Caped Fear: Superhuman Horror Stories [Paperback]

They are superhuman champions: hyper-charged, meta-guardians of humanity; protecting the innocent from the corrupt, saving us from the sadistic; shielding us from human or inhuman evil in all its forms. But, what if the gleaming smile from the chiseled jaw was actually the animalistic baring of teeth? What if THEY were the nightmare threat? They are not superheroes, but superhorrors! This dark potential is revealed as we present tales of shock and the macabre from a roster that includes some of the greatest creative minds from the realms of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and comic-books. What sort of dark and chilling fates arise when those with powers far beyond mere mortals are the central figures not in tales of triumph, but of terror? Welcome toCaped Fear. Short horror fiction by some of the world's best writers: Barry N. Malzberg & Jack Dann, Colleen Doran, Jim Krueger, Robert Bloch, Karen Haber, Robert Silverberg, George R. R. Martin, Jim Starlin, Howard Keltner, Jonathan Maberry, Neil Gaiman & Roz Kaveney, Heather Graham, Ramsey Campbell, Janeen Webb, William F. Nolan, Brian Lumley, and Joe R. Lansdale.Christopher Sequeirais a writer and editor who specialises in the mystery, horror, science fiction, fantasy, and super-hero genres. He’s written scripts for flagship comic-book brands such asJustice League Adventuresfor DC Entertainment, andIron ManandX-Menstories for Marvel Entertainment. His short fiction has been published in anthologies in Australia, the UK, Canada, the US, and Europe, and he’s created original characters, and edited and published comics and short story collections in Australia. He notably worked as a co-editor on all three book-sized volumes of theTerror Australis horror anthology with Leigh Blackmore and Bryce Stevens. His current projects include Australia’s most popular superhero comic-book as he takes the wheel forThe Phantom on a few different l