Mad Cave Studios April 2025 Solicitations

Riley, a horror-obsessed podcaster with a slasher villain fixation, is seeking a new career path: Helping her favorite legendary slasher, The Hopton Valley Killer, regain their long-lost notoriety while learning the ropes herself.

Henry Hayes could have been the best baseball player anybody ever saw, if only his dark affliction didn't prevent him from playing in the daylight. But when the barnstorming circuit introduces a new novelty to the game-night baseball under the bright lights-will his dreams of playing pro ball finally be realized, or will his bloody past catch up with him before he gets the chance? From the midwest fields of the 1920s to the big city lights of today, Past Time is a small town thriller on a National scale.

Based on true events, from 1901-1908 Belle Gunness lured dozens of lonely men to her Indiana farm and savagely murdered them for their money. Because Belle managed to avoid capture and face trial, much of this story remains untold. Until now. This is a fairy-tale retelling of her brutal crimes from the perspective of her three young children...who soon discover there is something far worse, and far more evil, than their mother on the farm. Something Buried Long, Long Ago.

DICK TRACY UNDER FIRE! The City is frozen in place as a brazen killer targets members of the underworld and beyond--with someone Dick Tracy knows pulling the strings! Can Tracy navigate the tangled web of deceit that has enveloped his professional and private lives--and can he ignore the kinetic energy between him and the mysterious Breathless Mahoney? The acclaimed crime series continues with a pulse-pounding thriller that will leave readers guessing!

An all-new Quarterly special featuring a multiverse of stories! Prince Thun, the Lion Man of Mongo, is featured in an exciting one-shot tale that expands upon his role in Jeremy Adams's ongoing Flash Gordon series. With many of his people missing, he's forced to dive into the darker depths of the underworld--foes and creatures await! In another universe, we see Ming's last moments as he battles Flash and company. Lastly, another exciting "Flash Fiction" horror tale.

A battle over bits and bytes! Kshin betrays the team to unleash Kro-Tan's deadly serpent, Mongor. Meanwhile, Dynak-X faces off against Octon, only to discover Kro-Tan's shocking secret: her body is still alive in stasis!

The fearless Flash Gordon must join forces with the fiery Princess Aura-despite their tangled past-to find a way into the Empress's castle. With Prince Barin and the rest of the ragtag group in tow, the motley crew comes face to face with a long-lost ally--but are they friend or foe? The past keeps catching up with Flash's present!

Krios finds herself adrift in the various iterations of the galaxy, searching for her Vigil and teammates. The only constant in all of this madness is Odysseus's hunger for power and his lies. However, lies are only as strong as their liars...

Murder-bots are on a rampage! Galactor unleashes a horde of terrible cybernetic nightmares upon the International Science Organization! Jinpei, who is still recovering from injuries in the line of duty, must fight for survival alongside the Beta Team!

Schwinn and Alina uncover a terrible connection between the missing children and a haunting past. To end the darksiders' plight, they must journey deeper into the heart of a conspiracy-and risk everything to reveal the truth.

"The Body Trade is an unrelenting revenge story set against the backdrop of America's aftermarket for dead bodies. Critically acclaimed writer Zac Thompson (Blow Away, Into The Unbeing) and star artist Jok (In Hell We Fight) team up for this neo-noir crime thriller rife with bloodshed and brutality, in the tradition of Blue Ruin and Hell or High Water! Kim Krilic is a divorced ex-con who's trying to atone. However, his short temper tends to get the best of him. When he returns to Florida to bury his estranged son. He's sickened to find an empty grave. His son's remains were sold into "The Body Trade". Armed with righteous fury, Kim sets out to reclaim his child's corpse. But one act of vengeance causes everything to spiral out of control."

In the depths of the spiritual realm known as the GARA-GARA hides a forge even more powerful than the one that made Owada emperor. The Forge of Doom is as powerful as it is elusive, capable of changing the fate of the empire. But to get this forge means to walk the traces of a promise impossible to fulfill. Owada has an important decision to make, to be or not to be a true Blade Forger.

When Owen Blackwood is called across time to a seemingly normal home to destroy a haunted painting, it didn't feel like anything out of the ordinary to this agent of Wolvenheart. Upon arrival, however, Owen finds himself trapped in the very painting he was called to destroy. With only a one hour window of time in which to operate, will Owen be able to save the family from certain death and destroy the painting? Or will he get lost in time and become a cross-dimensional walking ghost?

Hunted by giant primordial beasts, red in tooth and claw, a tribe of cavegirls scratch out a bleak existence in a brutal uncaring world. They cling onto a life where not many make it beyond the first few months, let alone to adulthood. Governed by ancient laws and arcane rituals - the only constants they have - they follow the old ways on pain of death. But One Path, a hunter and warrior, has a plan to change their lives. To free them from the toll the great predators that stalk them charge, and it will overturn everything they know.

After years as an assassin for the Order of Nine-an ancient order dating back almost 3,000 years-Velveteen has turned her back on the very organization that saved her. Tasked with the murder of otherwise innocent hacker Jasper Dean, she sets off to save his life and discover the terrible secret that marked him for death. With the entire Order after them, Velveteen and Jasper must escape their grasp and prevent them from toppling society as we know it.