2 Best 「splaterpunk」 Books of 2024| Books Explorer
Nominated for the 2015 Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology!An all-original horror anthology set in the world of CliveBarker's cult film masterpiece, Nightbreed, and including stories bySeanan McGuire, Amber Benson, Karl Alexander, Nancy Holder, and more!Clive Barker's Nightbreed has been controversial since the moment it was released in a version edited by the studio and roundly condemned byBarker, who wrote and directed the film. A virtually instant cult film,Nightbreed--based on Barker's novella, Cabal--was nominated for threeSaturn Awards and won several prizes at European film festival.The impact of Nightbreed goes beyond the screen; along with Cabal andBarker's seminal The Books of Blood, it has inspired many horrorwriters, some of whom have gathered in this tribute anthology.Midian Unmade tells the stories of the Nightbreed after the fall of their city, Midian. Driven from their homes, their friends and family members slain beforetheir eyes, the monsters become a mostly-hidden diaspora. Some arehunted; others, hunters. Some seek refuge. Others want revenge.Contributors to Midian Unmade include: KarlAlexander, author of the classic novel Time After Time; actor, writer,and director Amber Benson (Tara Maclay on Buffy the Vampire Slayer); New York Times bestselling author Nancy Holder; Hugo and John W. CampbellAward-winner Seanan McGuire; Bram Stoker Award winner Weston Ochse,David J. Schow, winner of the World Fantasy Award, writer of thescreenplay for The Crow; New York Times bestselling writer StephenWoodworth; and many more--23 stories in all.With an introduction by Clive Barker, this is an outstanding collection of original horror short stories in a dazzling variety of styles.
BEFORE HOSTEL...BEFORE SAW..THERE WAS SURVIVOR... It was supposed to be a romantic weekend getaway. Lisa was looking forward to spending time alone with her husband-and telling him that they are going to have a baby. Instead, it becomes a nightmare when her husband is arrested and Lisa is kidnapped. But the kidnappers aren't asking for ransom. They want Lisa herself. They're going to make her a star-in a snuff film. What they have in mind for Lisa is unspeakable. They plan to torture and murder her as graphically and brutally as possible, and to capture it all on film. If they have their way, Lisa's death will be truly horrifying...but even more horrifying is what Lisa will do to survive... Deadite Press is proud to present the classic hardcore horror novel by J. F. Gonzalez. Now a new generation of readers will ask - how far would you go to survive?