James Pratt: 22 books

The Old Woman had spent her entire life among the harsh, unforgiving landscape of the mountains. One by one, her loved ones had been taken from her by time and misfortune and for years she had lived alone. When the monotony of her existence is disrupted by a series of strange events, the Old Woman...

A zombie tale with Lovecraftian overtones set in the Old West. After the dead start to rise in the town of Purgatory, Sheriff Lucas McMasters recruits William Whateley, a gunfighter alleged to have dealings with the forces of darkness, to help him get to the bottom of things.

Ex-Confederate solider turned gunslinger Jacob Burden's adventures continue in that strange realm some call the Devil's Outhouse. Still searching for a way back to the town of Purgatory, Jacob makes a bargain with a sorcerer that leads to a confrontation with a dangerous new enemy. Startling revelations await in the Devil's Outhouse.

The end of the world plays out early one morning when the patrons of a roadside diner are startled by the sudden appearance of a naked, bloody, terrified man. The question is, are the man's pursuers really the ones from whom the diner patrons have the most to fear?

Horrible Stories for Terrible People, Vol. I is a collection of 15 monster-themed short stories. Ranging from straight-out horror to tongue in cheek, denizens include... - A rockabilly vampire whose idea of heaven is 24-hour truckstops. - Two men fated to cross paths on the night of a full...

Written in the style of a pulp superhero tale, this short story describes the final encounter between an aging superhero trying to take care of unfinished business and his arch-nemesis who is dealing with some issues of his own.

This collection of fifteen Lovecraft-inspired tales spans human history and genres. Ranging from high fantasy to martial arts epic to the far future, they are all linked by a common theme of the alien unknown. Among the stories' inhabitants, you will find:Jonas Bell Presents "The King...

This collection consists of five short stories dealing with the end of the world, whether by biblical armageddon, a zombie plague, or something alien and unknowable. The means are irrevlevant. All that matters is the End of Days has come. Stories include "One of Granny's Tales", "I...

In a bleak future where the Earth is slowly laid waste as aliens harvest its most precious resources, the AnglerFish is a water-breathing mutant who rules the town of Purgatory with an iron fist. When the last uninfected survivors of an alien-manufactured mutagen virus send the gunslinging cyborg...

"A clown with an axe walks into a church..." It sounds like the start of a bad joke but in a dark future overrun by unspeakable horror, an evil clown with an axe that tells him to kill things might be just what the doctor ordered.

Engineers attempting to determine the nature of a mysterious alien artifact make a horrifying discovery.

Scientists race to perfect a technology that will allow the human race to survive as the universe is laid waste by an unknown force. But is it already too late?

In the time of the Blessed Twilight, humans were the mindless slaves of shadow-kind. But then came the parting of the Darkness from the Light and the power of the shadows was broken. Now a clever and ambitious shadow seeks to restore the old ways and tries to convince his fellow shadows to join him in revolution. Will he succeed?

This short story collection is written in the vein of early 2oth century weird pulp tales. Stories include:-An Earth where monsters worship Godzilla and humans are a distant memory.-A man tracks down and has a conversation with the Lord Almighty.-The incarnation of ultimate evil tries to determine...