Light at the Edge of Darkness
Cynthia MacKinnon, Editor
Paperback, 376 pp., $14.95
The Writers Cafe Press (June 1, 2007)

28 short stories, including 3 novelettes, covers the Biblical speculative fiction spectrum from horror to thriller to sci-fi to fantasy. These stories are written from a Christian worldview intended to inspire and entertain readers. The showcased Biblical specific fiction sub-genres are: science fiction, dystopia, cyberpunk, fantasy, time travel, and supernatural. The stories have been organized into subgenres with some versatile authors writing in more than one category. Readers will find the serious, the light, the parody, and the heart-stopping.

The Dead Whisper On
T.L. Hines
Paperback, 320 pp., $13.99
Bethany House (May 1, 2008)

Candace “Canada Mac” MacHugh lives a ghost of her former life. Her beloved father is dead and she doesn’t speak with her mom. She is alone. Longing for the past. Dreaming of making a difference.

Until one night when her father’s voice speaks to her from the shadows. The dead, it seems, have messages they hunger to share with the world—warnings of impending disasters and grave danger. Of cities doomed to burn. And they need Canada’s help.

Field of Blood
Eric Wilson
Paperback, 400 pp., $14.99
Thomas Nelson (October 7, 2008)

After Judas hung himself in the Field of Blood, his tainted blood seeped into the earth, reanimating the sinful dead.

Gina Lazarescu has no idea she is being sought by the undead. The Collectors feed on souls and human blood. But there are also the Nistarim, those who rose from their graves in the shadow of the crucifixion, immortal, left to protect mankind. Gina’s future will depend on her understanding of the past, yet how can she protect herself from Collectors who have already died once but still live?

Shade
John B. Olson
Trade paperback, 416 pp., $14.99
B&H Fiction (October 1, 2008)

A monstrous waking nightmare pursues Hailey Maniates into Golden Gate Park, where she is rescued by a towering homeless man. Doctors diagnose her as a paranoid schizophrenic and try to prescribe away her alleged hallucinations, but too many questions remain. The man who saved her suffers from the same mental condition, and believes a Gypsy vampire is trying to kill them both. Against reason, Hailey finds herself more and more attracted to him. But what if he’s a fantasy? What if he is the monster?