BOOKS
Warning: The House of Nine Library consists exclusively of titles by (or containing works by) Robin "The Gentleman Caller" Spriggs.
~You
hear him knockin', but will you let him in?~
WONDROUS STRANGE
Short-listed for the Bram
Stoker Award!

25 soul-chilling jaunts into the weird, mysterious, and supernatural!
A tin-can golem in search of her long-lost maker . . . an old movie house where the cost of admission is far greater than the patrons think . . . three dead sisters who come to life each evening to receive a gentleman caller in their parlor of ravaged hopes and dreams. . . . If tales of the bizarre are your literary poison of choice, Wondrous Strange is just what the witch doctor ordered. Procure your copy today and let the strangeness begin.
"Wondrous Strange is wondrous!"
--Brian
A. Hopkins, Bram Stoker Award-winning author
"From short, sharp shocks to elegant tales of
haunted madness. . . . TombKeeper's highest recommendation."
--J. L. Comeau (The Tombkeeper), Creature Feature
"Wondrous Strange is both wondrous and strange . . . haunting and hypnotic . . . the type of stories that gnaw at you long after you've put the book away . . . stories you won't easily forget."
--Lisa Babick, Bella Online
More reviews of Wondrous Strange can be found in the Observatory.
Wondrous Strange can be purchased immediately (no pressure) from the following on-line bookstores:
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"Buy this book as a manual in modern survival training and as an assortment of
Hitchcockian shivers."
--Paul
Di Filippo, Asimov's Science Fiction
This exciting anthology is edited by Gerard Daniel Houarner and also contains fiction and poetry by Bentley Little, Tom Piccirilli, Melanie Tem, Don Webb, Charlee Jacob, Gordon Linzner, James Dorr, John Rosenman, Eliot Fintushel, Roy L. Post, Dominick Cancilla, Linda D. Addison, Daniel Pearlman, Michael D. Winkle, Andrew Tokash, J. A. Pollard, Milton Wheeler, and K. L. Hasell.
Copies available at Project Pulp.

Also contains work by
Charlee Jacob
Trey R. Barker
Steve Antczak
Denise Dumars
Wade Tarzia.
Space and Time #90 is sold out.
PIRATE WRITINGS #13

Also contains work by
Alan Dean Foster
Paul Di Filippo
Tom Piccirilli
Brian A. Hopkins
Don D'Ammassa.
Pirate Writings #13 is sold out!
PLOT #7

Also contains work by
Michael Laimo
Hunter Seitz
S. A. Magnuson.
Plot #7 is sold out!
STYGIAN ARTICLES #10

Also contains work by
D. F. Lewis
Charlee Jacob
Steve Eller.
Stygian Articles #10 is sold out!
TERMINAL FRIGHT #12

Also contains work by
Rick Hautala
Brian A. Hopkins
Charlee Jacob
W. H. Pugmire
Alan P. Smale.
Terminal Fright #12 is sold out!

Also contains work by
Hugh B. Cave
Don D'ammassa
Dominick Cancilla
John R. Platt
Tim Waggoner.
Night Terrors #6 is sold out.

This 460-page anthology also features work by
Robert Devereaux
Edo van Belkom
Tina L. Jens
Steve Eller
Daniel Keohane
Steven Lee Climer
John Urbancik.
Available at Amazon.
THE DRACULA POEMS: A Poetic Encounter with the Lord of Vampires

This fully illustrated collection of 69 poems by Robin Spriggs and Brent L. Glenn explores the world of Dracula from a variety of dark perspectives, including victims, lovers, Lady Night, a coffin, a foul-mouthed wooden stake, and the Lord of Vampires himself.
Featured artists include
Kelly O
Austin Jones
Rusty Giadrosich
Jay Montgomery
There is even a scribble or two by Robin Spriggs himself.
NEWS FLASH! Alas, The Dracula Poems is currently out of print, though the highly sought-after tome remains available from select dealers in literary oddities.
Try Alibris.
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