In the final installment of Adam-Troy Castro’s creepy Gustav Gloom series, the fate of the Dark Country rests on Gustav and Fernie’s shoulders. After weeks of traveling on a quest to find their fathers, Fernie and Gustav finally come face-to-face with their nemesis-the evil Lord Obsidian. Filled with heroic action sequences, terrifying chills, and plenty of humor, this final book will keep fans on the edge of their seats.

Gustav and Fernie begin their journey to the Shadow Country to save their fathers!
Fernie and Gustav leave the safety of the Gloom Mansion and begin their long journey to the Shadow Country to save their families from the evil Lord Obsidian. Aided by the magical Cryptic Carousel, Fernie and Gustav travel to lots of exotic locations as they try to locate the Shadow Country, meeting a few new foes along the way.

In Gustav Gloom and the Four Terrors, things are not always what they seem in the Gloom Mansion. Gustav decides that he needs to rescue his father from the Dark Country, but he can’t do that without Fernie’s help. After Gustav convinces Fernie’s safety-conscious father to enter the Gloom Mansion with Fernie and Pearlie, there is a prison break from the Hall of Shadow Criminals and it’s up to Fernie to save her family and Gustav before it’s too late.

Gustav and Fernie continue their journey through Dark Country!

Gustav and Fernie’s adventures in the Dark Country continue as they search for their families. But as they get closer to discovering their families’ fates, their mission is once again threatened by old foes-as well as some new, even more treacherous, ones. Will Gustav and Fernie be able to battle their way through and rescue their families before it’s too late?

In Gustav Gloom and the Nightmare Vault, Fernie and Gustav find themselves battling another shadowy foe-The Shadow Eater. He is after one thing, The Nightmare Vault, which his master, the evil Lord Obsidian, will use to unleash the most terrifying and threatening shadows into the world. As Fernie and Gustav race to stop the Shadow Eater, Fernie learns about Gustav’s mysterious past and just what happened to his missing parents.

Enter an exciting new world of shadows from Hugo Award nominee Adam-Troy Castro. Meet Gustav Gloom.
Fernie What finds herself lost in the Gloom mansion after her cat appears to have been chased there by its own shadow. Fernie discovers a library full of every book that was never written, a gallery of statues that are just plain awkward, and finds herself at dinner watching her own shadow take part in the feast!
Along the way Fernie is chased by the People Taker who is determined to take her to the Shadow Country. It’s up to Fernie and Gustav to stop the People Taker before he takes Fernie’s family.

Available only on audio, this exciting collection features original stories by Adam-Troy Castro, some never before published.

The stories collected here include The Assassin’s Secret; Narrow Escape of Zipper-Girl; A Place without Portals; The Hour In Between; Greetings, Humanity! Welcome to Your Choice of Species; Her Husband’s Hands; The Refrigerator in the Girlfriend; Big Stupe and the Buried Big Glowing Booger; The Last to Matter; Red Rain; The Boy and the Box; Four Haunted Houses; The Whole Crew Hates Me; Cerile and the Journeyer; Evangelist; My Wife Hates Time Travel; Survey; The New Provisions; The Shallow End of the Pool; What I Told My Little Girl about the Aliens Preparing to Grind Us into Hamburgers; Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs; and The Old Horror Writer.

A few of these stories have appeared as podcasts for Lightspeed and Nightmare magazines. For more information:

Podcasts

and http://www.nightmare-magazine.com/podcasting/

On several occasions, a half-dozen of Spider-Man’s greatest enemies have banded together as the Sinister Six. Now, at the behest of a deadly benefactor known only as the Gentleman, the Chameleon has been tasked with assembling a new Sinister Six with the most ambitious scheme yet! Soon, he has recruited the Vulture, freed Electro and Dr. Octopus from prison, and been joined by the Gentleman’s mysterious ward, Pity. That only leaves Mysterio, but the master of illusion has a plan of his own. A number of Hollywood people have been targeted for murder, including the cast and crew of Fatal Action 4, the latest acting vehicle for Spider-Man’s wife, Mary Jane! Spidey must halt Mysterio’s deadly rampage before more lives are claimed. But even that may not be enough to stop the gathering of the Sinister Six!

2008 Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Long Fiction

Includes an introduction by the author

Resolution. Reason. Respect.

Among U.S. couples marrying today, roughly 40% will divorce. About half of those will have children at the time of the split. Ensuing ugliness will engulf the lives of both divorcees and offspring. They can in most cases expect years of legal battles, deceit, rage, depression, baiting, vitriol, manipulation, and hurt. Perhaps there is another way, a better way. A way that allows for resolution, reason, and respect. An agreement, of sorts, but one that confronts rather than masks the myriad troubles at hand. Lays them all out on the table. Settles the issues once and for all in an honorable arena. Something direct. Fair. Final. Adam-Troy Castro, Hugo/Nebula/Stoker-nominated author of the SF novel Emissaries from the Dead, brings you a brutally horrific tale of the ultimate settlement in the battle of broken-hearted wills. Petty power plays have been cast aside. The facade of decency is shelved. For one blistering week in an abandoned desert motel, there will be no excuses, pleading, or games. Only resolution, reason, respect.

And blood.