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Dark Lotus Books

Publisher of exotic fiction, adventure fantasy, the macabre, the outré, classic sword-and-sorcery, and the Just Plain Weird, by lurkers in the dark. First works are by this lurker, intending to attract the truly weird. If your market is Barnes & Noble, there are plenty of mega-corp cellophane publishers, but if lurid growths spring from your fevered pen spurred by madness, then we'd like to see it. Dark Lotus is currently accepting submissions for publishing only as ebooks.

 

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MAALSTROM
by Glenn L Roberts                                              

ebook $6.95
printed $8.95 + S/H
pub. 2001 ISBN 0-9675809-0-0



While struggling to resume his rightful place in the city of Ven, Flores, warlord of the Turlicum clan, is trapped in the Temple of Vensa where he falls under the spell of Amina, the most beautiful gila of the Three Valleys. 

"A beautifully written fantasy saga. The excitement makes the reader keep turning pages.”  —Writer’s Digest

 
 

 
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THE SELK KING
by Glenn L Roberts                                             

ebook $7.95
printed $9.95 + S/H
pub. 2001 ISBN 0-9675809-1-9

Flores pursues Amina to the Island of the Sun-God, battling his way across a strange world, and returns at last to Ven, only to encounter further unfolding of the mysterious relationships that lurk beneath the surface of Maalstrom. 

”Compelling. Any science fiction enthusiast would love this book.”  —Writer’s Digest

 
 

 
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piranhOIa 2nd editOIn
by Glenn L Roberts                                             

ebook $5.95
printed $7.95 + S/H
2nd ed. pub. 2011 ISBN 0-9675809-2-0

Deceitful husband Carl persuades his pretty research scientist wife, Carm, to host a hurricane party in the Nicholas McDonald Cancer Research Center--with horrifying consequences for the party-goers. Mad scientists, biker gangs, rednecks, a stripper, a lying lawyer, psychics quoting Nostradamus and Edgar Cayce all interact with snappy dialogue amid a hi-tech "Monster-Mash" constructed according to the ideas of physicist Stephen Wolfram on cellular automata, contributing to a break-neck classic horror/science-fiction tale with an ingenious final twist that's guaranteed to surprise. Rock-n-roll sci-fi at its best! 

Written in only 20 days in the wake of Tropical Storm Allison which hit Houston in June 2001, piranhOIa is the only sci-fi novel ever written to be based, with some poetic license, in Houston's downtown pedestrian tunnels and Houston's world-renowned Medical Center, in particular the M.D. Andersen Cancer Center.

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL REVIEWS OF "piranhOIa"

"A terrifically fun read!! Glenn Roberts squeezes a lot of horror, mystery and plain old fun into his new novel, piranhOIa. Its pages are filled with a host of quirky characters with monikers such as "Wild Bill," "Carm," and "Cracker," and the brisk dialogue and tight plot will keep the reader guessing until the final page. My suggestion? Grab a copy of piranhOIa as fast as you can, turn down the lights and read this fast-paced novel." —Jerry Mohrlang, author of Sarawak, and Mujahidin.

"A plot worthy of the movies! piranhOIa is a perfect example of building tension. At a hurricane party, everyone seems happy and unafraid. The story takes a twist when we learn that a laboratory can produce an insect out of seemingly nothing, through 'genechips.' Just when you think you have it all figured out, the plot twists again and sends you giddily in a different direction." —Michael H. Fox, author of Theater Boy

"Hip entertainment for sci-fi buffs. Glenn Roberts' piranhOIa is a fast-paced sci-fi thriller. Using a witty and satiric style, Roberts introduces us to his characters and his situations with a casual flair. It allows us to be caught up in the action while enjoying the motley cast of characters in the process. It is only as we move from one disaster to the other that we realize that these are not only victims of society, but of science gone too far. This is an entertaining work of speculative fiction that provides a great deal of food for thought."  —John Dizon, author of Tiara  



 

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Excerpt from
CHAPTER 3

THE G***N  


by Glenn L Roberts   (Coming soon! I haven't finished writing it!)

Sam Trencher has a peculiar talent that only works when the change in each pocket is exactly the same. Ignoring the warnings of old Indian Willie, the town drunk, he entered the Round House after dark to kiss the midnight sun. Now he can't tell what's real, and what's not...and his temperature is rising. 

”After the shattering climax, you will never see brightly colored liquids the same way again, or neglect to count your change."

 
 

 

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