First published 2015
Terror takes countless shapes in this collection of twenty dark tales. A brollachan stalks through Steve Rasnic Tem's shadows while fangs pierce the night in J.V. Kyle's vision. Stephen Graham Jones unleashes "The Man Who Killed Texas" as scarecrows come alive under Joshua Viola's pen. Mario Acevedo conjures ancient threats in "Zou Gou" while Jason Heller's projectionist screens forbidden films. Jeanne C. Stein reveals the power hidden in wolf paws as coffins crack open in Keith Ferrell's nightmares. Deep woods conceal Aaron Michael Ritchey's horrors while Dustin Carpenter spins webs around his diamond widow. Camera lenses capture more than expected in Viola's hands as Sean Eads loses more than golf balls. Bathroom breaks become deadly in Kyle's world while Edward Bryant summons marginal spirits. Warren Hammond serves up "Delicioso" as librarians guard terrible secrets and throats gurgle with Mario Acevedo's final offering. Gary Jonas closes with a dare no reader should take. These writers transform sleep's darkest corners into waking dread, proving that horror lives in both the monstrous and the mundane.
Genres: short-stories, horror, dark-fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: dark-fantasy, horror-anthology
285 pages · Paperback · Hex Publishers
Content warnings: gore, violence