Fossil Lake: An Anthology of the Aberrant
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Kerry Lipp and Emily Meier
Emily and Kerry are an unlikely pair who found a bond over hating the same skanks, liking the same beers, and ignoring 90% of what the other says. Kerry spends his days in Dayton writing and getting turned down by women, and Emily resides in Cincinnati with her son, who will never be allowed to read this story. Links would be @kerrylipp on Twitter and New World Horror - Kerry G.S. Lipp on Facebook. She doesn't have/want any links included.
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Mike Meroney
Mike Meroney has been writing stories and poetry since the age of 8. He is his own genre and writes for both children and adults. He finds particular comfort in dark writing, loves coffee and thinks that dogs are better than humans. His writing can be found at his own blog site (http://thatmanitouguy.blogspot.com/) as well as a horror themed blog that he shares with his wife (http://deadbydawn66.blogspot.com/)
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Christine Morgan
Christine Morgan is so terribly afraid of being exposed as a fandom hack that she’s written over two million words of fanfiction since 1996 and posted it all online under her own real name in hopes that nobody will ever ever ever find out. She’s also the author of about twenty novels and has had dozens of stories published in anthologies and magazines. Visit her at http://www.christine-morgan.com/ on Facebook at ChristineMorganAuthor and on Twitter at @CMorganAuthor
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Russell Nayle
For reasons that will be self-evident to those in the know, this contributor chooses to remain as anonymous as such a name allows.
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Tanya Nehmelman
Tanya Nehmelman, although has always been a bigger fan of horror, is a graduate of the Institute of Children’s Literature. In spare time, when not working on adult horror, she enjoys writing, and illustrating children’s books. You can find one of her short, horror stories entitled, “Every Time I Close My Eyes”, in the anthology entitled, “Dead Men and Women Walking” A collection of short stories, “Nighty Nightmares” is available at authorhouse.com. Updates for her recent work/events can be found at facebook.com/tanyanehmelmanauthorpage.
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Mark Orr
Mark Orr resides in the wilds of Middle Tennessee, out past Gemütlichkeit and well on the way to La Dolce Vita, with his wife of thirty-two years, three daughters, one granddaughter, and roughly 10,000 books. His current work in progress is a comprehensive history of the horror genre in every medium imaginable, spanning the years 1890 to 1980. He is also working on devising a workable tango solo, disproving the old saying about it taking two to you-know-what.
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Mary Pletsch
Mary Pletsch is a glider pilot, toy collector and graduate of the University of Huron College, the Royal Military College of Canada and Dalhousie University. Her short stories have been published in “When the Hero Comes Home 2” by Dragon Moon Press, “Dark Bits” by Apokrupha and “Steamed Up” by Dreamspinner Press. “Mishipishu: The Ghost Story of Penny Jaye Prufrock” was inspired by summer camp nostalgia, Bon Echo Provincial Park and T.S. Eliot read after midnight. Administrator by day, writer by night, she stays up late to indulge the voices in her head, powered by the lunar tides and too much caffeine. She currently lives in Ottawa with Dylan Blacquiere and their four cats. Visit her online at www.fictorians.com
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G. Preacher
G. Preacher is a world traveler and renaissance man whose hobbies include music, mayhem and meditation. He is an historian by trade, specializing in the Gothic subculture, and has been in more museums than he can count. It is his great pleasure to be able to bring his love for the past, his immersion in academia and the literary arts together in this anthology.
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Peter Rawlik
In the beginning there were the books, and Pete Rawlik loved them. Through the years they grew, some were lost, some were replaced, but the collection and the books themselves grew. They filled his room, and then his apartment. The apartment gave way to a house, but even that the books filled. They grew bigger, and smarter, wiser, more difficult to understand, and handle. Rawlik tried to stop them, he sold them, he gave them away, he burned them. They found ways to return, and in the end they consumed him, filled him up, until all that was left were the words pouring out of him and onto the page.
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William Andre Sanders
William Andre Sanders resides in Narrows, VA with his wife and two children. He has had three short stories and over two dozen poems published. Right now, he is committed to completing the final touches on the first draft of what he hopes will become his debut horror novel. Feel free to contact him on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/dre6380, or by email at william_a_sanders@yahoo.com.
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Michael Shimek
Michael Shimek currently resides in Minnesota where he writes horror, fantasy, and science-fiction. Some of his stories can be found in the anthologies Grave Robbers, Barnyard Horror, ZOMBIE:Lockdown, Blood & Roses, and Tales of the Undead: Suffer Eternal - volume II, along with more on the way. He also posts random free stories on his blog: michaelshimek.blogspot.com
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John Claude Smith
John Claude Smith has had one book published, a collection called, The Dark Is Light Enough For Me. He will have a second book released in 2014–details coming soon. He is currently writng a novel, while shopping around another one, and putting together a second collection. Busy is good. He splits his time between the SF Bay Area and Rome, Italy. Blog: http://thewildernesswithinbyjohnclaudesmith.blogspot.com/
Email: jcsmith0919@yahoo.com
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Jeremy Terry
Jeremy Terry is the author of the apocalyptic horror novel Dreams of the Dead from Damnation Books and Mirror, Mirror from SSTPublications. His short fiction has appeared in anthologies and magazines from Nightscape Press, Azure Keep Quarterly, and SSTpublications. He lives in the Florida Panhandle with his wife, three boys, and Great Dane named Max. You can follow him on the web at www.facebook.com/jeremyterrywrites/
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Patrick Tumblety
Patrick Tumblety is a multimedia artist and writer. This fall his work has appeared in Tales of Jack the Ripper, by Word Horde Press, as well as issues of Dark Moon Digest and Sirens Call Publications. In 2012, he released Dark Passages, an anthology of thrillers currently available on Amazon.com. That year he was also published in Infinity’s Kitchen, an experimental narrative magazine, and received an honorable mention from Writer’s Digest for short format storytelling. Patrick currently resides in Dover, Delaware with his wife, Kathleen, and their cat, Dusty. He would love to hear feedback from you at SpeakerPatrick@gmail.com.
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D.J. Tyrer
DJ Tyrer is the person behind Atlantean Publishing and has been widely published in anthologies and magazines in the UK, USA and elsewhere, most recently Cthulhu Haiku and Other Mythos Madness (Popcorn Press), Sorcery & Sanctity: A Homage to Arthur Machen (Hieroglyphics Press), All Hallow's Evil (Mystery & Horror LLC) and Strange Lucky Hallowe'en (Whortleberry Press), and the well-received, sold-out limited-edition novella, The Yellow House (Dynatox Ministries).
DJ Tyrer's website is at http://djtyrer.blogspot.co.uk/. The Atlantean Publishing website is at http://atlanteanpublishing.blogspot.co.uk/. He can be reached at atlanteanpublishing@hotmail.com
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Lewis Unknown
Lewis Unknown went to University to discover he knew nothing, he now spends his time as his elderly father's full time carer and dreams of becoming a Viking, or a wealthy alcoholic. In the meantime however he writes the odd story for the entertainment of others. pandaswahey.blogspot.com
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Melany Van Every
When not trying to save the small Iowa town she lives in from Cthulhu and heavy metal groupies one country song at a time, Melany Van Every can often be found hanging out at local restaurants or the town's one screen m
ovie theater. Inspiration for her writing comes from such authors as Stephen King and Jim Butcher as well as the worst of the monster movies that cable television has to offer and wildlife documentaries. This is her first time being published.
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Dana Wright
Dana Wright has always had a fascination with things that go bump in the night. She is often found playing at local bookstores, trying not to maim herself with crochet hooks or knitting needles, watching monster movies with her husband and furry kids or blogging about books. More commonly, she is chained to her computers, writing like a woman possessed. She is currently working on several children's works, young adult fiction and horror short stories and is trying her hand at poety. She is a contributing author to several e-zines and anthologies. Twitter: @dana19018 http://danawrightwordscribe.wordpress.com/ email: dana19018@gmail.com
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Table of Contents
A LETTER FROM THE LAKE Ramsey Campbell
EAT YOURSELF Michael Shimek
THE VARMINT OF FOSSIL VALLEY Lewis Unknown
ROAD KILL ANGEL Dana Wright
SILVER SCREEN SHADOWS Mathias Jansson
C-C-COLD Ken Goldman
WHAT’S YOUR BEEF? Mark Orr
ALCHERA DJ Tyrer
THE DANK Doug Blakeslee
DARK OF MADNESS Tanya Nehmelman
ALL THAT JAZZ Meagan Hightower
REVOLVER CONCERT Spencer Carvalho
THICK Melanie-Jo Lee
THE ZIGGURAT OF SKULLS Joshua Dobson
APARTMENT B Stinky Cat
PRETTY GIRL Deb Eskie
COME FLY WITH DEATH Wesley D. Gray
THE HORN OF PLENTY Russell Nayle
THE LOST LINK Carl Thomas Fox
NAT POOPCONE VS. THE BEAST OF FOSSIL LAKE Jerrod Balzer
WHERE THE LOST ONES DWELL Tony Flynn
LANA DOESN’T GET LUCKY Kerry G.S. Lipp and Emily Meier
GOTHICISM ON TRIAL G. Preacher
FINDING MISS FOSSIE Melany Van Every
ARKHAM ARTS REVIEW Peter Rawlik
MISHIPISHU: THE GHOST STORY OF PENNY JAYE PRUFROCK Mary Pletsch
MALICIOUS INTIMACY by William Andre Sanders
BENEATH Michael Burnside
PASSIONATE IN CHICAGO John Goodrich
MR. WINTER Jeremy Terry
IMPRESSIONS Christine Morgan
MAKE ME SOMETHING SCARY Patrick Tumblety
THE DAY LLOYD CAMPBELL’S MAMA CAME TO TOWN Scott Colbert
THE RACK Mike Meroney
BEAUTIFUL John Claude Smith
THE LAST REVELATION OF GLA’AKI, AN EXCERPT Ramsey Campbell