In the Shadow of the King is the second in a series of collections of short stories and novellas by Shawn M. Tomlinson. The stories included were influenced by Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow, the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith an...
In the Wake of the King is the first in a series of collections of short stories by Shawn M. Tomlinson. The stories included were influenced by Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow, the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Robert E. Howa...
Tales of horror fiction with wit and humor. Well, a bit. That sums up the stories in this collection by Shawn M. Tomlinson. They were inspired by the usual suspects: H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard and, of course, Robert W. Chamb...
'The Pig Abides' is an older children's book designed to amuse both children and adults. It follows a sophisticated pig during his typical day of sleeping, waking, through his moods and his press conference....
This third volume of tales by Shawn M. Tomlinson collects all of the cyberpunk stories the author wrote in the 1980s. Some of them previously appeared in the chapbook titled 'Closer' in 1988. These hard-edged stories take a bleak look at a post-apoca...
Chloe felt it first. It was like a low-powered wave that lifted them slightly as it passed. There was a low whooshing noise, but brief. They all looked at each other. Martin noticed a familiar sound outside. He went to a large window, looked down at ...
It wasn't all that grim, she said. We don't have to go to Deadwood. I was thinking, maybe, Tombstone or Fort Sumner... Wyatt Earp or Billy the Kid? he said. Are you nuts? Yes, she said. Absolutely. I went nuts the moment I saw a flaming star in the d...
Be wary, ye whoÉ Sorry. Just wanted to warn you up front that some of these stories donÕt have conclusions. Most of them do, but some I just never could finish. Oh, yeah, and some of them are parts of series that are here published alone because I ...
In the Realm of the King is volume four of my complete shorter fiction collection. It contains some finished stories, but largely it contains a collection of unfinished pieces. Either I got stuck at certain points of the pieces or just stopped writin...
Tommy guns blasting, the trucks swooped in toward yet-to-be-elected Franklin D. Roosevelt. There were screams from the crowd. Martin, on the running board, pushed FDR down, Eleanor following suit. Chloe shot the driver in the first truck. The truck s...
Outside was crazy. The thick, coming storm weighed me down. It could come any minute: thunderous, hurricane rain, followed by all kinds of hell. I dashed across the lawn, into The Lab and up the stairs. The bookcase was locked. Most of our books ...
It all began with the end of the world. Martin Fahy and friends made it out of the cities, past earthquakes, hurricanes, people with guns, to the Adirondacks where they hoped to sit out The Fall. The world became very dangerous. Some of them stepped ...
There's nothing like holding a pulp magazine; smelling that wonderful smell of the decaying acidic paper, seeing the garish brightly colored cover, looking for the names that became legends. Since 1978, I always wanted to create, edit, design and pub...
In this second issue of Phenomenal Stories, we continue the Cyberpunk serial 'Closer' and the more traditional science fiction serial 'After: The End of the World's Not All It's Cracked Up To Be.' Richard H. Nilsen returns with a horror story in ...
This third issue of Phenomenal Stories features the conclusion of the three-part cyberpunk short novel, 'Closer,' and continues the science fiction end of the world novel, 'After.' In the short story department, Richard H. Nilsen tells the odd tale o...
This fourth issue of Phenomenal Stories features the beginning of the six-part young adult fantasy novel, 'The Book of Power,' by Richard H. Nilsen with illustrations by Linda Naske and a frontispiece by Richard's daughter, Cara Nilsen. The science f...
Phenomenal Stories features the start of the 4-part fantasy serial, 'The Red Wizard' by J.D. Hayes-Canell. Sequels are in the works. PS presents the 2nd part of the fantasy seroal, 'The Book of Power,' by Richard H. Nilsen. The science fiction apocal...
Phenomenal Stories #06 features the start of the the second installment of the fantasy serial, 'The Red Wizard' by J.D. Hayes-Canell. Sequels are in the works. PS also presents the 2nd part of the fantasy serial, 'The Book of Power,' by Richard H. Ni...
Phenomenal Stories #10 features the first installment of the first Hal Johnson mystery novel, An Old-Fashioned Shooting. Richard H. Nilsen takes great joy in his easy-going P.I., makes the reader feel right at home with Hallum Johnson in the Adironda...
We press on with the third volume of Phenomenal Stories Quarterly, a collection of the April, May and June issues of Phenomenal Stories for 2019. Joining the Phenomenal Stories fray are new and veteran writers working in new - for us - areas such as ...
Phenomenal Stories #11 is our first Special Issue, focusing upon the editor's obsession with once-world-famous author Robert W. Chambers. The editor literally wrote the book - the only biography - about Chambers, a writer who influenced such luminari...
Martin knew what a Time jump felt like. It was fast, blip blip, that was it. This was different. It reminded him of the Time Blaster, an emergency, get-me-the-hell-out-of-here device. It had a rushing, mad, sped-up film look. Then he lost consciousne...
At this point, now that I've met you, all I really want to do is build a home in the mountains far away from everybody where they can't find us, Martin Fahy said. Yes, that would be wonderful in a way, but the world's going to end, remember? Cindy Be...
Welcome to the new sister magazine to Phenomenal Stories, Preternatural Tales. Here we've got new tales and classic old tales, the latter from H.P. Lovecraft and Conan the Barbarian creator, Robert E. Howard. We've got columns about books and pulps, ...
For the November 2019 issue of Phenomenal Stories, we pay tribute to the man who fathered the Golden Age of Science Fiction. John W. Champbell Jr. had his flaws, but when he took the helm at Astounding Stories in October 1937, the world was about to ...
It's gonna be fun, Martin said. You always say that, Jerry said. Almost always is. Almost never is, Jerry said. And where'd you get these uniforms? U.S. Special Forces, circa 2047? Had 'em made, Martin said. Unlikely anyone here's seen 'em. More like...
We conclude 2019 with Phenomenal Stories Quarterly #5, Winter 2019, Vol. 2, No. 4, collecting together Phenomenal Stories #14, October; Phenomenal Stories #15, November; and Phenomenal Stories #16, December. The entire issues are contained herein wit...
He tried not to think about it as a human being, but more as just a general. In the valley: 10 million soldiers, with more arriving regularly. The biggest army in history; weapons from all eras, swords, bows, cannon, Howitzers, tanks. The one bre...
Martin and Cindy were lost, without most memories, with most prospects as he pulled an old horse cart at the edge of the small industrial city of Gloversville. It was 1906 or 1907, and they had no idea how they got there or what they were supposed to...