It’s always darkest before the harvest. Each year, as summer fades to memory, and the sky begins to grow dark, and the leaves change color and fall, the faint, fetid scent of death--of slowly rotting things--begins to drift in, hanging on the chill air like a ghostly pall. Making us wonder, what this year’s harvest will produce. Well... the harvest is here. And it is dead. With these 50 dark tales and nearly 700 pages of terror, you will experience fear, depravity, love, and loss. And a kind of chill, that won’t soon leave your bones. DEAD HARVEST is a crop like no other! Enter the field and get lost... Edited by Mark Parker Includes stories from Tim Lebbon, Richard Chizmar, Ronald Malfi, Benjamin Kane Ethridge, Jeff Strand, James A. Moore, Tim Waggoner, Greg F. Gifune and many more...

Dead Harvest: A Collection of Dark Tales

Literature & Fiction

LEBBON, Tim

Chizmar, Richard

Gifune, Greg F.

Moore, James A.

Waggoner, Tim

Lacey, Patrick

Malfi, Ronald

Ethridge, Benjamin Kane

Kyle Yadlosky

Strand, Jeff.

Genre Fiction

Scarlet Galleon Publications, LLC

The third act in the critically-acclaimed series by Written Backwards, is a symmetrically-structured anthology of psychological horror by Bram Stoker Award nominated editor Michael Bailey, whose previous anthologies include The Library of the Dead, Qualia Nous and Pellucid Lunacy. The anthology contains 45 illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne, over 20 stories by the likes of Stephen King, Jack Ketchum, Ramsey Campbell, Gary A. Braunbeck, Mort Castle, Josh Malerman, Scott Edelman, Richard Thomas, Richard Chizmar and Gene O’Neill, and with 20 intertwined poems by the likes of Elizabeth Massie, Marge Simon, Bruce Boston, Erik T. Johnson, Stephanie M. Wytovich, and also includes an introduction by the extraordinary Chuck Palahniuk.

Chiral Mad 3

Malerman, Josh

Castle, Mort

Thomas, Richard

CHUCK PALAHNIUK

Walters, Damien Angelica

Edelman, Scott

Guignard, Eric J.

Booth III, Max

KING,STEPHEN

Anderson, Paul Michael

Braunbeck, Gary A.

Yardley, Mercedes M.

Arcuri, Meghan

Kemper, Erinn L.

Cataneo, Emily B.

Campbell, Ramsey

Ketchum, Jack.

Bodner, Hal

Brock, Jason V.

O’Neill, Gene

Lin, Jessica May

Written Backwards

The third act in the critically-acclaimed series by Written Backwards, is a symmetrically-structured anthology of psychological horror by Bram Stoker Award nominated editor Michael Bailey, whose previous anthologies include The Library of the Dead, Qualia Nous and Pellucid Lunacy. The anthology contains 45 illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne, over 20 stories by the likes of Stephen King, Jack Ketchum, Ramsey Campbell, Gary A. Braunbeck, Mort Castle, Josh Malerman, Scott Edelman, Richard Thomas, Richard Chizmar and Gene O’Neill, and with 20 intertwined poems by the likes of Elizabeth Massie, Marge Simon, Bruce Boston, Erik T. Johnson, Stephanie M. Wytovich, and also includes an introduction by the extraordinary Chuck Palahniuk.

Bram Stoker Award winning editor Michael Bailey brings you a genre-bending anthology of dark science fiction and poetry, with fiction illustrated beautifully throughout by world-renowned artist L.A. Spooner, poetry and spot illustrations by the always-impressive Orion Zangara, and an incredible introduction on humanism by New York Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson.

You, Human: An Anthology of Dark Science Fiction

Skipp, John

Speegle, Darren

Simon, Marge

Literary

In Darkness, Delight: Creatures of the Night

<h3>Predatory eyes flicker in darkness, a legion of abominations seeking human destruction. Slashing claws and gnashing teeth, hungry for flesh, eager to kill. </h3> <h3>Clutch onto hope and pray for dawn. Creatures rule the night. </h3> <hr /> In Darkness, Delight is an original anthology series revealing the many faces of modern horror-- shocking and quiet, pulp and literary, cold-hearted and heart-felt, weird tales of spiraling madness alongside full-throttle thrillers. Open these pages and unleash all-new terrors that consume from without and within. <h3>The creatures are here. It's now time to find . . . In Darkness, Delight. </h3> <h4>Featuring: </h4> <ul> <li>Josh Malerman: One Thousand Words on a Tombstone - Bully Jack </li> <li>Jeff Strand: The Last Thing You Want to Be </li> <li>Ray Garton: A Survivor </li> <li>Richard Chizmar: Father </li> <li>Mary SanGiovanni: The Giant's Table </li> <li>Tim Curran: White Rabbit </li> <li>Christopher Motz: Scales </li> <li>Kev Harrison: Snap </li> <li>Evans Light: Gertrude</li> <li>Mikal Trimm: Infestation </li> <li>Mark Cassell: River of Nine Tails </li> <li>Mason Morgan: The People in the Toilet </li> <li>Andrew Lennon: Silent Scream </li> <li>Chad Lutzke: He Wears the Lake </li> <li>Adam Light: Valley of the Dunes </li> <li>Eddie Generous: The Newell Post </li> <li>Frank Oreto: The Worms Turn </li> <li>Gregor Xane: The Ugly Tree </li> <li>Kristopher Rufty: Hinkles </li> <li>Glenn Rolfe: Human Touch </li> <li>Curtis M. Lawson: The Green Man of Freetown <hr /> <h4>About Corpus Press: </h4> Corpus Press is a publisher of horror and weird fiction, specializing in modern pulp that emphasizes plot over gore. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, the press has garnered praise from SCREAM Magazine, Cemetery Dance, Horror Novel Reviews, Hellnotes and others for its Bad Apples:Slices of Halloween Horror series, the anthology Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love, and for its short story collections and novellas. <hr /> Horror anthologies and collections from Corpus Press: <ul> <li>Screamscapes: Tales of Terror </li> <li>Toes Up: Horror to Die For </li> <li>Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love </li> </ul> <h4>Halloween horror books from Corpus Press:</h4> <ul> <li>Doorbells at Dusk: Halloween Stories</li> <li>Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror </li> <li>Bad Apples 2: Six Slices of Halloween Horror </li> <li>Bad Apples 3: Seven Slices of Halloween Horror </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

Curran, TIm

Lutzke, Chad

Light, Evans

Lennon, Andrew

SanGiovanni, Mary

Rolfe, Glenn

Garton, Ray.

Independently published

Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine Stephen King teams up with long-time friend and award-winning author Richard Chizmar for the first time in this original, chilling novella that revisits the mysterious town of Castle Rock. There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974, twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong—if time-rusted—iron bolts and zig-zag up the precarious cliffside. Then one day when Gwendy gets to the top of Castle View, after catching her breath and hearing the shouts of kids on the playground below, a stranger calls to her. There on a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black coat, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small, neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat… The little town of Castle Rock, Maine has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told—until now.

Gwendy's Button Box: A Novella (1) (Gwendy's Button Box Trilogy)

United States

GALLERY BOOKS

Gwendy's Button Box: Includes bonus story "The Music Room" (1) (Gwendy's Button Box Trilogy)

Simon & Schuster Audio

Halloween just got a whole lot darker... DARK HALLOWS: 10 Halloween Haunts is a wonderfully chilling collection of creepy tales that will have readers up late into the night--but only if they leave a light on! This new offering from Scarlet Galleon Publications and Editor Mark Parker, includes stories from industry luminaries and new voices alike: Brian James Freeman, Al Sarrantonio, Robert Morrish, Norman Partridge, Ronald Malfi, Aaron Dries, Adam Cesare, Mark Parker, and Lisa Morton. And features a never-before-published tale from Cemetery Dance founder and publisher, Richard Chizmar! Each story is beautifully accompanied by original artwork from Aaron Dries, making this a must-have for book lovers and collectors everywhere. It’s one frightful ride readers won’t want to miss. Exploring the chilling haunts of Dark Hallows, is to take a journey into the very heart of Halloween, where readers are reconnected with the best, and hopefully worst, the 'dark holiday' has to offer.

Dark Hallows: 10 Halloween Haunts

Cesare, Adam

Partridge, Norman

Sarrantonio, Al

Freeman, Brian James

Morrish, Robert

Morton, Lisa.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

A CASTLE ROCK NOVEL WITH A FOREWORD BY STEPHEN KING
Something evil has swept into the small Maine town of Castle Rock on the heels of the latest winter storm. Sheriff Norris Ridgewick and his team are desperately searching for two missing girls, but time is running out to bring them home alive.
In Washington D.C., thirty-seven-year-old Gwendy Peterson couldn't be more different from the self-conscious teenaged girl who once spent a summer running up Castle Rock's Suicide Stairs. That same summer, she was entrusted - or some might say cursed - with the extraordinary button box by a mysterious stranger in a black suit. The seductive and powerful box offered Gwendy small gifts in exchange for its care until the stranger eventually returned, promising Gwendy she'd never see the box again. 
Gwendy has never told a soul about the button box - not even her husband. But one day the button box shows up without warning and without the man in the black suit to explain what she is supposed to do with it. The curious reappearance of the box, along with the troubling disappearances in Castle Rock, leads Gwendy home again...where she just might be able to help rescue the missing girls and stop a dangerous man before he does something too terrible to contemplate...
From New York Times bestseller Richard Chizmar comes Gwendy's Magic Feather, a breathtaking novel that asks whether our lives are controlled by fate or the choices we make... and what price we might have to pay for those choices when we reach for the things we most desire. Prepare to return again to Stephen King's Castle Rock, the sleepy little town built on a bedrock of deep, dark secrets, which is about to awaken from its quiet slumber once more.

Gwendy's Magic Feather: (The Button Box Series)

Hodder&Stoughton

A CASTLE ROCK NOVEL WITH A FOREWORD BY STEPHEN KING\nPREPARE TO RETURN AGAIN TO STEPHEN KING'S CASTLE ROCK, THE SLEEPY LITTLE TOWN BUILT ON A BEDROCK OF DEEP, DARK SECRETS, JUST AS IT'S ABOUT TO AWAKEN FROM ITS QUIET SLUMBER ONCE MORE.\nSomething evil has swept into the small Maine town of Castle Rock on the heels of the latest winter storm. Sheriff Norris Ridgewick and his team are desperately searching for two missing girls.\nIn Washington D.C., thirty-seven-year-old Gwendy Peterson couldn't be more different from the self-conscious teenaged girl who once spent a summer running up Castle Rock's Suicide Stairs. That same summer, she was entrusted - or cursed - with the extraordinary button box by a mysterious stranger in a black suit.\nGwendy has never told a soul about the box - not even her husband. But one day it shows up again. Inspired by the curious appearance of the box and the troubling disappearances in her hometown, Gwendy returns to Castle Rock, where time is running out for the girls as a dangerous man is preparing the unthinkable . . .

Contemporary

Hodder Paperbacks

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