The Bestiarum Vocabulum (TRES LIBRORUM PROHIBITUM)
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Tej Turner
Tej is fresh out of university, where he partied vigorously and studied Creative Writing and Ancient History to sharpen his craft. He has just begun branching out as a writer, but has also recently been published in Impossible Spaces, an anthology by Hic Dragones. When he is not gallivanting around the world trekking jungles and exploring temples, reefs, and caves he is usually based in Cardiff, where he works by day, writes by moonlight, and occasionally squeezes in the occasional trip to roam around megalithic sites and the British countryside. The next time he has enough money he will probably fly off on another adventure.
He is currently engaged in writing an epic fantasy-horror trilogy.
Robert W. Walker
Robert is the author of fifty-five books, and he is a professor of English at Marshall University and West Virginia State University. His most recent titles are The Edge of Instinct, Thriller Party of 8, and Annie's War. He has novels on Kindle, Audible.com, and Createspace in paper. Robert is a graduate of Northwestern University Graduate School of Education and holds a Masters in English Education. He lives with his wife and family in West Virginia
Mark West
Mark was born in 1969 and lives in Northamptonshire, England with his wife, Alison and their young son Matthew. Writing since the age of eight, he discovered the small press in 1998 and since then has had over seventy short stories published in various magazines around the world. His first collection, Strange Tales, was published by Rainfall Books in 2003 who also published his short novel, Conjure (in 2009) whilst his debut novel In The Rain With The Dead, appeared from Pendragon Press in 2005. His novelette The Mill, which Mark Morris called ‘one of the most moving pieces of writing I have read in a long time’, appeared in the acclaimed five-author collection We Fade To Grey (edited by Gary McMahon) for Pendragon Press and has since been published in a standalone edition by Greyhart Press. What Gets Left Behind, his chapbook from Spectral Press, sold out four months prior to publication. Future publications include more short stories and two novellas (The Lost Film and Drive) and West is currently working on a novel. He can be found on Twitter - @MarkEWest - or contacted through this website at www.markwest.org.uk
Barbie Wilde
Barbie is best known as the Female Cenobite in Clive Barker’s classic cult horror movie “Hellbound: Hellraiser II”. She has performed in cabaret in Bangkok, Thailand; danced in the Indian Bollywood blockbuster, “Janbazz” (being the first classically-trained robotic mime artist to appear in a Bollywood movie); was a vicious thug in Michael Winner’s “Death Wish III”; and played a drummer for an electronica band in the so-called ‘Holy Grail of unfinished and unreleased 80's horror’: “Grizzly II: The Predator, AKA Grizzly II: The Concert” (starring then unknowns George Clooney, Laura Dern and Charlie Sheen). Barbie also robotically mimed with UK TV legends Morecambe & Wise and the famous British TV hand puppet, Sooty. In the early 1980's, Barbie danced professionally at the top nightclubs and rock venues of New York City, London and Amsterdam with the mime/dance/music group, SHOCK. SHOCK supported such artists as Gary Numan, Ultravox, Depeche Mode and Adam & the Ants and released two singles on RCA Records: Angel Face and Dynamo Beat. Barbie presented and wrote eight different music and film review TV programs in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s. She interviewed such pop personalities as Cliff Richard, Iggy Pop, John Lydon (AKA Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten), The Sisters of Mercy, Roger Taylor of Queen, Pepsi & Shirley, The B52's, Lisa Stansfield, Bananarama, Jimmy Sommerville and Black, as well as actors Nicolas Cage and Hugh Grant. In 2009, Barbie contributed a well-received short story, entitled “Sister Cilice”, to the Hellbound Hearts Anthology (edited by Paul Kane and Marie O'Regan). In 2011-13, Barbie contributed six short stories to six different horror anthologies: “U for Uranophobia” for Phobophobia, “American Mutant: Hands of Dominion” for Mutation Nation, “Polyp” for The Mammoth Book of Body Horror (reprinted in 2013 in The Unspoken anthology), “A is for Alpdrücke” in The Demonologia Biblica, “Z is for Zulu Zombies” Gorezone #29 and “Botophobia” in Phobophobias. Barbie’s first crime short story, ‘Beauty and the Skell’, will be published in The Screaming Book of Crime, scheduled for publication in 2014. Barbie is co-writing the book for a musical drama with composer-lyricist Georg Kajanus and screenwriter-playwright Roberto Trippini called “Sailor”, which contains a unique perspective on life, revenge, violence and love, set in the ruins of post-War II Marseille. Sailor is not only a romantic voyage – it also depicts the brutality of war and life on the fringes of society. Sailor has been conceived as both a stage and film musical. Barbie is also working with writer and designer Eric Gross on a project called “The Cilicium Pandoric”, which has been sanctioned by writer-director-artist and Hellraiser creator Clive Barker. She is working on a screenplay based on her story, “Zulu Zombies”, and a stage play based on her story, “Sister Cilice”. Barbie’s debut dark crime novel, The Venus Complex, is published by Comet Press. “Wilde... is one of the finest purveyors of erotically charged horror around.” – Fangoria. "Barbie Wilde – best known to the horror community as The Female Cenobite from Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 – has crafted a serial killer story every bit as warped as Level 26, as exacting as Harris’s “Hannibal” series and more sexually adventurous than Fifty f***ing Shades of Gray could ever hope to be." - Annie Riordan, Brutal As Hell
David Youngquist
David has been writing professionally since 1992 when he got a paid gig at The Western Courier, the newspaper at Western Illinois University, while a student. He started as an opinions columnist, and at the end of four years, he was writing for all sections of the newspaper. One of his greatest accomplishments while with the Courier was his three part investigative series on cults in America in relation to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. He graduated with a BA in History Education in 1996. Without a teaching contract, however, he took a position as a reporter with the Bureau County Republican, where he worked for numerous sections and beats of the paper. On the side, however, he was writing horror, fantasy, and other genre fiction. These passions came together in 2010 when he helped found Dark Continents Publishing with a number of other authors. As Publisher and President of DCP, he is honored and humbled to help launch the careers of great writers from around the world. He also has the fun of getting his own books into print and reaching fans from close at home, and even on the other side of the globe. Youngquist currently lives in central Illinois with his patient wife Fay, who has certainly earned her sainthood, and his teenage daughter, who regardless of her father’s warnings, wants to be a writer too.
Front Cover Artist
James R. Powell
As a child, artist James was very much afraid of the dark. It wasn't until his early teens that his mind became twisted and warped. He's lived in the backwoods of the Deep South most all his life, which have provided inspiration for many of his dark and surreal works. He has encountered several ghosts, and believes in UFOs. He's worked with a variety of authors, including Neil Gaiman, Brian Hodge, Scott Nicholson, and Matthew Tait. He's painted guitars for Edward Van Halen, and has done design work for Misfits and actor Lance Henriksen. He is also a poet, musician and vocalist, and can usually be found late at night drinking rum and hanging out with a very questionable black cat named Louis. Being a native of Mississippi and having a fondness for the Blues, he's often had to deny rumors about crossroads and deals with the Devil. However, at the age of thirteen, he did play in a fresh-dug grave.
Acknowledgements
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the following:
Mother; Nigel, Sinead, Zac and Alex; Simon, Harriett and Charley
Chris; Chris; Dave; Anne
Gary; Jason & Mandy; Niven & Janine; Emily; Sarah; Sharon; Ed
Thomas; Tom; Stephan; Emile; Christophe; Leonardo; Fabian; Martin; Nicko
James Powell; John Palisano; David Griffith.
Lastly, an apology to my fellow contributors – whilst a strict word count had b
een set, I broke my own rules! I hope you forgive my indulgence – it won’t happen again.
Much Love All...Dean
Paris, October 2013
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Table of Contents
Introduction by Dean M. Drinkel
A Is For Amon by Emile-Louis Tomas Jouvet
B Is For The Black Hound of Newgate by Jan Edwards
C Is For Chupacraba by Martin Roberts
D Is for Djinn by Lisa Jenkins
E Is For Ellerwoman by Peter Mark May
F Is For Fenrir by Raven Dane
G Is For Golem by Joe Mynhardt
H Is For Helicoprion by Rakie Keig
I is for Imp by D.T. Griffith
J Is For Jack In Irons by Mark West
K Is For Kappa by John Palisano
L is for Lamia by Amelia Mangan
M Is For Mara by Robert W. Walker
N Is for Nimerigar by Christine Dougherty
O Is For Onokentaura by Tim Dry
P Is For Púca by Nerine Dorman
Q Is For Qareen by Dean M. Drinkel
R Is For Rusalka by Christine Morgan
S Is For Succubae by Tej Turner
T Is For Tsul ‘Kalu by D.M. Youngquist
U Is For Ubume by Jason D. Brawn
V Is for Veltis by Lily Childs
W Is For Werewolf by Andy Taylor
X Is for XeXeu by Sandra Norval
Y Is For Yule Lads by Adrian Chamberlin
Z Is For Zulu Zombies by Barbie Wilde
Biographies
Acknowledgements