First published 2019
This anthology cannot be described through a single protagonist's journey, as it contains multiple independent horror stories by different authors. The collection opens readers into worlds where werewolves prowl, serial killers hunt, ghosts drift through abandoned spaces, and zombies shamble across landscapes. Cthulhu cultists perform dark rituals while mad scientists conduct twisted experiments. Conjoined twins navigate their shared existence in one particularly unsettling tale. The stories span from fairy tale retellings to science fiction nightmares, from psychological terror that burrows into minds to magical realism that bends reality. Some embrace splatterpunk's graphic violence while others deploy black humor to unsettle readers. A bizarre post-apocalyptic cookbook rounds out the collection. These Northern California horror writers created these tales after the devastating Camp Fire destroyed Paradise, California in November 2018, killing nearly 100 people and causing $16 billion in damage. Every story serves the dual purpose of entertaining readers and supporting wildfire survivors through donated profits.
Genres: short-stories, horror
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: anthology, found-family
Setting: Paradise, California, Northern California
Period: 2018
331 pages · Paperback · Tomes & Coffee Press
Content warnings: body-horror, death, graphic-violence