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Why do we crave that which is killing us?Addiction is the perpetual epidemic, where swarms of human moths flutter to the flames of hell. Because that warm blanket of a heroin high, that joyful intoxication of a pint of vodka, the electric energy of a line of cocaine, over time leaves you with a cold loneliness and a bitter heart. Relationships are destroyed, bodies deteriorate, loved ones lost, yet the craving continues for that which destroys us-living, as the title suggests, like an Orphan of Bliss.Welcome to the third and final fix of addiction horror. The series that began with Garden of Fiends and followed Lullabies for Suffering can be read in any order. You can start here, you can end here, but Orphans of Bliss is certainly the biggest one yet. A more expansive and diverse table of contents brought together for an explosive grand finale, an unflinching look at the insidious nature of addiction, told with searing honesty but compassion for those who suffer.

Four months to the day he first encountered the boy at Walmart, the last of Phil Pendelton's teeth fell out.At first glance, Phil Pendleton and his son Adam are just an ordinary father and son, no different from any other. Some might say the father is a little too accommodating given the lack of discipline when the child loses his temper in public. Some might say he spoils his son by allowing him to set his own bedtimes and eat candy whenever he wants. Some might say that such leniency is starting to take its toll on the father, given how his health has declined.What no one knows is that Phil is a prisoner, and that up until a few weeks ago and a chance encounter at a grocery store, he had never seen the child before. But now Adam is in his life, altering and controlling it, and it will take a particular kind of horror to get him out. Because there is nothing ordinary about Adam, or the monsters that come when he calls.

Lost Citadel Roleplaying is a partnership between Green Ronin Publishing and the Lost Citadel, a transmedia property developed by C.A. Suleiman, Ari Marmell, and Jaym Gates. This isn't the first time Green Ronin has worked with Suleiman and Marmell (Hamunaptra, Thieves' World), but it does mark the first license partnership between them. For those unfamiliar with transmedia, the concept is reflected in the setting's expression across multiple different media platforms, simultaneously. The Lost Citadel's first expression is an anthology of stories called Tales of the Lost Citadel. Filled with award-winning horror and dark fantasy authors — including Bram Stoker Award-winners and -nominees Kealan Patrick Burke, Brian Hodge, Bracken MacLeod, Elizabeth Massie, and Mercedes M. Yardley — Tales offers 15 dark glimpses into life in the last city of the living.