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*Cover art by Magdalena Kaczan
Umieraniec (2013)
Since 2006, the +Horror Library+ series of anthologies has been internationally praised as a groundbreaking source of contemporary horror short fiction stories—relevant to the moment and stunning in impact—from leading authors of the macabre and darkly imaginative.
Filled with Fears and Fantasy. Death and Dark Dreams. Monsters and Mayhem. Literary Vision and Wonder. Each volume of the +Horror Library+ series is packed with heart-pounding thrills and creepy contemplations as to what truly lurks among the shadows of the world(s) we live in.
Containing 31 all-original stories, read Volume 8 in this ongoing anthology series, and then continue with the other volumes.
Shamble no longer through the banal humdrum of normalcy, but ENTER THE HORROR LIBRARY!
Included within Volume 8:
• In “Saving the World," a family feeds their captive devil the sorrows of neighbors.
• In “We Can't Let Go," a welfare check by a child services worker proves that not all in life is as expected.
• In “Only the Stones Will Hear You Scream," a man meets his nightmares while caving through narrow underground passages.
• . . . and more!
**Also including a special guest-artist's gallery of Jana Heidersdorf!
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• Introduction by Eric J. Guignard
• “Rides” by Eric Del Carlo
• “Only the Stones Will Hear You Scream” by R.A. Busby
• “Poor Mad Isaac” by Don Raymond
• “Mr. Hunicutt” by Bentley Little
• “Lise Meitner Speaks to the Living” by Octavia Cade
• “Lines” by Lauren O’Donoghue
• “Blockchain” by Dexter McLeod
• “On the Corduroy Road” by Bryson Richard
• “Under the Pale Mother Moon” by Garick Cooke
• “Solace” by Anna Ziegelhof
• “Saving the World” by Eric Nash
• “The Old Tip Road” by C.M. Saunders
• “Lullaby” by Lorne Dixon
• “Story of Her Life” by Tom Johnstone
• “H Is for the Hunt” by Steve Rasnic Tem
• “Mazu—Goddess of the Sea” by Ai Jiang
• “Hymns in the Dark” by Gordon Grice
• “Holler Bridge” by J.L. Hoy
• “The Rest Cure” by Shenoa Carroll-Bradd
• “Zipper Back” by Thersa Matsuura
• “Fishers of ___” by Frances Ogamba
• “The Blind” by James Owens
• “Unwind” by Christopher O’Halloran
• “Girlskin” by Clara Madrigano
• “A Dormant Concern” by Charles Wilkinson
• “Clay” by Colin Leonard
• “Broodmare” by Jo Kaplan
• “In Fear as Dark as Coal” by Ron Perovich
• “The Yearning Pool” by Thomas P. Balazs
• “We Can’t Let Go” by Sheldon Higdon
• “Fell Mill” by Charlie Hughes
• +Horror Library+ Presents: Special Guest-Artist’s Gallery of Jana Heidersdorf
