Tim Waggoner
Tim Waggoner writes primarily horror and fantasy. He lives and teaches writing in Dayton, Ohio.
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 Skull Cathedral |
Skull CathedralAuthor: Waggoner, Tim |
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You awake in a strange setting, strapped to a table. A mysterious doctor begins speaking, each word causing you more concern and apprehension. A device unlike any you’ve ever seen is pushed onto your forehead, its quills attaching themselves to the bone of your skull. You scream with your mouth closed as you enter another unusual place — then another — then another — until finally you enter the . . . . . . Skull Cathedral. |
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 Cross County  |
Cross CountyAuthor: Waggoner, Tim |
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When surviving gets this hard, death comes easy . . . Cross County’s secrets run deep. Settlers first came here hundreds of years ago, taking the land from local tribes sworn to guard its dark secrets. The Cross family now holds the power in the region. When a grisly murderer, hearkening back to a series of killing from years ago, shakes the community, it’s up to the local sheriff to get to the bottom of things before it’s too late. Part murder mystery, part supernatural terror, Cross County will appeal to fans of Greg Iles and Patricia Cornell, as well as horror fans who love Stephen King and Dean Koontz. |
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 Darkness Wakes  |
Darkness WakesAuthor: Waggoner, Tim |
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In the small town of Ptolemy, Ohio, darkness is a living thing. Its home is in the shadows of a bizarre club named Penumbra, where it is worshipped by followers who need the pleasure it gives them. They live for it. And they kill for it. When Aaron was first introduced to Penumbra, he thought it was just a secret club where members could indulge their kinkier fantasies. As he learned the club’s true purpose, he began to change in subtle, horrible ways. Now it’s time for Aaron to prepare his first human sacrifice. It’s too late for him to back out now, but murder is the least of Penumbra’s sins. The true terror is still to come, when. . . Darkness Wakes. |
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 Ripped From a Dream  |
Ripped From a Dream (A Nightmare on Elm Street Omnibus)Authors: Waggoner, Tim; Faust, Christa and Bishop, David |
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This omnibus sees the collection of Black Flame’s first three original novels in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. In each of the stories, Freddy Krueger, with his trademark fedora and razor gloves, manages to cross from dreams to reality and stalk the inhabitants of Springwood. This omnibus editions features the novels — Suffer the Children, Dreamspawn and Protege. |
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 Pandora Drive  |
Pandora DriveAuthor: Waggoner, Tim |
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The small town of Zephyr, Ohio, is home to a very special young woman. Damara is quiet, reclusive — and she has the ability to make other people’s dreams, fears and fantasies all too real. But this isn’t an ability that she can control, as many people in town are beginning to learn. As Damara’s powers sweep like a wildfire through the town, her neighbors’ long-hidden desires and secret wishes are dragged out into the open — and given life. But as the old saying goes, be careful what you wish for, because in this case . . . it could kill you. |
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 Protege  |
Protege (A Nightmare on Elm Street Series #3)Author: Waggoner, Tim |
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Freddy Krueger implants some of his darkness in an unborn child before killing the mother. The baby survives and grows into a young man with a dark side In the dreamscape, Freddy bonds with the child-now teenager Jerome Starkey — with the potential for great violence and evil. Freddy tutors the boy in the ways of darkness while using him as an agent to wreak havoc in the real world. Eventually the apprentice turns on the master. Can Jerome defeat Freddy without becoming an evil to rival that of his teacher? |
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 Like Death  |
Like DeathAuthor: Waggoner, Tim |
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Scott Raymond is a man haunted by his past and terrorized in the present. As a young boy, he witnessed the brutal murder of his family, but there is so much of the gruesome tragedy that he simply cannot remember — including the identity of the killer or why Scott alone was spared. The memories won’t come, but the trauma won’t go away. Scott is an adult now, still emotionally scarred but learning to deal with it. He has come to Ash Creek to write about a different mystery, a six-year-old girl named Miranda who has disappeared in broad daylight one year ago. Here, Scott meets another girl named Miranda, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the one who’s missing — but this one’s a teenager. She will draw Scott into the bizarre hidden world known as Shadow. A world where nightmares are very real . . . and very deadly. |
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 Necropolis  |
NecropolisAuthor: Waggoner, Tim |
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 Necropolis  |
NecropolisAuthor: Waggoner, Tim |
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Centuries ago, when Earth’s Darkfolk — vampires, werewolves, witches and other creatures — were threatened by humanity, they departed our planet’s dimension and journeyed to a shadowy realm, where they built the great city of Necropolis. Matthew Adrion is a Cleveland cop who came through a portal to Necropolis on a case, died, and was resurrected as a zombie. Unable to return home, he works as a private investigator on the very mean streets of this shadowy, dark city. |
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 Dark Ages: Gangrel  |
Dark Ages: Gangrel (Dark Ages Vampire Clan Novel #10)Author: Waggoner, Tim |
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The call of the beast. Deep in the wilds of Livonia, the vampire warlord Qarakh has become a power to be reckoned with. But now, the ancient Ventrue Alexander marches toward his lands, with undead knights at his side. This ancient Cainite has crushed many before him. Can Qarakh hope to stand where so many have fallen? |
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 The Harmony Society  |
The Harmony SocietyAuthor: Waggoner, Tim |
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Reality and nightmare. Past and present. Sanity and madness. For Nathan Bennett, there is no longer any difference between them — not since the Harmony Society came into his life. |
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 All Too Surreal  |
All Too SurrealAuthor: Waggoner, Tim |
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Look at your reflection. The mirror is broken, the cracks spreading. Wider . . . deeper. Look between the cracks, and what do you see? Glimpses of dark, shadowy, twisted things that could only exist on the other side of a mirror. Eighteen stories. Eighteen cracks. The sound of shattering glass. Table of Contents:
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Fantasy by Tim Waggoner
 Sea of Death  |
Sea of Death (Ebberon: The Blade of the Flame #3)Author: Waggoner, Tim |
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Acclaimed author Tim Waggoner brings his first Eberron trilogy to a stunning conclusion. Diran, once a feared assassin, has turned his back on murder, seeking the life of a wandering priest. But in the seas of the Lhazaar Principalities, peace is rarely found, and even justice must be bought in blood. A new power has risen, hoping to conquer the east with an army of beast men, and only Diran and his companions can stop them. The concluding volume in the critically-acclaimed Blade of the Flame series that follows a former assassin trying to change his life and set the world to right. |
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 Forge of the Mind Slayers  |
Forge of the Mind Slayers (Ebberon: The Blade of the Flame #2)Author: Waggoner, Tim |
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One man searching for peace in a land that knows only blood. Diran, once a feared assassin, has turned his back on murder, seeking the life of a wandering priest. His travels have taken him north, into lands caught between warring political factions and plagued by lawless pirates. But Diran refuses to take sides. But when he stumbles upon a plot to restore an ancient relic and use its powers to create an army of assassins, remaining neutral is no longer an option. It’s kill or be killed, take the fight to the enemy . . . even if it means embracing the assassin’s nature within his soul. |
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 Godfire: Heart’s Wound  |
Godfire: Heart’s Wound (The Godfire Duology #2)Author: Waggoner, Tim |
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The Godfire duology concludes as Tarian Ambrus and his companions travel to the battlefield of Heart’s Wound in a desperate race to save Athymar from the forces of darkness. |
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 Godfire: The Orchard of Dreams  |
Godfire: The Orchard of Dreams (The Godfire Duology #1)Author: Waggoner, Tim |
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In Athymar, one of the Nine Known Lands, every man, woman, and child passes out at the same moment. When they wake up they soon discover that they are all imbued with godly powers, some minor, some major. Unknown to the land’s inhabitants, the gods of Light and Darkness, Rudra and Anghrist and the human armies that sided with them, met on the ancient battlefield of Heart’s Wound. The gods apparently destroyed each other and their powers were scattered amongst the human citizenry of Athymar. At the behest of the queen, a party is formed in the capital city of Pendara consisting of former warrior Tarian Ambrus, his son Phelan, the Esylken warrior Ashur Dal, the swordswoman Danya, and the wizard Cynric. The party is tasked with traveling to the battlefield of Heart’s Wound in order to investigate what happened to cause such a dramatic change in the land and what, if anything, can be done to restore Athymar to normalcy. |
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 Thieves of Blood  |
Thieves of Blood (Ebberon: The Blade of the Flame #1)Author: Waggoner, Tim |
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One man searching for peace in a land that knows only blood. Diran was once one of the most feared assassins in the land, but he has turned his back on murder, seeking the life of a wandering priest. But in a rough port town on the edge of the world, his past is about to catch up to him. When raiders hit the town, capturing Diran’s former lover, he must risk everything to save her. And he’s running out of time — for these are no ordinary pirates bent on plunder, but minions of Erdas Cai, a warlord and servant of the Blood of Vol. Thieves of Blood kicks off an all-new trilogy that features races that were created specifically for the Eberron campaign setting. The Blade of the Flame trilogy will explore new aspects of this exciting world. |
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 A Shadow Over Heaven’s Eye  |
Shadow over Heaven’s Eye (The Exalted Series #5)Author: Waggoner, Tim |
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Maylea is a young noblewoman in the city of Yane, whose future was mapped out on the day she was born — how she would live, what she would do, who she would marry. . . . But Maylea is not content to blindly consign herself to destiny. And when Swan, a freelance diplomat who is supposed to be dead, arrives at her father’s estate, Maylea begins to realize that her true destiny might be writ larger across the stars than anyone ever suspected. This story is based upon the White Wolf role-playing game called The Exalted. |
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 Return of the Sorceress  |
Return of the Sorceress (DragonLance New Adventure Series #4)Author: Waggoner, Tim |
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Return of the Sorceress continues a new series of Dragonlance adventures written specifically for readers ages 10 and up. Sized to fit the young reader market, the series features a new group of young companions who band together for friendship and excitement during the golden age of the Dragonlance world. |
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 Temple of the Dragonslayer  |
Temple of the Dragonslayer (DragonLance New Adventure Series #1)Author: Waggoner, Tim |
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The first title in an all-new Dragonlance series for young readers! Temple of the Dragonslayer launches a new series of Dragonlance adventures written specifically for readers ages 10 and up. Sized to fit the young reader market, the series features a new band of young companions who band together for friendship and excitement during the golden age of the Dragonlance world. |
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Science Fiction by Tim Waggoner
 Defender: Hyperswarm  |
Defender: Hyperswarm (The Defender Series #1)Author: Waggoner, Tim |
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The aliens known as the Manti have been destroyed by Defender pilot Mei Kyoto when she helped the AI called Memory crash the moon into Manti-occupied Earth. The remnants of humanity that live on the Solar Colonies have been saved, but at the cost of their homeworld. Several years have passed and Kyoto has become a controversial figure. While some view her as a hero, others demonize her as the destroyer of Earth. Kyoto would like nothing better than to be an anonymous rookie pilot again, but without the Manti threat to keep the Solar Colonies unified, friction has developed between the human outposts. Detroit Adams (now a general and head of the Galactic Stargate Authority) has convinced Kyoto to use her celebrity status as a goodwill ambassador to the Colonies, in the hope of keeping them unified — or at least prevent open hostilities from breaking out. . . . Spun off from characters and events in the arcade classic, Defender: Hyperswarm tells the space-combat story of a military unit as they fight to defend their solar system and save the human race from alien invasion. |
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Mystery by Tim Waggoner
 Dying For It  |
Dying For ItAuthor: Waggoner, Tim |
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Justin and Liana Mallory are husband and wife. They’re also private investigators. Fortunately enough for them, both work and play go together quite naturally, as nothing gets them quite as excited as working on a case. However, when Wyatt Trower, an old flame of Liana’s asks for help, jealousy rears its ugly head, right up until he turns up dead in an alley. Now it’s up to Liana and Justin to find out just what kind of big score Wyatt was working on when he died. Soon the team of Mallory and Mallory find themselves wrapped up in a web of lies, blackmail, and voyeur videos. And someone else wants them to stop nosing into the whole sordid affair — and will stop at nothing including more killing to keep the scandal under wraps. It will take all of their undercover skills to track down the killer, stay safe, and solve the crime. |
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Anthologies with Tim Waggoner
 Thrillers 2  |
Thrillers 2Editor: Morrish, Robert |
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This volume marks the long-overdue return of a dark fiction series that debuted in 1993. After a fourteen year hiatus, Thrillers is revived with a star-studded second volume. Within these pages, you’ll find terror, suspense, and mystery that range from quietly menacing to shockingly graphic, wildly fantastic to grimly realistic. It’s all here, with one universal ingredient: a well-told story. The formula for the Thrillers series is deceptively simple: we invite four of the genre’s most popular authors to each contribute 20,000 words of original, never-before-been-published fiction. We add insightful Afterwords by each author, along with striking illustrations by a brilliant artist. The end result is a wonderful showcase for the finest of today’s short fiction. Table of Contents:
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Summary:
Title List:
1. Dying for It
2. All Too Surreal
3. The Harmony Society
4. Dark Ages: Gangrel
5. Necropolis
6. Temple of the Dragonslayer
7. Return of the Sorceress
8. Defender: Hyperswarm
9. Exalted: A Shadow Over Heaven’s Eye
10. Like Death
11. A Nightmare on Elm Street: Protege
12. Pandora Drive
13. Eberron: Thieves of Blood
14. Godfire: The Orchard of Dreams
15. Godfire: Heart’s Wound
16. Darkness Wakes
17. Ripped from a Dream
18 Eberron: Forge of the Mind Slayers
19. Eberron: Sea of Death
20. Cross County
Title List: The Godfire Duology
1. Godfire: The Orchard of Dreams
2. Godfire: Heart’s Wound
Title List: The Blade of the Flame Trilogy
13. Eberron: Thieves of Blood
18 Eberron: Forge of the Mind Slayers
19. Eberron: Sea of Death
Weblinks List:
Tim Waggoner’s Home on the Web
For a complete list of books and short stories, check out
Tim Waggoner — Bibliography
Check out some free stories by Tim Waggoner on his website:
Tim Waggoner’s Free Short Stories
