"Robert Dunbar has the unique personal vision, command of language, and atmospheric style to enrapture you in the wildest, deepest nightmare."
~ Tom Piccirilli

MARTYRS & MONSTERS – a collection of short fiction by Robert Dunbar – will shortly be released by Dark Hart Press.

"One of my favorite storytellers, Robert Dunbar is a true craftsman – a master of the genre. His writing is rich with style and substance."
~ Brian Keene
The book has just gone up for pre-order at the Dark Hart site for $18 (with free shipping on pre-orders).
http://www.darkhart.com/mm-dunbar.html

LOVE HURTS
The original Gothic horror tales focused on personalities deformed through loneliness. Ghouls, vampires, werewolves: all made, not born. But the isolation? Are even such as these ever truly alone? Perhaps the psyche has always been more complex than that, desire eternally more potent than terror. Surely, none prowl entirely in solitude. Every hunchback has his gypsy, each phantom his diva, and flames of passion consume witches and martyrs alike. For any lonely monster, tradition demands one sacrificial soul seek immolation. Ashes to ashes. It remains the ultimate, transformative act of love.
~ from the Prologue to MARTYRS & MONSTERS
“Robert Dunbar is a masterful writer: intelligent, controlled, stylish, and honest.”
~ Tim Lebbon
From the Introduction by Greg F. Gifune:
"Gritty and savage … profound and quietly devastating … Quite simply, this collection represents dark fiction as it should be – chilling, entertaining, intelligent."

From the back cover:
"Robert Dunbar has been called one of the “saviors of contemporary dark fiction” and an “avatar of literary horror.” MARTYRS & MONSTERS runs the gamut of this extraordinary author’s narrative range, embracing vampires and sea serpents, werewolves and swamp creatures … as well as a host of nightmares for which no names exist. Whether set on an orbiting space station or in a haunted tenement, these tales are steeped in a passionate intensity that renders them all but unique within the genre, and all boast a sophistication that qualifies them as that rarest of rare commodities: horror for adults."

Robert Dunbar is the author of two novels, the supernatural thrillers THE PINES and THE SHORE, both of which achieved extraordinary levels of critical acclaim. Reviewers called THE PINES a “masterpiece” and “a classic of modern horror,” and THE SHORE has been praised as “one of the best books to come out of the horror genre in years.” Yet horror has only recently become the principal focus of Dunbar’s career. As a film, theater, dance and literary critic, he has penned articles for numerous publications, and both his poetry and his mainstream fiction have appeared in literary journals. (Several of his plays have been produced in regional theatres, among them the horror/comedy BATS.) Dunbar has also written and produced for television and has been a guest on programs like Haunts, Scariest Places on Earth and Weird US.
“Intimate and terrifying, Dunbar's short fiction confidently and skillfully draws the reader in … closer … closer ...”
~ Elizabeth Massie

For more information about MARTYRS & MONSTERS and other upcoming projects by Robert Dunbar, please visit www.DunbarAuthor.com.