Brimstone Press

Rage Against the Night, edited by Shane Jiraiya Cummings, was released in the days before Christmas, and it has very quickly become Brimstone Press’s most sought-after title. On Christmas Day, Rage Against the Night peaked at number 12 on the Amazon anthologies bestseller list, and it continues to sell well. All proceeds from the anthology will be donated to Rocky Wood to help him in his battle against motor neurone disease.

Synopsis:

Under the onslaught of supernatural evil, the acts of good people can seem insignificant, but a courageous few stand apart. These brave men and women stand up to the darkness, stare it right in the eye, and give it the finger. These are the stories of those who rage against the night, stories of triumph, sacrifice, and bravery in the face of overwhelming evil.

Rage Against the Night features the megastars of dark fantasy and horror—including Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, Peter Straub, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Nicholson, Nancy Holder, Sarah Langan, and many, many more.

The full table of contents is:

• The Gunner’s Love Song—Joe McKinney
• Keeping Watch—Nate Kenyon
• Like Part of the Family—Jonathan Maberry
• The Edge of Seventeen—Alexandra Sokoloff
• The View from the Top—Bev Vincent
• Afterward, There Will Be a Hallway—Gary A. Braunbeck
• Following Marla—John R. Little
• Magic Numbers—Gene O’Neill
• Tail the Barney—Stephen M. Irwin
• The Nightmare Dimension—David Conyers
• Roadside Memorials—Joseph Nassise
• Dat Tay Vao—F. Paul Wilson
• Constitution—Scott Nicholson
• Mr. Aickman’s Air Rifle—Peter Straub
• Agatha’s Ghost—Ramsey Campbell
• Blue Heeler—Weston Ochse
• Sarah’s Visions—Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• More Than Words—David Niall Wilson
• Chillers—Lisa Morton
• Changed—Nancy Holder
• Dead Air—Gary Kemble
• Two Fish to Feed the Masses—Daniel G. Keohane
• Fenstad’s End—Sarah Langan
• Fair Extension—Stephen King
• Rocky Wood, Skeleton Killer—Jeff Strand

Rage Against the Night can be purchased as an ebook for $3.99 from Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006P18LM2/) and Smashwords (http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/116718). It will soon be available from Barnes & Noble, Apple, Sony, Diesel, and all other leading online retailers.

The print version will be available in late January.

What do Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Peter Straub, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Nicholson, Sarah Langan (and many many more horror superstars) have in common? Rocky Wood and Rage Against the Night.

Rocky is the President of the Horror Writers Association, an award-nominated scholar, and a top bloke. He is also battling motor neurone disease.

Rage Against the Night, edited by Shane Jiraiya Cummings, brings together the megastars of horror in support of Rocky. Rage Against the Night features stories of triumph against the forces of  darkness from the biggest names in horror. All proceeds from the sale of the anthology will go to Rocky so he can purchase an eye gaze machine, which will help Rocky communicate as his disease progresses.

Rage Against the Night will be published in late December (ebook edition) and January (print edition).

The Last Days of Kali Yuga is the pinnacle of Paul Haines’s career. Following successful launches in Perth and Melbourne this year, this outstanding collection of Haines’s darkest fiction is now available in print and e-book formats on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Book Depository, Smashwords, Apple, Sony, Kobo, Diesel, and many more retailers. The Last Days of Kali Yuga will also be re-distributed to Australian bookstores next month by Brimstone Press’s new distributor, Dennis Jones & Associates.

The Last Days of Kali Yuga is urban fantasy at its darkest. You won’t find traditional vampires or werewolves in Paul Haines’s stories. Instead, you will stare deep into the heart of the cruelest monster of all: man.

Travel the blood-stained trails of Kathmandu.
Explore doorways to other worlds.
Fight for humanity’s darkening soul.

Paul Haines is one of Australia’s and New Zealand’s leading dark fiction authors. He pioneered the ‘backpacker horror’ sub-genre with stories of Westerners confronted by dark powers and corrupted souls in the developing world. His novellas “The Last Days of Kali Yuga”, “Doorways for the Dispossessed”, and “Wives”—all of which appear in this book—have won Australia’s and New Zealand’s highest honours for speculative fiction.

After solid sales as an e-book this year, the illustrated second edition of Shards: Short Sharp Tales by Shane Jiraiya Cummings is now available in paperback on Amazon. The book will soon be available on Barnes & Noble and other leading online retailers.

Shards is dark fiction at its shortest and sharpest, a collection of disturbing stories from Australia’s master of dark flash fiction, Shane Jiraiya Cummings – each one lavishly illustrated by Andrew J. McKiernan. Each shard is an imaginative fragment, broken, sharp, and poised to draw blood.

Praise for Shards:

“Cummings’ work possesses a Stephen King-like quality, creating rich and colourful characters in a handful of words … Well worth the read.” –Mark Smith-Briggs, HorrorScope

“With Shards, Shane Jiraiya Cummings takes us on a guided tour of the darkest backroads of the imagination. It is wonderfully moody and creepy.” — Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Patient Zero.

“Shane Jiraiya Cummings with Shards shows he is not only a master of the flash fiction style of writing but has pretty much written the definitive statement on how it should work.” –Jeff Ritchie, ScaryMinds

“This is how flash fiction should be written–sharp, brilliant images conjured by amazingly few words. Cummings’ aptitude for flash fiction is evident in every carefully chosen phrase.” –Stephanie Gunn, HorrorScope