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A World Fantasy Award Nominee!

The award-winning and critically-acclaimed master of horror returns with a pair of chilling tales that examine the violence and depravity of the human condition.

Bringing together his acclaimed novella The Sea Dreams It Is the Sky and an all-new short novel My Heart Struck Sorrow,…

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1 author picked A Lush and Seething Hell as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A Lush and Seething Hell contains two novellas that sit somewhere between dark fantasy and literary horror. One story explores the curse of a haunting piece of literature, while the other dives deep into a folkloric nightmare set against political unrest. Jacobs writes with lyrical intensity and isn’t afraid to get grim. If you enjoy stories that deal with madness, myth, and the cost of truth, this is a great pick.

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The dragons of Yuro have been hunted to extinction.

On a small, isolated island, in a reclusive forest, lives bandit leader Marani and her brother Jacks. With their outlaw band they rob from the rich to feed themselves, raiding carriages and dodging the occasional vindictive…

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