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Vampires in the Old West Jack Talon, a former US Marshal and infamous gunslinger, is dying of tuberculosis when he arrives in Silver Plume, Colorado with his lovely wife, Sonya. He just wants to do a bit of gambling and get on with the business of dying. Instead he finds himself face to face with Christopher Smythe, a vampire who holds a grudge against the mayor of the town.The mayor hires Jack to kill the vampire, but what Jack doesn't know is that his wife sees the vampire as Jack's salvation. Vampires don't get sick. Vampires live forever. Vampires never age. So what if you have to kill people and drink their blood. Sounds like a bargain to her. She loves her husband and doesn't want it to end with till death do us part.So she sets her own plan into motion...

A paranormal investigator tries to help a boy deal with the ghost of his dead, but still abusive father. Of course, the investigator has a secret of his own. This short story originally appeared as a signed/limited chapbook from Roadkill Press back in 1990. It received an honorable mention in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror edited by Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling. "By Death Abused" is also available in the collection QUICK SHOTS by Gary Jonas, so if you own that, you already have this tale. You can still buy it, of course, because you'll earn triple cool points.

The gun is loaded. Ready... Before he started the Jonathan Shade series, Gary Jonas paid his dues writing and selling short stories to various anthologies and magazines. On deck we have twenty-nine tales of horror, fantasy, and suspense. Aim... "By Death Abused" a paranormal investigator must rescue a little boy from his dead, but still abusive father. "The Blood on Satan's Harley" a headless biker roams the highways in search of new victims. "In League" a rock band's music opens gateways to Hell. "Broken Spirits" two damaged warriors track down the man who stole their souls. "Mending Wounds" a young woman with the power to harm learns she can also heal, but some things are beyond repair. "Maternal Instinct" a new mother hears a voice whispering to her baby over the nursery monitor. "So You Wanna Be a Hitman" a sociopath learns he can get paid for killing people, and launches into his new career over the course of this and four more crime tales with warped humor and action. And many more Fire

"He stole my heart, Mr. Shade. I want you to find him and steal it back."The dead won't stay buried in Denver, so Jonathan Shade isn't too surprised when a deceased woman shows up wanting to hire him. A necromancer stalker has stolen her heart--literally--and she needs it if she's going to live.But Shade's jobs are never simple. The dead won't leave him alone. They work for a lovesick goddess who wants Shade to turn over her former lover. Chased by zombies, and then by an army of skeletons, Shade and his magically-engineered partner, Kelly Chan, fight to stay alive.Keep your hands and feet in the vehicle at all times, and hang on, because there are no safe exits from Acheron Highway...

A RITUALISTIC MURDER Stephen Noble, a board member of Dragon Gate Industries (DGI), is decapitated. DGI, a front company for wizards, decides to provide executive protection services for Noble's son, Graham, and daughter, Rayna. But Graham doesn't trust wizards and refuses their offer, so DGI hires Jonathan Shade and his team to keep the Noble family safe.GUILTY CLIENTSThe Nobles are from the other side of the Dragon Gate, and in that dimension, they committed crimes against the Marshall Clan. And now the Clan has come through the Gate to exact their revenge. While Graham and Rayna were too young to have been a part of the death and mayhem in the other land, honor dictates that they must pay for the crimes of their family.INHUMAN ATTACKERSHow can Jonathan protect clients who are willing to kneel and accept death at any moment? How can he and his team handle thirteen deadly warriors willing to die to accomplish their goal? And how can Jonathan defeat the deadly creatures the Marshall Clan has brought with them to our world? Creatures that will destroy anything in their path as they hunt their prey.

A quest for Hitler's skull...A Washington politician hires me to track down Hitler's skull for a magical ritual. It seems that Hitler didn't die in the bunker, but instead took the ratlines to Argentina.Kelly and I team up with a medium, who can speak to Hitler's spirit, and we're off and running on an international hunt for Hitler's grave. Alas, we're not the only ones after the magical skull, and the other player is a crazy Nazi who craves immortality and the power to bring about the rise of the Fourth Reich.What could possibly go wrong?Immortal Ascendant is an action-packed thrill ride. Join the hunt today

My old man sics a nuisance demon named Kevin on me to force me to grow up and stop being a slacker. The only way I can expel the jerk is to develop magic I create and control. Until then, Kevin plans to push me, prod me, and annoy me into action. It's one thing to miss a few naps, but Kevin shoves me into a dispute between a Greek god who wants to be a rock star and some hot women I thought were just myths, but make wonderful music together. Now I have to learn magic or the only nap I'll be taking is a dirt nap.

WE ARE NOT ALONEWhen Steve Riley stops for a burger on a road trip, a dying man hands him a file that proves the US government has aliens in captivity. Before he can even process that information, he's thrown into an ongoing battle between a secret breakaway group within the government, a private organization investigating UFOs, and different contingents of aliens from outer space who have been visiting Earth for millennia, and are on the verge of war.But what can one man do? With Men in Black trying to kill him, a private group trying to recruit him, and aliens with their own agenda, Steve must find a way through the intricate web of conspiracies or die trying.

A SORCERER SEEKING IMMORTALITYThe powerful wizard, Henry Winslow, arrives in 1877 and sets out for the Barbary Coast in San Francisco to steal a bit of life energy from his parents before he can head to the 1920s to complete his immortality ritual.A FORMER SLAVE WITH A MISSIONDouglas Freeman is a former slave with a growing collection of vengeful ghosts, and he's headed for the Barbary Coast to kill the last few men on his list.CHAMPIONS OUT OF TIMEJonathan Shade and Kelly Chan reunite with Brand, the former Sekutar warrior, and Esther, the ghost who has an unbreakable bond with Shade. They set out for California to stop Winslow. But the Barbary Coast is a dangerous place where life is cheap. Their paths will cross with thieves, cutthroats, crimps, prostitutes, gangs, magic, and a supernatural threat. Time is running out on their mission, and one thing is certain--not everyone is going to get out alive.

What do you do when you've been replaced? I come home from a vacation to find that another version of me has taken my place. He's living my life. He has my friends. He has my career. And what really sucks is that he's doing it all so much better than I ever could. Everyone loves him I'm the real me, but he insists that he's the real me. Not cool. One of us has to go Oh, and one more pesky little problem. Someone's trying to kill me.

A MURDER IN LAYERED TIMEIn the conclusion of the three-volume time travel sequence, Jonathan Shade is sent back to 1926 to kill an upstart wizard named Henry Winslow. Henry wants to die because in order to achieve his goal of immortality, he must first achieve resurrection.PAWNS IN A LARGER GAMEJonathan Shade and Kelly Chan are part of a larger plan playing out across time, and while Henry Winslow is a major player, there's someone else acting as the mastermind, and his name is Jonathan Shade.Shade's plan relies on changing the way things happened in the twenties...but if things change too much, there won't be a future to which any of them can return.

A SIMPLE CASE FOR A NEW BEGINNING......that's all Jonathan needs. Some easy little supernatural problem to gain Kelly Chan's trust, and keep her from walking out of his life forever.The case goes from simple to deadly when Jonathan's actions wake an evil entity with murder on its agenda. The only way to stop it is to call in reinforcements from the Manhattan branch of Dragon Gate Industries.But calling DGI means dealing with the head of the division -- Jonathan's older sister. She blames him for the death of their parents, so she'd rather see her brother run out of New York than lift a spell book to help.