John      Mayer
Where does the nightmare begin and reality end?,Chaos is about to take over the world. The armies of the Elder Gods and the Great Old Ones are ready for the final, epic battle. Can Darius and the Spectral Squadron save mankind from certain doom? How far will Darius go for the sake of fame and fortune? Will he risk the loss of a friend? Of his sweetheart's love? Of his honor?,Is he willing to risk the existence of humankind?,One of the world's most famous horror writers is dead, leaving his ,magnum opus, unfinished. A dedicated fan is planning to finish the epic - no price is too high. What malignant spirit is curling upward from his whiskey glass? In the Wonderworld amusement park, secrets of the world's most ancient mountains start to surface, and not all the screams in the park are of delight. An ivy-covered hall on a picturesque campus gives no hint of the torments visited upon the helpless creatures within.,Hex Code and Others, features a novelette, three macabre short stories and four poems written by John Mayer, a new, exciting writer in the weird tale and pulp fiction tradition.,John Mayer is also the illustrator.,ABOUT THE AUTHOR:,John Mayer is most famous for being the boyhood friend of someone famous, horror and fantasy writer Karl Edward Wagner. They both tried their hands at writing in high school, but Mayer, more discouraged by the growing collection of rejection slips than was Wagner, soon found that he was just as happy illustrating his friend's tales of Kane. When Wagner's first novel, ,Darkness Weaves,, was published, he persuaded his editor to include Mayer's illustrations, his first published artwork and the first depictions of the character for which Wagner was to become best known.,John Mayer knows the meaning of horror. He used to be an artist. Horror is trying to eke out a living in that profession. At last he has freed himself of Art's clinging tendrils, acquired a registered nurse's license, and is looking forward to an entirely new way of life.,Hex Code and Others, is his first publication of fiction not in comic-book format.
Horror
Hex Code and Others