Secrets of San Francisco

In all of North America there is no more perfect intersection of climate, culture, and colorful history than San Francisco — the culmination of Manifest Destiny, the Golden Gate to the Pacific Ocean, and the treasure house of the wealth of the great California Gold Rush. Purged of her wild, anarchic past by a devastating earthquake and fire at t...   [click here for more]

Terrors From Beyond

Nightmares Unraveled in Six Scenarios

Perched on a bleak and inhospitable rock off the coast of Scotland, the Hallowsay Light has guided sailors for over seventy years. Now its beacon has gone inexplicably dark, imperiling the ships that ply the waters of the North Atlantic. The news has reached the lighthouse tender Helios, already steaming toward the...   [click here for more]

The Black Seal #3

There are still, depend upon it, quaint, undiscovered countries and continents of strange extent. - Arthur Machen, The Three Imposters

Alien cultures. Strange things and even stranger places. The third issue of THE BLACK SEAL embarks on a whirlwind world tour of the weird and the not-so-wonderful; offering a terrifying glimpse into the darker corners of this strange, mad planet w...   [click here for more]