Autumnal Tales

The Best Weird and Supernatural Fiction of Pierre V. Comtois!Love to read stories about slithering horrors, creatures that rise from ancient dust or gurgle through slimy ocean bottoms, or things that just go bump in the night? Then look no farther than this collection of weird, strange, and often bone chilling tales from author Pierre V. Comtois! Culled from a career that spans over three decades, stories in this autumnal collection reflect the full range of Comtois' output spanning his years toiling in the small press vineyard, mass market anthologies, and Fungi, his own legendary magazine of fantasy and supernatural fiction. Here you will encounter tales of love gone wrong, evils that transcend time, demonic pets, mythic visitations, family secrets, and even a wayward vampire. But hold on, there's more! To enhance the reading experience, this special edition of Autumnal Tales will also feature interior illustrations by a pair of modern fantasy literature's most able artists: Gregorio Montejo and Christopher G. Porter! So, if you're a connoisseur of sang froid or simply a fan of contes cruel, come aboard this literary Dutchman, if you dare, and set sail across haunted seas with tales designed to freeze the blood and chill the soul! Pierre V. Comtois has been the editor and publisher of Fungi, the Magazine of Fantasy and Weird Fiction since 1984 and has had a number of books released by numerous publishers including Goat Mother and Others by Chaosium Fiction in 2015, A Well Ordered Universe by Desert Breeze Publishers in 2016, and three volumes dealing with Marvel Comics including Marvel Comics in the 1980s: An Issue by Issue Field Guide to a Pop Culture Phenomenon, Marvel Comics in the 1970s, and Marvel Comics in the 1980s by Twomorrows Pubs in 2015. More recent releases include Scheduled for Extinction, a science fiction novel from Desert Breeze and Talismanic, a horror novel from Rogue Phoenix Press. Comtois has contributed fiction to many small press magazines over the years including various Chaosium Books anthologies. The author has also written a number of other books including novels such as Strange Company and Sometimes a Warm Rain Falls; non-fiction such as Our Lives, Our Fortunes, Our Sacred Honor; and short story collections such as The Way the Future Was, Different Futures, and The Portable Pierre V. Comtois. Comtois has also found the time to contribute non-fiction articles to such magazines as World War II, America's Civil War, Wild West, and Military History, many of which were collected in Hazardous History. For more information visit www.pierrevcomtois.com