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• Lovecraftiana Magazine (“Words on Bone”) Rogue Planet Press, 2025
• The Cellar Door Issue #5: Marshland Horrors (“Yes, the River Knows”) Dark Peninsula Press, 2024 *FEATURED AUTHOR*
• The Cellar Door Issue #6: Phantom Worlds (“The Angel of Shavano Peak”) Dark Peninsula Press, 2025
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Some people deserve to die for the things they’ve done. In a few cases, the law runs its course, and the execution is carried out in the clinical environment of a state prison.
But in other cases, everyday men and women have to take matters into their own hands.
And they don’t always get it right.
Judicial Homicide contains ten horror stories of executions, both official and improvised, that will leave you wondering if the sentence fits the crime…
Stories by Elizabeth Broadbent, Rebecca Cuthbert, Kay Hanifen, Cyan LeBlanc, J.B. McLaurin, Scotty Milder, J.L. Royce, Tommie Simmons, D.L. Winchester, and Rosetta Yorke.
Proceeds of this charity anthology will go to Witness to Innocence. The mission of WTI is to abolish the death penalty and reform the United States justice system by empowering exonerated death row survivors and their loved ones to become effective leaders.
U is for Unexplained is the twenty-first book in an epic series of twenty-six horror anthologies. Within these pages you will find a collection of thirteen bizarre tales from some of the most skilled independent horror authors writing today. From mysterious stalkers to geological anomalies, from carnival freakshows to otherworldly entities, U is for Unexplained will have you turning the pages in intrigue and teach you that not all mysteries can be solved.
It’s May Eve. It’s Beltane. It’s the Eve of St Walpurgis…. or just plain old Walpurgisnacht. Tonight the wolves howl, the graveyards open, and sheeted spectres gibber in horror at the foul, blasphemous poems, short stories and art contained within these unhallowed pages… Read them who dares!
Including work by
EW Farnsworth, Emma Buckley, Liam A Spinage, Naomi Simone Borwein, Zark Fekete, TS S Fulk, Lee Clark Zumpe, Ken Foxe, CD Kester, Scotty Milder, Benjamin DeHaan, Mark Artanis, Galen T Pickett, Carlton Herzog, HW Wiley, Dean Wirth, Rex Mundy, Pietro Rosselli, Dean Wirth, Mike T Lyddon, Bartek Kucharski
Folkloric, Tales of Folklore & Horror is a collection of 16 terrifying tales, drenched in ritual, superstition, and myth. Featuring stories from authors all around the world, this anthology delves into the dark traditions of ages past, and the uncanny sources that inspired them.
Walk with us in the Cave of Quicavi, beside the twisted imbunche! Add your voice to our invocation, as we raise the Woman of the Forest! Join us, in the shadow of Urraca Mesa, as we explore the secrets of Skull Mountain! From Chilote folklore to tales of bewitchery, Folkloric, Tales of Folklore & Horror is packed with stories of the macabre, the sinister, and the downright horrifying!
Featuring tales from C. L. Werner, Felix Blackwell, Eneasz Brodski, Errick Nunnally, R. T. Wenzel, Miranda Dahlin, Xan van Rooyen, Rowland Bercy Jr., Trey Henry, Thomas Canfield, Madison Kilian, Justin Fillmore, Scotty Milder, Mark Oxbrow, J. L. Royce, Max Hallam, as well as illustrations from Stephen Spinas.
The first anthology from The Vanishing Point collects all of the best tales from our magazine era (2021-2023). Read them here for first time or re-visit all of the best tales from the early years of The Vanishing Point.
This book features:
Tom Gammarino – Transubstantiation
Logan McConnell – Observations on a New Species of Anglerfish
Evan Greenspoon – Dumpling Man
Jamie Hittman – Anastomosis
Nathan Bowen – Seagulls Never Lie
Coleman McClung – Track #9
Scotty Milder – Rickety Fence Teeth
Ai Jiang – The Spirit Gates of Warriors
Tenacity Plys – Love My AI Son
Gregory Wolos – Katu Latu Kulu
Erin Keating – Discounts for the End of Days
J.R. Andrews – A Nice, Long Soak
Joseph Hirsch – Strange Night in Sabbatville
Greta Hayer – Skies Above and Below
Adam Breckenridge – The Angel of the Universe
Kris Ashton – Bloodborne
In the blink of an eye, everything can cease to exist.
T.S. Eliot tells us in his poem “The Hollow Men” that the world will end not with a bang, but with a whimper. Well, he was wrong. Dead wrong. When death and destruction come, the screams of terror, horror, and excruciating pain will rend the blood-red sky and be heard across the world. When your number is up, there’s nowhere to run and no place to hide. You can’t cheat death; death will find you. It always does.
Join us for tales of Death and Destruction in this volume of If I Die Before I Wake. From wastelands to dead lands, among the dead and dying, as the world takes one last collective gasp. Death has returned from holiday, and it’s bringing hell with it.
The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!
Contains stories by Steven Pajak, R.E. Sargent, and others.
With foreword by John Durgin, author of The Cursed Among Us
Dark Highways is the third issue of The Cellar Door anthology series from Dark Peninsula Press. Featuring nine stories of dark fiction exploring dangerous highways, treacherous backroads, and bloodthirsty vehicles.
With stories by: Matt Neil Hill, Scott McCloskey, Scotty Milder, SR MIller, Christi Nogle, Mary Rajotte, Darren Todd, Charlotte Vale, and Mark Wheaton. Compiled and edited by Aric Sundquist. Cover artwork by Mikio Murakami.
Keep moving forward, carried on by the thrill…
Halloween. The season many wait for all year. A time when people can be anything they want to be. A time of costumes and candy, spooks and frights. Or it can be a time of terror and carnage, where those with sinister intent hide behind the guise of innocence. Where malevolent souls hunt their prey. A night where the only thing that matters is trying to survive.
Call it what you will: All Hallows Eve, Halloween, or All Saints Eve, but if evil comes looking for you, there’s nowhere to hide. Don’t fool yourself into thinking everything will be okay… The only thing you will ever be is dead or dying.
Join us for tales of Halloween Horror in this volume of If I Die Before I Wake, but bring your body bags—no one gets out alive.
The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!
Contains stories by Richard Chizmar & W.H. Chizmar, L.P. Hernandez, G. Nicholas Miranda, Kevin M. Folliard, Mike Marcus, Bryan Holm, Jason A. Wyckoff, Alexandr Bond, David Anthony, David Rider, Sarah Cannavo, DW Milton, and Scotty Milder.
With foreword by Nick Roberts, author of The Exorcist’s House.
Some argue existence is an exercise in futility. They claim there are no winners in life. Ultimately, we are insignificant in the face of vast cosmic intelligences that were old when the Universe began.
The best minds gibber at the incomprehensibility of it all. Other minds lose themselves in strange geometries because they can’t comprehend any alternative.
Whatever. The rest of us have to get up in the morning, feed the cat, and go to work.
The Cozy Cosmic contains 33 stories of the horrors hidden within the micro-aggressions, the horrors trapped beneath the floorboards, and the horrors waiting patiently on the windowsill. This is the horror that forgets to turn off the light at night. This is the horror of waiting for the tea to boil, knowing full well who you just buried-for the second time-in the yard less than a hour ago. This is the horror of knowing where the dark wool comes from, but you wear the sweater anyway because it was a gift-an expression of love-and, well, being alone is worse than the horror of the unknowable, isn’t it?
On the European front, there are worse things stalking the battlefield than enemy soldiers.
A laid-off ad exec’s second career takes a turn for the bloody.
The halls of Shy Rock High welcome the Class of 2005—but why so few attendees to this shadowy gala?
The stories in this anthology are the glimpses of the dark places between the forest and a dream. They are the shadows seeking dusty trinkets on a forgotten shelf. They invite the reader into a world where a grieving mother gives her lost daughter one last bubble bath. Tangle & Fen is an anthology of dark fiction, featuring tales from the borderlands of horror, speculative fiction, and the nightmare fears that linger even after you turn on the lights.
Welcome to the Vanishing Point, that place on the horizon where the lines of reality and imagination intersect. In that place is a promise of excitement, dread, intrigue, and suspense. The Vanishing Point is a quarterly literary magazine for works that bend reality. Horror, Sci-fi, Dark Fantasy and all things speculative are welcome here.
The 7th issue features all-new fiction by Jamie Hittman, Scotty Milder, Ephiny Gale, Patrick Anderson, Joachim Glage, and Thomas West
Welcome to Black Sheep: Unique Tales of Terror and Wonder, an extraordinary anthology magazine that transcends the boundaries of science-fiction, fantasy, and horror. Prepare to embark on a thrilling journey through the darkest corners of the human imagination, where the ordinary becomes extraordinary, and the mundane transforms into a realm of unspeakable terror and awe-inspiring wonder.
Within these pages, you’ll discover a collection of captivating stories carefully curated to transport you to realms beyond the mundane. Each issue presents an array of unique tales crafted by talented visionaries, both established and emerging, who dare to defy conventions and push the boundaries of speculative fiction.
Whether you’re a seasoned lover of the fantastic or just curious to explore new frontiers, Black Sheep: Unique Tales of Terror and Wonder will be your guide through the realms of the extraordinary. Prepare to be enthralled, enchanted, haunted. So put on your dark sunglasses … and unleash your inner Black Sheep.
R is for Revenge is the eighteenth book in an epic series of twenty-six horror anthologies. Between these pages you will find a collection of thirteen shocking tales from some of the greatest independent horror authors writing today.
From avenging spirits to nature’s wrath, abused youths to jilted lovers, R is for Revenge brings a brutal and heartbreaking selection of horror tales that will satisfy the human desire for vengeance.
Fourteen original stories. Fourteen unique visions.
Return to the world of survival horror…
A group of survivors trapped in a bar must fight against the most abundant resource on the planet. A young woman survives a vicious bear attack while camping, but soon realizes the bear holds an uncanny resemblance to something from her dark past. Three salespeople driving home from a tool expo find themselves in a desperate battle for survival against a demonic entity—armed with nothing but a trunk full of malfunctioning power tools.
And many more stories…
Featuring works by: Richard Beauchamp, Benjamin DeHaan, Eric J. Guignard, Brad Kelechava, Kristin Kirby, Stephen Kozeniewski, Ashley Lezak, M.J. Mars, Scott McCloskey, Scotty Milder, S.R. Miller, J.W. Schnarr, Xariffa Surarez, and Rosemary Thorne.
Compiled and edited by Aric Sundquist.
Cover artwork by Mikio Murakami.
Forbidden Magic is the second issue of The Cellar Door anthology series from Dark Peninsula Press. Featuring ten stories of dark fiction exploring themes of black magic, voodoo, and witchcraft.
With stories by: Patrick Barb, Michael Harris Cohen, Serena Jayne, Ryan Marie Ketterer, Gwendolyn Kiste, Lynne M. MacLean, Ville Meriläinen, Scotty Milder, Jaye Nasir, and Michelle Tang. Compiled and edited by Aric Sundquist. Cover artwork by Mikio Murakami.
Embrace the dark, and join the coven…
Oh no! not another knuckle-whitening rollercoaster ride of thrills from the latter day heirs of the Lovecraftian legacy!
With stories, poems, and art by Josh Maybrook, Mike Adamson, Lee Clark Zumpe, John B Rosenman, Lamont A Turner, Charles Wilkinson, Scott J Couturier, Petter Martinson, Alexander Nachaj, Ryan Klopp, Dean Wirth, Sergio Palumbo, Debasish Mishra, Benjamin DeHaan, Gavin Chappell, Connor Orrico, Kyle J Durrant, John M McCormick, Carlton Herzog, Christopher Hawkins, CM Fields, David A Riley, Dawson Alexander Wohler, Peter Emmett Naughton, Bobby Cranestone, Scotty Milder, Tim Mendees, Lorna Keach, Mike Jansen, Neal Privett, Steven J. Alvarez, Gary Budgen, Will Shadbolt, Scott Arbuckle, Harris Coverley, JL Royce, Brittany Groves, Danny Nicholas, Chris Sebastian, Greg Fewer, Chris McAuley, Matthew Wilson, Gabriel Rodin Lozada, Rose Banks, Rick Hudson, Aaron Alan Pfau, Ryan Patrick Ervin, Jason P Burnham, David Kenney, Aaron Simon
The December 2022 issue of CHM Magazine.
Featuring Christi Nogle, Scotty Milder, Ville Meriläinen and an interview with Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead, the directors of Resolution, Spring, The Endless, and Something in the Dirt!
In this, the second annual Halloween Special Issue of Dark Matter, ten stories look genre fiction in the eye and smile with anticipatory glee. Every tale within these pages adds its own bit of artistic flair, but at the root of all these works is an undeniable love for telling stories that make us wince, gasp, jump, laugh, cringe, groan, chuckle, smirk, sigh, shiver, and even shake our heads in disbelief. They weave fearless narratives that entertain as much as they impress…
“Basically Normal” by Scotty Milder is another darkly humorous tale that throws a serial killer into a comedy-of-errors plot while also posing interesting questions about the erroneous ways we define ourselves, sometimes to the detriment of others.
— Editor Rob Carroll
Woodland Terrors is the premiere issue of The Cellar Door anthology series from Dark Peninsula Press. Featuring nine stories of dark fiction centered around the theme of forests and nature.
With stories by: Daniel Barnett, Douglas Ford, Amelia Gorman, Scott Paul Hallam, Ai Jiang, Scotty Milder, SR Miller, Maggie Slater, and Mark Wheaton. Compiled and edited by Aric Sundquist.
Cover artwork by Mikio Murakami.
Fear the woods, and embrace the terror…
Insanity has me by the throat.
I wish it’d squeeze a little harder.
They call me crazy, but who are they to judge? I’m not crazy. They are. I’ve tried to reason with them, but they won’t listen. Yet. One day, they will hear me, and one day, they’ll be sorry.
This is no way to live, being locked up like an animal. And I’m surrounded by lunatics. The scary girl in the corner who hears voices, the burly bald guy who lashes out with violent tendencies, the quiet redhead who lights fires, or the Rob Zombie look-alike that is rumored to have murdered his entire family. Is this real or one sick and twisted nightmare I can’t wake up from?
Institutionalized is the latest anthology from the creators of The Better Off Dead series. This installment brings you stories of the mentally unbalanced, the damaged and disturbed, and the criminally insane. Some are locked up. Some are not. We recommend you sleep with one eye open.
With stories by Richard Chizmar, Ronald Kelly, R.E. Sargent, Steven Pajak, Rebecca Rowland, Mike Duke, Scott Harper, Jill Girardi, Richard Clive, Jeremy Megargee, Janine Pipe, LP Hernandez, Scotty Milder, Renee M.P.T. Kray, Brandon Scott, and David Rider.
Foreword written by Brian Asman.
Brutality doesn’t even begin to describe it.
Your existence is the epitome of normal…until it isn’t. In an instant, everything changes. The peaceful security you hold dear to your heart has been ripped away and you are left fighting for your life. But don’t think for a second you have a chance in hell of surviving. Your odds are never good when staring into the face of pure evil.
Join us for tales of savagery and slaughter, where the innocent, or not-so-innocent, find themselves in the most ferocious situations they have ever encountered.
The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!
Contains stories by R.E. Sargent, Steven Pajak, David Anthony, Bryan Holm, Tamika Thompson, Aric Sundquist, Otto DeFay, Matthew R. Davis, Nick Roberts, Scott Harper, Richard Clive, Scotty Milder, and LP Hernandez.
A tribute to author Anne Rice, 19 authors show their love to the Queen of Horror with a collection of Gothic tales inspired by her legacy. A charity anthology with all proceeds to benefit the Animal Rescue of New Orleans in honor of Anne Rice, whose fondness for animals was well known. Edited by Elaine Pascale and Rebecca Rowland with a foreword by Lisa Kröger.
Authors include: C.W. Blackwell, Morgan Sylvia, Greg Herren, Holly Rae Garcia, Douglas Ford, Kristi Petersen Schoonover, Gordon B. White, Tim Mendees, Stephanie Ellis, Scotty Milder, Holley Cornetto, Lamont A. Turner, KC Grifant, Lee Andrew Forman, Anthony S. Buoni, Trish Wilson, Angela Yuriko Smith, Christine Lajewski and E. F. Schraeder.
Beware of the night, for it shows no mercy.
Anxieties run rampant as the last sprinklings of light twinkle out on the inky horizon. The shadows dance their choreography in the damp, dusky air. Night is taking over, and it knows how to keep a dark and deadly secret, for it allows no witnesses. And that screaming you hear nearby? Watch out, because you might be next.
The Sinister Supernatural Stories series brings you delicious horror that focuses on elements of the supernatural. Pull up a chair and dig in, but never after dark—everyone knows bad things always happen after dark.
Contains stories by Nick Roberts, Matthew R. Davis, Alexandr Bond, Scott Harper, R.E. Sargent, Richard Clive, Renee M.P.T. Kray, Warren Benedetto, Daniel O’Connor, Steven Pajak, Curtis A. Bass, David Rider, Gary Robbe, and Scotty Milder.
Foreword by William Malmborg.
The +Horror Library+ anthologies are 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 30 all-original stories, read Volume 7 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 7:
– In “Hand of Glory,” a despairing prison inmate studies astral projection in order to escape his cell.
– In “The Key to Mabella,” a cemetery groundskeeper discovers a mysterious vault key held by his predecessor and investigates what it unlocks.
– In “Abandon,” a tour guide takes friends to visit his home village, long-since deserted and languishing under superstition.
– . . . and more!
– Also including a special guest-artist’s gallery of Allen Koszowski!
Thirty-nine terrifying stories that will keep you up all night and make you want to call in sick to work!
This amazing collection contains all stories from Volumes 4-6 of If I Die Before I Wake: The Better Off Dead Series. Enjoy stories of nightmare monsters, the otherworldly and undead, and the dark deep.
The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!
Contains stories by John S. Aissis, David A. Anthony, Brian Asman, Frank Beghin, Barry Charman, Richard Clive, Matthew R. Davis, Marco Etheridge, Kevin M. Folliard, Elana Gomel, Scott Harper, LP Hernandez, Henry Herz, Andrew Hughes, Constantine E. Kiousis, Renee M.P.T. Kray, Red Lagoe, Jeremy Megargee, Scotty Milder, S.R. Miller, G. Nicholas Miranda, Bridgett Nelson, Hannah O’Doom, Steven Pajak, David Rider, R.E. Sargent, Sandra Stephens, Kristal Stittle, Steven Streeter, and Mike Sullivan.
Lovecraft in a Time of Madness is a collection of 21 horrifying tales, inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Featuring stories from across the globe, this anthology unveils a universe of macabre ritual, terrifying creatures, and those brave souls who dare challenge the nature of the unknown!
From Arthurian legends to the very depths of the Mariana Trench and the darkest corners of the human mind, Lovecraft in a Time of Madness oozes with unique takes on some of Lovecraft’s most forbiddable creations.
Featuring stories from C.L. Werner, Thomas Parrott, Mark Wheaton, David F. Gray, Scotty Milder, and other new and established authors.
Join us as we descend into madness!
Don’t go in the water. It’s dark. It’s deep. It’s scary as hell. There is no better keeper of secrets than the menacing, murky depths of the ocean. Unfathomable creatures, mysterious disappearances, abandoned ships, deadly pirates. Even experienced seamen are susceptible to the horrors that lay hidden far below the surface. It’s all a game of chance. Be in the wrong place at the wrong time and you’ll become something’s meal.
The dark deep is ominous and unforgiving and it has no conscience. Do you dare tempt fate? The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!
Contains stories by John S. Aissis, Marco Etheridge, Scott Harper, Andrew Hughes, Constantine E. Kiousis, Scotty Milder, S.R. Miller, G. Nicholas Miranda, Bridgett Nelson, David Rider, Steven Streeter, and Mike Sullivan.
Foreword by Splatterpunk Award-Winning Author Ronald Kelly
KZine is a magazine of original Horror, Crime, SF and Fantasy genre short fiction edited by Graeme Hurry. Sometimes with more than one genre in a story.
This issue contains stories by Lindsey Duncan, Mark Levenson, Saul Lemerond, Luke Foster, G. Miki Hayden, Scotty Milder, Tony Kirwood, Pauline Gostling, Joe Giordano and Nicole Tanquery.
The cover artwork is by Dave Windett.
Fifteen tales of grindhouse action and horror!
A desert roadhouse becomes the place of ultimate survival as a young couple retaliates against its spiraling web of lost memories. A cursed board game waits patiently in a midnight attic for the only girl to ever escape its deadly ending. A no-nonsense veterinarian uses the tools of her trade to seek bloody vengeance on those who wronged her.
And many more stories…
Featuring works by: Gwendolyn Kiste, Rob E. Boley, Sarah Read, Scotty Milder, Sophie Leah, Paul Magnan, S.K. Campbell, Matt Neil Hill, Adrian Ludens, Mark Wheaton, Buck Weiss, S.R. Miller, Nik Patrick, Shannon Brady, Jaap Boekestein.
Compiled and edited by Aric Sundquist.
Cover artwork by Mikio Murakami.
Another blasphemous edition of unnameable, indescribable, accursed stories, verse, and art is here:
Lovecraftiana: the Magazine of Eldritch Horror – Lammas Eve 2021
Featuring the works of
Connor Orrico, Kyle J Durrant, John M McCormick, Carlton Herzog, Christopher Hawkins, CM Fields, David A Riley, Dawson Alexander Wohler, Peter Emmett Naughton, Bobby Cranestone, Scotty Milder, Tim Mendees, Lorna Keach, Mike Jansen, Neal Privett, Dean Wirth, Sergio Palumbo, Gavin Chappell, James Toeken, Mike T Lyddon
Sometimes, there is no happily ever after.
In this anthology, talented writers craft 10 diverse tales of heartbreak and failed love.
Tragic, absurd, beautiful, and sometimes horrific, these stories of fizzling romance explore what it means to be Not Meant for Each Other.
Featuring Stories by:
LT Ward, Harry F. Rey, Priscilla M. Goins, Scotty Milder, Jess L. Tong, Stephen Howard, Jamie Perrault, J.F. Capps, Joseph Anderson, K.A. Warhurst
Edited By Ashley Hutchison
Sometimes, the dead do come back. Sometimes, they crave your flesh…and sometimes, they desire your very soul, but they aren’t the only thing you have to fear.
….The Otherworldly and Undead are out there and they are coming for you. When you run—and oh, will you run—you don’t need to be the fastest…you only need to be faster than the person beside you—at least until there is no one else left. Join us for the most terrifying stories of Otherworldly and Undead beings as they stalk and torment the living, feeding off their souls and their flesh before recruiting them to eternal damnation.
The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!
Contains stories by Renee M.P.T. Kray, Jeremy Megargee, Scotty Milder, Steven Pajak, Barry Charman, Red Lagoe, Richard Clive, David A. Anthony, Kristal Stittle, Scott Harper, R.E. Sargent, LP Hernandez, and Bridgett Nelson.
Foreword by New York Times Bestselling Author Richard Chizmar.
Every other Thursday, join Elishia as she presents a new short story that she has produced and directed for her podcast, and then she’ll sit down with the author, taking the opportunity to chat about their piece, from the writing process through to narrating the finished product.
Featuring Mancos by Scotty Milder
Read by Elizabeth Dwyer
“Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.”
-The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether by Edgar Allan Poe (1845)
Poe’s classic tale told of a state of the art hospital boasting a curiously experimental treatment, but things were not as they seemed. In The Half That You See, twenty-six writers from around the globe share their literary optical illusions in never before seen stories of portentous visions and haunting memories, altered consciousness and virulent nightmares, disordered thinking and descents into madness. Take a walk down the paths of perception that these dark fiction raconteurs have tunneled for you, but keep a tight grip on your flashlight: the course twists and turns, and once you’re on route to your destination, there is no turning back. That which creeps about in the poorly lit corners of the human mind has teeth, and it’s waiting for you.
Featuring
Michael W. Clark, Holley Cornetto, Victoria Dalpe,
Bill Davidson, Douglas Ford, Justine Gardner,
Eddie Generous, Alex Giannini, Kelly Griffiths,
Sam Hicks, Luciano Marano, Matt Masucci,
Scotty Milder, Mack Moyer, Lena Ng,
Elin Olausson, Robert P. Ottone, Felice Picano,
Edward R. Rosick, Susie Schwartz, Mahlon Smoke,
Laura Saint Martin, T.M. Starnes, Mark Towse,
Lamont A. Turner, Nicole Wolverton
Your worst nightmares come true.
Razor-sharp teeth. Vicious claws. The soul-piercing eyes that stare you down right before it pounces. What will you do when it’s you against a purveyor of pure evil? You think it’s just a dream? Think again. These nightmare creatures have transcended the pages of the books they were written into, they’ve ripped their way from the silver screen, and now they are coming for you. There is nowhere to hide—they will find you. But the question remains. Do you have what it takes to conquer the beast or will you let it destroy you?
The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!
With stories by Scotty Milder, Elana Gomel, Hannah O’Doom, Scott Harper, Bridgett Nelson, Brian Asman, Sandra Stephens, Henry Herz, R.E. Sargent, Red Lagoe, Frank Beghin, Kevin M. Folliard, Steven Pajak, Matthew R. Davis. Foreword by Bram Stoker nominated author Jeff Strand.
Featuring thirteen tales sure to make your skin crawl, this collection showcases the talents of many authors from around the world. Lock the doors, put the kids to bed, and turn the lights off. Step into our world and pray you’ll make it back alive.
More Tea, Vicar? by Tim Mendees
The Changeover Cue by Damir Salkovic
Where God Divided By Zero by Scotty Milder
The World is Lava by Suzanne Grieco Mattaboni
The Client by Melody E. McIntyre
Sunset FM by Jack Rourke
Hoppin’ Down the Bunny Trail by Danny Nicholas
The Cave by Rebecca Rowland
South of Lafayette by Raven McAllister
Blight by Nicholas Stella
The Witch’s Pumpkin Patch by Radar DeBoard
The King of Crows by D.E. Wolford
Paid in Full by Wade Hunter
Contemporary Horror: The Great Machine by Richard Newby
Thirty-nine terrifying stories that will keep you up all night and make you want to call in sick to work!
This amazing collection contains all stories from Volumes 1-3 of If I Die Before I Wake: The Better Off Dead Series. Enjoy stories of karma, fear, supernatural horror, deadly women and retribution.
The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!
Contains stories by Cassandra Angler, Chris Contreras Bahnsen, Claire Brown, Matthew A. Clarke, Alan Derosby, Mike Duke, Cara Fox, Scott Harper, Jane Alvey Harris, Nikkolas James, Kayla Krantz, Renee M.P.T. Kray, Red Lagoe, Eleanor Merry, Scotty Milder, J.H. Moncrieff, Charlotte Munro, Bridgett Nelson, Steven Pajak, L.K. Pinaire, Gerald Dean Rice, Spencer Richard, Peter Rocha, RJ Roles, Lee Rozelle, R.E. Sargent, Natalie Sierra, Chris Wilkerson, and Mark Young.
2021 Splatterpunk Award Nominee for Best Anthology
Go ahead, run. Hide, even. No matter. There’s no place you can go that she won’t find you.
A woman scorned. The sanctity of her sanctuary threatened. The betrayal of trust…even loyalty. Don’t ever tell her not to take it personally, because that’s exactly what it is. Personal. Your first blunder was mistaking her kindness for weakness. Your second was betraying her. The third? Underestimating her. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Take the plunge into these tales of deadly women who will stop at nothing until vengeance is theirs.
The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!
With stories by Steven Pajak, Cara Fox, Chris Contreras Bahnsen, Scotty Milder, J.H. Moncrieff, Scott Harper, Bridgett Nelson, Spencer Richard, Mark Young, Claire Brown, Nikkolas James, Lee Rozelle, Natalie Sierra, R.E. Sargent, Red Lagoe and Renee M.P.T. Kray.
“The boundary line between instinct and reason is of a very shadowy nature” – Edgar Allan Poe (1840)
With its twenty-one stories of serial killers and sociopaths, fixations and fetishes, breakdowns and bad decisions crafted by authors as diverse as their writing styles, Shadowy Natures leads fans of psychological horror down dark and treacherous roads to destinations they will be too unsettled to leave…
…From unique twists on traditional terror tropes to fresh frights found in the most innocuous of places, these tales will surprise and unnerve even the most veteran horror fans. Featuring brand new fiction from Jeremy Billingsley, C.W. Blackwell, Barrie Darke, Matthew R. Davis, Christina Delia, KC Grifant, Liam Hogan, K.N. Johnson, Thomas Kearnes, Rudy Kremberg, Scotty Milder, Bryan Miller, Hollee Nelson, Elin Olausson, James Edward O’Brien, Andrew Punzo, Lee Rozelle, Joseph Rubas, Paul Stansfield, Louis Stephenson, and Thomas Vaughn.
When you open the door to a realm of nightmares, sometimes you let the nightmares in.
Bedtime. The twilight of consciousness, the darkness that lies between reality and dreams. Here, on the threshold of slumber, we open the door to myriad dreamscapes, to other worlds and astral planes. A thousand doors to a thousand worlds… and the nightmares that hide within.
Open the door, cross the threshold, and dream the night away. But be careful, and remember: When you open the door to a realm of nightmares… sometimes you let the nightmares in…
…In these pages you’ll find an unforgettable collection of dreams unleashed upon reality and reality transformed into nightmares. Penned by award-winning authors, bestselling writers, and visionary nightmare-smiths, A MONSTER TOLD ME BEDTIME STORIES will remind you what it means to be afraid of the dark.
Scare You to Sleep is a weekly podcast hosted by Shelby Scott. Each week Shelby will read several spooky stories with added sound effects to create an immersive world of terror. Each story is read in a soothing voice that will acts as a siren song to the terrifying content you will hear.
The podcast has many special episodes such as True Tales, which contain user submitted experiences. The popular Guided Nightmares are episodes made using guided meditation techniques to help you reach a level of relaxation unlike any other while you star in your own horror story.
In this 40th issue of Dark Moon Digest, a honeymoon couple takes a side trip to an anomaly in the desert; a concerned citizen goes to a witch for a curse; a soldier has horrible insomnia; two friends open a portal to another realm; a daughter fails to heed her mother’s advice; and Santa delivers a miracle to a mall cop.
With stories by Paul Michael Anderson, Lillian Csernica, Ana Gardner, Lucas Mangum, Scotty Milder, and K.P. Taylor. Also includes columns by George Daniel Lea and Jay Wilburn, with an excerpt from Paul Michael Anderson’s Standalone!
Join us for twelve tales of survival horror, inspired by such legendary video game franchises as Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Clock Tower…
A nurse wakes up in a hospital basement surrounded by the bodies of her coworkers and finds herself waging a desperate battle for survival against an unseen enemy. An introverted artist’s hermitage upon a private space station is interrupted by a multi-limbed alien intent on absorbing him. A woman stalked by a sadistic killer through an apocalyptic landscape decides to make one last defiant stand against her tormentor, or become his next work of living art.
And many more stories…
Featuring works by: Scotty Milder, Michelle Tang, Amelia Gorman, S.R. Miller, Jude Reid, Maggie Slater, J.C. Martinez, Richard Beauchamp, P.L. McMillan, M.J. Mars, Jay Wilburn, Eric J. Guignard. Published by Dark Peninsula Press. Edited by Aric Sundquist. Cover artwork by Mikio Murakami.
Love can turn men into monsters…
And monsters into men…
…Come and meet these monsters, and the things they do for love.
Comprising Volumes 4 to 6 of the bestselling MONSTERS horror anthology series, the WHAT MONSTERS DO FOR LOVE trilogy spans over one hundred stories by an international team of bestselling, award-winning, and visionary authors, offering a treasure trove unforgettable tales about monsters (of both the human and inhuman varieties) that range from the deceptively whimsical to the heartbreakingly terrifying, and everything in between.
Now lock your doors, turn on your lights, and grab your cat for comfort’s sake. It’s time to learn why love is the scariest thing on earth.
From the publisher of the #1 bestselling THE MONSTERS WE FORGOT anthology series comes a massive 175,000-word collection of unforgettable horror stories straight from the Lone Star State…
…Haunted hotels, undead billionaires, ancient demons, ghostly dogs, backwater serial killers, and eldritch gods…
You’ll find all of these and more in HORROR USA – TEXAS
The 51-book HORROR USA series is an ambitious project that highlights the unique monsters, legends, and stories found in each of the United States. HORROR USA – TEXAS is the second book in the series.
Lock the doors, turn on the lights, and settle in – it’s time to learn the true meaning of terror, Texas-style.
From the publisher of the #1 bestselling THE MONSTERS WE FORGOT anthology series comes an unforgettable collection of spine-chilling horror stories straight from the Evergreen State…
…Haunted theaters, flesh-eating trees, bloodthirsty phantoms, and inhuman families…
You’ll find all of these and more in HORROR USA – WASHINGTON.
The 51-book HORROR USA series is an ambitious project that highlights the unique monsters, legends, and stories found in each of the United States. HORROR USA – WASHINGTON is the third book in the series.
Lock the doors, turn on the lights, and settle in – it’s time to learn why Washington is the scariest place of all.
Just before the tunnel is a gate. A gate that is locked up tight with several thick chains and even thicker padlocks. Signs line the chainlink fence scream ‘Keep out’ and ‘Close the gate’. Not that unusual I hear you say; a chained up gate, there must be thousands of these all over the place. But this gate leads to nowhere. There is no building, no industrial property or driveway that leads to a house in the distance. Just a patch of yellowing grass and not much else. Each time I drive passed, I wonder what the point of the gates are, and why it was so important that they remain closed.
Thuggish Itch’s sixth collection, Close the Gate, features eighteen short stories from a group of authors from all over the world. There are some great stories here, all of which involved gates, doors and rooms that should remain closed (but are invariably opened).
The second anthology from DBND Publishing features 16 tales of horror exploring what it means to be truly alone and forsaken. It might be the end of the world, a psychotic break, or a situation so bizarre and isolating that there are barely words to describe it, but what they all have in common is the isolation, left to fend for yourself in these and many more terrifying situations.
Featuring stories by: Robert Allen Lupton, Jon Douglas Rainey, Craig Crawford, Jeremy Thompson, Henry Snider, Tim Mendees, M.J. Mellor, Stuart Conover, Edward Winkle, Scotty Milder, Tabitha Gidcomb, Richard Beauchamp, David M. Donachie, Tim Jeffreys, Watt Morgan, and Mike Kanner.
This anthology features 19 stories that explore the horrors of isolation. Left alone with only your own thoughts and fears, what nightmares will your mind conjure? Ranging from mental isolation, to stranded on deserted islands and alien planets, these stories are sure to get under skin and make you never want to be alone again.
Featuring stories by: Scotty Milder, Eddie D. Moore, Chanelle Loftness, Zoey Xolton, Amber M. Simpson, Dan Rice, Erica Schaef, A.R. Dean, Holly Rae Garcia, Willow Croft, Diane Arrelle, Steve Carr, Bob Ritchie, Brianna Witte, Austin P. Sheehan, Rae Stinger, Dawn DeBraal, Ann Bell Feinstein, and Lyman Graves.
The Thirteenth Step is a dark, noirish thriller dealing with issues of substance abuse, violence, and the irrevocable nature of the past.
Travis has had a rough life: a drinking problem, time on the streets, time in jail. Now he’s in AA and living with his parents while he tries to find a way to get his life back on track. Part of the plan is tracking down those he’s wronged and making amends.
This is going about as well as one might expect.
But a chance look at a wedding announcement in the local newspaper dredges up all the demons of his past — and one violent moment he can never take back.
The one person he’s afraid to confront his ex-girlfriend, Clissa McLaren — beautiful, successful, manipulative, and filled with an impenetrable hate. But she’s the one person who may hold the key to his salvation… or his ultimate damnation.
