When alien starships appear over Earth's major cities, humanity struggles to understand the visitors' intentions. But uncertainty becomes terror when a plague of violence ignites chaos in the streets. Brother turns against brother, wife against husband, child against parent, as the Red Wake plunges Earth into chaos. But as the survivors struggle to stay alive, the new masters of...
Jimmy Bohannon, a murdered jazz drummer, is given a chance to avenge his own homicide as the living dead wraith "Jimmy Sticks." But the ultraviolent mystical creature who offers him revenge is not exactly what he expected, in JIMMY STICKS AND THE OUTLAW CRITTER OF DOOM. Sick Things: Extreme Creature Horror. Adult.
Obadiah Grudge, bestselling crime writer, social critic, alcoholic...monster hunter. When Grudge is faced with the brutal murder of his estranged father, Marcus, he must come to terms with his own anger and bitterness in the wake of his passing. But flesh- eating monsters, vampires and creatures from humanity's darkest nightmares are determined to make his comprehension second to...
Neema Umayma, a fledgling member of The Sisterhood of Shadows, must confront an ancient enemy believed long dead. When her best friend is murdered at the hands of a vampire, Neema is forced to use her powers in ways she never imagined. Wounded and desperate to understand the truth of her strange heritage, Neema must kill in order to save herself from a fate worse than death. But...
A beautiful young woman finds herself at the mercy of two dangerous psychotics. But the murderers are put on the defensive when the young woman reveals that there is far more to her than meets the eye. Neema must save her life, and discover the truth of her terrifying powers. But there are other forces at work in the city that want to see Neema and all human life, enslaved or dead.
A host of drug dealers meets a foe they cannot kill. The president accidentally invites demons into the country and watches the pope turn into a sabertooth tiger. A man, dead since 1920, lives again in present day Los Angeles to satiate a malevolent goddess.
"These tales by Michael Boatman will disturb, terrify and traumatize you. Boatman grabs you by throat and drags you...
Molo Kananda is an ugly, awkward kid who tends pigs for a living. But he has one talent, the ability to understand. When the Princess who loves him is threatened by a necromancer and his undead assassin, Molo's gifts propel him into a hero's dilemma.
Manny Milagro is an average American kid with two problems: One, he shares his body and mind with one of the most powerful superheroes ever to walk the Earth. Two: He's dying of a rare disease that's rapidly killing them both. Add to that the minor consideration that several ultraviolent supervillains are trying to kill them too, and things get more complicated.
The story of Ken Obutu, mild-mannered contestant on a futuristic version of Survivor; only on this reality show the monsters are actually worse than the contestants.
A man with an idyllic life is traumatized when that life is suddenly overturned by the zombie apocalypse. But the ultraviolent homicidal "zombies' are living, breathing human beings, victims of an alien infection. And one of them is his son.
Hadley Shimmerhorn is preparing to audition for her favorite talent show, American Icon, when the zombie apocalypse comes to Valhalla, Illinois. The problem: Valhalla is surrounded by cemeteries, hospitals and retirement villages. The dead are rising, ravenous for human flesh. Thousands of hungry corpses swarm between Hadley and superstardom, but George Romero never envisioned a...
Marcellus Craft is a successful young attorney who's got it all: good looks, a great job. He's also got overbearing parents who badger him about finding Miss Right. But they'll only accept a special kind of girl for their son, the right kind of girl from the right kind of people. But Marc's already got his dreamgirl. She lives in the subway and he brings her dead things as love...
"Daddy ... I don't feel good."
I groaned. Loudly. I was hoping to "accidentally" wake up my wife so she could deal with my 4-year-old and her sick stomach. It was 3 a.m. I was...
"Why are you reading all them books? White man ain't gonna let you do anything in them books."
I heard these words from an older cousin who expressed his opinion that I...
I wake up and immediately feel the difference. The air in my bedroom smells like fresh peaches and warm Georgia sunshine-like jerk chicken, etouféé and Chicago blues. Then I...
It's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Jan. 17. It's 1989 and I've just walked onto the set of my first television gig, 'China Beach.' We're on Stage 9 at the Warner Brothers Studios...
The Revenant Road by Michael Boatman is, underneath it all, the coming-of-age tale of Obadiah Grudge. Granted, it's an unusual one in that Grudge is 38 years old, well past the...
I'm an actor. Currently, I play "Mike' on the upcoming FX comedy, Anger Management. I also play attorney Julius Cain on the CBS drama, The Goodwife, and billionaire Russell Thorpe on Gossip GirlSpin City, in the HBO original series, ARLISS, and the ABC drama...
The Road, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, The Dark Tower series, Sister Alice, The Book of the Dead, The Shaft, The Stand,The Lord of the Rings,The...
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