Night Souls

Department 18: Government agents specializing in the paranormal and associated psychic phenomena, including hauntings, poltergeist activity, demonic possession and other unexplained occurrences. All files highly classified. They have existed since before man walked the earth. They are the Breathers, a species of vampirelike creatures that feed on human souls. They have evolved over the centuries and now are split into two warring factions. Both are a threat to mankind. As the battle lines are drawn, Robert Carter and Department 18 are caught in the middle. They are all that stand between the two sides and their unsuspecting prey. Us.

Brian Keene, Author of City of the Dead

“Maynard & Sims write with a voice that is both uniquely entertaining and profoundly disturbing. Their fiction reflects classic old-school style themes told with a decidedly modern perspective.”

The British Fantasy Society

“Modern gothic writing…The two authors achieve a graceful literary style with effective descriptions and a realistic sense of place, all written with an eloquent turn of phrase. Maynard and Sims write their horror with delicate fluency and a rare subtlety…Eerie yet charming.”

Cemetery Dance

“Maynard & Sims make readers accept terrible denizens from nightmare as casual fact.”

Masters of Terror

“Maynard & Sims write with a fluid graceful style and know how to involve the reader in their story.”

Gothic Net

“Reminiscent of the work of Ramsey Campbell.”

Mario Guslandi, Alien Online

“True masters of dark fiction.”

Harriet Klausner

“L.H. Maynard and M.P.N. Sims write a true horror story that will scare the heck out of readers.”

About the Author

Maynard and Sims have been friends since they met in Ambrose Fleming Technical Grammar School in Enfield, England. Together they have edited several anthologies, most notably the Darkness Rising series. Darkness Rising represents possibly the strongest contribution in this long-running anthology series. They began writing supernatural stories in 1972 and have published various collections.

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