Rick Mcdermott

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What happens when the dead refuse to stay in their graves, returning instead to demand the lives, revenge, and pleasures they were denied?In this mesmerizing anthology, the boundary between the living and the dead is terrifyingly thin. Journey through...

A Winter Amid the Ice, and Other Thrilling Stories

What happens when an eccentric scientist treats an entire city as his own private laboratory?In the usually sleepy, slow-moving Flemish town of Quiquendone, a mysterious visionary named Doctor Ox arrives with a groundbreaking proposal: to light the...

After London; Or, Wild England

Civilization has fallen, nature has reclaimed her throne, and the once-great city of London is now a deadly, toxic swamp.Centuries after an unexplained cataclysm wiped out the modern world, Britain has reverted to a savage wilderness. The remnants of...

Armageddon—2419 A.D.

Trapped in a subterranean tomb for five centuries, a man awakens to find his country shattered and his species hunted.It is the year 2419 A.D. Anthony Rogers, an inspector investigating an abandoned 20th-century coal mine, succumbs to mysterious...

Balsamo the Magician or The Memoirs of a Physician

A mesmerizing tale of alchemy, absolute power, and the shadowy cabal destined to ignite the French Revolution.Before the guillotine's reign of terror, the seeds of rebellion were sown in the dark corners of Europe by men who commanded the...

Caesar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century

Beneath the dazzling lights of a technological utopia lies a ticking time bomb of human rage.New York City, 1988—a sprawling metropolis of the future. The sky is filled with magnificent airships, the streets are illuminated by planetary magnetic...

Carnacki, the Ghost Finder

When the mundane world is breached by impossible horrors, there is only one man to call: Thomas Carnacki.Step into the gaslit streets of Edwardian London and take a seat in the cozy dining room of 427 Cheyne Walk. Here, the enigmatic investigator...

Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair

Two usurped thrones. A forgotten woodland prince. A captive queen whose defiance will ignite an empire.In the enchanting, dangerous world of Oakenrealm, the rightful heir has been banished to the deep forests, raised in secret among fearsome outlaws...

Doctor Jones' Picnic

Before the Wright brothers took to the skies, an idealistic doctor built a gleaming air-ship to conquer the frozen bounds of the North Pole.In a world desperate for hope and scientific wonder, Dr. Jonathan Jones has devised an extraordinary plan to...

Edison's Conquest of Mars

The Martians brought devastation to Earth—now, Earth is bringing the war to them! In the aftermath of the disastrous Martian invasion, humanity lies battered but unbowed. When astronomers detect terrifying signs that Mars is preparing for a second,...

Equality

What if you woke up more than a century in the future to find a perfect world free from greed, poverty, and war?In this stunning sequel to the legendary Looking Backward, time-traveler Julian West continues his exploration of the year 2000—a radical...

Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven

An unforgettable, side-splitting voyage into an afterlife where harps are boring and the celestial bureaucracy is endless.For thirty years after his death, old sea salt Captain Eli Stormfield has been rocketing through the cosmos like a rogue comet,...

Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle

Two terrifying tales of inescapable guilt, spectral torment, and the fragile line separating sanity from madness.In Green Tea, the pious and scholarly Reverend Mr. Jennings falls victim to a bizarre and unrelenting persecution. Wherever he goes, he is...

In Search of the Unknown

Before Jurassic Park or The X-Files, there was Robert W. Chambers' thrilling expedition into the impossible.As the newest superintendent of the waterfowl department at the Bronx Park Zoological Gardens, our protagonist expects a life of quiet...

Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies

A hidden war is raging beneath the blades of grass in your very own backyard!When a tribe of good-hearted Scottish Brownies crossed the ocean to settle the sprawling lawns of Hillside, they never expected to find themselves fighting a desperate war...

Rinkitink in Oz

Three magic pearls, a boy prince, and a talking goat are the only hope to save an island kingdom from total devastation.When the peaceful Island of Pingaree is suddenly attacked by the ruthless warriors of Regos and Coregos, young Prince Inga is left...

Tales of terror

In the foggy depths of the 19th century, monstrous appetites and vengeful spirits await those who dare to wander alone...From the bustling, gaslit streets of London to the snow-capped peaks of the Pyrenees, a trail of eerie disappearances leaves...

The case of Charles Dexter Ward

Some ancestors should remain buried in the dust of history.In the quiet, fog-drenched streets of Providence, Rhode Island, young antiquarian Charles Dexter Ward develops a dangerous obsession with a forgotten ancestor: Joseph Curwen. Driven from Salem...

The Conquest of America: A Romance of Disaster and Victory

What if the greatest cities in the United States fell to a foreign empire in 1921?The Panama Canal lies in ruins. The Atlantic fleet is stranded in the Pacific. As unprepared American forces scramble to mount a defense, a massive, technologically...

The Field of Ice

Stranded. Freezing. Starving. The true test of a man is found at the icy edges of the earth.In the desolate and frozen expanse of the Arctic, Captain Hatteras and his dwindling, loyal crew are marooned. Their beloved brig, the Forward, has been burnt...

The Invasion

A devastating surprise attack on a sleeping nation. An empire brought to its knees before breakfast.It is a quiet Sunday morning in September, and the citizens of Great Britain are wrapped in peacetime complacency. But in the shadows of the North Sea,...

The Master Key

One accidental spark. One ancient secret unlocked. An electrifying global adventure begins.When young electrical enthusiast Rob mistakenly crosses the wrong wires in his attic workshop, he triggers a blinding flash that summons a majestic and...

The Parasite: A Story

When a man of exact science opens his mind to the occult, he invites a demon to take the reins of his soul.Professor Austin Gilroy has always dealt in facts, microscopes, and irrefutable logic. But when a zealous colleague introduces him to Miss Helen...

The Princess and Curdie

Before a kingdom falls to ruin, a young miner must face the blazing fire of roses and uncover the beasts hidden within the hearts of men.Years have passed since Curdie, the brave miner boy, defeated the malicious goblins lurking beneath the mountains....

The Red One

An unearthly call echoes from the heart of the uncharted jungle... a sound so beautiful and terrifying it could only come from the stars.Shipwrecked, fever-stricken, and hunted by headhunters in the unforgiving depths of Guadalcanal, scientist Bassett...