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Dan Abnett

Warhammer Black Library

First and Only – Dan Abnett

Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World – Donald Antrim

The Art of Ratchet and Clank

86 Eighty-Six vol. 1 – Asato Asato

Robert Asprin

Myth Adventures

Myth Adventures One – Robert Asprin

Myth Directions / Hit or Myth – Robert Asprin

Iain Banks

Consider Phlebas – Iain Banks

Biker: Book One – Mike Baron

John Barth

The Floating Opera – John Barth

Baxter Stock (#1)

Pro Physique: An Intro to Flexible Dieting – Stephen Beaugrand and Karina Noboa

Jake Bell

The Amazing Adventures of Nate Banks

The Amazing Adventures of Nate Banks #3: Red Alert – Jake Bell

Pigeons – Andrew D. Blechman

Lawrence Block

69 Barrow Street – Lawrence Block

Strange Embrace – Lawrence Block

Ficciones – Jorge Luis Borges

Randall Boyll

Darkman

Darkman 1: The Hangman – Randall Boyll

Darkman 2: The Price of Fear – Randall Boyll

Darkman 4: In the Face of Death – Randall Boyll

“But… I Can’t Do Anything Else!”: the art of Rob Schrab

Mothers, Tell Your Daughters – Bonnie Jo Campbell

Michael Carroll

Judge Dredd Year One: The Cold Light of Day – Michael Carroll

Judge Dredd Year Two: The Righteous Man – Michael Carroll

Judges: The Avalanche – Michael Carroll

Ghosts and Ruins – Ben Catmull

Farewell, My Lovely – Raymond Chandler

Mindsploitation – Vernon Chatman

George Chesbro

Veil – George Chesbro

Mongo

Shadow of a Broken Man – George C. Chesbro

The Fear in Yesterday’s Rings – George Chesbro

I Am Not A Number – Alex Cox

We Are All Me – Jordan Crane

The Crash Bandicoot Files: How Willy the Wombat Sparked Marsupial Mania

The Fall (The Strain Trilogy book 2) – Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

EMS Synthi 100 – David & Stephen Dewaele

Disco 2000 – Various

Time Troop (#1 – 3) – Dr. Herodotus

Erf – Garth Ennis

Mateo and the Flower of the Rain – Moisés Escudero

Judge Dredd Year One: Wear Iron – Al Ewing

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History – Andrew Farago

Rad Plastic – Chris Fawcett

The Secret History of Twin Peaks – Mark Frost

Understanding Movies (8th Edition) – Louis Giannetti

Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire (Advance Reading Copy) – Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola

Joseph Heller

Catch-22 – Joseph Heller

Something Happened – Joseph Heller

Picture This – Joseph Heller

The Devotion of Subject X – Keigo Higashino

Patricia Highsmith

Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley – Patricia Highsmith

Ripley Under Ground – Patricia Highsmith

The Boy Who Followed Ripley – Patricia Highsmith

Ripley Under Water – Patricia Highsmith

Those Who Walk Away – Patricia Highsmith

Red Nails – Robert E. Howard

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – John le Carré

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race – Thomas Ligotti

Sam Lipsyte

The Subject Steve – Sam Lipsyte

The Ask – Sam Lipsyte

H.P. Lovecraft

The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft – H.P. Lovecraft, edited by S.T. Joshi (1997, Dell)

The Colour Out of Space – H.P. Lovecraft

The Dunwich Horror – H.P. Lovecraft

The Rats in the Walls – H.P. Lovecraft

Sherlock Sam and the Missing Heirloom in Katong: Case 1 – A. J. Low

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Collectibles – Matt MacNabb with Robert Barbieri

James Maxey

Burn Baby Burn – James Maxey

Phantasm Exhumed – Dustin McNeill

Brighter Than You Think: 10 Short Works by Alan Moore – Alan Moore / Marc Sobel

The Knights Tales Book 2: The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short – Gerald Morris

Iris Murdoch

The Black Prince – Iris Murdoch

The Sea, the Sea – Iris Murdoch

Under the Net – Iris Murdoch

Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir

The Destroyer

Created, the Destroyer (The Destroyer, Book 1) – Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir

Baccano! vol. 1: The Rolling Bootlegs – Ryohgo Narita

Star vs the Forces of Evil: The Magic Book of Spells – Daron Nefcy, Dominic
Bisignano, Amber Benson, Devin Taylor

Brave Ollie Possum – Ethan Nicolle

The Art of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Ciero Nieli

B^F: The Novelization of the Feature Film – Ryan North

The Journal of Philip Von Tik – Thee Contortionists (Tyson Platt)

The Westing Game – Ellen Raskin

Ballad of the Whiskey Robber – Julian Rubenstein

Greg Rucka

Atticus Kodiak

Keeper – Greg Rucka

Finder – Greg Rucka

Batman: No Man’s Land – Greg Rucka

Perfect Dark

Perfect Dark: Initial Vector – Greg Rucka

Queen & Country

A Gentleman’s Game – Greg Rucka

Private Wars – Greg Rucka

The Last Run – Greg Rucka

Jon Scieszka

Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor (Frank Einstein 1) – Jon Scieszka

Judge Dredd Year Two: Alternative Facts – Cavan Scott

Batula – Steven Seagle

The Art of God of War – Evan Shamoon

Scrum: A Breathtakingly Brief and Agile Introduction – Chris Sims & Hillary Louise Johnson

Matt Smith

Judge Dredd Year One: City Fathers – Matt Smith

Judge Dredd Year Two: Down and Out – Matt Smith

Lemony Snicket

All the Wrong Questions

All the Wrong Questions 1: “Who Could That Be at This Hour?” – Lemony Snicket

All the Wrong Questions 2: “When Did You See Her Last?” – Lemony Snicket

All the Wrong Questions 3: “Shouldn’t You Be in School?” – Lemony Snicket

All the Wrong Questions 4: “Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights?” – Lemony Snicket

13 Words – Lemony Snicket

Neal Stephenson

The Mongoliad

The Mongoliad Book 1 – Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, etc.

Reamde – Neal Stephenson

Zodiac – Neal Stephenson

Steve Gerber: Conversations – edited by Jason Sacks, Eric Hoffman, and Dominick Grace

Rhytz of Rocque: The Flyer Art of Reuben Storey – Reuben Storey

The Making of Earthworm Jim – Doug TenNapel and Mark Lorenzen

Jack Vance

The Demon Princes

The Demon Princes: The Star King – Jack Vance

The Demon Princes: The Killing Machine – Jack Vance

The Demon Princes: The Palace of Love – Jack Vance

The Demon Princes vol. 1 (Orb edition, 1997) – Jack Vance

Tales of the Dying Earth

Tales of the Dying Earth – Jack Vance (Orb, 1994 edition)

Tales of the Dying Earth: The Dying Earth – Jack Vance

Tales of the Dying Earth: The Eyes of the Overworld – Jack Vance

Tales of the Dying Earth: Cugel’s Saga – Jack Vance

Tales of the Dying Earth: Rhialto the Marvellous – Jack Vance

Everything Can Be Beaten – Jhonen Vasquez (as Chancre Scolex)

Welcome Home – Jaime Vicente

Vice: The Comics Issue (Vol. 13, Number 5) – Various

The Four Just Men – Edgar Wallace

Peter Watts

The Freeze-Frame Revolution – Peter Watts

Rifters

Starfish – Peter Watts

Maelstrom – Peter Watts

Behemoth, Part One: B-Max – Peter Watts

Behemoth: Seppuku – Peter Watts

An Ordinary Spy – Joseph Weisburg

The Cabin in the Woods: The Official Visual Companion – Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard

Who Censored Roger Rabbit? – Gary K. Wolf

Gladiator – Philip Wylie

Phantasm Compendium – Ben Yip

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Birth. Movies. Death.

Birth. Movies. Death. Batman v Superman Commemorative Issue

Birth. Movies. Death. Civil War Commemorative Issue

Boss Fight Books

Boss Fight Books: Earthbound (#1) – Ken Baumann

Boss Fight Books: Chrono Trigger (#2) – Michael P. Williams

Boss Fight Books: ZZT (#3) – Anna Anthropy

Boss Fight Books: Galaga (#4) – Michael Kimball

Boss Fight Books: Jagged Alliance 2 (#5) – Darius Kazemi

Boss Fight Books: Super Mario Bros. 2 (#6) – Jon Irwin

Boss Fight Books (#7): Bible Adventures – Gabe Durham

Boss Fight Books (#8): Baldur’s Gate II – Matt Bell

Boss Fight Books: Metal Gear Solid (#9) – Ashly & Anthony Burch

Boss Fight Books: Shadow of the Colossus (#10) – Nick Suttner

Boss Fight Books: Spelunky (#11) – Derek Yu

Boss Fight Books: World of Warcraft (#12) – Daniel Lisi

Boss Fight Books: Super Mario Bros. 3 (#13) – Alyse Knorr

Boss Fight Books: Mega Man 3 (#14) – Salvatore Pane

Boss Fight Books: Soft & Cuddly (#15) – Jarett Kobek

Boss Fight Books: Kingdom Hearts II (#16) – Alexa Ray Corriea

Boss Fight Books: Katamari Damacy (#17) – L.E. Hall

Boss Fight Books: Final Fantasy V (#18) – Chris Kohler

Boss Fight Books: Shovel Knight (#19) – David L. Craddock

Boss Fight Books: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (#20) – Alex Kane

Boss Fight Books: NBA Jam (#21) – Reyan Ali

Boss Fight Books: Breakout: Pilgrim in the Microworld (#22) – David Sudnow

Boss Fight Books: Postal (#23) – Brock Wilbur & Nathan Rabin

Boss Fight Books: Red Dead Redemption (#24) – Matt Margini

Boss Fight Books: Resident Evil (#25) – Philip J. Reed

Boss Fight Books: Majora’s Mask (#26) – Gabe Durham

Boss Fight Books: Silent Hill 2 (#27) – Mike Drucker

Boss Fight Books: Final Fantasy IV (#28) – Sebastian Deken

HARD CASE CRIME

HCC 001 – Grifter’s Game

HCC 002 – Fade to Blonde

HCC 003 – Top of the Heap

HCC 004 – Little Girl Lost

HCC 005 – Two For the Money

HCC 006 – The Confession

HCC 007 -Home is the Sailor

HCC 008 – Kiss Her Goodbye

HCC 009 – 361

HCC 010 – Plunder of the Sun

HCC 011 – Branded Woman

HCC 012 – Dutch Uncle

HCC 013 – The Colorado Kid

HCC 014 – The Girl With the Long Green Heart

HCC 015 – The Gutter and the Grave

HCC 016 – Night Walker

HCC 017 – A Touch of Death

HCC 018 – Say It With Bullets

HCC 019 – Witness to Myself

HCC 020 – Bust

HCC 021 – Straight Cut

HCC-022 – Lemons Never Lie

HCC 023 – The Last Quarry

HCC 024 – The Guns of Heaven

HCC 025 – The Last Match

HCC 026 – Grave Descend

HCC 027 – The Peddler

HCC 028 – Lucky at Cards

HCC 029 – Robbie’s Wife

HCC 030 – The Vengeful Virgin

HCC 031 – The Wounded and the Slain

HCC 032 – Blackmailer

HCC 033 – Songs of Innocence

HCC 034 – Fright

HCC 035 – Kill Now, Pay Later

HCC 036 – Slide

HCC 037 – Dead Street

HCC 038 – Deadly Beloved

HCC 039 – A Diet of Treacle

HCC 040 – Money Shot

HCC 041 – Zero Cool

HCC 042 – Spiderweb / Shooting Star

HCC 043 – The Murderer Vine

HCC 044 – Somebody Owes Me Money

HCC 045 – No House Limit

HCC 046 – Baby Moll

HCC 047 – The Max

HCC 048 – The First Quarry

HCC 049 – Gun Work

HCC 050 – Fifty-To-One

HCC 051 – Killing Castro

HCC 052 – The Dead Man’s Brother

HCC 053 – The Cutie

HCC 054 – House Dick

HCC 055 – Casino Moon

HCC 056 – Fake I.D.

HCC 057 – Passport to Peril

HCC 058 – Stop This Man!

HCC 059 – Losers Live Longer

HCC 060 – Honey in His Mouth

HCC 061 – Quarry in the Middle

HCC 062 – The Corpse Wore Pasties – Johnny Porkpie

HCC 063 – The Valley of Fear – A.C. Doyle

HCC 064 – Memory – Donald E. Westlake

HCC 065 – Nobody’s Angel – Jack Clark

HCC 066 – Murder is My Business – Brett Halliday

HCC 069 – Strange Embrace / 69 Barrow Street – Lawrence Block

HCC 070 – Catch and Release – Lawrence Block

HCC 101 – Getting Off – Lawrence Block (as Jill Emerson)

HCC 102 – Quarry’s Ex – Max Allan Collins

HCC 103 – The Consummata – Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins

HCC 104 – Choke Hold – Christa Faust

HCC 105 – The Comedy is Finished – Donald Westlake

HCC 106 – Blood on the Mink – Robert Silverberg

HCC 107 – False Negative – Joseph Koenig

HCC 108 – The Twenty-Year Death – Ariel S. Winter

HCC 109 – The Cocktail Waitress – James M. Cain

HCC 110 – Seduction of the Innocent – Max Allan Collins

HCC 111 – Web of the City – Harlan Ellison

HC 112 – Joyland – Stephen King

HC 113 – The Secret Lives of Married Women – Elissa Wald

HCC 123 – PIMP

Michael Crichton

HCC-MC1 Odds On – Michael Crichton (writing as John Lange)

HCC-MC2 Scratch One – Michael Crichton (writing as John Lange)

HCC-MC3 Easy Go – Michael Crichton (writing as John Lange)

Judge Dredd

Judge Dredd Year One Omnibus – Michael Carroll, Al Ewing, Matt Smith

Judge Dredd Year Two Omnibus – Various

One Story

One Story: North – Aria Beth Sloss

One Story: An Inventory – Joan Wickersham

One Story: And Then Someone Came From So Very Far Away – Ann Beattie

One Story: All Lateral – Matt Sumell

One Story: A Party for the Colonel – F.T. Kola

One Story: Storm Windows – Charles Haverty

One Story: Rites – Matthew Baker

One Story: The Pole of Cold – Erika Krouse

One Story: Tell Us You Were Here – Anne Valente

One Story: Bursk’s Cutting Board – Scott Cheshire

One Story: Safety – Lydia Fitzpatrick

One Story: Mothers, Tell Your Daughters – Bonnie Jo Campbell

One Story: The Elephant’s Foot – Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes

One Story: When in the Dordogne – Lily King

One Story: The Savior of Gladstone County – J.F. Glubka

One Story: Durga Sweets – Chitra Danerjee Divakaruni

One Story: Case Studies – Charles Bock

One Story: Catacombs – Jason Zencka

One Story: The Woman in the Window – Joyce Carol Oates

One Story: Queen Elizabeth – Brad Felver

One Story: Switzerland – Ann Patchett

One Story: Where the Bees Are Going – Andy Holt

One Story: Staff Picks – George Singleton

One Story: The Quality of Your Life – Min Jin Lee

One Story: Optimistic People – Chris Drangle

One Story: An Oral History of the Next Battle of the Sexes – Lucas Schaefer

One Story: Prairie Fire, 1899 – Mike Alberti

One Story: What Is Behind – Tomiko Breland

One Story: The Third Birdhouse – John Biguenet

One Story: Goodnight, Nobody – Sarah Hall

One Story: Bayou – Bryan Washington

One Story: Please Give Me One Good Reason Not to Hate You – Shawn Vestal

One Story: A Month on Greene Street – Tom Hanks 

One Story: The King of the Animals – Josh Russell

One Story: Our New Lives – Helen Coats

One Story: Guerilla Marketing – Sanjay Agnihotri

One Story: Faint of Heart – Amanda Rea

One Story: Pups – Kate Folk

One Story: The Crazies – Maud Streep

One Story: Are You Mine and No One Else’s – Danny Lorberbaum

One Teen Story

One Teen Story: Guts – Gnesis Villar

One Teen Story: Toby – Lily Boyd

One Teen Story: Bulletin Board Dragon – Lilly Hunt