In the City of Saint Ghost, life revolves around an imposing statue, the Colossus, a god cast in bronze. Here is the creator of an alchemical world of priests and soothsayers. But if even the lowliest who live in His shadow are sacred, why is the Titan unable to stem the onslaught of horrors that seep through stone, tunnel in the earth, and bubble in the veins?Why do withered homunculi chew catacombs beneath His streets? Why do golems rise from His clay? Why do devils in copper outthink even the most learned of His priests? And why does a blood-boiling plague spare not even the most prosperous of His children?In this tumult, Calpurnia, Mistress of the Temple of Bastet, slits the caul of her existence, finding the origin of this cataclysmic scourge. She'll learn one thing above all: this is how the world ends.

It’s 1956, and ex-con Royce Pembrook is struggling. When Anna Vogel, an old colleague, comes pleading for help, Royce is pulled back into a world of scammers and fraudulent séances. The reacquaintance is not by chance. Anna is setting up Royce to take the fall for something big. Advance Praise“Coy Hall hits a rare bull’s eye. Immersive period noir that is crisp, fresh, and propulsive. True to the times with light touches of a modern sensibility, A Séance for Wicked King Death is a bracing read.”—M.E. Proctor, author of Family and Other Ailments“Coy Hall is a master of creating thrilling historical fiction novels, and A Séance for Wicked King Death is no exception. With a unique premise and a cast of characters full of moxie and humorous, intelligent dialogue, Hall delivers a pulse-pounding noir novel reminiscent of Willeford or Goodis. His latest protagonist, Royce Pembrook, is a refreshing change from the hardboiled, cliche-driven characters of the past, and it’s pure joy to follow him into the shadowy, enigmatic world of midnight spook shows. A highly enjoyable novel—Hall is a dream come true for pulp aficionados!”—C.W. Blackwell, author of Hard Mountain Clay“Like unearthing an unpublished Hammett book.”—Tim McGregor, author of Wasps in the Ice Cream

Find Obsession. Find Madness. Find Worship.From the gothic imagination of Coy Hall comes A Pantheon of Thieves, a collection of eight horror tales that travel realms of the weird and uncanny. Here gods of memory, pain, and deceit hold a wicked blood court. Here gods open their eyes like a bright moon veiled in smoke. Here the gods of the dead, the gods of metamorphosis, and the gods of nightmare stand hopeful for unwary travelers.

Elijah Valero is a gunfighter afflicted with terrifying hallucinations, including a pervasive one of The Hangman out to kill him.Dogged by the relentless specter of the Hangman, Valero mistakenly kills innocent victims and is forced to hide in an abandoned monastery for his own safety and for those of others. Once there, he encounters far greater dangers than the imaginary Hangman, and gains a bid for redemption as he faces down some silver-hungry drifters out to terrorize a town for its riches. Fans of the Weird West and Gothic Horror will find satisfaction in THE HANGMAN FEEDS THE JACKAL.

A Short Tale of Sword & Sorcery A forgotten age when god-lore and magic drove warriors on quests of blood and gold. The Rider, the progeny of ghoul and man, escorts a small, crumbling ossuary atop his Friesian. His destination is a hidden dale in the Widow Lands, where, temple monks claim, widows of the Great God Scar breathe life into bones long dead. How else does one speak privately with a priest who died a thousand years ago? For he is the man in the charnel box, and the secret he possesses isn’t to be shared with necromancers or moribund gods. A 30 Minute Read