Mythic tales, legends and lore are part of every human culture. From the quests of Greek myth, to China's Journey to the West, from India's Mahabharata to the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf, our histories resound with the clang of swords, and the struggle of heroes and heroines against dark forces and foul sorcery. In the 20th century, Robert E Howard, among others, pioneered modern mythologies which have become known as Sword and Sorcery. This anthology continues that tradition, with eleven new sizzling S&S tales from the pens of the Innsmouth Writing Circle. The yarns within feature a cast of lucky thieves, avenging barbarians, bold swordswomen, and temple plunderers, not to mention sorcerers, necromancers, priests and a range of horrors that would freeze the blood of all but the bravest warrior. So don your chain mail shirt, hoist high your battle-axe, let loose a war cry, and join us in the days of High Adventure.... CONTENTS FOREWORD THE HORN OF TUR - H.R.Laurence TO TAME A DEMON - Lyndon Perry FEAST OF FOOLS - Robert Poyton THE ROTTING GODDESS - B Harlan Crawford THE COLOUR OF DECAY - Ashley Dioses THE LUCKY THIEF - Tim Mendees WIND - Russell Smeaton THE HAUNTER OF THE CATACOMBS - Gavin Chappell SKYFALL - Glynn Owen Barrass THE GUIDE, THE GENERAL AND THE PRIEST - Shelley de Cruz ONE SWORD AGAINST THE GLUTTONOUS GODS -Lee Clark Zumpe

Feast of Fools and Other Tales

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Poyton, Robert

Mendees, Tim

Dioses, Ashley

Fantasy

Innsmouth Gold

Review\nGoodreads Five Star Review: "I am not someone who gets scared easily. There was a time when I would happily watch three horror movies a day (back when Netflix was primarily a DVD rental service), so I could plop them in the mail and await my next shipment of New French Extremity or Italian Gialli or whatever else was on my must-watch list back in the early 2000s. I want you to know this about me, so when I say that some of the stories in It Calls From the Forest scared me, well . . . I don't say that lightly.\nBefore I start babbling about how this is one of the best short story collections I've ever read, a quick disclaimer: there were one or two short stories where the writing wasn't quite up to par. One had a dialogue tag problem; every single line was followed by "[character name] said" and by the fourth page, it was driving me up the wall. But I enjoyed the story (a nasty little grindhouse fable) so much that I was never tempted to stop reading. There was another story that shuffled between verb tenses in a super confusing and distracting way. But again, the story was entertaining, and, based on some of the other writing choices, I couldn't tell for sure if the inconsistent verb tenses were intentional or not. So as long you go into the collection not expecting twenty-four masterpieces, you'll enjoy every second of It Calls From the Forest."\nGoodreads Five Star Review: "Whatever you are currently reading during this time of social distancing, put it down and pick up It Calls From The Forest: An Anthology of Dark Tales from the Woods. Embrace a whole new level of isolation as you wander through the wild woods and twisted forests within this collection of short stories, brought to life by authors from all around the globe. Each tale is unique, exploring a new dark corner of the mind with a variety of creatures, spectres, and antagonists lurking in the shadows. It is clear from the anthology's start, "A Wail of a Tail" by Emma K. Leadly, that the collection pulls no punches in terms of gore, and indeed, the stories are rife with horrifying moments that incorporate blood, dismemberment, sacrifice, and mutilation in ways that are brutally satisfying to lovers of the horror genre. The depth of characterization and creativity within these tales elevates them beyond superficial shock and gore to achieve a horror that lingers. I don't often swear aloud when reading books, so when I reached the end of D.R. Smith's "The Thing in The Woods" (the second story in the collection) and uttered, "holy shit," I knew that I had stumbled upon a truly exciting anthology of short stories. There are longer stories with a great deal of emotional depth, like "Forest Man" by Holley Cornetto, which explores the trauma and complicated relationships of adolescence with an unforgettable horror that pursues the characters into adulthood. Other stories--like "Dig" by Elizabeth Nettleton and "Getting Away from It All" by Greg Hunter--are brief and shocking, like a quick stab in the dark. There is something for everyone in this anthology, so seize the opportunity to stray from civilization and lose yourself within these pages."Goodreads Five Star Review:"It Calls from the Forest," is a finely seamed collection of well written horror at its best from a talented group of Authors in all levels of their careers. It is a unique collection of stories that will leave you afraid to go into the Forest forever and after having read it you will find yourself listening for what goes bump in the night! 
From hunters who become the hunted to the story Carhaze, a creepy fairy tale, (my personal fave) The Twins of the Wassailing and Pumpkinface. The baby cries in the haunted Neumack Woods and a most frightening Forest Man... where nothing is as it seems and the only thing they all have in common is the forest...\nWhatever you do, do not listen. Ignore that pull, the need to escape from drudgeries of life and find peace and solitude within natu

It Calls From The Forest: An Anthology of Terrifying Tales from the Woods Volume 1

Literature & Fiction

Duncan, Brian

Nettleton, Elizabeth

Elgen, Evan M

Nadeau, Michael D.

Foster, Clint

Cornetto, Holley

Genre Fiction

Eerie River Publishing

Whatever you do, do not listen.\nIgnore that pull, the need to escape from drudgeries of life and find peace and solitude within nature. It is not the cool breeze and the scent of pine that whispers your name.\nNo, these things within the forest will rip out your heart and devour your soul. You will tremble as they revel in your madness, taking everything from you and leaving you with nothing\nDelve inside this anthology of what truly lurks within the shadows of the trees. Created by award-winning horror and fiction authors around the world. We dare you to take this journey with us and find out what horrors await you.\nThe Forest Is Calling. Will you answer?

Towse, Mark

Smith, D. R.

Award-Winning curator Nicole Petit presents a dark fantasy clash between the Cthulhu Mythos and Arthurian Legend. When King Arthur pulled the sword from the stone, he established more than a nation. He established an ideal. Where righteousness and learning could thrive. Where valiant knights battled evil. Camelot, the incorruptible dream. From beyond the stars and before time, something stirs. Spoken of in the Necronomicon, eldritch gods make their influence known. Awakened by loathsome constellations, they arise from sea-locked tombs and turn men's minds from outer spheres. The Mythos, the corrupting nightmare. Tonight, the stars are right over Camelot. Troupes of actors travel the land in patronage to a king draped in yellow, monks turn their service to a god dreaming in the sea, and living storms stalk the winters. How knights such as Gawain, Percival, Ascamore, and Lancelot respond will save or damn all things. Shadows Over Avalon: Volume 1 features all new stories by Dylan Freeman, Richard Sheppard, Josh Reynolds, Edward M. Erdelac, Simon Bucher-Jones, Ethan Sabatella, Timothy Williams, Tim Mendees, and Tim Hanlon.

Shadows over Avalon (Volume 1)

Reynolds, Josh

Williams, Timothy

Erdelac, Edward M.

Bucher-Jones, Simon

Sheppard, Richard

Petit, Nicole

Hanlon, Tim

Sabatella, Ethan

Freeman, Dylan

18thWall Productions

This is not our world. This is the world AFTER.\nFeaturing the entire eight-part novelette series\nWe challenged eight Eerie River authors to imagine life AFTER the world we know is destroyed by a cataclysmic event, leaving our species on the brink and struggling to survive. In each of these stories you will find a new world, years after the old one was ravaged by war, disease, invasion, climate change or mythological event.\nIn the caves and on the roads, through transformation and violence, and in the empty spaces left by the vanishing sea, discover the fate of the humanity that remains, both familiar and alien. Where survival is a struggle and the future lives in the ruins of the past.\nRemember, as you read: This is not our world. This is the world AFTER. 
This is not a collection of stories about how the world ends. 
These are stories of how humanity survives.\nFeaturing eight original stories 
Derelict by T.M. Brown 
A Place Beyond the Storm by David Green 
Quantum Rule by Jay Sandlin 
The Creeping Void by Tim Mendees 
Heart of Thorns by Chris Hewitt 
Fading Echoes by Joel R. Hunt 
Carry On by Holley Cornetto 
Sin Chaser by S.O. Green 
If you are a fan of "Love, Death and Robots" this is the collection for you.

AFTER: A Post-Apocalyptic Survivor Series (Entire Collection)

Green, David

Publishing, Eerie River

Brown, T.M.

Sandlin, Jay

Hewitt, Chris

Green, S.O.

Miracle Growth: A Cosmic Horror Novella (The Ger'igguthy Cycle)

Humor & Satire

Two things spring to mind when you think about the golden age of pulp magazines, weird fiction & detective stories. In these pages, those two worlds collide as an assortment of sleuths fight against the machinations of the Great Old Ones and their earthly allies. From the Victorian era to the present day, in locales ranging from the streets of San Francisco to the windswept Cornish moors, these tales promise to pack a punch.\n===\n14 Tales of Eldritch Investigations by; Glynn Owen Barras, Simon Bleaken, Gavin Chappell, B. Harlan Crawford, Matthew Davenport, John A. DeLaughter, Stephen Herczeg, Jonathan Inbody, Tim Mendees, C.T. Phipps, Robert Poyton, Mark Rankin, Charles Reis & Jasiah Witkofsky.

Eldritch Investigations: Lovecraftian Tales of Occult Detection

Bleaken, Simon

Phipps, C.T.

MYTHOS

The Call of Darker Skies

Bannor, Chris

Pearce, Callum

Science Fiction

Chronicles

Some land should never be built upon\nCalled to a newly-built low-rise block of flats on a Cornwall housing estate, plumber Paul Cannon finds more than a blocked toilet to contend with. Teaming up with a pair of local police officers, Paul's humdrum existence is turned upside down as something old and hideous stirs in the foundations. The tenants are vanishing, the nosy neighbour is in uproar and there is something definitely wrong with the pipes.\nUncovering a nightmare that stretches into the town's distant, and often murky past, it's up to a rag-tag assortment of local characters to ensure that what lurks in the walls of that cursed building never makes it to the outside world.

Antisocial Housing

Nordic Press

TerrorVision. Stories Inspired by Cult Horror and Sci-fi Films: Curated by Raffaele Pezzella (Dark Fiction Anthologies)

Walker, Sarah

McAuley, Chris

Barrass, Glynn Owen

Housel, Michael F.

Buja, J. Edwin

Smeaton, Russell

Peevy, Nora B.

Chadwick, John D.

Coulthard, Andrew

Independently published

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