Showing posts with label twisted classics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label twisted classics. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

THE EERIE ADVENTURES OF THE LYCANTHROPE ROBINSON CRUSOE now available

The Eerie Adventures of the Lycanthrope Robinson Crusoe, Peter Clines' twisted new take on the classic tale featuring werewolves and Lovecraftian monsters, is now available for purchase from many offline and online stores including:

Paperback:
* Amazon US
* Barnes & Noble
* Amazon UK
* Amazon Canada
* Many more...

eBook:
* Kindle
* ePub, Sony Reader, etc.

Robinson Crusoe is one of the most enduring adventures of the past four centuries and one of the most well-known works in the English language. Or is it?

Recently discovered amidst the papers of the 20th century writer and historian H. P. Lovecraft is what claims to be the true story of Robinson Crusoe. Taken from the castaway's own journals and memoirs, and fact-checked by Lovecraft himself, it is free from many of Defoe's edits and alterations. From Lovecraft's work a much smoother, simpler tale emerges--but also a far more disturbing one.

Here Crusoe is revealed as a man bearing the terrible curse of the werewolf and the guilt that comes with it--a man with no real incentive to leave his island prison. The cannibals who terrorized Crusoe are revealed to be less human than ever before hinted--worshipers of a malevolent octopus-headed god. And the island itself is a place of ancient, evil mysteries that threaten Crusoe's sanity and his very soul.

This version of the classic tale, assembled by two legends of English literature and abridged by Peter Clines, is the terrifying supernatural true story of Robinson Crusoe as it has never been seen before.

"Robinson Crusoe bares his true tale of lycanthropy, cannibalism, and idolatry. This is the book that should be in college curriculum."
--D.L. Snell, co-author of Demon Days

Monday, April 19, 2010

Kim Paffenroth's VALLEY OF THE DEAD is now available!

Valley of the Dead, Kim Paffenroth's zombified take on Dante's Inferno is now available. Find it in many stores including:

Paperback:
* Amazon US
* Amazon UK
* Amazon Canada
* Barnes & Noble
* Many Others

eBook:
* Kindle
* Sony Reader, ePub, Palm, Others

Working from Dante’s Inferno to draw out the reality behind the fantasy, author Kim Paffenroth unfolds the horrifying true events that led Dante to fictionalize the account of his lost years ...

For seventeen years of his life, the exact whereabouts of the medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri are unknown to modern scholars. It is known that during this time he traveled as an exile across Europe, working on his epic poem, The Divine Comedy. In his masterpiece he describes a journey through the three realms of the afterlife. The most famous of its three volumes, Inferno, describes hell.

During his lost wanderings, Dante stumbled upon an infestation of the living dead. The unspeakable acts he witnessed—cannibalism, live burnings, evisceration, crucifixion, and dozens more—became the basis of all the horrors described in Inferno. Afraid to be labeled a madman, Dante made the terrors he experienced into a more “believable” account of an otherworldly adventure filled with demons and mythological monsters.

But at last, the real story can finally be told.

"Paffenroth is one of the most innovative and intelligent writers of zombie fiction."
--Horror Fiction Review

"A zombie novel of the first order."
--Hellnotes

"Some seriously smart horror fiction."
--Rue Morgue