About the Book
Fifteen original, never-before-seen short stories set in the expanded Predator universe from the first film, featuring the ultimate hunters, the Yautja from the movie Predator. Set in the recent past, the present, and the future, these edge-of-your-seat adventures by many of today's top SF and horror authors take place on Earth and in the dark, unforgiving reaches of space. The diverse, multi-ethnic group of authors includes New York Times bestsellers, Stoker Award winners, and acclaimed contributors to the Alien and Predator universes. Included in this volume are Native American award-winning horror author Stephen Graham Jones, Linda Addison— the first African American to win the Stoker Award, Peter Briggs, screenwriter for Hellboy, New York Times bestselling author and visionary podcaster Scott Sigler (Aliens: Phalanx), award-winning author Ammar Habib (The Heart of Aleppo), New York Times bestseller Jonathan Maberry, Emmy nominated writer Joshua Pruett of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Tim Lebbon, author of the Aliens vs. Predators “Rage War”, and many more.
Featuring Stephen Graham Jones, Linda Addison, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Sigler, Peter Briggs, Tim Lebbon, Nancy A. Collins, A. R. Reddington, Robert Greenberger, Ammar Habib, Gini Koch, Kim May, Yvonne Navarro, Joshua Pruett and Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
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About the Author :
Editor Bryan Thomas Schmidt is an author of novels and short fiction, and Hugo-nominated editor. He has edited Alan Dean Foster, Tracy Hickman, Frank Herbert, was the first editor on Andy Weir's The Martian. His anthologies include Infinite Stars, Predator: If it Bleeds, Shattered Shields (with Jennifer Brozek), Beyond the Sun, Raygun Chronicles, and Mission: Tomorrow. He lives in Kansas, USA. #1 New York Times best-selling author Scott Sigler is the creator of twenty-three novels, seven novellas, and dozens of short stories. He is an inaugural inductee into the Podcasting Hall of Fame.
Scott began his career by narrating his unabridged audiobooks and serializing them in weekly installments. He continues to release free episodes every Sunday. Launched in March of 2005, “Scott Sigler Slices” is the world’s longest-running fiction podcast.
His rabid fans fervently anticipate their weekly story fix, so much so that they dubbed themselves “Sigler Junkies” and have downloaded over 55 million episodes. Subscribe to the free podcast at scottsigler.com/subscribe.
Scott is a co-founder of Empty Set Entertainment, which publishes his Galactic Football League series. A Michigan native, he lives in San Diego, CA with his wife and their wee little Døgs of Døøm. STEPHEN JONES lives in London, England. A Hugo Award nominee, he is the winner of four World Fantasy Awards, three International Horror Guild Awards, five Bram Stoker Awards, twenty-one British Fantasy Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association. One of Britain’s most acclaimed horror and dark fantasy writers and editors, he has more than 175 books to his credit, including such anthologies as The Kingdom of Cthulhu, Shadows Over Innsmouth, Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth and Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth, the “Lovecraft Squad” series, H. P. Lovecraft’s Book of Horror (with Dave Carson) and H. P. Lovecraft’s Book of the Supernatural; the collections Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft and Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre, and the non-fiction study The Weird Tales Boys. You can visit his web site at www.stephenjones-editor.com or follow him on Facebook at “Stephen Jones-Editor”.
Review :
"There's something in her for all Predator fans... All the shorts are varied and the authors talented. Go out and pick this book up."-AVP Galaxy on Predator: If it Bleeds
"Get to the Bookstore! ...a solid anthology of well-written Yautja-centric stories that you won't want to miss."-Adventures in Poor Taste on Predator: If It Bleeds
"If It Bleeds is a solid collection of short stories... The collection of authors is topnotch for sci-fi and horror fans."-Ravenous Monster on Predator: If It Bleeds
"Super fans and casual fans alike will find a lot to offer them in these pages. [Predator: If it Bleeds] is a very tightly woven network of crazy fun and crazy violent action that will leave you wanting more."-Hey Poor Player on Predator: If It Bleeds
