From the mind of Gene O’Neill comes 25 Science Fiction, Horror, and Suspense stories that will capture your imagination and won’t let go! IN DARK CORNERS is a relentless pursuit of insanity in a world where no one is as they appear to be, and where nothing can be taken for granted. Each story draws you deeper into the dark corners of Gene O’Neill’s imagination. “Gene’s fictional world is a big one; ghosts and spirits co-exist with computers and world machines, and a surreal area of menace and danger often hangs over them.” —Kim Stanley Robinson, award-winning author of the Mars trilogy

In Dark Corners

Gene O'Neill

Genius Publishing

From Gene's preface to DANCE OF THE BLUE LADY- "Seventeen stories, mostly written during the last seven or so years-so, it's my latest shorter fiction for sure. They range widely across the genre spectrum; some science fiction, a dab of fantasy, splashes of horror, even a mystery; and some might claim they are all really mixed genre- nothing new there, and I have no problem with that designation. Included is a quiet story about a sick little girl's imaginary friend; and perhaps my most explicitly scary horror story-packed with both graphic sex and violence. One story is very short, only 1350 words, and one is very long, over 17 k words, approaching a novella in length. Theme often deals in some way with various aspects of loss, but in tone, voice, point of view, and story structure they are as varied as their genre(s). The last story, "Dance of the Blue Lady," as one might suspect because of the collection title, is one of my all time favorites. I've included a blurb with each story".

Dance of the Blue Lady

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Bad Moon Books

<p>After six and a half days of steady shoveling with the inefficient garden spades, Jacob Zachary and his seventeen-year-old son, Lucas, managed to finish clearing the heavily-drifted snow along a 500-plus yard exposed stretch of the narrow, private road. Enough at least to get around the rocky windward side of Mt. George, and down into the more protected beginning of heavy tree cover. They could see patches un-shoveled blacktop ahead as the road dropped down and curved out of sight into the dense oak and madrone forest. The two stood under the trees, caught their breaths, looked back toward the mostly snowbound cabin, and admired the results of their work.</p>

The Confessions of St. Zach (The Cal Wild Chronicles #1)

Dark Regions Press

<p>Original, never-before-published short stories by:  Gary Braunbeck, John R. Platt, Holly Newstein, Adam Corbin Fusco, Barry Hoffman, Bill Gauthier, Whitt Pond, Jon F. Merz, Michael Canfield, John Farris, Brian Freeman, Dominick Cancilla, Whitley Strieber, Barbara Malenky, Bentley Little, John McIlveen, Darren O. Godfrey, David J. Schow, Brett Alexander Savory, Gene O'Neill, Lon Prater, Tom Piccirilli, L. Lynn Young, Bev Vincent, and Stephen King.  The anthology's closing story by Stephen King, "Stationary Bike," has never been published anywhere else.  From dust jacket notes:  "This is a non-themed anthology which carries on the tradition and high standards established by the first four volumes in this series.  It is the intention of the editors to publish new, original, short fiction which pushes the limits of what is being done in darkly imaginative fiction.  Writers published in Borderlands will be part of the expedition to open the gates to new literary territory, and will help scorch a path through the jagged landscape of the imagination unbound...and all those other neat metaphors.  You don't need to read a Borderlands story on a stormy, dark night, with glowing embers banked in the fireplace, and a cruel wind howling across the moors.  These stories can be read under the clear light of day and pure reason, and they will still knock you around and put a new rhythm in your head.  Which means: you will not find any of the traditional bug-bears and boogeymen.  No ghosts or vampires need apply.  No zombies, no werewolves, no mummies, succubi, or Hitchcockian spouses with plans to do in their mates."</p>

Borderlands 5

Bev Vincent

Tom Piccirilli

Bentley, Little

Whitley-Strieber

L. Lynn Young

Barbara Malenky

Stephen, King

Contemporary

Borderlands Press

THE HITCHHIKING EFFECT spans Gene O'Neill's thirty-year-plus writing career, including his first major sale, "The Burden of indigo," to the The Twilight Zone Magazine. In time, O'Neill would develop this short tale of a dyed criminal's search for salvation, into a full-length novel, eventually resulting in the much-anticipated four-book Cal Wild Chronicles, set in post-apocalyptic California.O'Neill's autobiographical introduction candidly explains the significance of this collections title. Four Stoker Award finalists are included among these brilliant, gritty stories, including "Balance," a Marine vet's struggle to keep the world balanced; RUSTING CHICKENS, a Marine's return to a home possibly more dangerous and surreal than his deployment in Afghanistan; THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. ZACH, the first book of the Cal Wild; and an intriguing novelette, THE HUNGRY SKULL: a jump-pilot, half-man, half-machine, defines what character is--with a shocking ending. A novelette of supernatural obsession, FIREBUG was written especially as an end note for this retrospective, a signature event in Gene O'Neill's award-winning career.

The Hitchhiking Effect

Dark Renaissance Books

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