Jay Requard

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Risen from the hills of North Carolina, Jay Requard is an award-winning fantasy author known for “heroes with genuine emotions and concerns for the word they live in” facing off against the darkest powers with little more than love, courage, steel, and magic to set things right. From the pulse- pounding heists of Thief of Destiny to the dark desert romance of Death & Dust and other tales of wonder, readers have noted his modern take on the genre feels like “diving into new hero mythology.”

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REEFER SNAKES!: Grindhouse 100¥EN Digi-Trash Jul 13, 2015

by Jay Requard

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REEFER SNAKES!

The Black Company meets Cheech and Chong in this gut-splitting novelization of a Bollywood grindhouse flick you’ll never see on the big screen. Jishnu and the Grinders Sellsword Company face seductive goddesses, deadly nagas, and endless fields of cannabis sativa.

Frame by frame, Jay Requard has painstakingly reconstructed REEFER SNAKES! to its former glory. A blood soaked Swords & Sandals adventure brimming with nonstop thrills, this novelization is available for the first time ever in its worldwide release from Grind Pulp Press.

“Shed the blood, Save my Brothers!”

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The Big Bad II Feb 24, 2015

by John Hartness, Emily Lavin Leverett

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Everybody loves the bad guys, and this second edition of The Big Bad brings you more to love! A collection of best-selling fantasy and horror writers brings you twenty-four all-new tales of vampires, demons, ghosts, zombies, and the most terrifying monsters of all - humans. Crack open the pages, if you dare, and explore two dozen tales of humor and horror by some of the brightest names in the business!

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The Big Bad: An Anthology of Evil May 27, 2013

by John G Hartness, Emily Lavin Leverett

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Everybody loves bad guys, and these are some of the baddest of them all. Forget the rules. There aren't any heroes. No one is going to save you from the wickedness in the darkness. Monster hunters can easily become the hunted. Twisted perverts can find themselves on the receiving end of their own deviant desires. No matter how big and bad someone or something may be, there is always something bigger and badder just waiting. Even the classics like a dragon, werewolf, or supernatural being can fall victim to something even more evil. Take a peek, if you dare, inside the malevolent world of super-villains, monsters, demons and just plain evil folk. Be careful, what you see there might be disturbingly familiar ...

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The Curse of Shallow Bay (Salt Songs) Sep 30, 2021

by Jay Requard

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From the author of the fantasy thriller Thief of Destiny and the bone-crunching sword and sorcery novella WAR PIGS sails a breakneck tale of adventure on the high seas and the devils waiting beneath it!

Already a legend among the corsairs of the Silver Coast, Captain Ngala of The Gamka and his cutthroats ply the Mirror Sea for glittering spoil, threading between the vengeance of the unforgiving ocean and the justice of the western empires always at their back. On the run after a night raid, success is in reach when his ship is moored in the mysterious Shallow Bay.

The crew’s terror multiplies as the dreaded song of a deadly brine-singer echoes across the waves, summoning a terrifying monster from the depths. Against the murderous onslaught of the horrific beast and the mystery of the enchanted singer, Ngala must stem a rising mutiny as desperation and bloodshed spawns fear and betrayal. Every secret, no matter how deep, must be unearthed to end the curse of Shallow Bay. With his ship, crew, and very family at stake, how far will Ngala go to rescue everyone and everything he loves?

For fans of Pirates of the Caribbean and Conan the Barbarian, voyage deep into the epic unknown in The Curse of Shallow Bay.

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Mama Tried (Crime Fiction Inspired By Outlaw Country Music Book 1) Aug 15, 2016

by J.L. Abramo, Eric Beetner, Delilah Dawson, Les Edgerton, Christa Faust, Tommy Hancock, Grant Jerkins, Eryk Pruitt, Ryan Sayles, James R. Tuck

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Outlaws.

It’s what makes the best of country music and crime fiction. Sometimes it’s hardened criminals: murders, thieves, and convicts, sometimes it’s just a poor fool driven to the edge by hard times, hard drinking, or a hard lover.

In this collection you will find stories from the best voices in crime fiction inspired by the best voices in outlaw country music. Stories with:

• An off-books mercenary trying to save a trucker’s delivery from a beautiful thief
• An ex-con dealing with small town prejudice...and armed robbery
• Outlaw newlyweds running from a Tri-county druglord
• A young girl seeking solace in the company of dogs bred to fight that she never found in family
• A wife discovering the other woman is not what she thought
• A writer finding out what prison is really like

Stories by J.L. Abramo, Trey R. Barker, Eric Beetner, Levi Black, Michael Bunker, Delilah Dawson, Les Edgerton, Christa Faust, Tommy Hancock, Grant Jerkins, Ken Lizzi, Riley Miller, James A. Moore, Bobby Nash, Mel Odom, Eryk Pruitt, Jay Requard, Charles R. Rutledge and Ryan Sayles.

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We Are Not This: Carolina Writers for Equality Oct 24, 2016

by Michael G. Williams, Jake Bible, Stuart Jaffe, Andrea Judy, Kay McSpadden, A. J. Hartley, David Childers, Erin Penn, Melissa Gilbert, Jay Requard

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Over two dozen writers from North Carolina or with deep ties to the Tarheel State band together to raise money for LGBTQ charities in Charlotte and North Carolina as a response to the NC General Assembly's passage of HB2, the "bathroom bill."

We are not discrimination.
We are not hate.
We are not fear.
We are not oppression.
We Are Not This.

Table of Contents

TL;DR - by Michael G. Williams
Trapped - by Theresa Glover
The Slave Trader's Wedding - by AJ Hartley
In the Pasture - by David Childers
The Gem of Acitus - by Jay Requard
The Map of the Way - by Kay McSpadden
For Small Creatures Such as We - by Jennifer Julian
Behind the Canvas - by Caryn Sutorus
Hair Shirt Drag - by Gordon White
Another Way - by S.H. Roddey
Ebony - by Andrea Judy
A Rose, A Dragon - by T. Frock
One-Up-One-Down - by Jake Bible
Out of the Shadows - by Darin Kennedy
The Seventh Sunrise - by James P. McDonald
The Butcher's Witch - by Stuart Jaffe
Headstrong - by Nicole Givens Kurtz
Buttons - by Gail Z. Martin
A Dear, Lovely Thing - by Natania Barron
Scorpio Rising - by C.R.R. Lavene
The Color of Love - by Tamsin Silver
Our Lady of the Flowers Saved My Life - by Charlotte Henley Babb
Threshold Sanctuary - by Erin Penn
God Don't Like Ugly - by Tonia Brown
My Name - by Calandra Usher
The Soldier Who Swung at the End of a Thread - by M. David Blake
Inverted Perception - by Faith Naff
Missing Muse - by Melissa McArthur
Bog - by Trevor Curtis
Lovebite - by Jason Gilbert
The Dark Lady - by Lucy Blue
Rallying for Regular Lives - by Joanne Spataro

Proceeds from the sale of this anthology will go to support LGBTQ charities and non-profits in North Carolina.

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A Wave of Lions: The Complete Salt Songs Trilogy Dec 23, 2021

by Jay Requard

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Drink to the dire and dead! Sing the songs of bloody corsairs!

Patros Ngala. Tausi of Song City. Queen Zaki of the Silver Coasts.

Bound by blood and bloodshed, these three legendary pirate captains will shape the destiny of the Mirror Sea through the steel in their hands and courage in their hearts.

Gathered from the dregs of scorned empires built on slavery and vice in Juut’s glittering west, brave souls sail the Mirror Sea as they carve liberated holds along its coasts. From one raid to the next, reavers risk execution, or worse, imprisonment, for a chance at riches and renown.

In a world full of sorcery and mayhem they will follow tailwinds to glory, into the darkest depths of the ocean and beyond. Horrors unimaginable and treasures to match await these brave freeboaters on every horizon.

A Wave of Lions: Salt Songs of the Mirror Sea collects three tales of heroic adventure, passionate romance, and thrilling enchantment! This collection contains the entire trilogy: The Curse of Shallow Bay, At The Mirror’s Edge, and The Queen in Silver. Embark into the epic unknown!

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The Queen in Silver (Salt Songs) Nov 23, 2021

by Jay Requard

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Thrown into the abyss and captured by a devil, Zaki risks hell to escape.

The daughter of the infamous corsair Captain Ngala and heir to his power, Zaki always understood the risks and danger paid for her freedom, but nothing can prepare her for what awaits in the halls of The Tide—home to the vilest of evils. Hunted by a creature bent on enslaving her to his whims and discovering the secret needed to break the world of the corsairs, a game of cat and mouse starts, peopled by nightmares from Zaki’s past. Forced to recount the horrors of her days in punishing detail, she must resist all attempts to be broken as she searches for a way out.

Deeper into memory she goes the crueler the devil’s tortures become, but past the agony something awaits in the back of her mind, a scheme to put the fires of hell at bay. On the back of a warrior weathered by the world, a new spirit will be forged, steeled with the courage needed to spit in damnation’s face.

In this epic conclusion to the SALT SONGS a fierce soul leads the way by the stroke of her sword! For fans of Pirates of the Caribbean and SAW, watch as Zaki fights back as The Queen in Silver.

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At the Mirror's Edge (Salt Songs) Oct 28, 2021

by Jay Requard

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Tausi, son of the legendary Captain Ngala, has risen to the edge of power as higher glories await him on bloody horizons. Now the lord of his own ship, The Ube, he reaves the Mirror Sea to spread the fame of Song City, once a den of monsters in Shallow Bay. Every doubt he meets with the end of a sword in a time where every step he takes carries risk, and no more so when his father Ngala brings together the great corsair-lords to scheme against the shining empires in the west.

Whispers of treasure and vengeance abound as dire plans take shape for an invasion when a fleet suddenly appears. Massed by the imperial slavers of Latia, the most powerful of the corsairs’ many foes, a hellish siege stokes the flames of hatred and war. Soon everything Tausi holds dear in the world will be pushed to the line in a battle for their lives. Every sunrise brings fresh evils, every sunset new destruction, and before the end mayhem will rage across the sea.

Revenge, romance, and valor clash in this pulse-pounding sequel to The Curse of Shallow Bay. For fans of Pirates of the Caribbean and Enemy at the Gates, take up arms and join the fight At The Mirror’s Edge.

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Thief of Destiny: The Collected Saga of the Panther Jul 6, 2017

by Jay Requard, James R. Tuck, Melissa Gilbert

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The only way Manwe the Panther can save his homeland is to rob it blind.

Lurking in the shadows of Tolivius’ oppressive metropolis, the savannah’s greatest thief has spent years pilfering one rich Gypian lord after another, fueling a war that will set his native Juutans free. Yet in those same alleys and on the dusty plains he calls home something else has arisen—something with designs far darker than simply releasing the enslaved.

Chased by an enigmatic sorcerer, Manwe must peel back the shadow of worlds above and below, and on the brutal plains of the savannah none will be found innocent. Cutting his way past kings and criminals alike with his cruel iron, the secrets of the earth will be revealed, leaving his entire world shaken to its core by monsters found in the darkest depths of the human soul.

The revolution has arrived and none will be spared.

From the award-winning author of War Pigs, THIEF OF DESTINY collects THE SAGA OF THE PANTHER in a complete volume of intense action, boiling passions, and the never-ending fight to live free in a world ruled by corruption and ancient magic.

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War Pigs Nov 15, 2016

by Jay Requard, Melissa Gilbert

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Among the tribes of the Wagani war is life, and for Lut, war is his way out of the poverty that he was born into. A reaver, a warrior, and the chosen of the enigmatic goddess the Azure Queen, he has dedicated his existence to furthering her glory by the bite of his axe. Bloodthirsty, powerful, and without mercy, he marches upon the world to spread the name of his beloved deity.

But what happens when the goddess no longer loves her champion?

From the award-winning author of The Saga of The Panther comes a dark tale of violence, betrayal, and redemption where David Gemmell’s Legend fights alongside Steven Erickson’s Gardens of the Moon. In this world victory always comes at a price, love is forever the final victim, and not even the gods can stop the ruthless march of history. This is the world where only the strong and cunning survive.

This is the world of the War Pigs.

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Death & Dust: The Pale Sand Adventures Sep 28, 2019

by Jay Requard

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Death rides on her order and follows his swing...

From the deserts of Hell’s Skin rises two of the greatest evils, staining the sand with blood and fear.

Conjer, a revenant born of sin and spells, is cursed to swing his machete for the dark forces that stitched his horrid body together. Emma, a vampire of insatiable hunger, prowls the night in search of power. Together they are corruption embodied.

But what happens when terrors come out of the desert that are worse than them?

Walk the line between passion and depravity as two of the darkest villains ever to oppress the wastes hunt down insane sorcerers, bloodsucking barons, violent knights, and powerful necromancers in a love story made under crimson skies!

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