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FOREIGN TONGUE: SIX BIZARRE TALES OF LOVE & MONSTERS by Mark McLaughlin. FREE on Kindle Unlimited:

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Foreign Tongue: Six Bizarre Tales Of Love & Monsters


FOREIGN TONGUE: SIX BIZARRE TALES OF LOVE & MONSTERS by Bram Stoker Award-winning author Mark McLaughlin explores the many types of intense relationships that can exist between humans and unspeakable nonhumans. You will learn the facts about monsters who are cherished friends … members of the family … dangerous enemies … passionate lovers. Here you will discover the many unholy creatures who lurk in the labyrinthine corridors of Valgrumbo House. You will witness the wicked goings-on at the Sweet Thang Adult Emporium … the reptilian horror of Motulu, Monster of Death … and the grandiose magickal Simulacrum of the desirable wizard, Mungha Sorcyllamia. You will attend a surreal film festival where nightmares and erotic fantasies entwine on the screen and in real life ... all in FOREIGN TONGUE.

Mark McLaughlin is the author of MAGIC CANNOT DIE, BEST LITTLE WITCH-HOUSE IN ARKHAM and HIDEOUS FACES, BEAUTIFUL SKULLS, and with Michael Sheehan, Jr., has co-authored THE ABOMINATIONS OF NEPHREN-KA, THE HORROR IN THE WATER TOWER, THE BLASPHEMY IN THE CANOPIC JAR, SHOGGOTH APOCALYPSE, THE RELIC IN THE EGYPTIAN GALLERY, and THE CREATURE IN THE WAXWORKS.

Your New Neighbor Has A Surprise For You….


THE HELL NEXT DOOR: A NOVEL by Mark McLaughlin
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Miles Cooper is surprised when the workers in three moving vans drop off expensive furniture at the empty house across the lane. One item is a huge black door with a beautiful face carved on one side and the image of a skull on the other. So begins an adventure that takes Miles to Hell and back.

In the Hell dimension, Miles encounters the legendary demons Asmodeus, Pazuzu, and Lilith, and learns what really happens to the souls of the dead. He befriends the angel Paxton and the demon Berath, and realizes that relationships in the Afterlife can be just as complex as those in the mortal world.

A demonic scheme backfires and before long, Heaven, Hell, and the human world are threatened with destruction. To save those he loves, Miles must work with his new friends to defeat a rampaging, merciless evil, far more powerful and destructive than any demon in Hell.

Bram Stoker Award-winner Mark McLaughlin is the author of the novels, HUMAN DOLL and THE HELL NEXT DOOR, and the story collections, THE WEIRD WORLD OF MARK McLAUGHLIN MEGAPACK®, EMPRESS OF THE LIVING DEAD, BEST LITTLE WITCH-HOUSE IN ARKHAM, and HIDEOUS FACES, BEAUTIFUL SKULLS. Also, Mark has written many Lovecraftian tales, both solo and in collaboration with his best friend, Michael Sheehan, Jr.

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THE HELL NEXT DOOR: A NOVEL by Mark McLaughlin
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Miles Cooper is surprised when the workers in three moving vans drop off expensive furniture at the empty house across the lane. One item is a huge black door with a beautiful face carved on one side and the image of a skull on the other. So begins an adventure that takes Miles to Hell and back.

In the Hell dimension, Miles encounters the legendary demons Asmodeus, Pazuzu, and Lilith, and learns what really happens to the souls of the dead. He befriends the angel Paxton and the demon Berath, and realizes that relationships in the Afterlife can be just as complex as those in the mortal world.

A demonic scheme backfires and before long, Heaven, Hell, and the human world are threatened with destruction. To save those he loves, Miles must work with his new friends to defeat a rampaging, merciless evil, far more powerful and destructive than any demon in Hell.

Bram Stoker Award-winning author Mark McLaughlin is the author of the novels, HUMAN DOLL and INJECTABLES, and the story collections, THE WEIRD WORLD OF MARK McLAUGHLIN MEGAPACK®, EMPRESS OF THE LIVING DEAD, BEST LITTLE WITCH-HOUSE IN ARKHAM, and HIDEOUS FACES, BEAUTIFUL SKULLS. Also, Mark has written many Lovecraftian tales, both solo and in collaboration with his best friend, Michael Sheehan, Jr.

DIMENSION OF MONSTERS: Creatures, Possession & Lovecraftian Horror by Mark McLaughlin.
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DIMENSION OF MONSTERS presents seven tales of Lovecraftian horror, weird creatures, and unspeakable possession. In “Blood On The Enchanted Blade,” a being from Lovecraft’s Dreamlands discovers how to interact with people in the waking world of Earth, with deadly results. In “Clip-Clop,” an investigator of the supernatural teams up with an unearthly entity to solve a horrifying mystery.

A tale of the insect-god Ghattambah reveals a bizarre plot to destroy most, but not all, of humanity. Another story serves as a guide to monsters you might meet at the office, to help you to avoid many of the sketchy fiends that may lurk in any workplace.

“The Succubus Of The Opera” presents the tale of a bat-winged creature of legend and a strange love affair. “She’ll Never Leave The Attic” and “The Vengeance Of The Six Witches” are both modern-day ghost stories, each with its own unique twist.

Thank you for visiting the DIMENSION OF MONSTERS. Enjoy your stay!

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UMBRA SAPIENS & Other Lurking Life-Forms
by Mark McLaughlin
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In this fiction collection, Mark McLaughlin serves as your guide to the most obscure and reclusive creatures that Creation has to offer, including Sasquatches and Shadow People. Stories include “Lurkers From The Dreamlands,” “Let Me Tell You About Aliens,” “Delilah’s Siblings,” and “Speaking Parts: Frankenstein’s Monster Restitched As A Crazy Quilt Of Flash Fictions.”

The story, “Phantasmapedia: An Alphabestiary of Little-Known Demons, Entities, Mutants, and Pseudo-Biological Aberrations,” provides an overview of many weird beings that live hidden in strange locations, or unseen in our midst, arranged in alphabetical order.

URBAN MONSTERS: Three Tales Of Present-Day Mythology
by Mark McLaughlin.
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URBAN MONSTERS presents three stories of monsters out of mythology, including a tale inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. All are set in the present day, showing that creatures of myth aren’t relics from the past. They live among us and are still ready to destroy the unwary.

In “The Lurker In The Basement,” you will learn about a threat from the ancient world that is born to a wealthy modern-day couple. They do their best to conceal their hideous offspring from others, but there is no hiding a creature that hungers for human flesh.

“The Protective Care Ward” is set in a clinic for individuals with special problems. Some of the patients are extremely dangerous, including one whose appearance changes on a regular basis. That patient is in contact with the powerful deity Azathoth. Curing the patient might turn out to be tricky, since it could bring about the end of the world.

“Mother Most Foul” tells the tale of a creature out of Greek mythology who has decided to settle down in a domestic life as a mortal’s wife. But the creature clings to many strange beliefs, and finds it nearly impossible to blend into society. The story is told from the viewpoint of the creature’s long-suffering son, who does his best to help Mother to fit into a world that finds her both confusing and frightening….

Crushed Velvet: Poems Of Horror & Beauty
by Mark McLaughlin

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CRUSHED VELVET: POEMS OF HORROR & BEAUTY features the best of Mark McLaughlin’s poetry throughout his career. His fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in hundreds of magazines, newspapers, websites, and anthologies. His books include the novels, HUMAN DOLL, THE HELL NEXT DOOR, and INJECTABLES. McLaughlin was also one of the authors of THE GOSSAMER EYE, a collection that won the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Poetry category.

Three authors were featured in THE GOSSAMER EYE: Mark McLaughlin, Rain Graves and David Niall Wilson. The three authors represented in this collection wrote in numerous speculative genres, with an emphasis on horror and dark fantasy. McLaughlin is also the author of many other poetry collections, including PROFESSOR LAGUNGO’S EXOTIC ARTIFACTS & ASSORTED MYSTIC COLLECTIBLES, which was a nominee for the 2003 Bram Stoker Poetry Award.

“I have always felt that dark verse has to feature more than just gore, gloom, and violence,” McLaughlin said. “There has to be some profound human element. That element can be love, humor, irony, a contrasting appreciation of beauty, or any combination of possible options.”

CRUSHED VELVET features a wide variety of McLaughlin’s poems from various anthologies, magazines, and collections of his work. Poems you will find in this collection include “Now Is The Winter Of My Discontent Pterodactyl,” “Death Is Coming For You, My Friend,” “I Had A Dream And You Were In It,” “Mom And Dad Went Insane And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt,” “Older Than Dirt And Twice As Ugly,” “The Return Of Lizard-Lips,” “Steamroller Concerto (In B-Flat),” “A Dream Of Shrieking Insects,” “Consummate Blasphemy Of The Rustmad Technogod,” “Caligari, Inc.,” “Scandalicious,” “The Snickerer In The Snack Machine,” “Internet Witches,” and “A Flaming Death Is Not For Me.”

EMBRACE OF THE INTERNET WITCH: Poems Of Dark Wonder
by Mark McLaughlin
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The poems in EMBRACE OF THE INTERNET WITCH cover a wide range of dark fantasy and horror themes, including mythical creatures, strange love, dark magic, and bizarre twists of fate. Mark McLaughlin’s fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared worldwide in hundreds of magazines, newspapers, websites, and anthologies.

McLaughlin’s books include the novels, HUMAN DOLL, THE HELL NEXT DOOR, and INJECTABLES. He is also the author of CRUSHED VELVET: POEMS OF HORROR & BEAUTY. Mark was one of the authors of THE GOSSAMER EYE, a collection that won the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Poetry category. His 2002 poetry collection, PROFESSOR LaGUNGO’S EXOTIC ARTIFACTS & ASSORTED MYSTIC COLLECTIBLES was a nominee for the 2003 Stoker Poetry Award.

Poems collected in EMBRACE OF THE INTERNET WITCH include the following, as well as many more: “The Further Adventures Of Lizzie Borden,” “The Murdermobile,” “Poetry & Discipline,” “Lord Of The Canals,” “Ancient Egyptian Home Shopping Network,” “Pop-Up Grimoire,” “Ten Things To Feed An Infant Zombie, Should You Find Yourself Having To Care For One,” “Strange Survivals: A Mythos Update,” “Summer Blockbuster,” “Addressing The Global Symposium On Spontaneous Combustion,” “After Valiant Perseus Snicked Off Medusa’s Head,” “A Spell To Reverse An Unfortunate Turn Of Events,” and “Embrace Of The Internet Witch.”

THE POETRY OF MARK McLAUGHLIN
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EMBRACE OF THE INTERNET WITCH: POEMS OF DARK WONDER
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The poems in EMBRACE OF THE INTERNET WITCH cover a wide range of dark fantasy and horror themes, including mythical creatures, strange love, dark magic, and bizarre twists of fate.

PROFESSOR LaGUNGO'S EXOTIC ARTIFACTS & ASSORTED MYSTIC COLLECTIBLES: INCREASED INVENTORY
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Mark McLaughlin’s 2002 poetry collection, “Professor LaGungo’s Exotic Artifacts & Assorted Mystic Collectibles,” now out of print, was a nominee for the 2003 Bram Stoker Award in the Poetry category. This “Increased Inventory” version of that collection features even more items from the notorious shelves of the Professor’s occult shop.

CRUSHED VELVET: POEMS OF HORROR & BEAUTY
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UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BG8T5J5R
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
CRUSHED VELVET features the best of Mark McLaughlin’s poetry throughout his career. McLaughlin was one of the authors of THE GOSSAMER EYE, a collection that won the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Poetry. His books also include many other poetry collections, as well as the novels, HUMAN DOLL, THE HELL NEXT DOOR, and INJECTABLES. His fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in hundreds of magazines, newspapers, websites, and anthologies.

Here we see authors Mark McLaughlin and Michael Sheehan, Jr. gazing in terror at the unspeakable cosmic secrets revealed in their new book, THE WRATH OF NYARLATHOTEP. 😮

THE WRATH OF NYARLATHOTEP:
Cthulhu Mythos Tales Of The Dark Pharaoh
by Mark McLaughlin and Michael Sheehan, Jr.
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