Панктаун — место, наполненное мраком и безысходностью, тем не менее, имеет своих жителей, приспособившихся к такому существованию. Это люди и не только, живущие в мире жестоких нравов и законов, имеющие свою мораль, этику и мировоззрение, отличные друг от друга. Кое-кто из них живёт за счёт клонирования трупов, считая это предметом искусства, кто-то делает с помощью машины, краски и живого человека превосходное шоу. Но это не только мир гротескной сюрреалистичной радости и печали, но также мир огромных корпораций, техногенных воротил и мафиози. Место, где нельзя позволить себе беспечность и неосторожность. Ведь это мрачный мегаполис, где тенями скользят по улицам убийцы и безумцы. 

Private detective and mutant shapeshifter Jeremy Stake (hero of the novels Deadstock and Blue War) has fallen on hard times in the far-future city of Punktown. When he is offered an opportunity to masquerade as another man to do his prison sentence for him, Stake agrees, but this is a new type of penitentiary – existing in its own pocket universe. In this isolated prison, a series of gruesome murders has occurred, and the inmates soon force Stake to investigate. Can Stake catch a killer that might not even be human, without becoming just another victim?

A brand new Sherlock Holmes anthology to sit alongside George Mann’s successful Encounters of Sherlock Holmes anthologies, and Titan’s Further Adventures and New Adventures series. A brand-new collection of Sherlock Holmes stories from a variety of exciting voices in modern horror and steampunk, edited by respected anthologist George Mann. Stories are told from the point of view of famous associates of the great detective, including Lestrade, Mrs Hudson, Sherlock himself, Irene Adler, Langdale Pike, and of course, Professor Moriarty…

Welcome to the Subject 11 project. We are currently seeking 10 individuals to participate in a research study. Participants shall receive a sum to be discussed during initial telephone interview. Interested parties should email us via our contact page, subject11.webs.com, providing their telephone number and a brief biography of approximately 100 words, describing themselves in terms of gender, age, race, and occupation if any. The study will take place in a series of abandoned buildings rented for this purpose. Note: subjects involved in this test may find themselves experiencing certain psychological distortions. They may experience lapses in memory regarding others and themselves....

“…THE JUICIEST BLOODFEST, THE MOST IRONIC CONTE CRUEL, THE SUBTLEST EVOCATION OF WISPY HORROR.” —Washington Post Book World Return, if you dare, to the dark realms of terror with intrepid guide Karl Edward Wagner as he once again seeks out the most fear-inspiring tales of the year. Cower in horror as Jack the Ripper reaches out from the grave to take bloody vengeance on a rock band… even as a “retired” serial killer experiences the perfect end to a perfect life… while an injured woman receives a blood transfusion only to find she has lost control of her will… and a garbage dump spawns a malignant new breed of life—or death… Join Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell, Wayne...

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Punktown: established by Earth colonists on a faraway world, a crime-ridden megalopolis peopled by countless races. There is Stake, the private detective with chameleon-like abilities he can not control. There is his wealthy client, Fukuda, whose company mass produces life forms for labor and as playthings. There is Fukuda's beautiful teenage daughter, whose priceless one-of-a-kind living doll has been stolen. And there is the doll itself, growing in size and resentment. Meanwhile, at an abandoned apartment complex with a dark history, a tough street gang and a band of mutant squatters have been trapped inside by bioengineered life forms mindlessly bent on destroying them like an...

AAAIIIEEE!!! presents to the horror enthusiast twenty of the best dark fantasy tales of author Jeffrey Thomas (PUNKTOWN), culled from their original appearances in the independent press.From subtle stories of ghosts and encroaching madness to extreme tales of erotic and visceral terror, this collections contents span the breadth of the horror spectrum. In these pages one will encounter: a mysterious channel on a hospital rooms television a concentration camp where the dead may seek retribution a music stars unearthly and distasteful approach to fame a woman in love with a dangerous fallen angel the ghost of an insane parent resurrected by another worldly force. Whether ones appetite runs...

Джеффри Томас пишет мрачную научную фантастику, похожую на хоррор, почти как Рэй Брэдбери времен «Марсианских хроник». И как автор «Марсианских хроник» создает картину будущего, для того чтобы рассказать о среднем американце середины XX столетия, так и будущее у Томаса — это повод для анализа культуры и общества рубежа XX–XXI веков, с их чудовищно быстрыми переменами, бесчеловечной политикой государства и корпораций, эпидемией серийных убийств. Времена изменились, и сегодня общечеловеческий гуманизм Брэдбери кажется бессильным перед проблемами нового века. А безобразные и несчастные персонажи Джеффри Томаса больше похожи на наших современников, чем прекрасные марсиане. Джеффри Томас...