ELLEN DATLOW RETURNS WITH AN ANTHOLOGY OF TERROR!

Step Right Up to the Nightmare Carnival!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MILWAUKIE, OR—Hugo and Bram Stoker Award–winning editor Ellen Datlow (Supernatural Noir, Lovecraft Unbound, Omni magazine, The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror) presents a new collection of insidious and shocking tales in the horrific and irresistible Nightmare Carnival!

Dark Horse is proud to bring you this masterwork of terror from such incredible creative talents as Terry Dowling, Priya Sharma, Dennis Danvers, and Nick Mamatas, featuring cover artwork by E. M. Gist (The Strain, Creepy)!

A washed-up wrestler goes toe to toe with a strange new foe. A young lad’s eleventh birthday heralds the arrival of his bizarre new entourage. A suicidal diva just can’t seem to die. All of these queer marvels and more can be found at the Nightmare Carnival!

For fans of horror, noir, fantasy, crime, and the short fiction format, sixteen stories for $19.99!

Praise for Ellen Datlow:

“I don’t think it’s news to anyone at this point that Ellen Datlow consistently puts together some of the best anthologies in the business.”—Innsmouth Free Press

“Editor Datlow has assembled a nice variety of stories that retain the spirit of HPL’s work without slavishly trying to emulate his style. That, in my experience, is quite the accomplishment.”—Lovecraft Is Missing

Nightmare Carnival is on sale September 24, 2014, in comic shops and October 7 in bookstores everywhere! Preorder your copy today!

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Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent, such as Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Brian Wood, Gerard Way, Felicia Day, and Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Neal Adams, and Jim Steranko, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Its successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Mass Effect, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, EVE Online, Halo, Serenity, Game of Thrones, and Domo. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading publishers of both creator-owned content and licensed comics material.