A journal of dark literary fiction and a Bram Stoker Award Nominee. Shroud Magazine offers intelligent and dark speculative fiction as well as original art, film, music reviews, and articles that illuminate the thin veil between reality and fantasy. In addition to our quarterly Journal, we are thrilled to present our catalog of anthologies, novellas and novels to discerning readers across the world. In this issue, regular columns include: Derek M. Fox’s The Art of Fear; Michael Knost’s “ProgKNOSTications” with Michael West; Scott Christian Carr’s “Someone Oughta Sell Tickets …!” Brian Keene’s “Seminal Screams.” Thrilling Fiction including: C. G. Bauer’s “ZOMBIE CHIMPS FROM MARS;” Eric Red’s “LITTLE NASTIES;” Brian James Freeman’s “THE PLAGUE OF SADNESS;” J. F. Gonzalez’s “CHRISTIAN WOMAN;” “DOWN THE PIKE,” by Stacey Longo; “BEAUTIFUL THINGS” by Anton Cancre; “SIDE RETIRED” by Craig D. B. Patton “DON’T LET THE BEDBUGS BITE” by Michael West; and “STRAY” by Ben Eads. Cover art by DrFranken. Original woodcut spot illustrations by Danny Evarts. Managing Editor: Tim Deal.

Shroud 11: The Quarterly Journal of Dark Fiction and Art

Literature & Fiction

West, Michael

Knost, Michael

Red, Eric

Gonzalez, J.F.

Freeman, Brian James

Carr, Scott Christian

Keene, Brian

Bauer, C. G.

Eads, Ben

Patton, Craig D.B.

Genre Fiction

Shroud Publishing, LLC

Welcome to Shady Hills, Florida, where death is the beginning and pain is the only true Art?Harold Stoe was a proud Marine until an insurgent's bullet relegated him to a wheelchair. Now the only things he's proud of are quitting alcohol and raising his sixteen-year-old son, Dale.But there is an infernal rhythm, beating like a diseased heart from the hollow behind his home. An aberration known as The Architect has finished his masterpiece: A god which slumbers beneath the hollow, hell-bent on changing the world into its own image.As the body count rises and the neighborhood residents change into mindless, shambling horrors, Harold and his former lover, Mary, begin their harrowing journey into the world within the hollow. If they fail, the hollow will expand to infinity. Every living being will be stripped of flesh and muscle, their nerves wrapped tightly around ribcages, so The Architect can play his sick music through them loud enough to swallow what gives them life: The last vestiges of a dying star.

Hollow Heart: A Horror Novella

Crystal Lake Publishing

The most definitive guide into the trials and tribulations of being a horror writer since Stephen King's On Writing?We have assembled some of the very best in the business from whom you can learn so much about the craft of horror writing: Bram Stoker Award© winners, bestselling authors, a President of the Horror Writers' Association, and myriad contemporary horror authors of distinction.The Horror Writer covers how to connect with your market and carve out a sustainable niche in the independent horror genre, how to tackle the writer's ever-lurking nemesis of productivity, writing good horror stories with powerful, effective scenes, realistic, flowing dialogue and relatable characters without resorting to clichéd jump scares and well-worn gimmicks. Also covered is the delicate subject of handling rejection with good grace, and how to use those inevitable "not quite the right fit for us at this time" letters as an opportunity to hone your craft. Plus... perceptive interviews to provide an intimate peek into the psyche of the horror author and the challenges they work through to bring their nefarious ideas to the page. And, as if that - and so much more - was not enough, we have for your delectation Ramsey Campbell's beautifully insightful analysis of the tales of HP Lovecraft.Featuring:Ramsey Campbell, John Palisano, Chad Lutzke, Lisa Morton, Kenneth W. Cain, Kevin J. Kennedy, Monique Snyman, Scott Nicholson, Lucy A. Snyder, Richard Thomas, Gene O'Neill, Jess Landry, Luke Walker, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Marie O'Regan, Armand Rosamilia, Kevin Lucia, Ben Eads, Kelli Owen, and Bret McCormickAnd interviews with:Steve Rasnic Tem, Stephen Graham Jones, David Owain Hughes, Tim Waggoner, and Mort Castle

The Horror Writer: A Study of Craft and Identity in the Horror Genre

Castle, Mort

Jones, Stephen Graham

Waggoner, Tim

Wytovich, Stephanie M.

Bark, Jasper

Palisano, John

Morton, Lisa.

Mynhardt, Joe

Campbell, Ramsey

Hellbound Books Publishing

Reeling from the loss of their only child, Stephen and Shelley Morrison take a harrowing journey through a world beyond the crack in the sky, where their daughter's spirit is trapped with The Lost Ones. They must stop her murderer before it fulfills its goals: Terrorize. Consume. Destroy.

Cracked Sky: A Horror Novella

Publishing, Crystal Lake

United States

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