New Releases by Lucius Shepard

“Shepard takes ordinary, grubby people and makes them interesting sounding boards for bigger ideas concerning morality, ethics and personal redemption.” – Publishers Weekly “Shepard manipulates genre elements in order to transcend genre expectations.” – The New York Review of Books A chilling and mysterious voice becomes audible to Sanie shortly after she and her husband Jackson move into the decaying antebellum mansion that is the Bullard ancestral home in rural South Carolina. At first, she wonders if the voice might be a prank played by Jackson''s peyote-popping brother Will or his equally off-kilter sister Louise. But soon Sanie discovers that the ghostly voice is merely a single piece in the decadent, baroque puzzle that comprises the Bullard family history rank with sensuality, violence, repression and madness.

This is a collection of short stories from the pen of Lucius Shepard.

Quartered aboard the freighter, Viator, run aground twenty years before on a remote section of the Alaskan coast, the four men hired to determine the ship''s worth at salvage have begun to exhibit a variety of eccentric behaviors. They''ve become obsessed with Viator to the point that the world beyond seems of consequence only as it relates to the ship. When their putative leader, Thomas Willander, is afflicted by a series of disturbing dreams, he concludes that something on board may be responsible for their erraticism. He seeks the help of a woman in the nearby village of Kaliaska and together they initiate an investigation into the history of Viator, hoping to learn, among other things, why the ship was run aground and who was the mysterious man who hired the four. But their efforts may be too late. The men, whose eccentrities are now verging on the insane, show no sign of intending to abandon their new home, compelled by Viator''s eerie allure. To make matters worse, winter will soon be setting in, ominous incidences of sound and light are issuing from the forest surrounding the ship, and Willander''s dreams may be coming true... Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

A brand new novella of the dragon Grialue, limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the author.

Secret intelligence agencies, esoteric theorems, Lovecraftian horrors, Middle East terrorist connections, a damsel in distress, and a final battle on the surface of a dying planet round out this offbeat story.

Welcome to Grail, Louisiana -- next to nothing and just beyond reality -- where hoodoo meets Jesus, and townsfolk pray to both. This dark fantasy delves into the psychological and motivational depths of Grail and its residents. Miss Sedele mixes up green cocktails called ''cryptoverdes'' at Le Bon Chance. Vida Dumars, owner of the Moonlight Diner, peers into the deepest realms of her customers'' hearts as though they were picture windows. Town spirit Good Gray Man has promised good fortune to the town as long as it hangs onto tradition. A quirky, fantastical town''s heart and soul are slowly, often painfully revealed in this dark and captivating novella.

When a hurricane alert forces a journalist to stay in the quaint coastal town of Piersall in South Florida, he amazingly finds himself stranded with a lost love, which is the first of many strange events that repeatedly ties these two estranged lovers together.

Ils sont beaux, puissants et immortels. Ils appartiennent tous à la Famille, à la race des vampires. Au cœur du XIXème siècle, certains sont restés attachés à leur passé sanglant, conjuguant érotisme et cruauté. D''autres regardent vers le futur, nourrissant l''espoir d''évoluer vers une nouvelle aristocratie spirituelle. Mais tous se sont réunis au monstrueux château Banat, dans les Carpates, pour participer à la cérémonie du Nectar, au partage du sang d''une mortelle soigneusement sélectionnée. Or, la jeune femme est sauvagement assassinée avant la cérémonie. Un crime qui ne peut rester impuni, même parmi les créatures de la nuit...

A collection of dark tales from the dark-side of speculative fiction offers seven unlikely tales of horror, including a postapocalyptic thriller, a space opera, and a gothic tale of insanity, among others. Original. IP.

There are science fiction stories alongside short thrillers and a psychological horror story; something for everyone.

The members of the race of vampires have gathered at Castle Banat to discuss their fate. In this setting, a murder has been discovered that cannot go unpunished, a murder that pits the family''s most powerful members against each other.

Fourteen of Lucius Shepard''s most memorable stories are combined with a previously unanthologized novella, Radiant Green Star, to form a stunning sci-fi collection. In the Nebula Award-winning title story, a poor Honduran hunter is coerced into tracking the forbidden black jaguar of Barrio Carolina.