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Horrostör by Grady Hendrix: $3.99!

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Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Columbus, Ohio.

Haute Dogs by Russell Van Kraayenburg: $3.99!

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"It's like geek heaven, you gotta check it out!" — anonymous guy on his phone at our BEA/Bookcon booth, who basically gave us the best endorsement ever. 

Remember the days when you used to get excited about getting mail? Back when we used to get more than spam and bills? Bring back those days with personal notes and letters sent in your own handmade envelopes! Use these instructions to make your own envelopes to fit any size letter or card.

Come on out for another amazing round of bookish events. This week offers the opportunity to hear from award-winning authors, as well as future award-winning debut novelists. Emma Straub launches the paperback edition of last summer’s hit The Vacationers, and Judy Blume will give a talk at the 92Y. Sounds like a great week, for sure! Make sure you tweet at us @QuirkBooks to let us know where you went.

Somebody–I think it was Aquaman–once noted that criminals are a cowardly and superstitious lot. Which is why so many superheroes prey upon crooks’ apparent fear of the mysterious and supernatural. And let's face it, when shopping for frightening guises, a hero could do worse than flip through Mother Goose and the Brothers Grimm for inspiration, what with all those wolves and bears and diabetes-inducing candy houses. Here are a few crimefighters from The League of Regrettable Superheroes who apparantly drew on fairy tales and other fantastic literature for their personas…to varying degrees of success.