Come, listen to these Lullabies For Suffering. 
 Addiction starts like a sweet lullaby sung by a trusted loved one. It washes away the pains of the day and wraps you in the warmness of the womb where nothing hurts and every dream is possible. But soon enough, this warm state of bliss becomes a cold shiver. The ecstasy and dreams become nightmares, and for the sick and suffering addict, we can't stop listening to the lullaby. We crave to hear the siren song as it rips us apart. Each story in Lullabies For Suffering features the insidious nature of addiction. Damaged humans craving for highs and wholeness but finding something more tragic and horrific on the other side. An incredibly talented group of writers sing these songs of suffering. You're invited to listen. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Kealan Patrick Burke: "Sometimes They See Me" Caroline Kepnes: "Monsters" Mark Matthews: "Lizard" John FD Taff: "The Melting Point of Meat" Gabino Iglesias: "Beyond the Reef" Mercedes M. Yardley: "Love Is A Crematorium"

Lullabies For Suffering: Tales of Addiction Horror

Literature & Fiction

Kepnes, Caroline

Matthews, Mark

Iglesias, Gabino

Taff, John FD

Burke, Kealan Patrick

Yardley, Mercedes M.

Genre Fiction

Wicked Run Press

...a young man tries to build a better life while trapped in a mall after a plague has killed off most of humanity... ...zombies overrun a world gone mad, leaving a boy with no choice but to rely on possibly mystical means of escape... ...Halloween night brings out a darkness so threatening that a young couple's only hope of survival may be a procession of strange, ghostly children... ...when the world is given a brief glimpse of divinity, a formerly disabled man must come to grips with the fact that not everything is as good as it seems... These tales and many more await in The Gate 2: 13 Tales of Isolation and Despair, the new collection edited by Robert J. Duperre. Thirteen talented authors have been assembled, bringing with them the best they have to offer in a wide range of horror, be it slice-of-life or paranormal in nature. Also included are two bonus stories by the editor. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Plastic by J.L. Bryan The Indian Rope Trick by D.P. Prior Night Night by Daniel Pyle Dead Things by Michael Crane Does Laura Like Elephants? by Steven Pirie 39 Days by Robert J. Duperre The Candle Eaters by K. Allen Wood Black Mary by Mercedes M. Yardley Exhibit C by David McAfee The Canoe by Joel Arnold Destination by Benjamin X. Wretlind The Ghastly Bath by Dawn McCullough-White Worldwide Event by David Dalglish BONUS STORIESChorus by Robert J. DuperreThe One That Matters  by Robert J. DuperreTraipsing Through the Dark: The Stories Behind the Stories

The Gate 2: 13 Tales of Isolation and Despair

Dalglish, David

Duperre, Robert J.

Crane, Michael

Pyle, Daniel

Wood, K. Allen

Prior, D.P.

McAfee, David L.

McCullough-White, Dawn

Arnold, Joel

Short Stories & Anthologies

TRO Publishing

There is a place where sorrows pile up like snow and rest in your hair like cherry blossoms. Boys have wings, monsters fall in love, women fade into nothingness, and the bones of small children snap like twigs. Darkness will surely devour you--but it will be exquisitely lovely while doing so.  Mercedes M. Yardley’s Beautiful Sorrows is an ephemeral collection encompassing twenty-seven short tales full of devastation, death, longing, and the shining ribbon of hope that binds them all together.

Beautiful Sorrows

Shock Totem Publications

Shock Totem presents the first in an ongoing series of special holiday issues. This issue, covering the Christmas season, features an eclectic mix of holiday-inspired horror from New York Times bestseller Kevin J. Anderson, K. Allen Wood, Mercedes M. Yardley, Robert J. Duperre, and more. Also anecdotal holiday recollections from Jack Ketchum, Jennifer Pelland, Mark Allan Gunnells, Nick Cato, and a host of others.  Celebrate the holidays with Shock Totem!

Shock Totem 4.5: Holiday Tales of the Macabre and Twisted - Christmas 2011

Anderson, Kevin J.

Pelland, Jennifer

Cato, Nick

Longo, Stacey

Totem, Shock

Wilder, Leslianne

Duppere, Robert J.

Ketchum, Jack.

LUNA MASTERSON SEES DEMONS. She has been dealing with the demonic all her life, so when her brother gets tangled up with a demon named Sparkles, ‘Luna the Lunatic’ rolls in on her motorcycle to save the day. Armed with the ability to harm demons, her scathing sarcasm, and a hefty chip on her shoulder, Luna gathers the most unusual of allies, teaming up with a green-eyed heroin addict and a snarky demon ‘of some import.’ After all, outcasts of a feather should stick together...even until the end. This is the volume one in The Bone Angel Trilogy by Mercedes M. Yardley, author of the award-winning novella, Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love.

Nameless: The Darkness Comes

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Ragnarok Publications

LUNA MASTERSON SEES DEMONS. She has been dealing with the demonic all her life, so when her brother gets tangled up with a demon named Sparkles, ‘Luna the Lunatic’ rolls in on her motorcycle to save the day.     Armed with the ability to harm demons, her scathing sarcasm, and a hefty chip on her shoulder, Luna gathers the most unusual of allies, teaming up with a green-eyed heroin addict and a snarky demon ‘of some import.’     After all, outcasts of a feather should stick together...even until the end.     This is volume one in The Bone Angel Trilogy by Mercedes M. Yardley, author of the award-winning novella, Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love.

Nameless: The Darkness Comes (Bone Angel Trilogy)

Crystal Lake Publishing

The third act in the critically-acclaimed series by Written Backwards, is a symmetrically-structured anthology of psychological horror by Bram Stoker Award nominated editor Michael Bailey, whose previous anthologies include The Library of the Dead, Qualia Nous and Pellucid Lunacy. The anthology contains 45 illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne, over 20 stories by the likes of Stephen King, Jack Ketchum, Ramsey Campbell, Gary A. Braunbeck, Mort Castle, Josh Malerman, Scott Edelman, Richard Thomas, Richard Chizmar and Gene O’Neill, and with 20 intertwined poems by the likes of Elizabeth Massie, Marge Simon, Bruce Boston, Erik T. Johnson, Stephanie M. Wytovich, and also includes an introduction by the extraordinary Chuck Palahniuk.

Chiral Mad 3

Chizmar, Richard

Malerman, Josh

Castle, Mort

Thomas, Richard

CHUCK PALAHNIUK

Walters, Damien Angelica

Edelman, Scott

Guignard, Eric J.

Booth III, Max

KING,STEPHEN

Anderson, Paul Michael

Braunbeck, Gary A.

Arcuri, Meghan

Kemper, Erinn L.

Cataneo, Emily B.

Campbell, Ramsey

Bodner, Hal

Brock, Jason V.

O’Neill, Gene

Lin, Jessica May

Written Backwards

Detritus is young, a little odd, and in love with a dead girl who doesn't know she's dead. Detritus? best friend is also a ghost in a Nazi costume. These things are strange, but nothing compared to the dark and surreal wave rolling toward him. He needs to be ready. The Opposite is coming.

Detritus in Love

Boden, John

Omnium Gatherum Media

Discover the lost supernatural stories behind some of the most famous people and events in history.These Fantastic Tales explore the secret history that has been hidden in the shadows of the world, and even alternative histories from other worlds. Tales such as a young man seeking the secret of immortality from none other than Bela Lugosi. The tragic story of how the Titanic really sank. The horrifying lengths the people of New York city would go to raise above the Great Depression, rather in seeking fame or trying to feed the city. And many more Fantastic Tales of Terror.Lineup:Introduction by Tony Todd“The Deep Delight of Blood” by Tim Waggoner“Unpretty Monster” by Mercedes Yardley“The Tell-Tale Mind” by Kevin J. Anderson“Topsy-Turvy” by Elizabeth Massie“Ray and the Martian” by Bev Vincent“The Girl with the Death Mask” by Stephanie M. Wytovich“On a Train Bound for Home” by Christopher Golden“The Custer Files” by Richard Chizmar“Red Moon” by Michael Paul Gonzalez“The Prince of Darkness and the Showgirl” by John Palisano“The Secret Engravings” by Lisa Morton“Mutter” by Jess Landry“La Llorona” by Cullen Bunn“The London Encounter” by Vince Liaguno“Bubba Ho-Tep” by Joe R. Lansdale“Gorilla my Dreams” by Jonathan Maberry“Articles of Teleforce” by Michael Bailey“Sic Olim Tyrannis” by David Wellington“The Washingtonians” by Bentley Little“Scent of Flesh” by Jessica Marie Baumgartner“Rotoscoping Toodies” by Mort Castle“Lone Wolves” by Paul Moore“The Great Stone Face vs. the Gargoyles” by Jeff Strand“The Return of the Thin White Duke” by Neil GaimanProudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths.Categories:Horror AnthologyHistorical FantasyHorror Short StoriesDark FictionAnthologies & CollectionsHorror booksWeird TalesWeird FictionAlternative historyMonstersAliensSupernatural

Fantastic Tales of Terror: History's Darkest Secrets

MABERRY, JONATHAN

LANSDALE, Joe R.

Massie, Elizabeth

Gaiman,Neil

Golden,Christopher

Darling has its demons. Cherry LaRouche escaped the claws of Darling, Louisiana at sixteen. When she is forced to return after her mother's death, Cherry and her children move back into her childhood home where the walls whisper and something sinister skitters across the roof at night. While Cherry tries to settle back into a town where evil spreads like infection, the bodies of several murdered children turn up. When Cherry's own daughter goes missing, she's forced to confront the true monsters of Darling.

Darling

Black Spot Books

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