September Featured Author
Terry Pratchett

Annie's September Picks

Pet Boy by Keith Graves

Meet Stanley -- avid pet collector. He purchases them in singles and in matching colored sets. Big or small, dry or wet, he loves to buy new pets.

But, always on the lookout for something new and unique, Stanley quickly loses interest in the pets he has. Until one day, he finds a very unusual pet store, and before he can say, "I'll take the singing manta ray," -- ZAP! -- he finds himself inside a cage! Stanley quickly learns the ups and downs of being a pet, and by the end of his intergalactic adventure he learns the importance of friendship, loyalty, and respect.

$12.95
New release - 25% off

Daughter of the Blood - Book 1 of the Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop

Seven hundred years ago, a Black Widow witch saw an ancient prophecy come to life in her dazzling web of dreams and visions.

Now the Dark Realm readies itself for the arrival of its Queen, a witch who will wield more power than even the High Lord of Hell himself. But she is still young, still open to influence -- and corruption.

Whoever controls the Queen controls the Darkness. Three men -- sworn enemies -- know that. And they know the power that hides behind the blue eyes of an innocent young girl. And so begins a ruthless game of politics and intrigue, magic and betrayal, where the weapons are hate and love...and the prize could be terrible beyond imagining...

$5.99

War For the Oaks by Emma Bull

Eddi McCandry sings rock and roll. But her boyfriend just dumped her, her band just bokre up, and life could hardly be worse. Then, walking home through downtown Minneapolis on a dark night, she finds herself drafted into an invisible war between the faerie folk. Now, more than her own survival is at risk -- and her own preferences, musical and personal, are very much beside the point.

$13.95

Andrew's September Picks

The Big U by Neal Stephenson

With the massive success of Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson's long out-of-print first novel has become so sought after that the author, who hates it, has relented and allowed it to be reissued. And while Stephenson may hate it, that doesn't mean you shouldn't read it. Oh, quite the contrary. Less science-fiction focused than his later work, The Big U is a hilarious send up of college life in the hyper-materialistic and excess-filled mid-80s, featuring quite a bit of nuclear arms trading, computer hacking, and dorm excesses taking to a completely unforeseeable level. Must be read to be believed, and trust me, you'll laugh your head off.

$13.00

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

A hilarious and fast-paced take on Armageddon in the late 20th century, as affected by the mistakes and quirks of all-too-human representatives of heaven and hell, not to mention humans themselves. The four horsemen of the apocalypse, the snake that tempted Adam and Eve, the Voice of God, and the tattered remnants of the once-formidable Witchfinder's Army all manage to interact with each other in the most improbable ways, and the outcome is truly a surprise.

$6.99
prior to 15% bestseller discount

Neuromancer by William Gibson

A computer hacker who has fallen upon hard times is drawn into a shadowy organization who send him on a mission of questionable legality and extreme danger. He'd back out, but he needs the money, and besides...it's one of the most interesting things he's ever been part of. Now if only he doesn't get killed.

Gibson's novel was inspired by such writers as Philip K. Dick and Alfred Bester, and basically began the cyberpunk subgenre, with its dystopian outlook on technology and what the future holds. It won a ton of awards and is considered required reading for any true science fiction fans.

$13.95

Concrete Island by J.G. Ballard

A normal drive home on the freeway becomes hell incarnate for motorist Robert Maitland, as his car crashes into a sunken 30-foot by 30-foot space between two different highways. His injuries from the wreck prevent him from climbing out, and no one seems to notice him when he attempts to signal passing motorists, and soon he realizes that he just may die of starvation before he can ever get out of the strange netherworld he's been trapped in. And that's when he realizes the most horrifying fact of all--he is not alone on the island.

$12.00

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Not a book so much as a work of art, this novel encompasses narratives within narratives within narratives, disguising itself as a scholarly, almost obscure, dissertation on a documentary movie. The dissertation was written by an old blind man, who died and left behind a black trunk packed with manuscripts in various states of completion. The trunk is discovered upon exploration of the apartment by twenty-something fellow tenant Johnny Truant and his best friend, and Johnny carries the trunk home to read and sort out what he's found. However, he soon finds that the book, which is a detailed research of a documentary movie that seems never to have existed, is exerting all sorts of unhealthy effects upon his mind, making him more and more frightened of things he's always taken for granted. Meanwhile, the story the thesis tells becomes more and more horrifying--telling the story of a photojournalist who's idyllic country house turns out to contain rooms that could not physically be there, rooms whose dimensions constantly shift, rooms that resist all light... rooms that seem to contain some sort of evil, hungry presence.

This book simultaneously fascinates with its narrative twists and turns, boggles the mind with its exhaustive film criticism, and scares the hell out of you. Intensely gripping and entirely worth the time it will take to get through it. Must be read to be believed.

$19.95

Eric's September Picks

Bad Chili by Joe Lansdale

A leather-clad, hog-riding biker is dead. Leonard Pine is the suspect. To help his partner in the case of one murdered lowlife, Hap Collins won't be bending the law, he'll be stomping the hell out of it. Spicing the mix will be LaBorde's own Chili King, a woman in white with a dark past, an actual tornado, several dead bodies in unwelcome places, and an unpleasant experience involving blocks of ice and car batteries. Not to mention the matter of one rabid squirrel.

$6.50

Perdido Street Station by China Mieville

In New Crobuzon, the unsavory deal is stranger to none. Its ghettos contain a mix of workers, artists, spies, junkies, and whores. Yes the unsavory deal is stranger to none-not even Isaac, a gifted and eccentric scientist with a penchant for Crisis Theory.

Isaac has spent a lifetime quietly carrying out his unique research. But when a half-bird, half-man creature known as the Garuda comes to him from afar, Isaac is faced with challenges he has never before encountered. Though the Garuda's request is scientifically daunting, Isaac is sparked by his own curiosity and an uncanny reverence for this curious stranger.

While Isaac becomes more and more consumed with his experiments, one of his lab specimens demands special attention: a brilliantly colored caterpillar that feeds on nothing but a hallucinatory drug and grows larger---and more voracious---by the day. What finally emerges from the silken cocoon will permeate every fiber of New Crobuzon-and not even the Ambassador of Hell will challenge the malignant terror it invokes.

$18.00

The Halloween Man by Douglas Clegg

The New England town of Stonehaven had a history of nightmares---and dark secrets. But when Stony Crawford fell in love with beautiful Lourdes Maria Castillo, he became the unwitting pawn in a game of horror and darkness, a game that had been played since long before his birth.

The Halloween Man walks when the screaming begins, and only Stony Crawford holds the key to the chilling mystery of Stonehaven, and to the power of the unspeakable creature trapped within a summer mansion.

$5.50

House of Pain by Sephera Giron

The house looks so normal. Just a charming home in a small town---perfect for a young couple starting out together. But this house was built on the site of an unspeakable series of murders, butchery so savage that the brick walls of the basement seemed to flow with blood. Tony was just a boy then, but he stood and watched as the notorious house was demolished. Now he's a man, and he's brought his beautiful young wife with him to live in the new house built on the site, without telling her of its hideous secret. Still the nightmares come to her, visions of horror, suffering and perversion, drawing her down to the basement, to a dank tunnel that lies beyond a wall. What calls to her from inside the tunnel? What waits in the darkness to be unleashed?

$5.99

Out of the Light by Holly Newstein and Ralph Bieber

Archaeologists, excavating a Mayan settlement in Honduras, release a deadly entity that feeds on pain and death. The entity blazes a bloody trail through the country, ending up on a cargo ship bound for the U.S. Once there, it makes its way to a small town in Pennsylvania, where it finds a human host.

$16.00
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Lelia's September Picks

The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub

You are about to take a journey...a terrifying trip across a nightmare America filled with monsters beyond anything ever imagined before...a journey into the dark heart of horror...

$7.99
don't miss the sequel "Black House"
due out September 15th

The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille

'The Lion' will be landing. And at New York's JFK Airport, an elite American task force waits as the notorious Libyan terrorist prepares to defect to the West. Then, aboard Flight 175, something goes eerily, horribly wrong---a mere prelude to the terror that is to come. Ex-NYPD cop, now Task Force contract agent John Corey---together with his formidable and beautiful new partner, Kate Mayfield---will follow a trail of smoke and blood across the country. His quarry: a foe with the cunning of a lion and all the bloodlust of a man. To win a desperate game with no rules at all, Corey must invent a strategy that leaves room for no luck at all...

$7.99

Wil's Bones by Kevin Bowen

The Secretary of State's visit to Israel was less than a week away. Islamic fundamentalists, hoping to thwart the peace process, have threatened to kill her and as many Americans as possible. The Israeli and U. S. governments are determined to keep a lid on the situation as they search for explosives believed to be hidden at one of the famous tourist sites. They recruit world-renowned archaeologist Dr. Wil Wilson to help them. No one was prepared for what they found. When Wil can no longer stomach the cover-up, he acts. From Tokyo to Washington, from the halls of academia to the local church, the world is turned upside down. Congress is in an uproar, the press is in a frenzy, and Wil is on the run. But this is only the tip of the iceberg. An election hangs in the balance, truth is about to be buried, and Wil is still in love with Hope.

$12.95

Olivia by Ian Falconer

Have fun with Olivia...dressing up, singing songs, building sand castles, napping (maybe), dancing, painting on wallls, and---whew!---going to sleep at last.

$16.00
prior to 25% new hardcover release discount

The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver

Lincoln Rhyme, the renowned criminalist from The Bone Collector and The Coffin Dancer, faces his ultimate opponent: a kidnapper and murderer dubbed the Insect Boy. But Rhyme is in for a surprise when he learns that catching a criminal is one thing...keeping him is another. Now Rhyme finds himself hunting a ruthless killer in the heart of a southern swampland---and going head-to-head with his protégé, Amelia Sachs, in a rivalry that tests the limits of both their expertise and their love.

$7.99