It's 2012, the year the world is supposed to end, but no one expected this. An infection spreads through New York's Hudson Valley. The government tells us it is just the flu, but people are turning into crazed killers. Can it be stopped? Follow the story from the first days of infection, to the last days of civilization, as told by Dr. Rebecca Truesdale, aka, "Becks." Becks is smart and tough, and while she searches for a cure in the lab, she has to fight for her life in the streets.

The popular "HVZA: Hudson Valley Zombie Apocalypse" novel has now become a graphic novel, exploring the stories of the adventures of some of the other characters as they struggle to survive, or meet their demise and become zombies! Eight talented teams of artists and writers created eight separate stories. There is also a special illustrated short story, and as a bonus, the first chapter of the novel is included.

New York's Hudson River Valley is a place of beauty and history. It is also one of the most haunted regions in the country. Read about ancient Indian spirits at Spook Rock, where an innocent girl was murdered in an act of revenge. Encounter soldiers who still walk the battlefield of Fort Montgomery. Visit haunted houses that line the streets of the old Dutch settlements in New Paltz and Hurley, and see a misty figure that haunts the Sickletown Road Cemetery. Beware; a passing shadow or faint whisper may signal that you have just had an encounter in haunted Hudson Valley.

This omnibus collects three tales of horror set in the town of Silent Hill all written by Tom Waltz: "Sinner's Reward" with art by Steph Stamb, "Past Life" with art by menton3, and "Downpour: Anne's Story" with art by Tristan Jones.

What if the "aliens" are not from other planets? In THE CRYPTOTERRESTRIALS, Mac Tonnies proposes that at least some accounts of alien visitation can be attributed to a humanoid species indigenous to the Earth, a sister race that has adapted to our numerical superiority by developing a surprisingly robust technology. At the same time, this groundbreaking work attempts to reconcile the mythological and contemporary accounts of "little people" into a coherent picture. "For too long, we've called them 'aliens, ' assuming that we represent our planet's best and brightest," writes Tonnies. "Maybe that's exactly what they want us to think."

The Hudson Valley of New York may be the #1 Hotspot in the country for UFO activity, with sightings going back at least a century.In researcher Linda Zimmermann's latest book, she continues to interview many eyewitnesses to the giant triangles, disks, cylinders, and rectangular craft, as well as those with missing time and uncomfortably close encounters. Special sections include Project Blue Book cases in the Hudson Valley, an amazing 1962 sighting in northern New Jersey, and a case that represents the heights of strangeness.

A plague of mysterious origin has swept around the world, killing most of the human population. An ex-Ranger and his thirteen-year-old son are left alone on their farm with no government to rely on. They have taken in refugees, so they may all have a better chance to survive. Together, they farm the land and struggle to feed themselves while guarding against murderous raiders who choose to take from others rather than work for survival. Their farm is in danger and they face starvation without it.