Christofer Nigro

A Picture May be Worth a Thousand Words...but the Right Cover is Priceless Pro Se Productions Presents WRITE TO THE COVER VOLUME TWO, an anthology series that starts with an evocative cover by today's best Artists, an image that inspires the top writers in Genre Fiction to tell wondrous tales centered around it.Intrigue, danger, and more haunt the cover of this volume crafted by Jeffrey Hayes. And authors Shane DeMink, Scott E. Hancock, Herika R. Raymer, and Christofer Nigro take the maelstrom of action and emotion this single image provides and turns it into four riveting tales running the gamut of Genre Fiction WRITE TO THE COVER VOLUME TWO From Pro Se Productions

H.P. Lovecraft's Dr. Herbert West... also infamously known as the Reanimator. A man of science, obsessed with defeating death. He will make any and every sacrifice required to perfect his reagent. Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray... a living, breathing work of art. A man gifted, and cursed, with immortality thanks to arcane magickal forces. He has all eternity to understand what he is. But he might not even care. Heroes to some, monsters to others. Or are they perhaps something in between? One immortal, the other in search of immortality. Will West and Gray help each other, or drive each other to new levels of depravity? Or will both ultimately seek the other's destruction? Find out in seven new tales where science interacts with art... and spawns madness in the mix. Brought to you by Pete Rawlik (Reanimators; The Weird Company; Reanimatrix) and Christofer Nigro (Nero series; Megadrak: Beast of the Apocalypse series; Yuletide Horrors series), with a bonus contribution from Kevin Heim (a regular contributor to Wild Hunt Press and huge Lovecraft expert/aficionado), you will bear witness to the nightmares wrought when West and Gray join forces and knock heads in rapid succession, all leading to a chilling climax of horrific proportions. Rated Ex (Explicit) for graphic violence, sexuality, disturbing imagery/body horror, and intense themes. Sensitive readers are strongly cautioned.

Christmas, the year's most revered holiday, has long been associated with joy, peace, and gift-giving. But for just as long, though largely forgotten or overlooked to maintain a positive festive mood and to keep the holiday "kid-friendly," were depictions of the season's darker side that could also encompass tales of horror. This volume includes legendary Christmas nightmares from folklore and classic literature descending upon unwitting victims and giving them the worst, most bloody holiday experience imaginable in four original short stories that you should most certainly not read during the family gathering beside the hearth. Not only has the Krampus returned for more seasonal mayhem, but you will also run afoul of two other horrors from Germanic folklore to haunt the Christmas season: the human-eating winter ogress Gryla and the man-slaughtering feline known as the Yule Cat. And what volume of Christmas terror would be complete without a certain famous trio of Ghosts to teach harsh lessons to those who need it most for the holidays? As in Volume 1, these short tales of holiday horror are brought to you courtesy of Christofer Nigro, the author of the teen werewolf novel series Nero (beginning with Nero: The Beast Emerges), also published by Wild Hunt Press. As a bonus, this volume reprints the short story "Nero: A Holiday Haunting," featuring the young lycanthrope Mike Nero dealing with a holiday-based horror of his own; and a new flash fiction from the pen of Dustin Dreyling, author of Wild Hunt Press's Primordial Soup kaiju horror series. Rated Ex (Explicit) for Graphic Violence, Strong Language, Intense Themes, and Disturbing Imagery. Some of the material in this book may not be suitable for sensitive readers, so reader discretion is strongly advised.

Christmas, the year's most revered holiday, has long been associated with joy, peace, and gift-giving. But for just as long, though largely forgotten or overlooked to maintain a positive festive mood and to keep the holiday "kid-friendly," were depictions of the season's darker side that could also encompass tales of horror. Deadly monsters stalking the night during the Yuletide season; brutal serial killers who dress as Santa Claus while committing their gruesome deeds; and scary ghost stories connected to the season are all Christmas horror tropes we have seen in short stories, books, and cinema - and all are represented in this tome as Wild Hunt Press now takes a step into the darker side of Yule. The above Christmas horror themes are brought to you via four original short stories by Christofer Nigro, the author of the teen werewolf novel series Nero (beginning with Nero: The Beast Emerges), also published by Wild Hunt Press.And since no Christmas horror anthology would be complete without a tale featuring Santa's favorite Yuletide monstrosity, a short story featuring the Krampus by Dustin Dreyling, the author of the daikaiju horror novel series Primordial Soup, provided as a free PDF download by Wild Hunt Press as a gift to readers on Christmas 2020, is included here for the first time in a published tome as a bonus to Yule horror-lovers. Rated Ex (Explicit) for graphic violence, strong language, sexuality & sexual violence, intense themes, and disturbing imagery. Sensitive readers are strongly cautioned.

It is 1981 in Buffalo, New York, and an angry, embittered young teen known and hated by his peers as Mike Nero is about to acquire a horrific tool of revenge -- he is about to be granted the power to transform at will into a werewolf from a most unexpected source. This novella begins his continuing saga, as he is compelled by combinations of choice and circumstance to use his newfound power to become everything from a seeker of personal vengeance to a reluctant anti-hero to oppose various threats that come his way and may present an even bigger menace to the Queen City than he is.This is his origin story, where he begins the long journey that will ultimately culminate in his becoming the lycanthropic monster hunter and champion code-named Beowolf you will see in various upcoming publications by Wild Hunt Press (hint: look out for BOOGEY KNIGHTS Vol. 1 and MANSION OF THE MACABRE Vol. 1, to name two ). However, the road that brings him there will be a difficult one filled with horror, tragedy, trauma, and triumph along the way, and it all started here In his first exploit, you see Nero's origin as he seeks bloody revenge on those who had tormented him in the past, and also finds himself forced to use the power of the werewolf against the threat of the monstrous canine known as the Jack Dog and the vicious pack of feral dogs under his control that seek to become nothing less than the alpha predator of the Queen City, feeding on humans and targeting Nero, a newly created werewolf, as a rival to be eliminated. Can the young Nero prevail against the Jack Dog and his brutal pack even with the power of the werewolf at his beck and call, and while he is still just learning how the power works? And does he even want to, considering his own hatred of the human species?Rated Ex (Explicit) for graphic violence, strong language, and intense themes.

Buffalo, NY, Christmas season 1981. One month into his newfound powers of lycanthropy, young Mike Nero finds himself dealing with the aftermath of becoming vengeance in the form of a beast. As he continues to dispense brutal retribution to those who have bullied him, he not only has to contend with police and street gangs, but now a new horror has come to town, one that is thousands of years old... and he still has to go to school the next day.Now Nero will have to clash with a powerful undead threat while also trying to maintain his new friendship with a fellow teen outcast named Walter Lavelle, as they vie over the affections of the same girl. All the while, the authorities search for the monstrous killer leaving a bloody trail of carnage across the Queen City. Can young Nero stop an ancient Egyptian evil, and more to the point, does he even want to when he may consider this murderous mummy to be a kindred spirit?Rated Ex (Explicit) for graphic violence, strong language, and intense themes. Sensitive readers are therefore strongly cautioned.

Area 51. Known by many to be the housing area of recovered aliens and their technology. However, it is actually a military facility harboring numerous top secret projects, one of which is biological weaponry. Six creatures were created for Project Hydra: a genetic mix of predatory animals, along with something much more sinister. After an infiltration leads to a system failure of the containment domes holding the beasts, they ravage the facility and escape into the world. Now, it's up to Mark Hudson, the director of operations at Area 51, to direct extermination operations to eliminate the beasts before they are exposed to the public. But little does he know, it's all a part of...THE EXPERIMENT

Benny Lonero always lacked power in his young life. His fellow high school students constantly reminded him of this every time they tormented and bullied him. His family reminded him of the same thing every time it became clear they didn't understand him.This all changed when a cosmic force known as a Warp Event occurred above his home city of Buffalo, New York... and Benny found himself imbued with its otherworldly energies. Suddenly, he had power beyond reason. He would attempt to use it to become a costumed hero, much like the characters he read about in the comic books.However, the road to becoming a hero would not be quite that easy. Benny would find that his inner demons were as formidable an adversary as the various threats to his home city that also emerged from the Warp Event. And considering how dangerous these other threats would be, that is truly saying something.Would Benny, as the mighty Centurion, become the protector that he wanted to be? Or was he fated to be a threat as dangerous as any other spawned by the Warp Event?As Benny will find out, being a hero takes far more than great power and good intentions. It takes a lot of responsibility... and immense sacrifices. Centurion's tragic saga beings here.

Hollywood, a land of imagination and dreams, where anyone's star can rise and fall...and where the best actors and actresses ever portrayed characters of all kinds, including private eyes, cops, and other mystery solvers...But what if the stars from the Golden Age of Celluloid actually ended up investigating real crimes, finding themselves in the crosshairs of danger while pursuing murderers and criminals through the studios and back alleys of America's Dream Factory?HOLLYWOOD MYSTERY is a collection of stories turning beloved Hollywood icons into detectives, turning over every rock and following every blood trail, hunting for the truth and hoping not to end up on the cutting room floor HOLLYWOOD MYSTERY. From Pro Se Productions.