With a final shot of the whisky, she inoculated herself against the smoke and cat hair. A mistake, but a slight one...’ - Jim Phoenix “Starchild”Hell is for Children, a HauntedMTL charity anthology for Lumos, is a great collection of both new voices taking their first steps on ink and older voices whose longevity is a testament to their art.‘Darkness that will leave a spot on your soul. An unbelievable anthology for a great cause.’-Stephen King, Not t...

The problem with being left alone was the thoughts that came when there was no noise to stop them...’ - Ash Pehrson “Brewing”Queer as Hell - a Haunted MTL Anthology brings in the best LGBTQ horror all wrapped up in one set volume. This anthology has it all. Everything from flash fiction to longer pieces; laughs and chills; sadness and lightness. All the things that make us people. That’s the key. It shows our common make up. We are, after all, stardust.“A ste...

What makes us ‘us’? Is it the body? Is it the mind? A space in-between? For over half the planet, that autonomy is taken for grantedIn this HauntedMTL Charity Anthology, we have a wide scope of horror from visual artists, poets, and writers of short prose. You’ll see some familiar faces and some first-time authors. Our tenth charity anthology has something for everyone. Yes, even you.A percentage of every copy sold goes to:The Emily Dickinson Mu...

Step into the shadows with "Dancer," a spine-chilling anthology that pirouettes between horror and hope. Curated by the visionary Jim Phoenix, this collection brings together master storytellers in a dance of darkness that will leave you breathless.Inside, you'll discover:• 15 original tales that push the boundaries of horror• A journey from cosmic terrors to monsters lurking in your backyard• Stories that explore resilience in the face of both supernatural and ...

The issue of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) is firmly in the public spotlight internationally and in the UK, but just how well is it understood?To date, many CSE-related services have been developed in reaction to high profile cases rather than being designed more strategically. This much-needed book breaks new ground by considering how psychosocial, feminist and geo-environmental theories, amongst others, can improve practice understanding and interventions.Edited by one ...

In TOO LATE, 15-year-old Greg is in a teen sex offenders’ facility because of an assault on his stepsister. He hates the professionals who try to help him and can’t wait to go home. When he enters a room for a meeting, his mother is there crying. Her partner, whom Greg calls Step Dude, sits at her side. They have come to tell Greg they don’t want him back. It’s too late to be good, they say. Greg comes to the crippling realization of what he has become: the father he has both hated and fea...

The bestselling author "offers up lean, deftly composed short-shorts that seem effortless but inflict a surprising amount of mayhem considering their size" (Brian Evenson, O. Henry Award–winning author).Like a gut punch, like a lightning strike, nearly seventy pieces of flash fiction in this expanded edition—featuring twenty previously uncollected tales, including ten original stories—from Stephen Graham Jones showcase the visceral bite of his prose and scope of hi...

Red Room Press is extremely proud to present its fourth annual anthology featuring this year's hardcore corps of authors with the best extreme horror fiction of 2018 that breaks boundaries and trashes taboos.First up is “Vigil” by Chad Lutzke. Chad takes us into a neighborhood where a steady stream of decayed corpses are exhumed from a neighbor’s cellar. Extreme olfactory horror at its best.Deborah Sheldon went under the knife for the inspiration of “Hair And Teeth,” and th...

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 lu...

********This story was included in Transmonstrified and Unfinished Muse. If you've already read "Undercover Gorgon" in either of those books, skip this and wait for "Episode #1—Witches War" coming in December 2015.********Episode #0—BecomingPatrice has never been comfortable in her own skin. At midnight on her twentieth birthday, her magical Stealth Insurance lapses, leaving her with a headful of live snakes and an aversion to bright light. Now she understands why being hum...

If love is a house, how do we arrange the furniture?Meditative and magical, a book as complicated as the ways we love, This Poem Is a House is, in the end, about a girl’s story sheltering a boy’s poem, the way a house shelters the lives of the people who live in it.‘Discovering Ken Sparling's work changed everything I knew about writing. It made me realize that a novel could and should be just that – novel, that that was the point of writing, of li...

"Once we were all just people. Our culture was only an element of our complex being. Now, we are reduced to our origins." -- Amelia Fisher, "The Children of Echidna"No one understands being an outsider like the people who have experienced it. Mad Scientist Journal has brought together twenty-six tales of people who have lived in a world that doesn't accept them. Some face their situation with humor, others less so. Vampires, werewolves, and changelings share space in these pages wi...