The Mug Life: a Murphy's Lore After Hours collection

Evil walks the Earth in many forms, but so do those who oppose it. Protecting the innocent & seeking justice, they fight to beat back the darkness. Their names are legend or soon shall be. Welcome To Murphy's Lore After Hours.

Doing what's right and beating back the darkness. That's the Mug Life.

In this latest volume, Murphy tries to help a father find a better end to his pain then joins forces with a gremlin to disarm a bomb in a lingerie shop; the NYPD arrests Hex when he's framed by a cannibal granny; hitman Vince Argus plays hide and seek with a target who's in jail; Sir Dagonet awaits execution yet still stands between a town and a dragon that threatens to drown them all; Daye the Daemor learns that not every assassination is easy; the Pink Reaper must find if the King of Killers is back or if there is a deadly new heir apparent; Agent Karver of the DMA has a very bad Christmas and a deadly New Year; Bambi the succubus is sent to capture a rogue demon loose on Earth; the Phoenixian enters into a very unusual relationship with a serial killer; Edgar Tonic and Tommy the jinn even things up with Edgar's ex-wife; Terrorbelle searches for her father during the alternate future of the Mystacaust then faces off against a bovine C-Rex before heading to Hollywood to stop a blackmailer; and Moni the Graveyard Angel confronts an unusual graverobber.

The patrons of Bulfinche's Pub speak out on THE MUG LIFE:
"THIS BOOK HAS MADE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. A VISIONARY AND HILARIOUS ROLLER COASTER THRILL RIDE FOR
ALL THE WORLD TO REVEL IN." -Murphy's Mom.
"I WAS RIVETED. LITERALLY WITH REAL RIVETS TO A CHAIR. Murphy has a weird sense of humor." -Bubba Sue, gremlin
"BETTER THAN ACTUALLY BEING MUGGED. But not by much." -Edgar Tonic, hot dog vendor

PRAISE FOR THE MURPHY'S LORE SERIES

"Mix Gaiman's American Gods & Robinson's Callihan's Crosstime Saloon on Prachett's Discworld and you get an idea of Patrick Thomas' Murphy's Lore." -David Sherman, author of STARFIST and DEMONTECH

"ENTERTAINING, INVENTIVE AND DELIGHTFULLY CREEPY." -JONATHAN MABERRY, Bram Stoker Award Winning Author and bestselling author of Rot & Ruin, V-Wars and ZOMBIE CSU

"A GIFTED AND INTELLIGENT WRITER...UNIQUE AND ENTERTAINING STORIES." -EDWARD DOUGLAS, MIDNIGHT SYNDICATE, Director of THE DEAD MATTER

"UNIQUE BLEND OF FANTASY/HORROR/HUMOR... HORROR FANS WILL LOVE THE CAST OF WEIRD CHARACTERS... IS ALWAYS A FAST FUN READ & A PLACE YOU'LL WANT TO VISIT AGAIN." -Nick Cato, THE HORROR FICTION REVIEW

"JOIN HEX, PADDY & THE GANG IN THEIR RACE TO UNDO THE FUTURE IN FOOLS' DAY, PART OF HIS COMIC MURPHY'S LORE SERIES." -PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

"WANT TO LEAVE YOUR LIFE BEHIND? THEN FOLLOW ME TO BULFINCHE'S PUB... THE CLIENTELE WILL NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE YOU." -Michael Laimo, PIRATE WRITINGS

"HERE MAGIC IS THE NORM... MURPHY'S LORE OFFERS THE READER A LOOK AT THE WORLD BEYOND." -Alan Zimmerman, THE NEW YORK PRESS

"A DELICIOUS COCKTAIL OF HUMOR, FANTASY & HEART WITH A DASH OF SUSPENSE THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN... MOST OF THE TALES MIX LAUGH-OUT LOUD BITS WITH SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES, BUT THE MOST AMAZING PART IS HOW AUTHOR PATRICK THOMAS BLENDS REAL-WORLD ISSUES AND THE MAGICAL PATRONS WITHOUT BEING TRITE, MAUDLIN OR PREDICTABLE." -Beth Hannan Rimmels, THE LONG ISLAND VOICE

"SUCCESSFULLY COMBINES HORROR AND COMEDY... A DIFFICULT THING TO DO AND THOMAS DOES IT WITH FLYING COLORS. I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK HIGHLY AND... LOOK FORWARD TO SEE MORE OF THIS SERIES." -D.W. Jones, BLOOD MOON RISING

"THE CHARACTERS ARE ENGAGING AND AMUSING...THE PLOTLINES ARE CREATIVE AND ENTERTAINING." -Sara Sutterfield Winn, GREEN MAN REVIEW

"Don't ever think to presume that you know what's coming next. The stories are funny... entertaining. ....linger in the mind for ages after you've read them... a solid grounding in the multiplicity of history, religion and myth of the human race... whenever a rainbow beacon leads a troubled soul to the door of Bulfinche's, he, she or it will always find surcease and help...The best thing about these stories is that they address social issues right alongside the whimsical ones." -Marianne Plumridge, INFINITY UK

"Funny, dramatic, action-packed; " -Jon Minors, G-Pop

"AN EXCITING TALE...SIMULTANEOUSLY HYSTERICAL & DOWNRIGHT CREEPY." -Michael D. Pederson, Nth DEGREE