Dead Flowers by Stuart Boon and Dean Engelhardt (46pp, retail price $4): Western Australia, New Year's Eve 1982. Conflicting supernatural manifestations threaten to destroy a seaside resort.
Fathoms Below by Jo Kreil and Dean Engelhardt (31pp, retail $2.50): 1962. A French-led Atlantic expedition to discover sunken Atlantis is remarkable enough, but the undisclosed motivations of the expedition principals add curious dimensions to the voyage. Some have an oddly personal connection to the mysteries of the deep, and others have been tainted by its touch. And even in the briny depths of the Atlantic, Cold War tensions complicate the horrors that await.
Known Unknowns by Tristan Goss and Dean Engelhardt (47pp, retail $4): During the Cold War, Britain tested its latest atomic weapons in the Australian desert. In this adventure set in South Australia in 1951, players are operatives for the newly formed Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, investigating the corpse of a possible spy. But everyday tradecraft gives way to the otherworldly, and mushroom clouds might be the least of the nightmares ahead.
Lord of Nombrecht by Thomas Michalski and Dean Engelhardt (50pp, retail $5): In the Holy Roman Empire during the High Middle Ages, monks of Hohenfluss Monastery investigate the strange death of the late lord Konstantin. Within the stony castle, perched atop a lonely mountain away from prying eyes, who knows what ungodliness they might find?
Physiology of Acquired Taste by William Adcock (36pp, retail $4): In 1830 Reims, just after France's turbulent July Revolution, wild stories tell of a werewolf that prowls the streets, and of an abandoned wagon laden with corpses. Is this the work of body snatchers in the style of the English "resurrectionists" Burke and Hare? France has suffered more than its share of terrors over the past 50 years – but none of them like this one.
Red in Tooth & Claw by Chad Bowser (40pp, retail $4): Australia, 1914. Agents of the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF), aboard E-class submarine HMAS AE-3, patrol the Bismarck Sea for German vessels. But in this remote and empty ocean, a weirder danger waits.
Starlight on the Gutter by Simon Lee and Dean Engelhardt (50pp, retail $5): London, 1895. At the St James Theatre, troubles plague the controversial production of Salome, the new play by the disgraced Oscar Wilde. Is the affair simply one of Wilde's shameless attempts to tilt public opinion in favour of his questionable morals? Amid the glamour, decadence, and squalor of London's West End, a terrible plan is rapidly coming to fruition.
BONUS! White War by Paul StJohn Mackintosh (14pp, pay what you want): The Italian Alps, December 1916. A forward patrol of elite mountain troops defends the northern frontier of the Kingdom of Italy against the Central Powers. Investigating reports of explosions, the Alpini patrol discovers that the conflict has shaken something loose from the ancient ice.
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