<p>You don't need to be Jewish or Christian to appreciate She Nailed a Stake Through His Head: Tales of Biblical Terror. Still, you may find yourself groping for a religious icon for protection given the unholy places these weird tales will take you. The anthology opens with Gerri Leen's eerie reversal of the tale of Ruth and Naomi, wherein Ruth's devotion to her mother-in-law is not a blessing but a monstrous curse. Not all of these stories are set in the ancient Middle East, though, as Daniel Kaysen's "Babylon's Burning" proves. Meandering between desert sands and skyscrapers, between past, present and alternate timelines, She Nailed a Stake Through His Head is a gallery of horrors inspired by the most nightmarish images of Near Eastern cultures. There are wild-eyed, drug-crazed prophets, witches drawing the dead from the depths of the Underworld, sacred prostitutes with one soul in two bodies, an English Delilah trapped in a house falling down around her, epic beheadings, and a living tomb in the foul and slimy body of a whale driving the prophet deeper into insanity. The collection is bookended with a tale inspired by the New Testament: a vampire's take on the body and blood of the Christian savior. Regardless of religion (or lack thereof), lovers of speculative fiction will swallow up these provocative stories. -- Erin O'Riordan, Author of Beltane and Midsummer Night Pagan Spirits =======================================================================----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This book takes the Bible back from those right-wing fascists who want to rewrite it as a tedious book of loving and caring. These are stories as bawdy and lustful and horrifying as the original Good Book -- wild sex, savage violence, horrific curses...and, of course, vampires. -- Matthue Roth, author. performance poet. torah badass</p>

She Nailed a Stake Through His Head: Tales of Biblical Terror

Literature & Fiction

Romie Stott

Gerri Leen

Daniel Kaysen

Christi Krug

Catherynne Valente

Elissa Malcohn

Lyda Morehouse

Stephen M. Wilson

D.K. Thompson

United States

Dybbuk Press, LLC

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Dawn Dupler

Michael Galande

Kyle Flak

Faith Gardner

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PegLeg Publishing, LLC

Ask any successful author how they got their start, and they'll tell you that when they were young they loved reading. One of the foundational goals of Ember is to foster the next generation of great writers by providing them with excellent reading material now. We believe that people who learn to love reading at an early age are more likely to seek knowledge in science, technology, engineering, and math. Those who then learn to love writing often go on to apply creativity and problem solving to those same critical disciplines—underscoring the importance of solid reading and writing skills. But we're not just looking at writers who may have talent someday. Many adolescents and teens already show genuine imagination and talent not just potential, but real mastery of language and storytelling. While we love great writing from contributors of all ages and experience levels, we're especially eager to purchase and publish stories and poems from younger writers in order to provide a professional experience and a platform from which to launch their careers. Our inaugural issue is beautiful inside and out, with amazing contributions like: Cover art by James R. EadsIllustrations by Sean GreenbergStone Showers The PrecipiceTodd Walton HoneyJC Hemphill Dead DogBC Flinton MimeographJeff Suwak The Familiar and his AlchemistKacey Vanderkarr DistractionAndrew Kaye Roots and BranchesMelissa Shaw The Astronaut* Sho Sho Leigh Ho Splitting the Seams of My PantsB L Draper The Great Garden HeistBert Lowe Cat TailLaura M Kaminski Dim* Sylvia Hicks Fleeing from FireJeffrey Beck  OutlawEdward Ahern Puzwuk the Orphan Boy and the Starving TimeGerri Leen They Just Don't MixDavid Neilsen The SéanceCathleen Cohen Stealing ColorsBo Balder She Waxes While We Wane* Young contributors (age 14 and under)

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