New Releases by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Short Things is a collection of never-before-published stories based on John W. Campbell’s classic short novel, “Who Goes There?” (filmed as The Thing). Commissioned one by one as stretch goals for the Frozen Hell Kickstarter project (which broke records as one of the most successful science fiction publishing projects in Kickstarter history), this series of stories grew to book size—thanks to contributions by many top writers. Included are new works by: G.D. Falksen Paul Di Filippo, Mark McLaughlin Alan Dean Foster Darrell Schweitzer Nina Kiriki Hoffman Kristine Kathryn Rusch John Gregory Betancourt Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Kevin J. Anderson Pamela Sargent Allen M. Steele and Allan Cole, Enjoy these sometimes very different takes on the classic monster, the Thing!

This “toothy follow-up to Datlow’s first-rate Blood Is Not Enough” offers “admirably inventive variations on vampirism” (Kirkus Reviews). Featuring stories by Jonathan Carroll, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Robert Silverberg, A Whisper of Blood is a “consistently engrossing anthology” from award-winning editor Ellen Datlow (Publishers Weekly). Continuing to expand the boundaries of the concept of vampirism—as she did in her first collection, Blood Is Not Enough—Datlow has assembled eighteen fascinating stories that range from tales of literal vampires to what she calls “metaphorical bloodsuckers,” who can drain another’s life force without ever sinking their teeth into necks. In “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep” by Suzy McKee Charnas, an elderly Jewish woman who’s taken her own life has second thoughts and makes a deal to become a vampire to stay immortal, the only condition being she has to drink blood by request only. An amnesiac operative tries to sort out if a secret government agency is trying to help him regain his memory or is wiping it clean in Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s Kafkaesque “Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?” And in Jonathan Carroll’s “The Moose Church,” a tourist in Sardinia is literally scarred by asking questions of death in his dreams . . . A Whisper of Blood includes contributions by Suzy McKee Charnas, Karl Edward Wagner, Robert Silverberg, Kathe Koja, Elizabeth Massie, Barry N. Malzberg, Rick Wilber, Jonathan Carroll, Thomas Ligotti, Melissa Mia Hall, David J. Schow, Jack Womack, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Thomas Tessier, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, K. W. Jeter, Pat Cadigan, and Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth.

BROTHER KEEPER-Before Sherlock was the Great Detective, he was a university student sent down from Oxford to London to the care of his older brother, a rising young man at the Admiralty, and during his time in London, he has his first look at the darker side of the city, with life changing results. THE CASE OF THE AMERICAN TWINS-The American Twins is a classic adventure featuring the great detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend, Dr. John Watson Among the many references made to cases that Watson did not chronicle, those of Sherlock Holmes'' early career are the most intriguing. Within the canon, there is an oblique reference to one case concerning an American client, but nothing more is revealed by Watson. At last, here is that case.

All new Fiction by: Darren Speegle, Gene O''Neill, Mercedes M. Yardley, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Nicholas Kaufmann and Gary Raisor Interviews with: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, S. P. Somtow, Ken Hite and Justin Achilli Articles on: "Stephen King''s IT: A Conjuration of Childhood Fears" by Aaron J. French, "A Tribute to Tom Reamy and "The Vampires of New England" by K.H. Vaughn and "Dark Poetry" by Linda Addison Columns from Mike Davis, Laird Barron, Robert Morrish, Donald Tyson and Richard Dansky!

The American Twins is a classic adventure featuring the great detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend, Dr. John WatsonAmong the many references made to cases that Watson did not chronicle, those of Sherlock Holmes'' early career are the most intriguing. Within the canon, there is an oblique reference to one case concerning an American client, but nothing more is revealed by Watson. At last, here is that case.Based on the stage play of the same name by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Spring 1924. The world has clawed its way back from the ravages of WWI and the Spanish Flu pandemic. The 20''s are beginning to roar. Poppy Thornton lives with her Aunt Jo and her excitable cat Maestro in upper-crust Philadelphia. Poppy is determined to make a name for herself as a serious crime reporter, but is stuck reporting on garden parties and ladies'' fashion. Then one day her editor assigns her to collect background information on the suicide of a prominent businessman. She soon discovers it was actually a murder... but her surprising source for this information is the ghost of a man killed alongside her father during the Great War. Even if she dared tell anyone, who would believe it? Together Poppy and her "gentleman haunt" follow the trail of a string of murders. But as their investigation narrows in on an all-too-familiar suspect, Poppy becomes a target herself-- and wonders if her ghost of a partner will appear in time to keep her from joining him in the after-life.

What happens at the Con stays at the Con? Collection of stories set at Dragon Con in Atlanta featuring Dragons, fairies, vampires, elves and shape-Shifters. Come read about the world beyond.

Twenty-first century medicine has wiped out all the deadly diseases. But suddenly, a large American city is gripped by epidemics of smallpox, diptheria and other killers that were supposed to have disappeared forever. Only a few top government officials know what''s going on...And for their sakes, the citizens of the threatened city must never be allowed to find out.

The vampire Count Saint-Germain protects Americans fleeing persecution—and becomes trapped in a web of betrayal, deceit, and murder in post-WWII Europe in Chelsea Quinn Yarbro''s SUSTENANCE The powerful House Un-American Activities Committee hunted communists both at home and abroad. In the late 1940s, the vampire Count Saint-Germain is caught up in intrigue surrounding a group of Americans who have fled to postwar Paris. Some speak out against HUAC and battle the authorities. Saint-Germain swears to do his best to protect his friends, but even his skills may not be able to stand against agents of the OSS and the brand-new CIA. And he has an unexpected weakness: his lover, Charis, who has returned to Paris under mysterious circumstances.

False Dawn, one of the first post-apocalyptic science fiction novels to deal with an environmental collapse instead of war, tells a compelling story of two people thrown together by chance, striving to stay alive in a world that can no longer support a vast human population. Seeking refuge in the Sierra Nevada, Thea and Evan have to keep moving to stay ahead of raiding gangs and the few remaining settlements. With devastation all around, they must decide when survival itself may not be worth the price it demands. Among the first American science fiction novels to use pollution and contamination rather than atomic or hydrogen bombs as the apocalyptic device, and set in actual California locations, False Dawn has come to be regarded as an important transitional novel in dystopian science fiction.

As the Inquisition spread its fiery fingers across the land of Spain, holding kingdom and king in its terrible grip, a new horror would rise to challenge even the invincible power of the Grand Inquisitor. A curse on the house of King Alonzo that came from the very Devil.

This novel takes readers on a romp through a fantasyland of star-crossed lovers, bumbling heroes, wicked witches, and dragons (one of whom, our heroine, Esmeralda, started out as a human but got caught up in a witch''s curse.) Lighthearted adventure with a seemingly never-ending cast of strange and whimsical characters working at cross-purposes and together creates a world of little consequence and frothy entertainment.

Lucy Wisdome has a secret. In the three years since her mother died, Lucy has tried to live a normal high school life while struggling to keep her mother''s memory alive. When she stumbles upon her mother''s book collection in the attic, she is unprepared for what she finds: books on magic, the occult, and numerology – things her mother never mentioned to her. And the more Lucy reads, the more she discovers that what she never believed possible is now very real. When the group of outcast computer hackers she belongs to finds themselves targeted by something far beyond their abilities, Lucy must confront her own fears and a powerful unknown enemy - or risk losing everything she has left.

Fine-Tuning Fiction began as a two-part writing seminar, each five hours long, at the Writers Connection in Cupertino, California. They were a popular duo, receiving high marks from those who took the seminars --- often more than once for each --- and were repeated regularly for three years. After the Writers Connection stopped giving seminars, award-winning novelist Chelsea Quinn Yarbro was often asked by those who had taken the courses, for copies of the various exercises in Part 2, or notes from the material in Part 1. This workbook is the result, and it combines both the lecture and the lab portions of both seminars. As Yarbro told those taking the seminars, "I don''t want you to write more like me, I want you to write more like you."

For Ninianee and Erianthee, their magical talents are mixed blessings until their father, Duz Nimuar, disappears. Taking up the hunt, each uses her unique gifts to pursue the few illusive clues that indicate where their father has gone, and why. Aided by their suitors, the sisters encounter unexpected perils in what had seemed to be a fairly regular search, but a malign brotherhood of magical priests is determined to see that the girls do not succeed in their quests, throwing everything from conjure-storms to ambiguous oracles at them as they strive to rescue their father from his foes, pushing their talents to their limits, but all the while having to remember that, in their world, magic works - at a price.

An ancient vampire born in the Carpathian Mountains journeys to Renaissance Florence in this novel by a Bram Stoker Award winner. In Paris during the reign of Louis XV, Le Comte de Saint-Germain was known as a wealthy, worldly, charismatic aristocrat, envied and desired by many but fully known to none. In fact, he was a vampire, born in the Carpathian Mountains in 2119 BCE, turned in his late thirties, and destined to roam the world forever, watching and participating in the drama of human civilization. Now, in Renaissance Italy, he will witness the collapse of the artistic and literary life in Florence after the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent, followed by the rise of the fanatical Girolamo Savonarola. From a World Fantasy Award winner, The Palace is a different kind of vampire novel—rich, atmospheric, and full of the sweep of history.

From a Bram Stoker Award winner, the first tale of the ancient Carpathian vampire, set in the Paris of King Louis XV . . . Le Comte de Saint‐Germain appears to be a wealthy, worldly aristocrat, envied and desired by many but fully known to none. In fact, he is a vampire, born in the Carpathian Mountains in 2119 BCE, turned in his late thirties, and destined to roam the world forever, watching and participating in history. In Hôtel Transylvania, this charismatic hero makes his first appearance in the long-running series as he battles against Satanists to preserve the young Madelaine de Montalia from ruin. It’s a richly atmospheric tale of dark fantasy and gothic suspense from the first woman to be named a “Living Legend” by the International Horror Guild, an author who uses “her vampire hero as a lens to focus on the best and worst of human behavior throughout history” (Publishers Weekly).

The adventures of a seductive immortal in Nero’s Rome from a Bram Stoker Award winner: “Nobody does historical vampire fiction better” (Laurell K. Hamilton). Since 1978, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro has produced about two dozen novels and numerous short stories detailing the life of a character first introduced to the reading world as Le Comte de Saint‐Germain. We first meet him in Paris during the reign of Louis XV when he is, apparently, a wealthy, worldly, charismatic aristocrat, envied and desired by many but fully known to none. In fact, he is a vampire, born in the Carpathian Mountains in 2119 BCE, turned in his late thirties in 2080 BCE, and destined to roam the world forever, watching and participating in history and, through the author, giving us an amazing perspective on the time tapestry of human civilization. In Blood Games, beginning during the reign of Nero, Saint‐Germain finds his way through the political turmoil of the time and becomes the lover of the incomparable Atta Olivia Clemens.

To the High Redoubt is an engaging, epic fantasy adventure written by the creator of the widely read series of novels about the immortal vampire known as Le Comte de Saint‐Germain. In his quest for power, Bundhi, Lord of Darkness and stealer of souls, has taken family, vision, and freedom from Surata, the last surviving adept in tantric alchemy, before selling her into slavery in a distant land. But he has underestimated the depth of Surata’s power and he could not foresee that destiny would bring her a champion, Arkady, soldier of fortune and destined hero. As their mutual trust deepens and the wellspring of power from which Surata draws her magic is steadily revealed, the two form an unbeatable force as they challenge their enemy in the very heart of his empire.

The Haunts & Horrors Megapack offers everyting from ghosts to vampires, from things that go bump in the night to nameless presences -- and much more! Here are 31 tales to chill the blood, including: SURREAL ESTATE, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman BIRTHMARK, by Seabury Quinn THE MONKEY’S PAW, by W.W. Jacobs FUGUES, by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro DEAD BABIES, by Lawrence Watt-Evans THE MUFFIN MAN, by Mike Brines THE SILENT MAJORITY, by Stephen Woodworth THE TOMB, by H.P. Lovecraft GONE, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman THE MEAT FOREST, by John Haggerty ETERNITY AND THE DEVIL, by Larry Hodges MISS FAVERSHAM’S ROOM, by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro THE DAMNED THING, by Ambrose Bierce THE SHADOWS OF THE DEAD, by Louis Becke BONESY, by Larry Hodges VENGEANCE IN HER BONES, by Malcolm Jamieson LITTLE PIECES, by Matt Piskun THE MAN WHO LIVED by Raymond F. O’Kelley THE FOND NIGHTMARE, by Colin Azariah-Kribbs THE RESIDENCE AT WHITMINSTER, by M.R. James LOST PROPERTY, by David Anderson THE BLISSFUL HOUSE ON BLYSWORTH STREET, by Skadi meic Beorh THE BONE FLUTE, by M.E. Brines A FAULT AGAINST THE DEAD, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman BUCK, GLORY RAE, & THE THREE LITTLE PIGS, by John Gregory Betancourt THE HAUNTING OF DORIC LODGE, by James C. Stewart LUGAR DE LA PAZ, by B.N. Clark THE HOUSE AND THE BRAIN, by Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton WHITE BEAUTY, by Cynthia Ward FEAR, by Guy de Maupassant GENIUS LOCI, by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro And don''t forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see more entries in this series, covering classic authors and subjects like mysteries, science fiction, westerns, ghost stories -- and much, much more!

"The Werewolf Megapack" collects 22 classic and modern tales of shape-shifters (and not just wolves!) -- including works by Jay Lake, Jack Williamson, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, John Gregory Betancourt, Rudyard Kipling, Saki, and many more. Included are: LEOPARD, by Jay Lake GABRIEL-ERNEST, by Saki SYMPATHY FOR WOLVES, by John Gregory Betancourt THE DRONE, by Abraham Merritt THE WERE-WOLF, by Clemence Housman AND BOB’S YOUR UNCLE, by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro THE MARK OF THE BEAST, by Rudyard Kipling DUMPSTER DIVING, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman THE WEREWOLF, by Eugene Field THE WOLF, by Guy de Maupassant WOLVES OF DARKNESS, by Jack Williamson THE MAN WHO WAS CHANGED INTO A CROW, by P’u Sung-ling HUGUES, THE WER-WOLF, by Sutherland Menzies THE WHITE WOLF OF THE HARTZ MOUNTAINS, by Frederick Marryat THE SHE-WOLF, by Saki MORRAHA, by Joseph Jacobs THE OTHER SIDE: A BRETON LEGEND, by Eric Stenbock THE WHITE WOLF OF KOSTOPCHIN, by Sir Gilbert Campbell THE WOLF LEADER, by Alexandre Dumas THE HUNTER’S MOON, by Michael McCarty & Terrie Leigh Relf WEREWOLF OF THE SAHARA, by G. G. Pendarves EVIL FORCES, by Gary Lovisi And don''t forget to search for "Megapack" or "Wildside Megapack" in your favorite ebook store for more entries in Wildside Press''s Megapack series, ranging from science fiction and fantasy to westerns, mysteries, ghost stories -- and much, much more!

The Haunts & Horrors Megapack offers everyting from ghosts to vampires, from things that go bump in the night to nameless presences -- and much more! Here are 31 tales to chill the blood, including:SURREAL ESTATE, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman BIRTHMARK, by Seabury Quinn THE MONKEY''S PAW, by W.W. Jacobs FUGUES, by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro DEAD BABIES, by Lawrence Watt-Evans THE MUFFIN MAN, by Mike Brines THE SILENT MAJORITY, by Stephen Woodworth THE TOMB, by H.P. Lovecraft GONE, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman THE MEAT FOREST, by John Haggerty ETERNITY AND THE DEVIL, by Larry Hodges MISS FAVERSHAM''S ROOM, by Chel.

In Chelsea Quinn Yarbro''s Midnight Harvest, Worsening military situations in Spain compel Saint-Germain to leave Europe; he and Roger travel to Boston, then Chicago, and finally to California, unaware that a paid assassin is following them. Saint-Germain visits the Pietragnelli winery and discovers how much the Great Depression has affected life in the USA; difficulties with Pietragnelli''s neighbors escalate, becoming more violent and demanding to the point that Saint-Germain helps Carlo Pietragnelli take a stand against the culprits. He also reunites romantically with Rowena Saxon, now living in San Francisco. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

In Chelsea Quinn Yarbro''s Night Blooming, Saint-Germain, summoned to the Court of Karl-lo-Magne, is given a mistress who leaves him for the King. Soon Saint-Germain is given the task of escorting the albino stigmatic, Gynethe Mehaut, to Rome, during which time they become lovers. In Rome, Olivia takes Gynethe Mehaut under her wing, but neither she nor Saint-Germain can save her once an ambitious Bishop goes to work on her, ordering her to become an anchorite. Following Karl-lo-Magne''s coronation on Christmas day, 800, Saint-Germain soon has to leave Franksland. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro''s modern classic, Hotel Transylvania, introduced the Count Saint-Germain and his beloved, Madelaine de Montalia. The Count is one of the most critically acclaimed vampire characters ever created, with dedicated fans who have followed his adventures through more than twenty novels, dozens of short stories, and thousands of years of human history. But of all the women the Count has loved, the most popular is the beautiful, ever-youthful Madelaine. In Commedia della Morte, Saint-Germain learns that Madelaine—now a vampire—has been arrested by France''s Revolutionary Tribunal and is soon to lose her head. Desperate to rescue her, the Count sneaks into France with a troupe of actors led by the glamorous Photine, who soon becomes Saint-Germain''s mistress. Photine''s teenage son, driven by jealousy and revolutionary fervor, betrays the Count. Now Saint-Germain''s life, as well as Madelaine''s, hangs in the balance, in this darkly romantic historical vampire novel.

The Vampire Megapack collection 27 tales of vampires! Authors represented included Bram Stoker, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Darrell Schweitzer, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and many more. The complete contents are: "Mrs. Amworth," by E. F. Benson "Lost Epiphany," by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro "Weeping Willow," by T. A. Bradley "The Greater Thirst," by Marilyn “Mattie” Brahen "Clarimonde," by Theophile Gautier "Waiting for the Hunger,” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman "Kvetchula," by Darrell Schweitzer "A Vampire," by Luigi Capuana "Omega," by Jason Andrew "Accommodation," by Michael R. Collings "The Art of the Smile," by John Gregory Betancourt "Renfield’s Syndrome," by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro "The Pimp," by Lawrence Watt-Evans "Runaway," by Darrell Schweitzer "Sympathy for Vampires," by John Gregory Betancourt "The Secret of Kralitz," by Henry Kuttner "The Fourth Horseman," by Peter Darbyshire "Cravat of the Damned," by Zach Bartlett "Help Wanted," by Michael McCarty and Terrie Leigh Relf "Siren Song," by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro "An Authenticated Vampire Story," by Franz Hartmann "Dracula’s New Dress," by Ray Cluley "Dracula’s Guest," by Bram Stoker "The Bats," by David Anderson "The Room in the Tower," by E. F. Benson And don''t forget to search this ebook store for "Megapack" to see other volumes in this series, from westerns to science fiction to ghost stories to mysteries...and many more!

The Vampire Megapack collection 27 tales of vampires! Authors represented included Bram Stoker, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Darrell Schweitzer, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and many more. The complete contents are:""Mrs. Amworth, "" by E.F. Benson""Lost Epiphany, "" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro""Weeping Willow, "" by T.A. Bradley""The Greater Thirst, "" by Marilyn "Mattie" Brahen""Clarimonde, "" by Theophile Gautier""Waiting for the Hunger," by Nina Kiriki Hoffman""Kvetchula, "" by Darrell Schweitzer""A Vampire, "" by Luigi Capuana""Omega, "" by Jason Andrew""Accommodation, "" by Michael R. Collings""The Art of the Smi.

More than two decades strong, the Saint-Germain cycle is one of the most compelling works of dark fantasy and horror of our age. Historically accurate, often involving key events or figures from throughout world history, these deeply emotional novels have a devoted readership. Each novel is written as a stand-alone and they are not chronologically consecutive, so readers may enter the saga with any book and move backward or forward in time as they choose, from Pharaonic Egypt to Paris in the 1700s, from the fall of the Roman Empire to World War II Europe. In An Embarrassment of Riches, the vampire Count finds himself a virtual prisoner in the Court of Kunigunde in Bohemia in the 1200s. Rakoczy Ferncsi, as Saint-Germain is known, passes his days making jewels to delight Queen Kunigunde and trying not to become involved in the Court''s intrigues. In this, the vampire fails. Handsome, apparently wealthy, and obviously unmarried, he soon finds himself being sexually blackmailed by Rozsa, an ambitious lady-in-waiting. If he does not satisfy her, she will denounce him to the priests and he''ll be burned at the stake, resulting in his True Death. Despite his care, the vampire makes more than one enemy at the Bohemian Court, and by the end of An Embarrassment of Riches, the Count can see only one road to freedom...through death. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.