Stephen Mark Rainey

• Aug-1998
• / Fantasy
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Fresh from the fertile minds of some of today's most imaginative writers comes a collection of short fiction that takes readers behind the scenes to unmask conspirators and their plots, some of which may even be true. Original....

• Jan-2000
• / General Fiction
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The night the stars fell, we could hear the sounds: that low thump-thump from somewhere in the sky, like the beating of some gigantic heart...In Sylvan County, Virginia, strange sounds often accompany the coming of darkness. They drift among the remo...

• Oct-2000
• / Suspense
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Two years ago, Claire Challis's four-year-old son disappeared without a trace. Now, a neighbor's child has vanished from right outside of her apartment. Determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Claire set out on a quest that will lead to a...

• Jul-2001
• / Horror
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Like any eclectic catalog of dark music, this volume of stories explores many levels of emotion, each writer composing his own unique movement to the symphony. Here, you will find a wide range of voices, some spinning tales of pure, deep dread, much ...

• Sep-2001
• / Horror
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• Mar-2002
• / Horror
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At the heart of all legends lies a sense of wonder . . . the perception of awe-inspiring power . . . the recognition of something larger than life. Here you will find heroic action and adventure blended with daring excursions into the hearts of depra...

• Jul-2004
• / Horror
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Barry Riggs returns to his hometown in search of his brother, Matt, who has mysteriously disappeared. His house has been ransacked - and branded by the strange word "LEBO," painted in blood on the bedroom wall. Despite having mixed feelings about his...

• Jan-2007
• / Science Fiction
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With Drew McLachlan's group of air warriors the Japanese are facing serious casualties, as tension mounts on the island they are forced to fight on two fronts, against the enemy and an unknown predatory force....

• Jun-2010
• / Horror
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The town of Silver Ridge, West Virginia, has disappeared from the face of the earth. To the outside world, a chasm of impenetrable mist is all that remains of the town. But inside Silver Ridge, the nightmare is just beginning.Confined by this unimagi...

• Jan-2011
• / General Fiction
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Strange Shapes hiding in the shadows cast by the moonlight. Eerie noises drifting out of the forest and rising into the night. The sound of inhuman footsteps approaching from somewhere in the darkness. A pair of gleaming eyes peering in through your ...

• Jan-2013
• / Horror
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Devastated and homeless after a personal tragedy, Courtney Edmiston accepts an invitation to stay with her old college friend Jan Blackburn. Jan lives with her brother David and their eccentric Aunt Martha on the edge of the Dismal Swamp, near Fearin...

• Mar-2014
• / Horror
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Spanning a career of over twenty years, the 16 tales in Stephen Mark Rainey's Other Gods depict an alluring yet macabre world, rendered by one of the horror genre's most vivid imaginations. With settings ranging from the remote backwoods of Virginia ...

• Jun-2014
• / Horror
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Strange Shapes hiding in the shadows cast by the moonlight. Eerie noises drifting out of the forest and rising into the night. The sound of inhuman footsteps approaching from somewhere in the darkness. A pair of gleaming eyes peering in through your ...

• Jun-2016
• / Horror
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Sisters Anavey and Anastasia Winchester live in constant fear of their stepfather, Dale Buckmeyer. The young girls never know when his temper will flare up, and their mother, Olivia, who is devoted to Dale, seems blind to their plight. Anavey, an int...

• Feb-2019
• / General Fiction
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In the town of Broad Run, West Virginia…Vance Archer and Marybeth Wilkins, a pair of adventurous seventh graders, have discovered an exciting activity called geocaching -- a kind of scavenger hunt using GPS technology -- which leads them after hidd...

• Jul-2019
• / General Fiction
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On a hike along the shores of Lake Superior, thirteen-year-old Anna Hendrix sees a huge creature rise from the waters and-to her horror-sink a tour boat. Soon afterward, Jeff Griggs, also thirteen, encounters a similar but smaller creature in the woo...

• Jun-2020
• / General Fiction
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Five years ago, young Landon Shrewsbury saw something that scared him to death: a giant, shadowy figure lurking in the woods around his house. Something that left huge footprints in his yard.Now, at age thirteen, Landon has convinced himself he dream...

• Aug-2021
• / Horror
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• Apr-2022
• / Horror
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A compelling and frighteningly perceptive collection of chilling tales from master raconteur Stephen Mark Rainey. A consummate storyteller... at the top of his game. - Richard Chizmar Come and join us as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Fugue De...

• Nov-2022
• / General Fiction
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In the 1950s, Lake Sidney Lanier was built in northern Georgia. Since then, hundreds of deaths on and around the lake have given rise to legends that spirits of the dead haunt the area. Teenager Aaron Tate, who lives near the lake with his parents, d...

• Oct-2023
• / General Fiction
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Deathrealm: Spirits, a new horror anthology edited by Stephen Mark Rainey, picks up exactly where Deathrealm magazine left off over 25 years ago!20 all-new stories and poems by the most intense voices ever to weave their way into your waking world. F...

• / Science Fiction
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The master tells me that when Quentin Collins finds my heart, I can come back... Over a century ago, the first Quentin Collins built a stairway to traverse time, opening the way to countless realms of past and fortune. Now a new stairway has appeared...