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

Kori Persephone Driscoe suffered through her dad's mental illness. All she wanted was for him to get better, but instead he disappeared. Kori trespasses into the abandoned Northville Psychiatric Hospital, the last place her dad was treated, seeking solace and traces of his memory. What she finds instead is something no longer human living deep in the underground tunnels.During the last days of the hospital, a roque psychiatrist had been manipulating the mood swings of the mentally ill, transforming patients into savage, manic creatures who seek justice by the light of the full moon. When the creatures hunt for prey, only an escaped patient and her beloved child can help Kori survive. The creatures want blood, Kori wants to save her dad, but none may survive, because the whole hospital is about to be blown to pieces and bury Kori alive.

The Hobgoblin of Little Minds

2015 BEST KINDLE BOOK AWARDS SEMI-FINALIST Lilly is ten years old, living in poverty, born with a heart defect, and already addicted to heroin. Her mother is gone from her life, and there are rumors that she was killed by her father and buried near the abandoned house across the street. The house intrigues her, she can't stay away, and the monstrous homeless man who lives there has been trying to get Lilly to come inside. For her mother is there, buried in the back, and this homeless man is Lilly's true father, and both want their daughter back.

Milk-Blood (MILK-BLOOD: LILLY'S TALE)

Ten year old Lilly is the victim of a terrible house fire and a wretched family. Her father is an addict with mental illness, her mother was murdered and then buried across the street, and her uncle got her addicted to heroin.Lilly’s tragic story has been told in the book ALL SMOKE RISES, and it may be true, for the author has broken into your house, and placed Lilly's body on your kitchen counter. He demands you read the manuscript, before cutting his own wrists and bleeding out on your floor.Now you have decisions to make, for Lilly's body may not be dead, and her family is coming for her.

All Smoke Rises: Milk-Blood Redux (MILK-BLOOD: LILLY'S TALE)

Review\n"The stories in Lullabies for Suffering are the real deal, a plunge into agony and the ecstasy, the inescapable nightmare of addiction." 
~ALMA KATSU, author of The Deep and The Hunger\n"Chilling and thought-provoking"~ 
Library Journal, (Starred Review)\n"Be forewarned--Lullabies for the Suffering will break your heart. These dark tales are hypnotic, gritty, and full of torment." 
~RICHARD THOMAS, author of Disintegration and Breaker, a Thriller nominee\n"Beautifully Brutal" 
~Steve Stred, author of Ritual\n"My emotions are exposed and raw, my stomach tangled, my shoulders sagged. This open-veined collection tore me up." 
~Nico Bell Fiction\n"These stories are brimming with sobering revelations and heinous aberrations. If you like a side of realism and discomfort with your afternoon horror, then this is your cup of (incredibly noxious) tea." 
~Christa Carmen, author of Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked\n"Beautiful, enlightening, revelatory. Everything that good fiction should be, in a manner that elevates both its chosen genre and the status of discourse on its core subjects." 
~George Daniel Lea, Ginger Nuts of Horror\n"Lullabies for Suffering delivers time and again. Rarely do you come across a collection so well-versed in its life lessons and realistic horrors." 
~Aiden Merchant, author of Dead As Soon As Born\n"Brutal, raw, but still somehow elegant, LULLABIES FOR SUFFERING plumbs the depths of addiction in its myriad forms. There are no filler stories in this anthology, just six punches to the chin. An excellent follow up to the anthology, GARDEN OF FIENDS." 
~Glen Krisch, author of Little Whispers, Nothing Lasting, and Husks.\n*LULLABIES FOR SUFFERING is the follow up to: 
GARDEN OF FIENDS: TALES OF ADDICTION HORROR, now available on Amazon\n"Garden of Fiends is scary in the realest of ways. What fertile ground for horror. Every story comes from a dark, personal place." 
-JOSH MALERMAN, New York Times best-selling author of BIRD BOX\n*Now Available in Hardcover*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. Yet soon enough, this warm state of bliss becomes a cold shiver, the ecstasy and dreams become nightmares, yet we can’t stop listening to the lullaby. We crave to hear the siren song as it rips us apart.A powerful list of talent has woven tales featuring the insidious nature of addiction—damaged humans craving for highs and wholeness but finding something more tragic and horrific on the other side. Come, listen to these Lullabies for Suffering.

Grief, depression, loneliness, suicide. Prepare to be taken by the hand to explore the darkest of human emotions and fears. Stories about those of us who have had too much and cry out desperately for help, begging for relief, asking of anyone who might listen-Let Me Out I've Had Enough. The first collection of shorts from Mark Matthews, the author of novels such as Milk-Blood, The Hobgoblin of Little Minds, and the Shirley Jackson Award Nominated editor of Lullabies for Suffering.Stories range from the most basic horrors to the most cosmic-A father dangling from a noose after an attempted hanging gone wrong. A psychiatrist haunted by the spirits of his dead ex-patients. An alien woman must contract a virus to save the human race, and a father must sacrifice his life to do the same. You'll visit eight different worlds, created by the 'master of modern psychological horror,' and after you've returned to where you began, you'll arrive completely safe, but certainly not the same.

Let Me Out I've Had Enough

Review\n"Powerhouse anthology" 
—Publishers Weekly\n"This triumphant conclusion to Matthews' trilogy is a must add to all collections.... Compelling Horror stories on their own, but gathered together, they hold a power, one that will break readers, opening their eyes to a truth we are all facing, something that only the very best Horror is capable of." 
—The Library Journal, Starred Review\n"I absolutely loved and devoured this book. Haunting, powerful, and chilling. I can not stress enough how much you need this on your shelves." 
—The Wandering Reader\n"A phenomenal collection of addiction stories, written by a list of authors who qualify for a who's who of dark fictions best" 
—Char's Horror Corner\n"Memorable, visceral, cutting stories that will resonate with horror fans." 
—Booklist, Starred Review\nWhy do we crave that which is killing us? 
Addiction is the perpetual epidemic, where swarms of human moths flutter to the flames of hell. Because that warm blanket of a heroin high, that joyful intoxication of a pint of vodka, the electric energy of a line of cocaine, over time leaves you with a cold loneliness and a bitter heart. Relationships are destroyed, bodies deteriorate, loved ones lost, yet the craving continues for that which destroys us—living, as the title suggests, like an Orphan of Bliss. 
Welcome to the third and final fix of addiction horror. The series that began with Garden of Fiends and followed Lullabies for Suffering can be read in any order. You can start here, you can end here, but Orphans of Bliss is certainly the biggest one yet. A more expansive and diverse table of contents brought together for an explosive grand finale, an unflinching look at the insidious nature of addiction, told with searing honesty but compassion for those who suffer. 
The full table of contents of Orphans of Bliss: 
You Wait For It, Like It Waits For You — Kealan Patrick Burke 
One Last Blast — S.A. Cosby 
What We Name Our Dead — Cassandra Khaw 
Huddled Masses, Yearning to Breathe free — John FD Taff 
Through the Looking Glass and Straight Into Hell — Christa Carmen 
Holding On — Gabino Iglesias 
Buyer’s Remorse — Samantha Kolesnik 
A Solid Black Lighthouse on a Pier in the Cryptic — Josh Malerman 
Singularity — Kathe Koja 
My Soul’s Bliss — Mark Matthews 
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Orphans of Bliss: Tales of Addiction Horror

Khaw, Cassandra

Malerman, Josh

Cosby, S.A.

Koja, Kathe

Kolesnik, Samantha

Carmen, Christa

*Exclusive Art for Hardcover Edition by Kealan Patrick Burke's Elderlemon Design *\nAddiction is the perpetual epidemic, where swarms of human moths flutter to the flames of hell. Because that warm blanket of a heroin high, that joyful intoxication of a pint of vodka, that electric energy from a line of cocaine, over time leaves you with a cold loneliness and a bitter heart. Relationships destroyed, bodies deteriorate, loved ones lost, yet the craving continues for that which is killing us-living, as the title suggests, like an Orphan of Bliss. Welcome to the third and final fix of addiction horror and the follow up to the Shirley Jackson Award Finalist, Lullabies For Suffering. A diverse table of contents brought together for an explosive grand finale-an unflinching look at the insidious nature of addiction, told with searing honesty but compassion for those who suffer. The table of contents includes:\nJosh Malerman 
New York Times Best Selling writer of Bird-Box and one of the most prolific writers of his generation. His story in Orphans of Bliss is a King Midas curse for those who can never drink enough, where witches watch you from every bar stool.\nCassandra Khaw 
A Locus Award finalist and a USA Today Best-Selling author. In their story, What We Name Our Dead, a woman is haunted by the ghost of her substance-abusing father\nKealan Patrick Burke 
Bram Stoker Award winning author of Turtle Boy, Kin, and Sour Candy, and one of the most talented horror writers in the genre. Burke's work appears in all three addiction horror anthologies, weaved together in one universe. He's done nothing less than create an addiction-fueled mythos.\nSA Cosby 
New York Times best-selling author of Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland. With his unmistakable voice, Cosby tells a story of a powerful new blend of meth that overruns a rural town.\nKathe Koja 
Koja is a multiple time Bram Stoker Award winning author and her trademark intense, speculative fiction is on full display in her short story, Singularity.\nChrista Carmen 
Author of Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked, which won the Indie Horror Book Award for Best Debut Collection. Readers are in for a shock when they follow an addict trying to get clean Through the Looking Glass and Straight into Hell.\nSamantha Kolesnik 
Kolesnik's novella, True Crime, took readers by storm and won a Splatterpunk Award. Her story, Buyer's Remorse, is about a character constantly craving a new identify with perpetual consumption to fill her empty spaces, but is never fully satisfied.\nJOHN FD TAFF 
Two time Bram Stoker Award Finalist and backbone for the addiction horror series. In Taff's cosmic story, a man has stopped using drugs, but hoards his character defects piled high in his basement cellar.\nMARK MATTHEWS 
Shirley Jackson Award nominated editor and author of Milk-Blood. Matthews is the editor of all three anthologies, works in the field of behavioral health, and is in recovery from his own addiction.\nGABINO IGLESIAS 
Wonderland Book Award author of winning Coyote Songs. Gabino was nominated for a Bram Stoker award for his work in Lullabies for Suffering and he's once again built a world infected with drugs, this time, a dystopian landscape.

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Lullabies For Suffering: Tales of Addiction Horror

The Hobgoblin of Little Minds

Milk-Blood (MILK-BLOOD: LILLY'S TALE)

All Smoke Rises: Milk-Blood Redux (MILK-BLOOD: LILLY'S TALE)

Lullabies For Suffering: Tales of Addiction Horror

Let Me Out I've Had Enough

Orphans of Bliss: Tales of Addiction Horror

Orphans of Bliss: Tales of Addiction Horror