John Manning

John Manning (1947 – 2015) was born on Halloween night in Wyandotte, Michigan. As soon as he was old enough to read he was fascinated with horror and dark fantasy stories. He finally – after many starts and stops over the decades – broke out with his 2011 release of Black Stump Ridge. He followed that with his short story, Disclaimer, which appears in Lawyers in Hell, a shared world anthology edited by Janet Morris and Chris Morris. His next short story, “Showdown at Brimstone Arsenal,” appears in Rogues in Hell, also edited by Janet and Chris Morris. His short story “Asylum” appeared in Sha’Daa III – Pawns, edited by Michael H. Hanson and Ed McKeown. His first anthology by Iron Clad Press is “What Scares the Boogeyman?” edited by him and containing 19 short stories by writers from the US, Australia, Canada, and Germany. The first book in the “Night Chills” series is “Terror By Gaslight’. The last book which he edited is “Dark Corners” second book in the “Night Chills” series. John succumbed to leukemia after a long hard battle on January 6, 2015.

Dreamers in Hell

Dreamers in Hell

Seven million years on the New Hell Sinday Times bestseller list… The damned are revolting The underworld explodes with excitement as Satan himself rebels against forces from on high. Or does he? Dreams are dashed and strongholds topple as the greatest shared universe of all times convulses with mystery and mayhem. Shakespeare and Marlowe begin a new play to please the Devil…. Satan and Samael plot to expose the unrepentant damned… Before Napoleons eyes, Caesars villa explodes in chaos… Goethe finds out that hell is all around him… Isadora Duncan forgets that dreams can be hell… Hells librarian throws a bash and the damned party down… and down… and down… All over the netherworlds, worse comes to worst as Hells Most Unwanted try assaulting heavens gates and raise more hell than they bargained for….

Fools in Hell – Chris Morris

Alms For Oblivion – Janet Morris and Chris Morris

The Unholy Hole – Nancy Asire

Essence Helliance – Yelle Hughes

Barefoot, On Brimstone – Sara M. Harvey

Ophie and the Undertaker – Shebat Legion

Just Dessert – John Manning

Hell, I Must Be Going – Michael A. Ventrella

Head Games – Bill Snider

Blood and Ash – Tom Barczak

Hellexandria the Great – Sarah Hulcy

The Knife-Edged Bridge – David L. Burkhead

The Wager – Deborah Koren

More Light! – Bettina S. Meister

In the Shadow of Paradise – Jason Cordova

 Zero Sum Game – Richard Groller

And the Truth Shall Set You Free – Jack William Finley

The ITTT – Michael H. Hanson

Siegfried’s Blade – Petra E. Jorns

Stairway to Heaven – Edward McKeown

Knocking on Heaven’s Gates – Larry Atchley, Jr.

Hell Bent – Janet Morris

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Rogues in Hell

Rogues in Hell

Hot on the heels of Lawyers in Hell, the New Hell Sinday Times bestseller, comes ROGUES IN HELL… The war heats up, Satan antes up, and rogues go adventuring as Hell’s landlord faces off with Heaven’s auditors. Veteran Hellions sin again and new writers fall from grace:  Shirley Meier, Bradley H. Sinor, and Michael Z. Williamson.

Babe in Hell – Janet Morris and Chris Morris

Which Way I Fly is Hell – Janet Morris

Downtown Run – Nancy Asire

Madly Meeting Logically – Michael A. Armstrong

Library Redux – Sarah Hulcy

A Hatful of Dynamite – Deborah Koren

Colony – Bruce Durham

Searcher – Edward McKeown

The Miraculous Roadside Attraction – Jack William Finley

BDA – Richard Groller

Hell Road Truckers – Michael H. Hanson

If Necessary – Bradley H. Sinor

Pursued by the Tauwu – Shirley Meier

Ragnarok & Roll – Larry Atchley, Jr.

Scent of a Weapon – Bill Snider

Showdown at Brimstone Arsenal – John Manning

The Place of Fear – David L. Burkhead

Chasing the Key – H. David Blalock

A Hard Day at The Office – Michael Z. Williamson

An Unholy Grail – Julie Cochraine

Battle of Tartaros – Chris Morris

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Lawyers in Hell

Lawyers in Hell

Heaven lays down the law and Hell gets more hellish as the greatest shared universe of all time makes its malevolent return. Souls you hate to love and souls you love to hate reunite for Lawyers in Hell, in twenty-two infernal tales from the underworlds, where Injustice must be served.

Story list:

Interview with the Devil – Janet Morris and Chris Morris

Tribe of Hell – Janet Morris

The Rapture Elevator –  Michael Armstrong

Out of Court Settlement –  C.J. Cherryh

Revolutionary Justice – Leo Champion

Tale of a Tail – Nancy Asire

And Injustice For All – Jason Cordova

Measure of a Man – Deborah Koren

The Adjudication of Hetty Green – Allan F. Gillbreath

Plains of Hell – Bruce Durham

The Register – Michael H. Hanson

Island out of Time – Richard Groller

Appellate Angel – Edward McKeown

With Enemies Like These – David L. Burkhead

The Dark Arts – Kimberly Richardson

Heads You Loose – Michael Z. Williamson

Check and Mate – Bradley H. Sinor

Disclaimer – John Manning

Orientation Day – Sarah Hulcy

Remember, Remember, Hell in November – Larry Atchley, Jr.

Theo Khthonios –  Scott Oden

Erra and the Seven – Chris Morris

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