Dead Bad Things

Gary McMahon

Science & Math

Angry Robot

These tortured tales represent the desperate prayers of shattered people. Among them you will find: a man who is haunted by the sound of sentient alarms, a psychologically damaged brother and sister whose union produces something much worse than simple dread, a group of men whose childhood sins have mutated into something monstrous aboard an old stone boat, a possibly cursed dying woman who goes in search of one last taste of passion before cancer claims her. External terror meets inner dread and the afterlife may just be a place where all our past mistakes solidify and turn on us like a pack of ravening dogs. These bleak offerings will reveal the darkness that dwells at the core of modern existence, where society is a forgotten notion, religion is a dirty word, love lies bleeding in the gutter, and everyone must face their demons alone. Kneeling at the altar of broken hearts, you will learn that sometimes it is better if our prayers remain unanswered.

Dirty Prayers

Gray Friar Press

The Black Book of Horror contains 18 excursions into the realms of terror. Ranging from the supernatural to the macabre, the stories selected for this anthology feature black magic, the dead, monstrous beasts, and things from beyond. There are tales that witness madness, and the evil that man does. Contents: CROWS - Frank Nicholas REGINA vs. ZOSKIA - Mark Samuels THE OLDER MAN - Gary Fry POWER - Steve Goodwin CORDS - Roger B. Pile THE SOUND OF MUZAK - Sean Parker SHAPED LIKE A SNAKE - D. F. Lewis ONLY IN YOUR DREAMS - David A. Sutton THE WOLF AT JESSIE'S DOOR - Paul Finch SIZE MATTERS - John L. Probert SPARE RIB: A ROMANCE - John Kenneth Dunham FAMILY FISHING - Gary McMahon SUBTLE INVASION - David Conyers A PIE WITH THICK GRAVY - D. F. Lewis LOCK-IN - David A. Riley LAST CHRISTMAS (I GAVE YOU MY LIFE) - Franklin Marsh "SHALT THOU KNOW MY NAME?" - Daniel McGachey TO SUMMON A FLESH EATING DEMON - Charles Black

The Black Book of Horror

Literature & Fiction

Mark Samuels

David Conyers

Paul Finch

Genre Fiction

Mortbury Press

Through our dreams, we explore our greatest fears and desires. Some believe that we tap into a vast ocean of human consciousness and experience. Other believe that we live with one foot in the material world and one that is unknowable. Journey with us into the Dreamlands. Featuring stories by: Caitlin R. Kiernan, Christa Faust, Bev Vincent, Jane Gwaltney, James S. Dorr, Amy J. Benesch, Gary McMahon, Gill Ainsworth, Larisa Walk, Louise Bohmer, Lisa Mantchev, and AC Wise

Into the Dreamlands

Bev Vincent

Caitlin, R., Kiernan

Jane Gwaltney

James S. Dorr

Amy J. Benesch

Gill Ainsworth

Christa, Faust

Simian Publishing

I love you ... I love the bones of you. Adam Morris moves into a cheap rental property in the suburbs. He's divorced and now only sees his daughter, Jessica, every other weekend. He's a broken man trying to start a new life. When strange events start to occur in the run-up to Halloween, Adam suspects there's a link to the old, abandoned house next door. Soon he learns about a dead killer named Katherine Moffat and the terrible things she did to her victims in the cellar. As Adam uncovers more details regarding past events in the house next door, he realizes that he and Jessica might be in real danger. Before long, he is caught up in a mortal struggle to prevent the lingering influence of 'Little Miss Moffat' from destroying everything he has tried so hard to protect. This is a story about ghosts, a dead serial killer, and a man struggling to be a good father to his young daughter. There's pain and pathos, love and hate, abuse, addiction and desire. It's also the story of Little Miss Moffat and the Radiant Children ....

The Bones of You

Earthling Pubns

Thomas Usher has a terrible gift. Following a car crash in which his wife and daughter are killed, he can see the recently departed, and it's not usually a pretty sight. When he is called to investigate the violent death of the daughter of a prominent local gangster, Usher's world is torn apart once more. For the barriers between this world and the next are not as immutable as once he believed. Gary McMahon’s short fiction has appeared in numerous acclaimed magazines and anthologies in the UK and US and has been reprinted in yearly “Best of” collections. He is the multiple-award-nominated author of the novellas Rough Cut and All Your Gods Are Dead; the collections Dirty Prayers and How to Make Monsters and Pieces of Midnight; and the novels Rain Dogs and Hungry Hearts. He has been nominated for seven different British Fantasy Awards as both author and editor.

Pretty Little Dead Things

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

Undead & Unbound  celebrates those who have returned from the grave — in all their glory and in whatever form they take. You will find the famous blood-drinkers and flesh eaters here, but also ghosts, patched-together reanimates, fiends of myth and folklore, and some not-so-easily-identifiable creatures from beyond the grave.  Nineteen tales take the undead to their limits. From the distant past to the far-flung future, and to all corners of the Earth, the undead are eternal and everywhere: symbiotes, parasites, monster mash-ups and ghoulish grins, bleak tales of inescapable dread, an ancient evil from a far-away land with unspeakable dietary needs, a boy and his…well, it’s not a dog. History is brought to (un)life. Ghosts, specters, phantoms and haunts of every sort. Not-so-easily-classifiable stories that do new things with the basic premise of what’s alive, what’s dead, and what’s neither.  And yes, you lovers of all things zombie—fear-not, for your favorite flesh eaters are here but, thankfully, not exactly as you would expect them.  Undead & Unbound celebrates all things from beyond the grave, the different, and no matter how old the bones, new life can always be found.  Selected and edited by Brian M. Sammons and David Conyers. Cover art by Paul Mudie. 288 pages. Trade Paperback.  ISBN-10: 1568823681 ISBN-13: 9781568823683 The Tales Included:   Blind Item by Cody Goodfellow  Dead Baby Keychain Blues by Gary McMahon  A Personal Apocalypse by Mercedes M. Yardley  The Unexpected by Mark Allan Gunnells  Incarnate by David Dunwoody  Marionettes by Robert Neilson  Undead Night of the Undeadest Undead by C.J. Henderson  I Am Legion by Robert M. Price  When Dark Things Sleep by Damien Walters Grintalis  Descanse En Paz by William Meikle  Thunder in Old Kilpatrick by Gustavo Bondoni  Phallus Incarnate by Glynn Owen Barrass  Wreckers by Tom Lynch  Scavenger by Oscar Rios  In the House of Millions of Years by John Goodrich  Romero 2.0 by Brian M. Sammons and David Conyers  Mother Blood by Scott David Aniolowski  The Unforgiving Court by David Schembri  North of the Arctic Circle by Peter Rawlik

Undead & Unbound: Unexpected Tales From Beyond the Grave (Chaosium Fiction)

C.J. Henderson

Chaosium Inc

And Others

Cody Goodfellow

Robert M. Price

Chaosium, Inc.

The ''Northumbrian Poltergeist,'' was an infamous case from the 1970s: twins haunted by a spirit they nicknamed Captain Clickety. The media of the time were split between derision and hysteria. As Ben teases out the supressed details of the story, he finds himself drawn to a woman whose young daughter went missing years ago during a spate of child abductions. He also finds himself investigated by a local policeman, whose private life seems tied up with events in the grove, and harassed by the father of the missing child. Then the scarecrows appear, their heads plastered with photographs of the long-missing and the dead. Hummingbirds flock to certain areas of the estate, as if awaiting the arrival of something... a door has been opened and a presence is about to step through. It is up to Ben to put the ghosts to rest and unravel fact from fiction. He is about to discover that the story he seeks is his own, and only he can plot the ending.

Beyond Here Lies Nothing (The Concrete Grove Trilogy)

Rebellion

Nominated for a British Fantasy Award 2016: Best Anthology The Home of Horror British Fantasy Award winning editor Johnny Mains ferries Salt's Best series into the dankest recesses of horror with tales written by the UK's top ghouls. 'His own face, reflected in the smoked glass of the kitchen cabinet, looked about a hundred years old ...' - The Third Time, Helen Grant '...used his straw to drink up the rest of the redness, which he found more delicious than milkshake ...' - Alistair, Mark Samuels 'It was maybe a little strange to cast an English actor as a serial killer from the backwoods of Kentucky, but everyone knew the Brits were good at playing evil ...' - Something Sinister In Sunlight, Lisa Tuttle 'Other methods included cutting all the legs off first, then finally the head. This could only be attempted with the more ratty dogs ...' - Dog, Reece Shearsmith With stories from: Steven J. Dines, Helen Grant, Christopher Harman, Andrew Hook, Jane Jakeman, Graham Joyce, Stephen Laws, Alison Littlewood, Rebecca Lloyd, Helen Marshall, Gary McMahon, Alison Moore, Rosalie Parker, Sara Pascoe, John Llewellyn Probert, R.B. Russell, Mark Samuels, Priya Sharma, Reece Shearsmith, Lisa Tuttle, Simon Kurt Unsworth and Conrad Williams 'Johnny Mains is an admirable figure, the Herbert van Thal of our age' - The Independent 'Mains' knowledge of fantastical fiction is enormous' - Robin Ince 'Mains is the Minister For Horror' - Charlie Higson

Best British Horror

Helen Grant

Alison Littlewood

Helen Marshall

Rosalie Parker

Alison Moore

Graham, Joyce

Stephen Laws

Jane Jakeman

Rebecca Lloyd

Andrew Hook

Sara Pascoe

Steven J. Dines

Christopher Harman

Salt Publishing

All Your Gods Are Dead

Humdrumming

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