John Everson
John Everson is an award winning author of horror and dark fantasy.
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 Needles and Sins  |
Needles and SinsAuthor: Everson, John |
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Roses scented with bitter deception, Oracles redolent in hidden redemption, a body-mod-obsessed ingenue with an amputee fetish and a demon gone soft on a bitter angel. Dreamcatchers, an alternate Nativity with a pimp God and a non-compliant Mary, Stupid Bitch the three-legged cat and the secret explanation of how Germany almost won the war with the devil on their side. These are just a few of the provocative sets in these 19 stories rife with Needles and Sins . . . Table of Contents:
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 Sacrifice  |
Sacrifice (The Joe Kieran Series #2)Author: Everson, John |
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Ariana is on a killing spree. Dressed in a black vinyl catsuit, she lures men to hotel rooms, where they will leave their bodies behind—in multiple pieces. That’s the part of the story that the newspapers know. The “Sunday Slasher,” as she’s dubbed for her habit of leaving behind a corpse every Sunday morning, doesn’t just have a wealth of misanthropic bones in her body. She’s also got a hunger for ultimate power and control. Through ritual sexual sacrifice, she aims to open the door between this world and the domain of the powerful, but violently perverse Curburide demons. She will be their queen, and they will rape the world. Joe Kieran is a young reporter who has just left the East Coast port town of Terrel with a demon on his back. Literally. Having forged a covenant with the demon, Malachai, to save the lives of two women, he now has a constant invisible companion, albeit one who is less than trustworthy. When Joe picks up Alex, a teen hitchhiker on her way to the Rocky Mountains, he soon finds that he’s been setup by Malachai. Alex is more than just a perky runaway; she has the ability to talk to ghosts, something her right-wing parents forced her to hide. But now she will need that talent more than ever; as Malachai sets them all on the path that can only lead to . . . Sacrifice. |
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 Failure  |
FailureAuthor: Everson, John |
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Raymond is such a failure, he can’t even kill himself and get it right. Cindy just plain doesn’t care; she’ll get on her knees for anyone beneath the football field bleachers to score a nickel bag hit. And Sal is a frustrated goon with a hook nose and an attitude so sour he can’t nail a girl even with the lure of free dope and a getaway car. When these three desperate teens meet Aaron, a failed practitioner of the dark arts who offers them the best high they’ve ever smoked in exchange for some kinky sexplay inside his pentagram, things can only go from bad to worse. Aaron hopes to ensnare and re-birth the spirit of a late witch, to capture her power from beyond the grave for his own. Soon, they’ll all learn the darkest, bloodiest, most terrifying definition of Failure. |
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 Covenant  |
Covenant (The Joe Kieran Series #1)Author: Everson, John |
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The 2004 Bram Stoker Award winner for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. (tie) Joe Kieran has found that unearthing the truth for a newspaper can be painful, and telling it, heartbreaking. Hiding from his past big city exposes in the quiet coastal town of Terrel, he stumbles upon a web of mysterious teen suicides that somehow connect a ring of five women. Is there really a malevolent presence inside Terrel Cliff that holds all of the town in thrall as Angelica, a fortune teller, suggests? Or is there a murderous covenant between five women to sacrifice their first-born? When Angelica is kidnapped right under his nose, Joe suspects that there is more at work in Terrel than a dark, tragic streak. Deep beneath the remains of a long-demolished lighthouse on its tragic cliff, Joe discovers Terrel’s secret history and salvation. And in his desperate bid to save two women, he forges a new covenant, one that puts his own soul in deadly danger. |
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 Vigilantes of Love  |
Vigilantes of LoveAuthor: Everson, John |
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This is the second book collection of John Everson’s short fiction, focusing more on dark fantasy than the extreme horror work of his first collection Cage of Bones and Other Deadly Obsessions. Vigilantes of Love debuted at World Horror Convention 2003 and includes 15 dark fantasy and horror tales, including the title story, written especially for this collection and “Lovesong” a 5th Place winner in the 2000 World Horror Convention Fiction Contest. Table of Contents:
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 Cage of Bones and Other Deadly Obsessions  |
Cage of Bones and Other Deadly ObsessionsAuthor: Everson, John |
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John Everson’s first collection of short stories. These are the more erotic horror stories. Table of Contents:
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Anthologies with John Everson
 Candy in the Dumpster  |
Candy in the Dumpster: New and Used StoriesAuthor: Mundt, Martin; Everson, John; Breedlove, Bill and Bonansinga, Jay |
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The first Dark Arts Books release is Candy in the Dumpster, a compilation of 12 “new and used” horror stories by four Chicago authors: Jay Bonansinga, Bill Breedlove, John Everson, and Martin Mundt. This volume features an introduction by another Chicago horror veteran, Mort Castle. Table of Contents:
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Anthologies edited by John Everson
 Sins of the Sirens  |
Sins of the Sirens: Fourteen Tales of Dark DesireAuthors: Rhoads, Loren; Alexander, Maria; Wilson, Mehitobel and Faust, Christa |
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The third Dark Arts Books release is Sins of the Sirens, a compilation of 14 new tales and rare reprints from four of horror’s most provocative authors: Maria Alexander, Christa Faust, Loren Rhoads and Mehitobel Wilson. The seduction of an angel; the lure of the lash; the touch of psychic hands; living ropes that wind and bind . . . these are just a few of the alluring sins of these sirens. Look inside, but be careful they don’t lure you in too far . . . Table of Contents:
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 Spooks!  |
Spooks!Editors: Jens, Tina L. and Everson, John |
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Ghostly revenge. Ghostly salvation. Ghostly poltergeistic pranks . . . Inside the pages of Spooks! you’ll find 29 tales of the unexplained, the unexpected and the undead. Some people just refuse to stay in their graves! Table of Contents:
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Summary:
Title List:
1. Cage of Bones and Other Deadly Obsessions
2. Vigilantes of Love
3. Covenant
4. Failure
5. Candy in the Dumpster
6. Sacrifice
7. Needles and Sins
Title List: The Joe Kieran Series
1. Covenant
2. Sacrifice
Title List: Anthologies
1. Spooks!
2. Sins of the Sirens
Weblinks List:
John Everson: Dark Arts
John Everson: Dark Arts MySpace
Book List for:
The Joe Kieran Series
