Horrific Scribes Presents: Anthologies!
Horrific Scribes Presents: Worlds Collide: 25 Works of Earth-Shattering Horror
YOUR REALITY SHATTERS
The occult world collides with the everyday. The underworld runs over. Wild “nature” smashes assumptions about “civilization.” Old Worlds prey on the New. But some of the most devastating collisions occur between worlds within worlds…
Horrific Scribes Presents: Worlds Collide offers 25 works about horrifying confrontations between realms by Barry Charman, Iluka Chayan, Emmie Christie, Christopher Degni, Zary Fekete, Tracy Fritz, Katherine Garrison, P.N. Harrison, Jan-Andrew Henderson, Matt Hollingsworth, L.N. Hunter, Lene MacLeod, Thomas C. Mavroudis, Nenad Mitrović, Shawn Montgomery, Adam Murray, Jason Frederick Myers, Lira Palmer, Luke Ramer, Alistair Rey, Mario Senzale, Jeffery Scott Sims, E.W.H. Thornton, Maxim Volk, and Pamela Weis.
In “The Slide” by E.W.H. Thornton, a lecture about photography’s special, possibly occult relationship with death brings its audience closer and closer to darkness.
In “Post Op” by Luke Ramer, the underworld of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll inspires a boy to experiment in ways that might be comical if they weren’t so tragic. Well, maybe you’ll laugh anyway.
In “Calypso” by Lira Palmer,” a rare orchid lures a curious researcher into a realm of exploration with dangers that might come from the plant’s hallucinogenic properties or might be related to more supernatural roots.
In “My Father, My Father” by Zary Fekete, a father and son using virtual reality for routine activities encounter what might be a powerful and deadly spirit from ancient lore.
In “Vote Abyss” by Barry Charman, humanity might very well elect its own annihilation.
And so many more collisions create so many more horrors…
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Horrific Scribes Presents: Rulemakers and Rulebreakers: 26 Works of Order and Chaos
Which is more terrifying, the imposition of order that might involve stifling limitations and repugnant values, or spiraling into chaos as order splinters or disappears? The 26 authors in Horrific Scribes Presents: Rulemakers and Rulebreakers have 26 answers, each with the potential to shatter you. Prepare for works by Sam Arlington, Raymond Brunell, Harley Carnell, Emmie Christie, Nicholas De Marino, Sarina Dorie, Eric Fomley, Douglas Ford, Matt Hollingsworth, Douglas Kolacki, Christine Lajewski, Devin James Leonard, E.J. LeRoy, Susan L. Lin, Mavrik McMeekan, Jason Frederick Myers, Lena Ng, Dimitry Partsi, Nick Porisch, Nilay Kumar Sarker, C.M. Saunders, Briar Shannon, Steve Toase, Mark Towse, Fendy S. Tulodo, and Andrew Welsh-Huggins.
“A terrific mix of 26 short stories, all on the theme of rule use and abuse. They’re all engrossing, though some in that peering-between-your-fingers way, and a few are downright disturbing. I particularly liked the banality of “The Basement” and the bizarre “The Reflection’s Strike, ” but my favourite was the possession story “No Vacancy.” A great anthology, just right if you want to have disturbed sleep!”
–L.N. Hunter, author of The Feather and the Lamp
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Horrific Scribes Presents: Invasions of World, Home, Body, and Mind
SO MANY BOUNDARIES TO VIOLATE
Invaders threaten us from above, below, within, and beyond. Not scared enough yet? This anthology will help! From the Horrific Scribes web archive of original short fiction (and some poetry) come 24 selections that involve horrific invasions. Only 23 are short stories—one is a group of poems—and that’s not the only way the book cover deceives you. None of the stories involves UFOs attacking Earth. Horrific Scribes seeks “the provocative, scary, and strange,” and these works offer a wide array of perspectives on invasion, many of them unfamiliar. They stretch and cross the boundaries of horror, sci-fi, and other speculative fiction with dark edges. Settle in and let your imagination be overrun by the invasions conjured by Phoebe Barr, Jim Best, Amanda M. Blake, Jon Clendaniel, David Corse, Richard Dansky, John Davis, Laura DeHaan, T. Fox Dunham, H.J. Dutton, Joseph Hirsch, Tom Johnstone, Kasimma, Emmanuel Komen, Leonardo J. Lamanna, Steven Mathes, Thomas C. Mavroudis, Trisha Ridinger McKee, Eric Nash, M. Brandon Robbins, Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar, Sydney Sackett, K. Thompson, and Fendy S. Tulodo.
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“Intrusions, incursions and insidious infiltrations of every ilk: some of these unconventional tales are funny, some creepy, some weird, and a few downright disturbing, but they’re all entertaining and thought-provoking—let them get their hooks in and they’ll invade your mind.” —L.N. Hunter, author of The Feather and the Lamp
“This book was right up my alley. It’s filled with scary science fiction stories of all stripes. Some feel like they could happen tomorrow, while others are otherworldly to the extreme, and I love that combination. The push-pull of suspense and the suspension of disbelief made this book a page-turner… These are the kind of stories that send a shiver down your spine… stories that make you wonder, “What if…” while also thinking, “I hope not.” …I assume that it is very difficult to put together a collection where the reader enjoys every story, but the editors have somehow pulled it off with Invasions of World, Home, Body, and Mind.”
—J.S. Douglas, author of Terror at Twll Du and The Cult of Elle
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