A near fine set in near fine dust jackets and VG+ slipcase.

Lakewood, Colorado: Centipede Press, 2015. various artists. 1st edition (Centipede Press), Complete set of five volumes. First editions thus, original cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, colour illus double-page title page and preliminary page, b&w author portrait, illus endpapers. Night Winds illus. Grant Griffin; Death Angel's Shadow illus. Les Edwards; Darkness Weaves illus. Boco; Bloodstone illus. Patrick J. Jones; Dark Crusade illus. Tom Kidd.

Complete set of heroic fantasy stories about Kane the Swordsman, a lavishly illustrated sword and sorcery collection. The first Centipede Press edition, all published in September 2015, all first printing

When Centipede Press announced the expanded 500-copy second printing (released at a retail price of around $500–$800), the skyrocketing value of the 2015 set stabilized slightly. However, because the 2015 set features genuine, hand-signed signature pages by the contributing artists (rather than the facsimile signatures in the newer run), it remains the ultimate prize for completions and continues to hold its premium value.

*****Just in! ONLY 50 copies numbered 201-250*****

After destroying the headquarters of an underground amputation cult, a burned and battered Kline finds himself in a holding cell. When he enlists the help of an ex-cop to commute his prison sentence, Kline inadvertently tangles with a schism of the very cult he sought to destroy. Can Kline investigate the sect’s ritualistic murder spree without getting lured into their ranks?

“Evenson has created a haunted world of violence and damage, where the more a person loses, the closer they get to God. The author proves yet again to be a master alchemist, stirring up a noir-infused detective story, a cultic conspiracy, and some wonderfully grisly body horror into a concoction that is distinctly Evenson.”

—Brandon Grafius

With an Introduction by Luigi Musolino.

This is a listing for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a numbered and signed limited edition formCentipede press. Is numbered copy is as new in shrink wrap directly from the publisher

This edition, with Bernie Wrightson’s art, is the largest, most luxurious, and exquisitely printed edition of FRANKENSTEIN ever published. Measuring 11 × 15½ inches and weighing nearly eight pounds, it includes Wrightson’s finished and unfinished illustrations painstakingly reproduced from multiple sources — original art, archived scans, and rare publications, including fanzines. It also includes a seven-page story, “The Muck Monster,” and also a three-page story, a collaboration with Vaughn Bode. The book includes two non-fiction pieces: Lillian Hochwender’s essay on Mary Shelley and Bernie Wrightson, and George Beahm’s biographical profile on Wrightson.

Limited to 750 signed copies, now OOP

Signed by George Beahm with facsimile signatures by Bernie Wrightson and Mary Shelley.

*****Introduction by Stephen King*****

Full cloth binding with top-edge stain and ribbon marker.

Printed on Mohawk Superfine.

Illustrated endpapers.

Wraparound dustjacket.

Cloth slipcase.

Book size is 11 × 15½ inches.

The Numbered edition of 250 copies is a quarter leather binding with cloth sides. The leather is goatskin from the Alran Tannery in France. The Alran tannery has been producing some of the finest goat leather for over 100 years. The grain has a natural buffed texture similar to suede that adds a beautiful depth to the leather. The European cloth has a uniquely crinkled surface and features a foiled leather label which is inset into the front cover. Head & tail bands are handmade with goatskin and endsheets are Hahnemühle Bugra.

The edition is printed on Mohawk Via Laid and is published in two volumes with a tipped in fold-out of the Classic edition dust jacket art. It is housed in a cloth covered clamshell enclosure with velour lined floors and is signed by Robert McCammon & Ed Binkley.

Winner of the 1988 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel, Swan Song is Robert McCammon’s gripping post-apocalyptic novel that weaves a tale of survival, hope, and the battle between good and evil.

Set in a world devastated by nuclear war, the story follows a diverse cast of characters as they navigate the treacherous landscape of a ruined America, fighting for their lives and the future of humanity.

Among these survivors are Sister Creep, who stumbles upon a mysterious and transformative glass relic amidst the ruins of Manhattan; Joshua Hutchins, a former wrestler seeking refuge from the radioactive fallout in a remote Nebraska gas station; and Swan, a young girl blessed with extraordinary powers, whose journey with Joshua leads them to a Missouri town where restoration and hope might begin through her gifts.

Yet, the ancient malevolent force responsible for the world’s devastation is on a relentless quest to recruit the wounded for its dark army. In this desolate landscape teeming with grotesque beasts and pillaging armies, the last vestiges of humanity are drawn into a cataclysmic struggle between good and evil—one that will seal the fate of humankind.

First published in June 1987, Swan Song was the first novel of Robert McCammon’s to appear on the New York Times best-seller list. Critics praised its pace and prose, with Publishers Weekly calling it “broad and compelling… a long, satisfying look at hell and salvation,” while Rave Reviews praised the novel as “distinctive and engrossing…you’ll wish there were more of Swan Song.”

In his chilling vision of a post-apocalyptic world, Robert McCammon masterfully constructs a compelling tale that captures the catastrophic impact of nuclear conflict, the ensuing terror, and the fragile hope for humanity’s redemption.

Like new, direct from the publisher. Author signed copies

A new novel by Tim Curran

Full color front cover artwork, full color interior illustrations, and full color end sheet by M. Wayne Miller.

Alone.

Trapped in the age of dinosaurs.

Sidra is fourteen years old. Entitled. Sheltered.

Now a teleportation accident in the far future has left her stranded in the green hell of the Triassic Period where she must search for her lost brother.

But in order to do that, she must learn to survive in the reed swamps and impenetrable jungles of the Triassic.

With little but the clothes on her back, has to learn to fish, to hunt, to make tools and weapons in one of the most unforgiving periods in Earth’s history.

Every day is a battle against the harsh environment, its predators, and against herself.

Centipede Press 2026 as new copy in shrink wrap. Out of print the day of publication.

An absolute triumph, a masterpiece of suspense, emotion, and flat-out terror … It’s one of this year’s can’t-miss books, and a journey you won’t soon forget.”—Paste Magazine

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM 20TH CENTURY FOX

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER

Named a Best Book of 2023 by Book Riot, Shelf Awareness, and NPR

The Martian meets 127 Hours in this “astoundingly great” (Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and scientifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who’s been swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out.

Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool’s errand—to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Monastery Beach. He knows it’s a long shot, but Jay feels it’s the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has carried since his dad’s death by suicide the previous year.

The dive begins well enough, but the sudden appearance of a giant squid puts Jay in very real jeopardy, made infinitely worse by the arrival of a sperm whale looking to feed. Suddenly, Jay is caught in the squid’s tentacles and drawn into the whale’s mouth where he is pulled into the first of its four stomachs. He quickly realizes he has only one hour before his oxygen tanks run out—one hour to defeat his demons and escape the belly of a whale.

Suspenseful and cinematic, Whalefall is a “powerfully humane” (Owen King, New York Times bestselling author) thriller about a young man who has given up on life … only to find a reason to live in the most dangerous and unlikely of places.

Signed Limited Hardcover Edition:

Limited to only 500 signed and hand-numbered copies

Signed by Daniel Kraus and Vincent Sammy on a specially designed full-colour illustrated signature page

6.14” x 9.21” trim size

472 pages

Offset printed on 100gsm Munken Print Cream

Bound in full cloth

Head and tail bands

Hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine

Full-colour endpapers

Sewn binding

Ribbon page marker

Dust jacket artwork by Vincent Sammy

Naked artwork on reverse dust jacket

Featuring six full colour interior illustrations by Vincent Sammy printed on a special silk art stock & tipped into the book

Housed in custom two-piece enclosure

Covered in a deluxe material

Hot foil stamping on the front and back

Ribbon lifter

Lividian Publications is proud to be publishing a deluxe signed and slipcased Limited Edition hardcover of Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature edited by Becky Siegel Spratford, the most recent Bram Stoker Award winner for Superior Achievement in Long Non-Fiction.

We don’t publish nonfiction often, but this is exactly the kind of special project that deserves a Limited Edition. Becky Siegel Spratford gathered an incredible group for this insightful look into why horror matters: Grady Hendrix, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Tananarive Due, Victor LaValle, Alma Katsu, Rachel Harrison, Gabino Iglesias, Brian Keene, John Langan, and so many other terrific writers.

This special edition includes exclusive full-color wrap-around dust jacket artwork by François Vaillancourt, along with our signature slipcase design with the custom die-cut window, making this production a true work of art.

Retail Price: $125
Publication Date: December 2026
Page Count: 248 pages
Status: Forthcoming

Deluxe Production Features:
• Full-color wrap-around artwork by François Vaillancourt
• Offset printed on an acid-free archival quality paper stock
• A fine cloth binding
• Hot foil stamping on the front cover and spine
• Smyth-sewn to create a more durable binding
• Twine head and tail bands
• High-quality endpapers
• Sewn-in satin ribbon page marker
• Custom-made slipcase stamped with hot foil and featuring a unique die-cut window
• Limited to 600 copies signed by Becky Siegel Spratford and François Vaillancourt

About the Book:
For twenty-five years, Becky Siegel Spratford has worked as a librarian in Reader Advisory, training library workers all over the world on how to engage their patrons and readers, and to use her place as a horror expert and critic to get the word out to others; to bring even more readers into the horror fold.

Why I Love Horror is a love letter to the horror genre from many of the most influential and bestselling authors in the industry. A captivating anthology and heartfelt tribute to the horror genre featuring essays from several of the most celebrated contemporary horror writers including, Grady Hendrix, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Josh Malerman, Victor LaValle, Tananarive Due, and Rachel Harrison.

For devoted horror readers, Why I Love Horror is a celebration of the books, fears, monsters, and midnight obsessions that shaped them. For the horror-curious, this very special edition is an open door into the genre’s bloody, beating heart, guided by the writers who know exactly why we keep coming back to the dark.

Table of Contents:
"Introduction" by Sadie Hartmann
"Why Ask Why" by Becky Siegel Spratford
"Brian Keene’s Giant-Size Man-Thing" by Brian Keene
"The Giant Footprint of Horror" by Hailey Piper
"In the Bermuda Triangle with Sasquatch, Flesh Smoldering" by John Langan
"What You Can Learn from Horror: Don’t Run from Darkness; It’s Trying to Teach You a Lesson" by Alma Katsu
"Horror Is Life: A Blood-Soaked Love Letter" by Gabino Iglesias
"My Long Road to Horror" by Tananarive Due
"Monster Girl: How Horror Gave Me a Place to Belong" by Jennifer McMahon
"On the Amtrak, Heading Home" by Josh Malerman
"Why Horror?" by Paul Tremblay (Drawings by Emma Tremblay)
"Why I Love Horror" by Grady Hendrix
"My Mother Was Margaret White" by Cynthia Pelayo
"Why I Am Horror" by Clay McLeod Chapman
"A Day in My Psychedelic World" by Nuzo Onoh
"Permission to Scream" by Rachel Harrison
"Horror Saved My Life" by Victor LaValle
"Tales from My Crypt" by Mary SanGiovanni
"Of Men and Monsters" by David Demchuk
"Why Horror" by Stephen Graham Jones
About the Authors
Acknowledgments

Reviews:
“Spratford, well-known in the library world as a horror expert, has gathered the most important voices in the genre today…The results are illuminating, moving, and inspiring.”
— Booklist, starred review

"A big, squishy blood-soaked love letter to horror that fans of the macabre and the dark should devour."
— Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of Mexican Gothic