HORROR: The First Time America’s Paranoia Infected The World – OUT NOW!

The modern political environment is not the first time America’s paranoia infected the world.

Every generation the media is blamed for the unruly behaviour of the young. in the 80s it was Heavy Metal, during the 90s it was rap and computer games. Well, there was once a time when comic books were branded public menace #1. Statistics showed one hundred million Americans were reading the newspaper comic section every day in the 1950s, making them the most dominant art form at the time. Movies only managed an audience of some ninety million a week – less than one-sixth that of comics.

The subsequent Senate Hearings into juvenile delinquency would not only change the comic industry forever, it inspired an age of true horror across the globe, allowing government sanctioned witch hunts to destroy the lives of everyday people looking for hidden perils in a seemingly dangerous world. With a cast that includes Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Joseph McCarthy, America’s first serial killer, Albert Fish, Stan ‘The Man’ Lee and many others, ‘Horror: The First Time America’s Paranoia infected The World’ is a tale based on the true stories of those affected by these strange times.

Written by Phil Hore, HORROR: The First Time America’s Paranoia Infected The World is out now and available to order from the links below!

A Disgusting Supermarket Of Death – OUT NOW!

A Disgusting Supermarket of Death collects hard-boiled shorts about satanic Christmas movies, performance-art euthanasia, child-sacrifice skincare, and other demented goodness from Jim Harberson, co-author of Markosia’s acclaimed graphic novel, Stay Alive. The characters you’ll meet within include:

  • a corrupt prison warden who sells true crime fanatics a serial killer meet and greet;
  • healthcare workers who cause a massive car pile-up so they can murder its victims;
  • a Hollywood undertaker who sells rich perverts carnal access to recently departed celebrities;
  • secret cutting club members whose existence presages a bloody nightmare at their high school;
  • a supermodel who, while recovering from plastic surgery at a Swiss clinic, discovers that she has simultaneously washed up dead on a tropical beach;
  • an overeager life coach who cyberstalks and surreptitiously abuses her clients to better them;
  • an OCD sufferer whose irrational fear of being falsely suspected of murder sends him on a neighborhood killing spree;
  • a health insurer using insidious tactics to discourage patients from seeking costly care; and,
  • police officers who mysteriously murder their colleagues and each other after executing a lethal, botched raid.

Horror tinged with comedy, or comedy tinged with horror, these stories should delight even the most jaded speculative fiction fans.

Written by James C. Harberson III, A Disgusting Supermarket Of Death is out now and available to order from the links below.

The Hirono Chronicles: Wolf Warriors – OUT NOW!

The Kurai army is decimated, the deterrent of Orran’s Blade gone. In the wake of the battle with Zian Agran, a lord known as Kichibei moves to seize Hirono – a domain he believes is rightfully his.

Lord Orran has but one choice – to send out Takashi Asano, a boy who can speak with wolves, to beg aid from the Council of Wolves – the legendary reborn warriors duty-bound to the Kurai.

However, all is not right with the Council – they have lost something precious to them and Takashi must find it, but how can he go on when Meera has vanished from his life..?

Book 2 of The Hirono Chronicles trilogy – WOLF WARRIORS takes you on another journey into the distant past to a land where honour, respect and duty are valued above life itself, a land where death is no barrier to loyalty… or to love.

Written by Thomas John Howard Boggis, The Hirono Chronicles: Wold Warriors is out now and available to order from the links below!

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Check out the Markosia Novels + Meals Bundle on Groupees and get twenty-two of Markosia’s novels, prose anthologies and some fascinating archaeological journals for as little as $8!

The above is just a small selection of the novels and anthologies available!

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The Hirono Chronicles: Meera – OUT NOW!

I didn’t know it would be like this. My books could not prepare me.

When I was thrust on this journey by the barbarians’ attack I had no idea what lay ahead.

No scroll ever told me about the wolves and the reason I felt a strange connection with them.

No parchment ever detailed Orran’s Blade and the terrible monster locked within it.

And nothing, nothing could have readied me for meeting Meera and learning what I would do to have her by my side…

Written by Thomas John Howard Boggis, The Hirono Chronicles: Meera is out now and available to order from the links below!

Winston’s Amazing World – OUT NOW!

9781913359843_cvr.inddLuminatia is a world of peace and tranquillity. The people of this world live in harmony. The king rules with love over his subjects. One of those subjects is a young boy by the name of Winston. His best friend is a feisty girl named Prunella.

When Pru comes to Winston telling him that her brother has been kidnapped they start their adventure to find her brother. Finding out that they now have supernatural powers, they need to figure out how to use them while off on their quest.

Written by Dawn Davis, Winston’s Amazing World is out now and available to download from the links below!

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King Kong of Skull Island: The Wall – OUT NOW!

9781912700967_cvr.inddMillennia before the Golden Ages of Egypt and Greece, a uniquely marvellous race of humans existed on the shores of what today is a portion of the northern rim of the Indian Ocean, on the northeast side of the Andaman Sea. They called themselves the Tagatu. They could have–perhaps would have–ruled the world. And then they vanished.

Their former greatness and their relationship to the giant species of anthropoids known as the Kongs are only hinted at in a colossal Wall that still spans the peninsula of Skull Island. How did the Tagatu come to live on that prehistoric island, and how could they have built such a Wall in the midst of so many terrifyingly powerful dinosaurs?

I am Dr. Vincent Denham. My father, the famed entrepreneur Carl Denham, was the first modern man to ever set foot on Skull Island and view that Wall up close with his own eyes and survive to tell the tale. This is our story.

KING KONG of SKULL ISLAND Part 2: THE WALL is the spectacular conclusion to Skull Island: Exodus. The war for species survival against the island’s indigenous forward evolved saurian denizens, the Deathrunners, and their monstrous queen, Gaw, threaten to wipe out the Tagatu and the Kong invaders. The inevitable , penultimate battle for survival between humans, Kongs and super-saurians takes place against the riotous prehistoric backdrop of Skull Island.

The Tagatu civilisation’s only hope for survival is the building of the iconic Wall: A massive barrier determined to defy both the island’s denizens and the arc of time itself. Spanning the millennia, the Wall will come to play a pivotal role not only in the fate of the Tagatu people, but also in the rise and fall of the mythic monarch of Skull Island, King Kong!

“Whether it’s Wonder Woman, Doc Savage, Tarzan, or Superman, Joe DeVito is an expert at bringing larger-than-life, mythic characters to life. Now he’s focused all of his imagination, skills, and passion to excite a new generation with the secret history of The Eighth Wonder of the World. KING KONG of SKULL ISLAND is a beautifully illustrated, riveting adventure that would have made Ann Darrow swoon and Carl Denham envious.”
Arnie Fenner, Co-founder of Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

Written by Joe DeVito & Brad Strickland and illustrated by Joe DeVito, King Kong of Skull Island: The Wall is out now and available to order from the links below!

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Zak Raven: Code Beta – OUT NOW!

covers_new.inddZak Raven, once the superhero Kid Ranger, is now just a typical 15 year old boy living in Bluffside. But when most of his friends are playing video games or studying for their final exams, Zak is fighting real life robots, and defeating his arch enemy, Professor Dimtri Raine.

On a school ski trip, Zak gets more than he bargained for. All the dogs have gone missing. It’s up to him to solve this mystery, without the help of his superpowers. Can he save the canines and get home in time to finish his algebra homework?

What do you do when your super powers are gone?

Written by Darren G. Davis, Zak Raven: Code Beta is out now and available from the links below!

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King Kong of Skull Island: Exodus – OUT NOW!

9781912700967_cvr.inddMillennia before the Golden Ages of Egypt and Greece, a uniquely marvellous race of humans existed on the shores of what today is a portion of the northern rim of the Indian Ocean, on the northeast side of the Andaman Sea. They called themselves the Tagatu. They could have–perhaps would have–ruled the world.

And then they vanished.

Their former greatness and their relationship to the giant species of anthropoids known as the Kongs are only hinted at in a colossal Wall that still spans the peninsula of Skull Island. How did the Tagatu come to live on that prehistoric island, and how could they have built such a Wall in the midst of so many terrifyingly powerful dinosaurs?

KING KONG of SKULL ISLAND Part 1: EXODUS reveals the hidden history of the spectacular Tagatu civilisation, the origins of the mighty Kongs and the strange, ancient interactions that enabled their survival in the midst of global catastrophe. Facing impossible obstacles, the remarkable exodus of an entire civilisation unfolds against a cataclysmic backdrop, leading to an unlikely destination: Skull Island.

The survivors confront the indigenous, pseudo-sentient population of terrifying saurians called “Deathrunners,” led by a god-like carnosaur of titanic size and ferocity, a beast the Tagatu call “Gaw.” Unless a Wall can be built quickly enough to cope with these and other physical, psychological, and philosophical challenges, the unimaginable dangers of Skull Island threaten to wipe the Kongs and the Tagatu from the face of the earth…

“Some years ago, Joe DeVito set out on an expedition into the dreamscape of King Kong. This book is a full report on their explorations, from the revelations of Carl Denham’s diary to a chronicling of the native culture, geology, natural history, and primordial mysteries of Kong’s Skull Island home. KING KONG of SKULL ISLAND is not merely inspired by Merian C. Cooper’s classic fantasy–it enriches and expands upon it.”Mark Cotta Vaz, Author of Living Dangerously: The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong

Written by Joe DeVito & Brad Strickland and beautifully illustrated by Joe DeVito, King Kong of Skull Island: Exodus is out now and available to order from the links below!

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Raggedy Man Tales on DriveThruComics!

covers_new.inddOut now from Markosia on DriveThruComics!

Raggedy Man Tales

In the twilight world between childhood and becoming an adult lives the Raggedy Man, an often kindly spirit that appears to those that need him the most at times of peril or life changing decisions.

From the frozen lands in the north of Scandinavia to the heat of the tropics there are reports of a tall stranger aiding those children and special adults that need him.

This is the Raggedy Man and he may just come to you.

Written by GM Jordan and illustrated by Cornelia Abfalter, Amrit Birdi, Al Davison, Mariela Malova, Matt Soffe and Simon Wyatt, click HERE to download Raggedy Man Tales on DriveThruComics now!