or Simon R. Green's Nightside books, or the Felix Castor novels by Mike Carey, you will love As Above, So Below by Ryan Rennik.