Diablo: Tales from the Horadric Library (A Short Story Collection)

Horror’s favorite authors throw open the doors to the Horadric Library, inviting Diablo fans a glimpse into the terrors that lurk beneath the world of Sanctuary. . . . 

While the Eternal Conflict rages forever onward, horror and superstition of a purely Sanctuary variety still prey on the hearts of the people. In a time long since forgotten, the Horadric Order was tasked with recording local legends, cautionary tales, and stories of the most twisted horror, in the hope that some innocents might be saved by their knowledge. Now, the vaults are open. 

Direct from the Diablo development team and horror’s preeminent minds comes Tales from the Horadric Library, a short story collection exploring the darkest corners of Sanctuary, and the evils that dwell there. This beautiful deluxe book has original artwork and metallic ink on its illuminated pages.

Courtney Alameda is a horror novelist and comic book writer. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, she now resides in the northwestern United States with her husband, one Welsh corgi, two cats, three library rooms, and whatever monsters lurk in the rural darkness around her home. 

Delilah S. Dawson is the author of the New York Times bestseller Star Wars: Phasma and Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire, The Violence, Mine, Camp Scare, the Minecraft: Mob Squad series, the Hit series, the Blud series, the Tales of Pell series (with Kevin Hearne), and the Shadow series (written as Lila Bowen), as well as the creator-owned comics Ladycastle, Sparrowhawk, and Star Pig, plus comics in the worlds of Firefly, Star Wars, The X-Files, Adventure Time, Rick and Morty, Marvel Action: Spider-Man, Disney’s Descendants, Labyrinth, and more. Find her online at delilahsdawson.com. 

Brian Evenson is the author of more than a dozen books of fiction, most recently the story collection The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell. His collection Song for the Unraveling of the World won the Shirley Jackson Award and the World Fantasy Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times’ Ray Bradbury Prize. Other prizes include the 2009 American Library Association’s RUSA award for Last Days and the International Horror Guild Award for The Wavering Knife. He is the recipient of three O. Henry Prizes, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches in the Critical Studies Program at CalArts. 

Adam Foshko is an acclaimed screenwriter, story director, and narrative designer. Having developed and written on the long-running Skylanders, Call of Duty, Destiny, James Bond, and Medal of Honor franchises, as well as with MGM, Paramount, DreamWorks, and HBO, he now works with Blizzard in the Story and Franchise Department on Diablo, Overwatch, and others. He continues to write and develop for film, television, and games. 

Matthew J. Kirby is the critically acclaimed author of more than a dozen novels for teens and young readers, including The Clockwork Three, Icefall, A Taste for Monsters, and the Assassin’s Creed series Last Descendants, as well as Geirmund’s Saga, an original story connected to the world of the Assassin’s Creed game Valhalla. He has won several awards, including the Edgar Award and a PEN Center USA Award, and his books have been selected by the Junior Library Guild and the American Library Association for their lists of best fiction for young adults. He and his family currently live in Idaho.