Cat Curio teams up with the self-styled King of Spies to track down his son's the elusive and brutal slasher known as the Catalog Killer. But as their hunt continues, Cat begins to suspect that the King is concealing mysteries of his own - mysteries that can only be solved by Cat Curio, Intrepid Girl Detective! Bestselling dark fantasy author JAMES LOWDER (Prince of Lies, The Corpse) joins special guest artist MATT MERHOFF (HACK/SLASH VS. CHUCKY) to tell this tale of murder and mail-order madness featuring one of the series' most popular supporting characters.
James Lowder has worked extensively in fantasy and horror fiction on both sides of the editorial blotter. He's authored several best-selling dark fantasy novels, including Prince of Lies and Knight of the Black Rose, and has had short fiction appear in such anthologies as Shadows Over Baker Street and Genius Loci. He's penned comic book scripts for several companies and the city of Boston. His book and film reviews, feature articles, and role-playing game design work can be found in such diverse publications as Amazing Stories, Milwaukee Magazine, and The New England Journal of History. As an editor, he's directed lines or series for TSR, Green Knight Publishing, Chaosium, and CDS Books. He's helmed more than twenty anthologies, including Hobby Games: The 100 Best and Curse of the Full Moon. In the media, he is a regular contributor to the Public Radio show "Lake Effect" in Milwaukee, provided werewolf lore on the TV show Weird or What? and tabletop game industry lore for the documentary The Dreams in Gary's Basement, and served as a puppeteer on the indie film Misfit Heights.