The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Volume 1

The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Volume 1
Author: Various
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2021-05-18
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1506721117

As any fan of comics knows, EC Comics still represent the best of golden age writing and artwork. Now, Dark Horse Books is proud to bring you the very first issues of EC's Tales from the Crypt, featuring the amazing artistic talents of Johnny Craig, Al Feldstein, George Roussos, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Graham Ingels, and Jack Kamen!

The Scary Kids ClubTM

The Scary Kids ClubTM
Author: Michael Smolanoff
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2010-07-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453541470

ichael Smolanoff has over thirty years of experience in creative development fields. He is a Juilliard graduate and a past professor of Rutgers University. He has written and produced a plethora of music albums, concerts, childrens programs, and works for the theatre. Michael has also written over forty film scripts in all genres.. He currently has approximately thirty-five compositions published with G. Schirmer, New York, and Chester Novello, England. He is listed in the International Whos Who of Music, Whos Who in America, Men of Achievement, Outstanding Young Men of America, and the International Dictionary of Distinguished Musicians. He is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

The Thing from the Grave

The Thing from the Grave
Author: Joe Orlando
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2017-06-07
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1683960319

This special collection features more than 30 EC classics from the pages of Tales From the Crypt, The Haunt of Fear, The Vault of Horror, Shock SuspenStories, Impact, and Crime SuspenStories. Of special note is Orlando’s “The Monkey,” the classic realistic EC story about drug addiction, considered to be one of the most cautionary of “the preachies,” and Orlando’s adaptation of Bradbury’s eerily haunting “The Lake,” about a childhood tragedy. This volume also includes the title story “The Thing From the Grave,” a special Orlando frightfest originally printed in 3-D that hasn’t been seen since its original publication more than 60 years ago (and is presented here for the first time in easy-on-the-eyes 2-D). Plus all of Orlando’s Panic stories, including parodies of Mother Goose, TV commercials, and soap operas. Like every book in the Fantagraphics EC Artists’ Library, The Thing From the Grave And Other Stories also features essays and notes by EC experts on these superbly crafted, classic American comics.

Dead Center

Dead Center
Author: Linda Zimmermann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2003-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780971232631

Screams In The Night

Screams In The Night
Author: Drac Von Stoller
Publisher: Drac Von Stoller
Total Pages: 3
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Every night just a little after midnight screams echoed all through Castle Webly that were unbearable for any of the guests to get a good night’s rest. The owners of the castle forewarned any guests who stayed the night that blood-curdling screams would go on through the night until morning. The guests were also unaware that the owners Sir Arthur Webly and his wife Elizabeth were dead and buried in the family crypt. The reason Sir Arthur Webly and his wife Elizabeth were among the living dead was because of a guest at their party who was a vampire by the name of Count Drac Von Stoller the prince of darkness. Count Drac Von Stoller chose Elizabeth as his vampire bride and entered her room that night and bit her on the neck while the count was sucking the blood from her neck her husband had dozed off down in the kitchen while drinking some wine and woke up to a scream. He dashed upstairs to his bed chambers and burst through the bed chamber doors where his beautiful wife Elizabeth was sleeping and Count Drac Von Stoller turned around with blood dripping from his mouth and the two fought but Sir Arthur was no match for the Count and the Count bit Sir Arthur on the neck thus turning him into a vampire just like his wife Elizabeth and from that day forward Sir Arthur Webly and his wife Elizabeth roam the castle as the living dead looking for victims to quench their thirst for blood as well as the Count’s.

The Corruptions

The Corruptions
Author: Vincent Zandri
Publisher: Polis Books
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2017-01-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1943818517

When two cons doing several respective back to back life sentences for murder make a daring, if not Hollywood style escape from the Dannemora Maximum Security Prison in Upstate, New York, Jack Marconi PI receives a personal invitation from the Governor of New York State to track the murderers down, and deliver them personally to the front door of the Governor’s Mansion on Eagle Street. But what Marconi and his side-kick, Blood, don’t yet realize, is that something more insidious than a simple prison break has occurred in the small town of Dannemora. Because in the course of tracking the criminals down, the two gumshoes will also expose the Crypt, an insidious operation taking place down deep inside the depths of the 160 year old prison. What kind operation is it? Something so evil it will reduce the tough-as-nails Marconi to tears. From bestselling Thriller and Shamus Award winning author Vincent Zandri comes a riveting crime novel in the acclaimed mystery series that fans of Michael Connelly, Charlie Huston, Robert B. Parker will devour. The Corruptions is sure to keep you up all night.

The Lost Prophecies

The Lost Prophecies
Author: The Medieval Murderers
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2009-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1847399002

Amysterious book of prophecies written by a 6th century Irish monk has puzzled scholars through the ages. Foretelling wars, plagues and rebellions, the Black Book of Bran is said to have predicted the Black Death and the Gunpowder Plot. But is it the result of divine inspiration or the ravings of a madman? A hidden hoard of Saxon gold. A poisoned priest. A monk skinned alive in Westminster Abbey. Only one thing is certain: whoever comes into possession of the cursed book meets a gruesome and untimely end.

Territory of Desire

Territory of Desire
Author: Ananya Jahanara Kabir
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 0816653569

A result of territorial disputes between India and Pakistan since 1947, exacerbated by armed freedom movements since 1989, the ongoing conflict over Kashmir is consistently in the news. Taking a unique multidisciplinary approach, Territory of Desire asks how, and why, Kashmir came to be so intensely desired within Indian, Pakistani, and Kashmiri nationalistic imaginations.

Vivid Unleashed

Vivid Unleashed
Author: Graham Gillam
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2015-09-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1452530491

A little monkey mesmerized by the twinkling, sits atop a tree across the street from a jewelry store. After he intently watches a man propose and give his fianc a beautiful ring, the mastermind monkey goes on a spree, stealing sparkling jewelry from unsuspecting victims. With a cunning policeman in pursuit, the monkey accomplishes one final act that no one sees coming. Graham Gillam shares creepy tales that highlight an eclectic group of characters that include a band of circus animals on a rampage, a train passenger seemingly trapped in an unthinkable nightmare, two detectives investigating a rash of missing children, and a boy who purchases a rope one day without any idea of its power. Included in this diverse collection is an excerpt from Gillams Edgar Allan Poe inspired memoir and two screenplays that will instigate chills and thrills as a young couple enters a graveyard and experiences what soon becomes their worst nightmare and an artist contemplates the disappearance of his dark shadow. VIVID Unleashed is a unique collection of horror tales, a true story, and two screenplays that lead the curious through terrifying scenarios that prompt the question: What if?

Tales from Beyond the Brain

Tales from Beyond the Brain
Author: Jeff Szpirglas
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459820819

Imagine walking home from school one day and seeing a brain on the side of the road, a brain that, it turns out, is looking for a new home. Or instead of paying attention to the teacher, you shoot a paper airplane across the room and accidentally rip a hole in the fabric of the universe. And what would you do if you discovered that your class reading group was actually recruiting kids with telekinetic powers? Tales from Beyond the Brain is a collection of thirteen spooky stories that are as outrageous as they are terrifying. It's a throwback to the weird tales of yesteryear, in the vein of Tales from the Crypt and The Twilight Zone, but with contemporary characters and settings. Getting an education has never been more dangerous.