Death, the Devil, and the Goldfish (37 page)

The Last Donut Shop of the Apocalypse, by Nina Post

After narrowly preventing the last apocalypse, Kelly Driscoll signs up for a new mission: locating the missing president of the famed Cluck Snack brand. As she quickly learns, the missing executive is only the beginning of Pothole City’s problems – including a new plot to kill the beloved single-purpose angels and set the stage for another apocalypse.

Teaming up with her allies — Af the Angel of Destruction, Stringfellow the ferret, and Tubiel and the other single-purpose angels — will Kelly rescue the missing president and restore peace in Pothole City before it is destroyed yet again?

One Ghost Per Serving, by Nina Post

Eric Snackerge is at his wits’ end trying to piece his life together – and the solution may lie in the biggest sweepstakes of his life; But the people behind the contest have some… shady… secrets – and an even shadier agenda!

Teaming up with ghostly allies, Eric rushes to prevent a dangerous supernatural pathogen from entering the food supply – and making the Snackerge family its next victim.

Stein & Candle Detective Agency: Red Reunion, by Michael Panush

For Weatherby Stein and Morton Candle – private detectives specializing in the paranormal – life normally isn’t easy. They deal with cases that pit them against ferocious demons in the Tokyo underworld, Satan-worshipping teenagers in a seemingly normal suburb and lizard-men in a Lake Tahoe lounge, and they still manage to come out on top. But now one of Weatherby’s ancient ancestors, the villainous Viscount Wagner Stein, has been resurrected and is looking to stir up trouble – and he’s not alone.

Weatherby, Morton and their allies must make a stand to stop the evils of the past from corrupting of the future – and only one side will emerge alive.

The Kulture Vultures by William Vitka & Bill Vitka

In the black of the cosmos, the Combine rules over entire planetary systems with an iron fist, maintaining a monopoly over hearts and minds everywhere with their terrible sitcoms.

Just so happens that the best pirated culture comes from Earth. The human monkeys might not be smart, but damn if they aren’t entertaining.

Earth’s biggest fan, a lowly intergalactic cab driver named Zel, joins a few not-so-loyal companions in a race to prevent humanity’s extinction – by resurrecting Earth’s great pulp writers and scientists. The only ones with enough creative craziness to figure out how to stop the Combine.

The Department of Magic, by Rod Kierkegaard, Jr.

Magic is nothing like it seems in children’s books. It’s dark and bloody and sexual – and requires its own semi-mythical branch of the US Federal Government to safeguard citizens against everpresent supernatural threats.

Join Jasmine Farah and Rocco di Angelo – a pair of wet-behind-the-ears recruits of The Department of Magic – on a nightmare gallop through a world of ghosts, spooks, vampires, and demons, and the minions of South American and Voodoo gods hell-bent on destroying all humanity in the year 2012.

The Devil You Know, by K.H. Koehler

Not only does the devil have an only begotten son, but he’s currently residing in the rural town of Blackwater in northeast Pennsylvania.