Kindle: 347 pages for only 99 cents. Start reading today.National publisher Wildside Press releases landmark MEGAPACK(R) story collections by top horror, science-fiction and fantasy authors. Award-winning writers who they've selected for the MEGAPACK series include Marion Zimmer Bradley, Robert Silverberg, Fredric Brown, R.A. Lafferty, Philip K. Dick, Andre Norton, and Bram Stoker.The introduction from the publisher:Who is this Mark McLaughlin person, and why should you read him? Mark - whom I've had the pleasure of publishing for nearly 20 years now - is one of those unique voices in the horror field. He doesn't tread the safe (or even sane!) path, but goes off in quirky directions, and he's happy to have company along the way. And while he's poking around the oddest places, he finds humor in the outrageous and the unsettling. Vampires? Of course. Zombies? Definitely. But these are never quite the monsters you're expecting. Don't take my word for it. Here are some other opinions: and "In the most devious manner, McLaughlin's stories achieve a high degree of demonism by perpetuating a sinister 'humor' at the gallows of the human comedy. and " (Thomas Ligotti) and "Listen up. Noel Coward is back. Salvador Dali is back. Dylan Thomas is back. And they're all rolled into one in the shape of Mark McLaughlin who writes stories that are wonderfully witty, surrealistic and ineffably strange. Absolutely fabulous.... If your palette is jaded, come to the feast that is Mark McLaughlin. and " (Simon Clark) and "McLaughlin's tales are laugh-out-loud assaults on consensus reality. and " (Paul Di Filippo, ASIMOV'S) and "Reading Mark McLaughlin is a little like stepping out of the door of an airplane in mid flight. The view is pretty amazing, but the shock of impact may do you in...gruesome, funny and touching. Top that: anybody.... and " (TANGENT)So, dig in and enjoy these 28 tales by one of the modern masters of the macabre.