NIGHT TO DAWN MAGAZINE & BOOKS

Night to Dawn 48 delivers horror and science fiction with a humorous twist, as in Matthew Wilson’s “Diet or Die;” the unspeakable, as in Hal Kempka’s “Turkey Shoot;” and occasionally, a happy ending, such as Charles Gramlich’s “Soft They Were, and Broken.” Happy or grim, the stories will keep you up at night, reading to their satisfying conclusions. The collection of short stories, poetry, and illustrations, presented by Barbara Custer, includes:
“The Golden Hour” by Rod Marsden
“Eel Soup” by Marge Simon
“We, the Possessed” by Rajeev Bhargava
“In Widow’s Weeds” by Hillary Lyon
“Truth” by Lee Clark Zumpe
“Small Differences” by Christopher T. Dabrowski
“Crime Scene Confidential” by Marc Shapiro
“Interview with a Reluctant Vampire” by Margaret L. Carter
“Mike Walker and the Old Tree” by Linda Barrett
…and many others, including dark poetry and illustrations by Marge Simon, Sandy DeLuca, Denny E. Marshall, Chris Friend, Elizabeth, Vin Davis, Hattie Pierce, and other contributors.

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Please explore Night to Dawn with the understanding that holy objects and garlic may not protect you, for the NTD vampire is no ordinary species. You might meet the blood drinker of yore, or a walking skeleton, or even a human vampire. Then there are the psychic vampires. Recently, NTD has been featuring werewolves and other monsters but always with the bloodlust theme. Our goal is to showcase the work of writers who share a passion for the horror genre. By featuring upcoming artists and writers, we hope to bring new life to the world of the undead. Night to Dawn will offer tales written by Todd Hanks, Lee Clarke Zumpe, and other authors that will appeal to your spine! And if you’re in the market for a good movie, you might want to check out Lee Clark Zumpe’s reviews, always listed in the magazine.

You can find submissions guidelines here.

Elizabeth Pierce-Collins, the artist appearing in the latest issue of Night To Dawn, has agreed to sell her artwork for those visitors of bloodredshadow.com that are interested!  Kindly contact her directly at 475 Chorro Creek Road, Morro Bay, Ca. 93442  for more information.

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You can order the current paperback issue, as well as previous ones directly through http://www.lulu.com.  EBook copies are available through NTD. The magazine runs $4.00 per eBook copy.

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Contact Information:

For orders, submissions, and questions contact:

Barbara Custer
P. O. Box 643
Abington, PA 19001

ntdsubmissions@gmail.com

 

NIGHT TO DAWN BOOKS

Purchase via PayPal to venus1021@juno.com or by mail (check or money order) to: Barbara Custer, C/O Night To Dawn, P.O. Box 643, Abington, PA 19001

Night to Dawn books feature science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy, supernatural horror (especially vampire), and adventure. NTD has branched into publishing novels and tries to blend a hybrid of horror and science fiction with its work. Query before sending any work. You can find excerpts, reviews and other information on the NTD authors and their works on the following pages, along with Amazon reviews.

I can’t include shipping costs with the price for the books; however, our books are sold through different venues which may give you free shipping. I have posted links to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other distributors for each book. You can get steep discounts on postal rates by ordering multiple copies or ordering eBook copies. Please contact me at ntdsubmissions@gmail.com with questions.

Now available!

Lyn McConchie’s Another Fire: He’s seventeen, the world is dying around him, while half the country lies between him and his surviving family. He has a good dog, a child, a dying farmer, and decent ranchers to help him – against him are vicious bikers, the greedy, the foolish and the evil. But Jason is learning every step of the way.

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Rod Marsden’s 50 Dragons: Peace meant sacrifice, and Dreadnought had already sacrificed so much of himself. He was scarred from battle and felt numb from his pain as well as that of others. Then one day, Dreadnought came to stare into the eyes of the statue of King Kamehameha and drew strength from it. Other knights would note this and also draw what they could from the statue of a long-dead Hawaiian warrior. Amelia understood the angst Dreadnought felt as he got closer to his life goal. Would the High Ones allow his final victory and, if they did, what would then happen to him and his love Amelia? 

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Waiting for Grandfather is now available!

From the dismal coal mines of Scranton, Pennsylvania to the crowded streets of North Philadelphia went Antonio Corelli (Grandfather). Against his better judgment, but to unburden his struggling folks, he takes along his two unruly brothers, Al and Nunzio. Upon arriving in the big city, the young duo steals a pig from an Aramingo Avenue slaughterhouse—an act that triggers a lifetime of calamity.

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Rod Marsden’s Dragon Queen is now available! Mixing with your betters can get you killed. Dragons know this as does a certain maverick pilot and his researcher wife. It is possible to get thrown into events not of your own making in which you must do your best to survive. Meanwhile, somewhere not far from mainland Tasmania, there is an island named Green Maiden’s Folly. What’s it like? Is it paradise, or has it been made over into a worse destination hellhole than Devil’s Island used to be like in the 19th and 20th Centuries? On Green Maiden’s Folly, the destiny of the dragon is revealed.

Margaret L. Carter’s Doctor Vampire: At the age of forty, psychiatrist Roger Darvell discovered vampires are real, a nonhuman species living secretly among the ordinary mortals who vastly outnumber them, and he himself is a hybrid, with a vampire mother and a human father. After learning the truth about the craving for blood that had plagued him all his adult life, he came to terms with his “monstrous” side and found love with his human professional partner, Dr. Britt Loren. In between treating their mundane patients, Roger and Britt occasionally venture into problems of the paranormal. They deal with three extraordinary cases in these stories, as they counsel a neurotic young vampire, a guilt-ridden werewolf, and a woman who owns a haunted antique desk.

Lyn McConchie’s Some Other Traveller: When the world’s civilizations collapse from a lethal pandemic, being old can mean you have the experience and wisdom to survive and to see that friends and family do as well. Donal and Sheila McArn are seventy when most of the world is dying, and they must hold the line for everything they know. They may not have long, but so long as they live, they’re going to do their best – and anyone against them had better step back. NOW!    

Kevin R. Doyle’s The Anchor is now available: Jen has toiled away in television news, just waiting for a big break. And at the same time she finally gets a shot at the promotion opportunity she’s waited years for, head anchor for the nightly newscast, an unseen, shadowy man is desperate for her to notice him. When messages and well wishes don’t do the trick, her mysterious admirer intends to do anything necessary to make Jen a success and snare her attention, even if it means attacking her fiancé and killing off her competition. ** Paperback and Kindle can be ordered here. **

 

Lyn McConchie’s Forever Cornwall: They are a society of three: a grandmother, a grandson, and his wife. They live harmoniously on a friend’s estate. A plague strikes; it jeopardizes their peaceful existence and challenges their courage and resilience. None among the tight trio and enclave in which they have immersed themselves are quitters; they scrap and fight for themselves and one another. Should they lose, they will have blood for their going, and their tormentors will not soon forget them. 

 

 

Michael De Stefano’s American Odyssey: Set in Philadelphia in the mid-1970s, “American Odyssey” chronicles the coming-of-age journey of Addison Caldwell, Cillian James, and Joey Brosco. In their quest for independence, our trio encounters the recently widowed Leila Bennett, a former prostitute turned farm owner. For Leila, a sultry summer blossoms into an odyssey of hope and healing; for the boys, work and awakening. Leila—a girl discarded and rescued—teaches the threesome that virtue does not lie in the struggle for independence or what one must sacrifice for its behalf but in love that reinforces enduring friendship.

 

 

Michael De Stefano’s The Bohemian: Told by protagonist Mitch Morningstar, The Bohemian, with humor, satire, and pathos, challenges the cultural rigors of the post-Reagan bourgeoisie. The weapon of choice is freedom: Mitch and his band of eccentrics wield it to pierce through the ever-ossifying collective, embrace the individual, and rescue truth and beauty in postmodern America. As their guileless effort breaches the new century, these tail-end boomers lose their footing traversing their Daedalian world of carnal wanderlust but never their souls.    

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New edition of The Litter: Karen Bannister is coming off a really bad year. Estranged from her father and her fiancé dead, she finds solace in her work with the city’s indigent, destitute, and lost. Then something, something savage and brutal, appears… read more.

The Forgotten People: A crash landing leaves an alien woman at the mercy of a sadistic scientist whose “cure” could kill her. A painting opens a doorway to an alternate dimension, and a brand new life, for one woman, while a nurse’s life is turned upside down in a … read more.

New Edition of Demon in my Head: Human/Vampire hybrid Gabriel Brimstone walks between the worlds of the living and the dead. He hunts vampires and slays them with remarkable ease. However, the years have taken their… read more.

COMING SOON!

Lyn McConchie’s One is One…and all Alone

Blurb: The province is British Columbia. The village is Nelson. On its streets walks nary a soul. Where are the village’s inhabitants? Dead from a mutated plague. Beyond the desolate town lives Vee, a woman desperate to make sense of a post-apocalyptic world. Vee is neither a hunter-gatherer nor a settler, but rather one with well-developed skills for survival. One plant, one tree, one animal, and one weapon at a time, Vee fortifies her isolation as she awaits her enemies.

L. M. Labat’s The Sanguinarian Id: Schwartzwald, sequel to The Sanguinarian Id will be released soon!
Blurb: Surrounded by a legion of abandoned souls that tend to his every whim, Mendelson grips hold of everything he surveys. Greedy for power and more, he continues to sink his teeth into whatever catches his fancy, whether it has a pulse or not. As more people break and bend under his heel, one person stands in defiance.