Publications of Type: Anthology

What if… Lincoln governed America in enemy territory? The United States annexed Persia? North Alaska and South Alaska went to war? Los Angeles spread across the world? These and many more questions are answered in this gripping alternate history anthology by some of the finest writers working today, from screenwriters to historians to speculative fiction practitioners […]

This book is a real mother. To celebrate bad-ass moms everywhere, Crazy 8 Press has assembled a fantastic line-up of authors to create stories spanning numerous genres, including sci-fi, contemporary, historical, and fantasy. Since moms and badassery come in infinite forms, the authors were given only one criteria: that their story be about a bad-ass […]

Beyond the Cradle of mankind, the universe is vast, unknown, dangerous to the unwary…or those caught in the path of intrepid explorers proceeding without forethought. Thirteen authors explore what it is to pioneer the future in tales fraught with danger and remorse, tempered with hope, luck, and serendipity. We face the monsters. We face the […]

Among the stars or in our own backyard, lose yourself in the wonder of these tales as we humbly posit mankind’s reaction to the awesome certainty that ‘they’ are out there…or at least, they were…

A collection of stories about the indomitable Bolos, gigantic and indestructible robot tanks programmed to protect the human race, includes contributions by such authors as David Weber, S. M. Stirling, William R. Forstchen, and Linda Evans. Original. I wrote my one and only military SF story early in my career.

Since 1968, PLANET OF THE APES (based on Pierre Boulle’s French novel MONKEY PLANET) has spawned nine films, two television series, several novels, and one of the most respected franchises in pop-culture history. BRIGHT EYES, APE CITY, edited by the same team behind Sequart’s SACRED SCROLLS: COMICS ON THE PLANET OF THE APES, examines every […]

Born in the blazing crucible of war, but sworn to fight for peace, the mysterious obsidian aviator known only by the codename Captain Midnight flies again! An ace pilot, super secret agent, and astounding scientific genius, the heroic Captain Midnight ruled the radio airwaves and starred in comic books, film serials, and a classic television […]

Celebrating the great comic book writers, culled from the pages of America’s most respected comics magazine. From the cool passion of sci-fi and occasional comics writer Harlan Ellison to the soap opera explorations and genre twisting of X-Men writer Chris Claremont and Howard the Duck creator Steve Gerber, between 1966 and 1985 a generation of writers emerged that changed […]

The DC Universe was dramatically altered in Crisis on Infinite Earths, an unforgettable and defining event in comics history that was the first company-wide crossover to make good on its promise of lasting change. Now, for the first time ever, the tie-in stories to this legendary event starring the All-Star Squadron, Firestorm and Green Lantern are […]

The DC Universe was dramatically altered in Crisis on Infinite Earths, an unforgettable and defining event in comics history that was the first company-wide crossover to make good on its promise of lasting change. Now, for the first time ever, the tie-in stories to this legendary event starring Batman, the New Teen Titans, Infinity, Inc., the […]

Worlds will live and worlds will die. See how the game-changing event Crisis on Infinite Earths affected your favorite characters and series in Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion Deluxe Vol. 3! IN 1985 WORLDS LIVED, WORLDS DIED AND COMICS WERE NEVER THE SAME. The DC Universe was dramatically altered in Crisis on Infinite Earths, an unforgettable and defining event […]

In 2004, I was one of four writers to produce this. A richly illustrated reference provides a definitive guide to all of the superheroes and archvillains of the DC universe, featuring more than one thousand different characters, including images from the original comic books, from the past sixty years of DC Comics. It was updated […]

When fire and steel meet flesh and bone, a soldier learns a hard truth: you’re not fighting for Glory and Honor, but for survival, for you and your comrades, and you will be damned if you’re going to leave any of them behind. Join us for twelve tales of military heroism and courage in the […]

Zenescope’s second book in its new, all-ages imprint, Silver Dragon Books, takes you on an adventure back in time with Discovery Channel’s Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Predators. Nothing captures the imagination of kids like the prehistoric world of Dinosaurs, and this book features all their favorites! Velicoraptors, Triceratops, and T-Rex all come to life in this exciting […]

41st annual VastiCon. 40 inches of snow. 38 travelers trapped in the hotel bar with booze to drink and stories to tell . . . In the late 14th century, writer Geoffrey Chaucer provided the work that later generations would remember him for: The Canterbury Tales. Written in Middle English, it depicted the stories of […]

We all know about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Death, War, Famine, and Pestilence riding on pale horses and all that Book-of-Revelation stuff. But why does it have to be four guys on horses? Why not the Four Cheerleaders of the Apocalypse? The Four Cats of the Apocalypse? The Four PTA Moms of the […]

British occultist John Constantine elevated Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, and it wasn’t long before John had his own spinoff comic titled John Constantine: Hellblazer. This anthology, edited by Rich Handley and Lou Tambone (of Sequart’s Somewhere Beyond the Heavens: Exploring Battlestar Galactica), examines the mage’s history from his earliest appearances to the present – not […]

And the Children Shall Lead! Though creator Gene Roddenberry endowed his groundbreaking 1966-69 science fiction show Star Trek with plenty of substance and style to engage and entertain adult viewers, it also amazingly attracted the attention of younger eyes and imaginations—and in doing so forged entire generations of Trek Kids! Watching the original series for the first […]

Gotham City 14 Miles offers the 1960s Batman TV series the critical reevaluation it deserves. Its essays examine Batmania, camp, the role of women, the show’s participation in ’60s counter-culture, its many celebrated actors, its lasting cultural effects, and other critical subjects. From 1966-1968, on both ABC and in movie theatres, America embraced Batman as […]

With his faithful valet Kato, Britt Reid, daring young publisher, matches wits with the Underworld, risking his life so that criminals and racketeers may feel the weight of the law through the sting of the Green Hornet! Moonstone is proud to present The Green Hornet Chronicles, the first anthology featuring all-new original crime fiction tales […]

Introducing the long-awaited return of the Green Hornet and Kato, and their rolling arsenal, the Black Beauty! With his faithful valet Kato, Britt Reid, daring young publisher, matches wits with the Underworld, risking his life so that criminal and racketeers within the law may feel its weight by the sting of the Green Hornet. Featuring […]

Introducing the long-awaited return of the Green Hornet and Kato, and their rolling arsenal, the Black Beauty! With his faithful valet Kato, Britt Reid, daring young publisher, matches wits with the Underworld, risking his life so that criminal and racketeers within the law may feel its weight by the sting of the Green Hornet. Featuring […]

The 2005-2006 season’s smash hit Grey’s Anatomy swiftly eclipsed its Desperate Housewives lead-in, in ratings, in critical claim and in vocal viewer enthusiasm. What could have been just another hospital drama is elevated by sharp, clever writing, strong female characters and a stellar ensemble cast of multi-ethnic actors. With 20+ million viewers tuning in every week, Grey’s Anatomy was the new […]

The spectacularly successful move A Night at the Museum was a fantastic look at the off-hours wonders of the American Museum of Natural History. However, some of the real behind-the-scenes stories are more fantastic than anything a screenwriter could dream up. Haunting Museums covers these overlooked bits of history including curses, mistaken dinosaurs, conspiracy plots of the founding fathers, spectral evidence of […]

An anthology of true-life stories from comic book legends, authors, TV and film writers, journalists, and people from all walks of life on how comic books changed their lives. Accompanied by vintage photos, HEY KIDS, COMICS! is a must-read for any comic book fan or student of pop culture history. I wrote about “The Thrill […]

From the Crusades to the modern age of chemical warfare and smart bombs, history is littered with truly disastrous military campaigns. How to Lose a War chronicles some of the most remarkable strategic catastrophes and doomed military adventures of overreaching invaders and clueless defenders—whether the failure was a result of poor planning, miscalculations, monumental ego, or failed […]

How to Lose WWII is an engrossing, fact-filled collection from Bill Fawcett that sheds light on the biggest, and dumbest, screw-ups of the Great War. In the vein of his other phenomenal compendiums of amazing battlefield blunders, How to Lose a Battle and How to Lose a War, Fawcett focuses on some amazing catastrophic missteps of Axis and Allies alike. […]

These are the chronicles of Tony Stark: the playboy, the genius inventor, the philanthropist, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the futurist, the hero. This Handbook is the definitive resource to the world of Iron Man, featuring Tony’s closest allies (Happy and Pepper Hogan, War Machine, the Order) and deadliest foes (Justin Hammer, Mandarin, Obadiah Stane)! Includes […]

Jewish extraterrestrials? Brisket-eating zombies? Baby robot golems? The first Jewish diaspora began nearly three thousand years ago. Those three millennia have informed a rich story-telling tradition that will only continue to expand in the coming centuries. This volume—the literary heir to the Wandering Stars anthologies of the 1970s and ’80s (and leading off with a […]

On a quiet, dead-end residential street on the outskirts of Omaha, Nebraska sits an old house called Tanglewood. In its front yard a large old ash tree casts its shadow across shrubs and flowerbeds and a lawn that have all long ago surrendered any pretense of life. But inside the House are the Doors. Doors […]

“15 high-energy and sentimental stories of love, fatal crimes of passion, and paranormal troublemaking. An entertaining mix of styles for fans of cross-genre SF/F.” – Publishers Weekly Love science fiction stories that all include elements of Love, Murder & Mayhem? Then welcome to the latest anthology from Crazy 8 Press! This amazing collection from 15 […]

DC Comics’ Joker has been a goofy trickster, a giggling lunatic, a psychopathic killer, a methodical mastermind, a failed comedian, and an unstoppable force. It all depends on the writer and artist telling the story. He’s the Clown Prince of Crime, the Man Who Laughs, an agent of chaos. He has no special abilities or […]

Planned Parenthood, and the millions of people they help each year, need every bit of help they can get. Mine! is a comics anthology with the proceeds going to Planned Parenthood. With stories about trailblazing women, civil rights leaders, a person’s first time going to a PP clinic, debunking myths about sex, STI screenings, HIV/AIDS […]

A collection of mystical mobster tales gathers contributions by some of today’s most popular fantasy authors, including P. N. Elrod, Max Allan Collins, and Jody Lynne Nye. Original. My story here is “Solo”.

Star Trek comics have enjoyed almost continuous publication since 1967, spanning more than 1000 comics. Quality has varied, from hilariously off the mark to wonderfully reverential. But from one era to the next, Star Trek comics have not only lived long but prospered. NEW LIFE AND NEW CIVILIZATIONS examines the long history of Star Trek […]

An entertaining anthology of original sciece fiction tales chronicles the exploits of explorers and adventurers who venture far beyond the known universe on expeditions to distant worlds, in stories by Andre Norton, Ed Greenwood, Ron Goulart, C. J. Henderson, Dennis O’Neil, Roland Green, and other notable authors. Original. Here is where “A Matter of Faith” […]

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS IN THE FINAL FRONTIER! Put ten Star Trek fans in a room and you’ll wind up with eleven opinions, fourteen heated debates about Starfleet uniforms and somebody cosplaying Spock in a teleporter accident with a Gorn. That’s because Star Trek fans are gloriously weird, uniquely different and sometimes entirely outlandish. And so is this book. Celebrating […]

Put ten Angel or Firefly fans in a room, and you’ll wind up with eleven opinions, fourteen heated debates about the nature of redemption and somebody cosplaying Captain Reynolds as a blue-gloved Reaver. That’s because Whedonverse fans are gloriously weird, uniquely different and sometimes entirely outlandish. And so is this book. Celebrating two decades of Angel as well as Firefly, OUTSIDE IN […]

CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF ENGAGING ADVENTURE! Put ten Star Trek fans in a room and you’ll wind up with eleven opinions, 47 heated debates about the nature of the Holodeck and somebody cosplaying Worf in a transporter accident with the Crystalline Entity. That’s because Star Trek fans are gloriously weird, uniquely different and sometimes entirely outlandish. And so is […]

Put ten Buffy fans in a room, and you’ll wind up with eleven opinions, fourteen heated debates about the nature of the soul and somebody cosplaying Mirror Willow as an Initiative-produced demon hybrid with a stake in her arm. That’s because Buffy fans are gloriously weird, uniquely different and sometimes entirely outlandish. And so is this book. Celebrating over […]

Put ten X-Files or Kolchak fans in a room, and you’ll wind up with eleven opinions, fourteen heated debates about government conspiracies and somebody cosplaying the Cigarette Smoking Man sporting the parasite twin from Humbug while wearing Kolchak’s porkpie hat. That’s because X-Files fans are gloriously weird, uniquely different and sometimes entirely outlandish. And so is this book. Celebrating over 25 years of The X-Files, and […]

Fourteen top-flight science fiction authors explore a world in which mankind lives and always has lived on a single super-continent!

Pangaea Under Siege In Aristaya, the underwater turbine fields have been destroyed. In Hajawi, a military contingent follows a previously unknown tunnel on the trail of saboteurs. In Leshi, the life of a prominent statesman hangs by a thread. In Wymerin, a couple of young girls make an accusation that will shape the future of […]

The super-continent Pangaea, on which mankind has lived its entire life as a species, has become a dangerous and unpredictable place. The ancient oppressors known as the Aristai are tearing civilization apart in order to rebuild it in their image. If the nations of the world are to weather the storm of death and destruction, […]

Every world needs heroes. And an alternate reality in which society’s been buried under a crushing financial crisis? Such a world needs heroes more than most. Some may remind us of ancient archetypes we still hold in awe. Others will be utterly fresh and quirky. All, under the expert hands of our caring and experienced […]

Inspired by the rise of the Phenomenons, costumed heroes who fight the good fight on behalf of the common man, society has begun to climb out of the depression into which it was plunged by the financial crisis of 2008. The Captains of Industry—the richest men and women in the United States, who’ve been capitalizing […]

The 1968 Planet of the Apes film has inspired generations of authors. Now a who’s who of modern writers produces sixteen all-new tales, exclusive to this volume, set in the world of the original films and television series. Dan Abnett • Kevin J. Anderson • Jim Beard • Nancy Collins Greg Cox • Andrew E.C. Gaska • Robert Greenberger Rich Handley • Greg Keyes • Sam Knight • Paul Kupperberg Jonathan Maberry • Bob Mayer • John […]

A brand-new anthology with fifteen exclusive short stories offering taut and dramatic tales set on Earth and in dark reaches of space, featuring the ultimate hunters, the Yautja—also also known as Predators. The diverse lineup of authors includes Stephen Graham Jones, Linda Addison, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Sigler, Peter Briggs, and many more. Fifteen original, never-before-seen […]

The gods have returned. All of them! The change promised by the ending of the Mayan Calendar in 2012 manifested itself in an unexpected manner. Every pantheon of gods and goddesses, from every belief the world over, has returned … changing the world forever. As the pantheons settle into their ancestral lands, they vie for […]

In ReDeus: Divine Tales, the gods returned to us. All of them. Now, in ReDeus: Beyond Borders, see just what that means for the nations of the world—and the people living in them. Everything has not necessarily turned out for the best, especially in some lands. Nor is it all bad. But with so many […]

One nation under God…no more! With the return of the old gods, the modern world came to a virtual standstill. Around the planet, deities whose names had no more meaning than as characters out of myth and history were suddenly revealed to be real…and once again demanded to be worshipped by the people of Earth. […]

Glen A. Larson’s Battlestar Galactica only lasted for a single season, yet it earned its place among the most beloved science-fiction shows of all time. In 2003, Ronald D. Moore reimagined the story. This new take proved hugely popular, revitalizing the once-niche franchise. Moore’s Galactica successfully accomplished something few reboots of classic TV shows have […]

Star Trek: Constellations is a mind-blowing collection of specially-commissioned stories designed to go where no anthology has gone before. Featuring the iconic heroes of the Star Trek universe — the legendary characters who were the inspiration for all those who followed — this treasure trove of untold tales recreates all the sense of adventure that marked the original Star […]

In the annals of adventure and exploration, few names shine as brightly as those of the various vessels bearing the noble appellation of Enterprise. Equally distinguished are the many brave captains who have led their respective ships into battle, danger, and glory. STAR TREK® : ENTERPRISE LOGS celebrates the proud history of those ships and their captains […]

Created by the incalculably ancient Iconians, whose transcendent technology is quantum levels beyond that of the Federation and its allies, the Gateways offer instantaneous transport across unimaginable distances. Throughout the known galaxy, from Deep Space Nine™ to the New Frontier, from the Delta Quadrant to the bridge of the Starship Enterprise™, the sudden reactivation of the Gateways […]

In 1997, Star Trek: New Frontier® debuted and became an instant sensation, chronicling the exciting adventures of Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and the U.S.S. Excalibur, as told by New York Times bestselling author Peter David. Now, over a dozen books later, Peter David has gathered some of the finest Star Trek authors to tell new tales of the Excalibur crew: Dayton Ward’s thrilling adventure from Calhoun’s sordid past Loren L. […]

For two seasons, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine® chronicled the intense struggle of the Federation, fighting alongside the Klingons and the Romulans against the overwhelming forces of the Dominion in some of the most exciting hours of television ever produced. Now, for the first time, see how the Dominion War affected the entirety of the Star Trek […]

The U.S.S. da Vinci is at last ready to resume its mission after the catastrophic events of Wildfire — but before the ship can even leave Spacedock, a mysterious alien vessel appears out of nowhere in San Francisco. With the aid of Captain Montgomery Scott and former Starship Enterprise™ and Deep Space Nine™ engineer Miles O’Brien, the S.C.E. must investigate the […]

When your ship falls under the thrall of the ancient Landru super-computer, or when you discover an alien device planted on your world before life evolved, call in Captain David Gold and the miracle workers from the Starfleet Corps of Engineers team on the U.S.S. da Vinci. Captain Gold and Dr. Elizabeth Lense must face their […]

Relaunching the adventures of the U.S.S. da Vinci, as Captain David Gold, Commander Sonya Gomez, and the rest of Starfleet’s miracle workers solve the problems of the galaxy, one disaster at a time. Federation Station Deep Space 10 has been plagued by technical difficulties since its construction a year ago. On several occasions, the Starfleet […]

Another Bright, Sunny Day in Gotham City…Or is it? The Riddler, the Penguin, the Joker, and Catwoman are all making their first fiendish forays to prey upon Gotham’s innocent citizens, but Batman and Robin, the famous Caped Crusaders, stand ready to Z-ZWAP! their diabolic schemes—all the time knowing full well that even more arch-criminals such […]

Peace and Prosperity Reign in Gotham City… But it’s merely the calm before the storm! Following several months of dastardly deeds by a small army of super-criminals, Gotham’s citizens once more sleep soundly in their beds until crime yet again rears its ugly head, prompting the Dynamic Duo to swing into action on their behalf! […]

Is This Finally the End for Gotham City? The city’s peerless protectors, the famous Caped Crusaders, Batman and Robin, steel themselves against the storm clouds that even now gather to rain danger and disaster down on Gotham’s citizens, and, what’s more, bring the curtain down on what will surely be the hard-working heroes’ final battles […]

TIME FOR TOKUSATSU! From the 1960s to the 1990s children in the West were gifted with a bounty of amazing TV shows to watch and enjoy—but it wasn’t nearly enough to satisfy their voracious appetites for adventure! It took an intriguing immigration of imported shows from the East to fill their afternoons with all the […]

Washed up on a faraway galactic shore, Captain Kathryn Janeway of the U.S.S. Voyager™ faced a choice: accept exile or set a course for home, a seventy-thousand-light-year journey fraught with unknown perils. She chose the latter. Janeway’s decision launched her crew on a seven-year trek pursuing an often lonely path that embodied the purest form of the […]

It Keeps Getting Bigger! In an ancient realm lurks a mystical edifice–The Crimson Keep. Within its ever-changing, ever-expanding walls live the mighty wizard known only as the Master, his students Athis, Belid, and Klaria, and assorted demons, ghouls, and other lost and terrifying creatures. And then there’s the Keep itself. Wander the halls of this […]

Moonstone Books is proud to present Tales of Zorro, a brand-new anthology featuring 18 tales of the fox ― the first collection of original Zorro short fiction ever published! This landmark compilation, edited by Richard Dean Starr (Hellboy, Kolchak: The Night Stalker), includes all-new stories and essays by some of today’s top writers in film and […]

What did Glenn do to make so many people want to kill him? Nothing, really. He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. A tossed-off joke resulted in Glenn Hauman, one of the most prominent members of Crazy 8 Press (and certainly the tallest), becoming the target of nearly two […]

The pulp magazine era was bristling with brawny men and statuesque women globetrotting, getting into and out of danger. Their exploits quickened the pulses of their readers, young and old alike. They gave rise to some of the most enduring heroes known the world-round.

You asked for more pulp? You got it! Thrilling Adventure Yarns has returned! Crazy 8 Press once again treats you to an array of stories in the classic pulp style, replete with action and adventure, chills and thrills, mystery and romance, and much more! Delight in the return of favorites Cannon Belle and Molly Maloy! […]

Each collection of Thrilling Adventure Yarns is bigger and better than the one before it! The pulp magazine era was bristling with brawny men and statuesque women globetrotting, getting into and out of danger. Their exploits quickened the pulses of their readers, young and old alike. They gave rise to some of the most enduring […]

A unique, ground-breaking collection of lively, informative, and provocative essays & interviews from some of the most acclaimed and bestselling authors of tie-in books & novelizations about what they do and how they do it. My essay was about the properties that came to pulp magazines after being established elsewhere, such as the Lone Ranger.

Presented by the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers, this dazzling collection of uplifting and curious tales will take you through the centuries and from the depths of the ocean to the stars. You’ll discover well-known, beloved characters in new settings and circumstances. Penned by some of the finest writers working in tie-in fiction today, […]

The heat of the summer has driven the gods of history to take refuge on the small screen.  Once again, we bring you the unholy juxtaposition of your favorite television show overrun by your favorite pantheons – TV Gods: Summer Programming. The White House’s state of the nation address will never be the same when […]

History has never been more fun than it is in this fact-filled compendium of historical fiascoes and embarrassingly bad ideas. Throughout history, the rich and powerful, and even just the dim-witted, have made horrifically bad decisions that have had resounding effects on our world. From kings to corporate leaders, from captains to presidents, no one […]

A fascinating, fun, and fact-filled compendium of the greatest lies, deceptions, propaganda, and frauds ever perpetrated Throughout history—from the dawn of man to the War on Terror—governments, corporations, historians, and high-level braggarts of every stripe have freely engaged in the time-honored pastime of lying for fun and profit. You Said What? is an endlessly entertaining and outrageously […]