The Villains Club: A delightfully devious anthology
Welcome to The Villain’s Club!
Here, chaos is mandatory, caffeine is non-negotiable, and every meeting starts with a complaint about heroes who get in the way.
Inside this delightfully devious anthology, villains finally get their own POV. That means no oversight, no interruptions, just pure, unfiltered rebellion.
On the surface, these villains may seem like ordinary scoundrels, delinquents, bandits, and baddies. Scratch the surface (preferably with a dagger-shaped, impeccably manicured pinky nail), and you’ll find all the complexities, contradictions, impossible choices, and longing for connection that make even villains human. You’ll get to know misunderstood monsters, overworked overlords, demons with major Inhuman Resources issues, and even a few villains who might actually be heroes (but we didn’t have the heart to tell them).
There are no tidy lessons or shiny trophies here. Sometimes we’re the hero, sometimes the villain.
And sometimes, it just feels good to be bad.
So grab a chair, pour something bubbly, and settle in.
Coming Spring 2026
Contributing authors:
1. Brianna Alers
2. Dave Beaudrie
3. M. B. Bruce
4. Dennis K. Crosby
5. Jasmine Griffin
6. Hannah Kate Kelley
7. Chance Kistler
8. Jonathan Maberry
9. E. M. Noller
10. Janina Scarlet
11. Meghan Spelbrink
12. Robin Talamas
13. Rachel Thomas
14. Jocelyn Wallen
15. Morag Wherle
16. Alexis Wright
17. Dewey L. Yeats
Through Bullets and Thunderstorms: A Holocaust Survival Pact
Many years after her death, my grandmother came to me in a dream and said two powerful words: “It’s time.”
I had carried her story in my heart for years, because most people aren’t aware of what happened in my home county of Ukraine during the Holocaust. And with the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, I knew she was right—it was time.
Through Bullets and Thunderstorms is a historical fiction novel that reads like a dystopian horror book and is inspired by her true story. It follows Maria, an 18-year-old Ukrainian Jewish girl. Devastated by the mass executions in her home town, she runs to the river intending to end her life. What she didn’t count on, was finding another girl with the exact same plan.
What followed was essentially a comedy of errors: Maria, who was incredibly short and couldn’t swim, jumped into the river yelling at the girl to stop—only to immediately start drowning herself. And so, the other girl had to rescue Maria, and pull her out of the water.
And just like that, soaked, coughing and shivering, the two girls made a pact to survive together. This chance encounter became the foundation of a powerful story about sisterhood, resilience, and finding hope even in the bleakest of times.
