Mike Chinn

The War Between the States is over, but the scars are still livid. The town of Endurance, Missouri is another casualty: a ghost town; deserted, forgotten. Into its hollow shell rides Quarrel, a man haunted by war, searching for something. Someone. Maybe the Comte d'Orph e, the deranged Frenchman who has fled the Juaristas to recreate a lost dynasty in the mountains. Or the easily bought ex-Confederate Guy Estafette. Or maybe Jonas Frederickson from back East, the leader of the Knights of Canaan. All have secrets; all are on the run. All want Quarrel out of their way. And pretty soon, more than one will discover that revenge is best served cold, from a pistol. Author Mike Chinn puts his own mark on REVENGE IS A COLD PISTOL, a pulpy western thriller. From Pro Se Productions.

Mike Chinn lives in Birmingham, UK, with his wife Caroline and their tribe of guinea pigs. In 2012 he took early retirement so he can spend more time writing (and not housework). Over the years he has published over sixty short stories, as well as editing three volumes of THE ALCHEMY PRESS BOOK OF PULP HEROES, and SWORDS AGAINST THE MILLENNIUM, also for The Alchemy Press. His own contribution to the Pulp Adventure genre, THE PALADIN MANDATES garnered two nominations for the British Fantasy Award in 1999. A second Damian Paladin book, WALKERS IN SHADOW, is to be published by Pro Se Productions; as is a Western: REVENGE IS A COLD PISTOL. In 2015, his Sherlock Holmes steampunk mash-up, VALLIS TIMORIS (Fringeworks), sent the famous detective to the Moon.Radix Omnium Malum and Other Incursions includes the following stories: "Radix Omnium Malum" originally published in THE GRIMORIUM VERUM (c)2015"Two Weeks Saturday" originally published in DARK HORIZONS 23 (c)2004"Kittens" originally published in READ RAW (c)2009"Blood of Eden" originally published in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF DRACULA (c)1997"Suffer a Witch" originally published in SALVO 7 (c)2003"Cheechee's Out" originally published in SECOND CITY SCARES (c)2013"The Owl that Calls" originally published on WikiWorm (c)2013"The Pygmalion Conjuration" originally published in THE TENTH BLACK BOOK OF HORROR (c)2013"To Die For" originally published in BFS JOURNAL 10 (c)2014"Sons of the Dragon" originally published in kZINE 1 (c)2011"Only the Lonely" originally published in DARK VALENTINE 4 (c)2011"Rescheduled" originally published in FINAL SHADOWS (c)1991"Considering the Dead" originally published in DARK MUSES, SPOKEN SILENCES (c)2013"Wednesday Morning at Five O'Clock" originally published in PHOBOPHOBIAS (c)2014"The Streets of Crazy Cities" and "The Mercy Seat" are original to this collection. (c)2017

The Past flows into The Future. The Present is our constant home. But what if all that changed? If Time became tangled, history would be... havoc.Welcome to This Twisted Eartha pulp-fuelled, shared-world anthology featuring brand new stories from Adrian Tchaikovsky (Shadows of the Apt), Jess Nevins (Encylopedia of Fantastic Victoriana), Mike Chinn (Swords Against the Millennium / Starblazer), and nine more talented tale-smiths. This volume also features a stash of bonus material from Dion Winton-Polak - the world devisor, editor, and lunatic in charge of this ambitious project.