Anthologies

Love conquers all… including natural disasters and alien invasions in this contemporary fiction collection.

This Gaslamp Fantasy anthology features all-new stories set in a magical Victorian Era, with entries from Jeffrey Ford, Tanith Lee, and others. Renowned anthologist Ellen Datlow draws together some of today's most exciting historical fantasy authors for a bewitching journey into Victorian England. Queen Victoria's Book of Spells presents eighteen original stories ranging from steampunk adventures to Jane Austen-inspired works that some critics call Fantasy of Manners. Contributors to this volume include both bestselling writers and exciting new talents such as Elizabeth Bear, James Blaylock, Jeffrey Ford, Ellen Kushner, Tanith Lee, Gregory Maguire, Delia Sherman, and Catherynne M. Valente, who present a vision of a nineteenth century invested (or cursed ) with magic. A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of 2013

From the Creators of the award-winning steampunk Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series comes a collection of new adventures from around the world.The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences investigates the bizarre and unusual, and protects the citizens of the Empire from forces of darkness. Every agent knows that thrusting themselves into danger is part of the job, and may demand of them the ultimate sacrifice. They call on their own inner strength, wits, intellect, and innovations of science and technology.But is it enough to face the unknown and the unexplainable? Travel to the farthest corners of Queen Victoria’s mighty empire and back again to the shores of Old Blighty, unlocking the mysteries of legend, lore, and shadowy societies. Welcome to a world of steam, secrets, machinations and madness.

There is a reason New York City is called "The City that Never Sleeps," and it is not for reasons we have all become accustomed to. This anthology of 19 urban horror stories explores the dark corners, shadowy alleys and mysterious underworld of all five boroughs of New York City providing the true reason why The City Never Sleeps. Trade Paperback EditionColor Cover with 19 Black & White Internal Illustrations (each story is illustrated) Illustrated by Luke Spooner Introduction byPeter Rawlik Author of ReAnimators & The Weird Company Afterword byBrian J. Cano SCARED! TV & Haunted Collector Dark Tales From Elder Regions: New York will be the first in an annual anthology by Myth Ink Books. “If you love New York City in all its shapes and guises (and who doesn’t?) and are a fan of well-crafted horror fiction of every variety, you’ll relish the new Myth Ink Books collection of 20 vividly weird stories all set in The Big Apple, Dark Tales from Elder Regions: New York. These highly inventive tales tap into the city’s luridly storied past as well as the gritty opulence of its present and are rich in historical detail and cultural nuance. It’s almost like a trip to NYC and far cheaper than an airline ticket. So grab your reading glasses, pack your carry on bag, and get ready for some delicious shudders, cheap thrills, and heady visions in the city that puts the Gothic into Gotham, with this fine selection of stories that bring chilling nightmares to the city that never sleeps.”—David Barker, author (with W. H. Pugmire) of The Revenant of Rebecca Pascal “Dark Tales From the Elder Regions: New York is an anthology book that will give you goosebumps and make your inner child go in the fetal position more than once when you’re reading it. ... Dark Tales is not the kind of ‘in your face’ horror that tells details of blood letting and gore. It permeates your mind little by little and you find yourself thinking of that creature in the tunnels out of the blue long after you’ve read the story. The words will capture your attention, but the stories themselves will sneak up behind you and slit your throat. And these authors are seriously, creepily great at building a scene and delivering in unexpected ways.”—Dave Royce, Horror Cabin

Reader beware: to open this tome is to invite dread into your heart. Every page you turn will bring you closer to something wicked. And when the dead begin to rise from the steaming pits of hell, only then will you discover that it is already too late. Your life is forfeit. Featuring an introduction by Leanna Renee Hieber, author of the Eterna Files and Strangely Beautiful saga, DeadSteam plays host to the scintillating writing of David Lee Summers (Owl Dance, The Brazen Shark), Jen Ponce ( The Bazaar , Demon’s Cradle), Wendy Nikel ( The Continuum ), Karen J Carlisle ( The Adventures of Viola Stewart ), Jonah Buck ( Carrion Safari ), and more… With seventeen chilling tales of dreadpunk, gaslamp, and dark steampunk, DeadSteam will leave you tearing at the pages, desperate for more. For within these pages, the dead rise from their graves to haunt the London Underground, witches whisper their incantations to the wind, a sisterhood of bitten necks hunts fog-drenched alleyways lit only by gaslight, and only one thing is certain: that dread will follow you until you turn that final page. And that sinking feeling in the pit of your chest? That fear that something is following you, watching you, hunting you? It is not for nothing. Look over your shoulder, dear reader. Watch behind you. Listen to the whispers in the darkness. But know this...it is all inevitable.

We've reached out to the finest minds in horror, from best-selling authors to fresh new voices, to bring you a collection of stories to chill the blood. Join us as we explore Hawaiian myth and intrigue from Jessica Lee Anderson, sexy, contemporary vampire horror from Dark Shadows star and author Lara Parker, zombie mystery horror from New York Times Best Seller Kevin J Anderson, Mexican mythology horror from David Bowles, grim sci-fi horror from PJ Hoover, home invasion terror from Jason Henderson (that’s me), Gothic horror from Leanna Renee Hieber, spooky American ghost horror from Michael Aronovitz, survivalist horror from Tom Waltz, demonic family horror from Tony Bloodworth, Central American folklore horror from Julia Guzman, hilariously dark genie horror from Mario Acevedo, strange, mind-blowing mythology horror from Guadalupe Garcia McCall, demonic desert family horror from Barry Barclay, and genre-bending science fiction horror from In Churl Yo.

Within these pages, the authors (ranging from the bestselling and award winning to exciting new comers in the beginning of their careers) have thrown off the crusty, dank, and old trapping to bring us stories from around the world that transcend what we might think of "the typical" mummy story. Only one of these tales is set in Egypt. These wrapped spirits are not back from the dead to find lost loves or enact revenge and neither are they merely shambling, slow moving, physical threats. Prepare to be frightened by what Braum has unwrapped!

The Castle of Horror Anthology Volume 3 (available in Kindle and paperback) is the third collection of horror stories to be put out under the Castle of Horror brand. This go-around, the theme is summer! If you're headed to the beach in reality or in your dreams, watch out for our collection of ghostly gothic tales, deadly toys, time warps, wasp women and other sun-drenched terrors. The collection features stories from David Bowles, Jo Whittemore, Sam Knight, Michael Aronovitz, Alethea Kontis, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Leanna Renee Hieber, John Peel, P.J. Hoover, Drew Wolle, David P. Geister, Jason Henderson, In Churl Yo, and Rob Nisbet.

The theme is Gothic-- the horror of Gothic romance. Throughout the mid-century, paperback Gothic romance books dominated the shelves, always featuring a woman running away from a house. (Go ahead, Google "women running from houses.") Gothic romances tended to tell stories of women coming into conflict with old families, old houses and old traditions. So we've asked a bevy of best-selling writers to celebrate the movement with their own horrific takes on gothic. Run from the house with us! In Churl Yo offers a Bradburyesque sci-fi take on the Gothic, Alethea Kontis also chooses sci-fi in her tale of a futuristic medical procedure gone awry, John Ohno brings a classic governess-arrives-and-things-go-bad story, Jim Towns sets his story in 1972 with his movie-world horror tale, Amanda DeWees has a Gothic tale with an ingenious and tech-savvy female, Jeremiah Dylan Cook gives us a mysterious mansion–and sexy maybe–ghost, Leanna Renee Hieber brings us a ballad-like ghost origin story, Rob Nisbet makes a Lovecraft story out of Lovecraft himself, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam comes to us with a ghost story of a house with its own ideas, Jason Henderson brings the beginning of a serialized story about an expedition into the fabled and haunted House of Usher, Charles R. Rutledge returns with a Carter Decamp psychic mystery, Henry Herz turns to folklore with his tale of a supernatural being wreaking vengeance on Scottish shores, Tony Jones spins us in the direction of violent, supernatural creatures with a taste for the nightlife, Michael Aronovitz weaves a tale about a person coming to terms with what it takes to escape an attic, Sam Knight perfectly evokes the smells and textures of life at an orchard, and Scott Pearson returns us once again to the contemporary era with his feminist commentary on the Modern Gothic.

The Yuletide. The time of the longest, darkest evenings of the year, and once, a time for stories of ghosts, demons, and other night creatures, by authors like M.R. James, E.F. Benson, Jane Gaskell, and Amelia B. Edwards. A Winter’s Tale seeks to revive those days with all new stories by some of the best horror writers of today. These stories run the gamut in setting and time, from traditional Victorian ghost stories to all too contemporary tales of terror. This is an anthology to be read by the fireside on cold nights with the wind howling at the windows. Or just in your favorite spot.

What if a young girl had the power to stop her tyrannical father from battering her mother ever again? What if a student had a secret weapon to end sexual assault by her predatory professor permanently? What if a housewife had unusual means to get back at her controlling husband and walk away from her marriage alive? In Giving the Devil His Due, the Pixel Project’s first charity anthology, sixteen acclaimed fantasy, science fiction, and horror authors take readers on an unforgettable journey to alternative worlds where men who abuse and murder women and girls meet their comeuppance in uncanny ways. Featuring stories from Stephen Graham Jones, Christina Henry, Peter Tieryas, Kelley Armstrong, Linda D. Addison, Hillary Monahan, and more, Giving the Devil His Due presents sixteen stories that will make you think about the importance of justice for the victims of gender-based violence, how rare this justice is in our own world, and why we need to end violence against women once and for all.

Enter freely, and drink deeply of fifteen vampire tales told by a sanguinary collection of modern horror authors. Here you will find both traditional vampires, and those who stretch genre boundaries. Not all of these Nosferatu drink blood, but they all share an unholy thirst for human lives. So step into the shadows, and listen for the children of the night. With Stories by: Amanda DeWees Donald F. Glut John Linwood Grant Leanna Renee Hieber Paul McNamee Chris McAuley Lee Murray Josh Reynolds Cat Scully Jeff Strand Plus: A new Sonja Blue story by Nancy A. Collins A New Bubba the Monster Hunter story by John Hartness A New Deacon Chalk story by James R. Tuck A new Jonathan Crowley/Carter Decamp story by James A. Moore and Charles R. Rutledge And introducing Renard Duvall in a story by Cliff Biggers

There’s always that one unexplained experience… It’s the one you always think of first when people ask you your most memorable paranormal or unusual encounter. It’s the one that will stay in your mind forever. It’s the one that you can’t help but think of if anyone asks you if you “believe in ghosts.” In this book, Charles F. Rosenay!!! (author of The Book Of Top 10 Horror Lists ) collects some of Connecticut’s best-known paranormal investigators, psychics, mediums, and ghost-hunters, who join everyday people in sharing their most memorable, scariest and most unbelievable true stories of the supernatural. Not only are they all true, but most happened in Connecticut, one of the most haunted states in America. Other collections may give the history of Connecticut’s haunted locations, but this book tells actual stories of what happened at places such as Dudleytown, Fairfield Hills Asylum, the Ansonia Opera House, Sterling Opera House, Old New-gate Prison, Robbins Swamp, New Haven Center Church, cemeteries, and many other known sites, along with private residences. Discover the Demon House of Derby, New Haven’s Pink Lady and so many terrifying and shocking stories that may keep you awake nights… and probably change your mind if you don’t already believe. Come with us on a journey of Connecticut’s true ghost stories.

Featuring stories of pulse-pounding, blood-curdling revenge from Leanna Renee Hieber, Claire Low, Dotti Enderle, Jeremiah Dylan Cook, Will McDermott, Sara Martinez, Scott Pearson, Rob Nisbet, Serena Jayne, Katya de Becerra, Carmen Gray, Michael Joseph Tharnish Roby, Charles R. Rutledge, Melanie Schubert, Heath W. Shelby, Bryan Young, Alethea Kontis and Liz Holliday.

The Castle of Horror is BACK with stories torn-- ripped , that is-- from the headlines: In “Ghost Flight” by Dennis K. Crosby, a man’s grief and a deal with a being capable of changing the very fabric of reality sets in motion the mystery of Malaysian Flight 370. “Brew of the Bayou” by P. J. Hoover follows a group of friends whose spooky cocktail experiment takes a terrifying turn when they accidentally awaken an ancient swamp god. Alethea Kontis’ “The Ghost Lake Mermaid” and her best friend Jinna welcome a new ghost whose presence unravels the mysteries of Buckle Springs Claire Low gives us a look at an eerie incident that might have happened during Apollo 11 in “Michael Collins on the Dark Side of the Moon.” “Caretakers” by Will McDermott tells the story of a traveling cat, one of many on a secret mission to serve and protect. “Ghost Chat” by Martin Ott tells the story of a brilliant tech executive who develops an AI to mimic her late husband, to troubling results. Inspired by one of the still unsolved cypher clues left by the Zodiac Killer, Charles R. Rutledge’s “Paradice” features Sir Gawain in the here and now, tracking a new series of murders and the terrible secret behind them. “Sentient Slime” brings us Melanie Schubert’s icky-sweet and obsessive look at a scientist who saved Einstein’s Brain and may be a little possessed by it. “Small Mercies” by Carmen Gray introduces us to the terrible crimes of New Orleans’ legendary, haunted LaLaurie Mansion. Leanna Renee Hieber explores a shocking tale based on a chapter in her nonfiction America’s Most Gothic, of a man who called himself a count, grave-robbing, and supernatural vengeance in “Frau Perchta Comes for the Count.” Welcome back to the Castle of Horror!