lesh-Welder - This will be a limited edition chapbook featuring Ron Kelly's post-apocalyptic horror novella, "Flesh-Welder," which appeared in an issue of the classic horror magazine Noctulpa way back in 1990. We figured we would give this creepy tale a second chance for those who missed it the first time around. This chapbook will feature art by Zach McCain.

Synopsis - "2017 the not-so-distant future.

Chaos reigns supreme. Social and economic upheaval, rampant terrorism, and nuclear annihilation have turned the earth into a vast wasteland. And, in Texas, the gates of Hell have been cracked open, unleashing its evil and fury upon the undeserving.

The inhabitants of Ruin Town find themselves as unwilling pawns, trapped between warring forces, desperately attempting to survive. Even when the bombing and gunfire cease, they can find no refuge, no relief, for afterwards, Satan himself descends mercilessly upon them… in the form of General Payne and his band of sadistic mercenaries.

It is then that the suffering truly begins. Murder, rape, racial intolerance, mutilation all are heaped upon those who dwell in Ruin Town, if only to feed the General's insatiable lust for power and sadistic pleasure. Afterward, the broken and dying seek out the only one who can deliver them from the horror that their world has become. The one who can miraculously meld flesh to flesh, and bone to bone.

He is the healer supreme, the medico grande the Flesh-Welder."

he Sick Stuff - This chapbook collection will contain three stories from those days in the early nineties when Splatterpunk and cutting-edge horror ruled. Quite a bit different from Ron's normal spooky fare, this collection will include such disturbing and disgusting tales as "Diary," "Mass Appeal," and the long-awaited "The Abduction." This chapbook will feature art by Zach McCain.

ear and The Dark'Un - These two Kelly classics from way back will be presented in signed limited editions similar to Undertaker's Moon. My epic horror novel Fear will likely see print in 2009, while The Dark'Un (formerly titled Something Out There) should be released in either 2010 or 2011. These editions would also feature artwork by Alex McVey.

imber Gray - This straight-forward, honest-to-goodness Western novel will show that Croatoan has much more to offer than simply horror and dark suspense. My unpublished tale of a wolf hunter who tracks a pack of murderous timber wolves across the Bighorn Mountains of Montana would be released in the next year or so, and would also be illustrated by McVey.

eople Are Strange - Experience the twisted tales of James Newman -- author of MIDNIGHT RAIN, THE WICKED, and ANIMOSITY -- in his first-ever short-story collection, People Are Strange!

Sometimes darkly humorous, often spine-chilling, the stories in PEOPLE ARE STRANGE show Newman at his best, as he writes about the demented things of which we are all capable deep down inside. The title says it all: While none of the stories in PEOPLE ARE STRANGE feature a supernatural element, it is the faces we know -- or think we know -- that ultimately prove more frightening than our superstitions, and things that go bump in the night . . . .

Featuring a Foreword by one of the strangest people James Newman knows: Jeff Strand, Author of PRESSURE, DISPOSAL, and THE SINISTER MR. CORPSE.


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