In the gentrifying streets of New York City there is no way out but down... Rez is a young writer living beneath the guillotine of an identity crisis. He is looking to solve the mystery of his jaded life before the blade drops. Clive and Lynk are thriving photographers in the field of ghost hunting. They are determined to prove that life after death truly exists, whatever the cost. They waste their nights sulking in damnation and kill their days wrapped up in creation.They are artists maddened by society.  Deep within the coal mining region of Pennsylvania music remains the only escape... Delilah is the lead singer of Electric Orchid and is searching for a quick way out of boondock torture so she can live her life's true mission: to discover her secret past. She is guided by the park temptations of dream, nightmare and self-mutilation, the only way to relieve the pain of never truly feel like she belonged. A contract is won and the band takes to the road for New York City,the place she was born.  When the two crews cross paths they discover that the answer to the past, present and future is closer than it appears.

The Absence of Light

Literature & Fiction

Stone, J. Daniel

Genre Fiction

Villipede Publications

Lovebites & Razorlines is a compendium of thirteen unique nightmares. From the darkest parts of New York City to subterranean dreamscapes and clubs hidden away from the public, J. Daniel Stone's hypnotic prose guides you through the aberrant jungle of life's seedy half. Inside we meet artists starving for attention, hungry shadows; we fall prey to disease, become entranced by psychedelic encounters and learn from introspection far beyond anyone's years.  Lyrical philosophies plague the mind of a young pregnant woman not willing to have the baby. A young man longs to discover death in hopes to locate the mother that never loved him. Music is the key to putting a soul back in dead things. A couple must come to terms with recent HIV infection. A pair of artists feed off one another's talents in order to understand the supernatural. A transsexual longs for the ultimate transformation. J. Daniel Stone's characters question reality, challenge norms and break down conventional barriers. They live on the fringe and are unapologetic about it. They destroy familiar tropes through poetry and painting, music and photography. Lovebites & Razorlines is an anthem for the depraved and forgotten.

Lovebites & Razorlines

Short Stories & Anthologies

On the surface, New York City is a gentrified play toy for the rich. But underground, the art scene is weirder than ever, thriving against limited opportunities. Sebastian Ricciuti, known by night as Hydra, wants to change the way people think about drag by infecting the scene with a macabre flavor. To be the best, a performer must reach into their psyche and pull out the nightmares that lie beneath. What would happen if we tapped into the full potential of our brain? Could it change person's skin and reveal the monster beneath? Adrian Zapatero also wants to be the best drag performer New York City has ever seen. He will stop at nothing to become the reigning supreme as Hera Wynn. Bejeweled in glitz, tattooed with lace, and slathered with lipstick the color of shadow, Sebastian and Adrian bring freak culture back to subterranean clubs with storms in their eyes and theatrical violence in their heart. But desire makes people weak, and envy breeds bitterness. There can only be one Queen of the Night. And she must do whatever it takes to earn that crown, even if it means destroying romance, reputations and friendships. Drag in New York City has never been darker.

Stations of Shadow

Lethe Press

Unspeakable Horror 3: Dark Rainbow Rising

The third terrifying volume in the award-winning anthology series of original queer horror. Like the final girl in a slasher film, the LGBTQIA community knows first-hand what it's like to fight for its survival. Beaten and bloodied after an extended chase scene through modern-day politics and the courts, we think we've triumphed and conquered our oppressors. We breathe a little easier knowing our rainbow is ascending in the distance. But-like the indestructible slasher villain-our enemies rise up again and again, as if on a looping third-act jump scare. It's a seemingly never-ending return to battle as the pendulum of progress swings back. In this third volume of the award-winning anthology series, the darkest minds from both the LGBT+ and horror literary communities join forces to bring readers an all-new collection of terrifying tales from that line on the horizon where the dark rainbow rises. Stories by Chad Helder, Hailey Piper, Mathew L. Reyes, A.P. Thayer, J. Daniel Stone, Yah Yah Scholfield, Oliver Nash, Holly Lyn Walrath, Paul Tremblay, Carmilla Voiez, James Cato, Lucy A. Snyder, Maxwell I. Gold, Zachary Rosenberg, Matthew Blain-Hartung, Maryse Meijer, Vincent Kovar, CG Inglis, Craig Laurance Gidney, Dan Coxon, Kaitlin Tremblay, Michael Thomas Ford, Craig Brownlie, Amanda M. Blake, Sara Tantlinger, and Eric LaRocca. Edited by Vince A. Liaguno.Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing-Tales from the Darkest Depths.

TREMBLAY, Paul

LaRocca, Eric

Snyder, Lucy A.

Piper, Hailey

Voiez, Carmilla

Gold, Maxwell I

Publishing, Crystal Lake

Blake, Amanda M.

Crystal Lake Publishing

The third terrifying volume in the award-winning anthology series of original queer horror.\nLike the final girl in a slasher film, the LGBTQIA community knows first-hand what it’s like to fight for its survival. Beaten and bloodied after an extended chase scene through modern-day politics and the courts, we think we’ve triumphed and conquered our oppressors. We breathe a little easier knowing our rainbow is ascending in the distance. But—like the indestructible slasher villain—our enemies rise up again and again, as if on a looping third-act jump scare. It’s a seemingly never-ending return to battle as the pendulum of progress swings back.\nIn this third volume of the award-winning anthology series, the darkest minds from both the LGBT+ and horror literary communities join forces to bring readers an all-new collection of terrifying tales from that line on the horizon where the dark rainbow rises.\nStories by Chad Helder, Hailey Piper, Mathew L. Reyes, A.P. Thayer, J. Daniel Stone, Yah Yah Scholfield, Oliver Nash, Holly Lyn Walrath, Paul Tremblay, Carmilla Voiez, James Cato, Lucy A. Snyder, Maxwell I. Gold, Zachary Rosenberg, Matthew Blain-Hartung, Maryse Meijer, Vincent Kovar, CG Inglis, Craig Laurance Gidney, Dan Coxon, Kaitlin Tremblay, Michael Thomas Ford, Craig Brownlie, Amanda M. Blake, Sara Tantlinger, and Eric LaRocca. Edited by Vince A. Liaguno.\nPraise for Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet: “There is much to praise in Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet, a sharp, new gay-themed anthology. The 24 entries comprise a sophisticated collection of topnotch tales of terror, most of which could appear in any fright anthology without qualification and suggest the maturing of ‘gay horror’ into a viable and solid genre indeed.”—Fangoria Magazine\nPraise for Unspeakable Horror 2: Abominations of Desire: “If Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadowsof the Closet helped to establish speculative fiction as a mature and important genre for queer fiction when it was published about a decade ago, then Unspeakable Horror 2: Abominations of Desire takes it to new heights and creates an expectation of excellence. Tightly written and edited, free of tropes and mundane writing, these stories propel the queer horror genre to scare us while making a statement about our world and accomplish it with the best of writing possible.”—Lambda Literary Review\nProudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths.

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