The old woman fixed him with a look of intense sadness and slowly shook her head.
The figurines...
As he looked at her, his eyes widened in horror. He remembered the faint scraping sound from inside the room, the feeling of being watched in the garden. A thousand hungry eyes.
Gramma sighed. "I'm afraid I kept a little more than that, Andy."
About the Authors
Jeremy C. Shipp
Jeremy C. Shipp is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Cursed, Vacation, and Sheep and Wolves. His shorter tales have appeared or are forthcoming in over 60 publications, the likes of Cemetery Dance, ChiZine, Apex Magazine, Withersin, and Shroud Magazine. Jeremy enjoys living in Southern California in a moderately haunted Victorian farmhouse called Rose Cottage. He lives there with his wife, Lisa, a couple of pygmy tigers, and a legion of yard gnomes. The gnomes like him. The clowns living in his attic... not so much. His online home is www.jeremycshipp.com and his twitter handle is @JeremyCShipp.
Mary Borsellino
Mary writes fiction, pop-culture analysis, comics and music journalism, and whatever else comes out of her head. She also reads like it's going out of style, makes jewellery, goes to as many rock shows as she can, watches a lot of horror movies, says tasteless things in public situations, and finds every excuse she can to travel.
She can usually be found in Melbourne, Australia, where she works as Editor of the journal Australian Philanthropy.
Brent Michael Kelley
Brent Michael Kelley lives and writes in the Wisconsin Northwoods. He shares a home with such things as hairless dogs, a snake named Darth Batman, and the woman he married on Halloween. In addition to writing about his pal Chuggie, he likes writing story-poems, painting monsters, and making wine. Some say late at night, if you're alone by a campfire, you can summon Brent by closing your eyes and saying his name eleven times. He insists this is not true and there's no way it will work… yet.
Phil Hickes
Phil recently moved to Wellington, New Zealand, after spells in London, Bristol, Cardiff (UK) and Dublin. During the day he writes for a living in the advertising industry, and at night, he writes his own stuff. Usually something horror-related. He can be found on Twitter @hickesy
L.S. Murphy
L.S. Murphy lives the Greater St. Louis area where she watches Cardinals baseball, reads every book she can find, and weaves tales for young adults and adults. She can be found at LSMurphy.com and followed on Twitter @LSMurphy
Michael Colangelo
Michael R. Colangelo is a writer from Toronto.
Neil Davies
Neil Davies was born in 1959 and has found everything else to be an uphill struggle. He currently lives in the North West of England with his wife and two children. Any spare time he can find he spends writing. For more information please visit his official website www.nwdavies.co.uk
Louise Bohmer
Louise Bohmer is a freelance editor and writer based in Sussex, New Brunswick, where, along with rats and a furry husband, she resides under a rock. She edits for Permuted Press, and is an associate editor for KHP Books. Her debut novel The Black Act was released by Library of Horror in 2009, but is now out of print. You can read her short fiction in Old School, The Red Penny Papers, and Courting Morpheus. Her poetry can be read in Death In Common.
Edmund Colell
Edmund Colell is an intern for Eraserhead Press' Lazy Fascist imprint, as well as a college writing tutor, who enjoys collecting gooey pieces of strange medical fiction and facts. His work has appeared in or will be appearing in Verbicide, LegumeMan, New Flesh, Christmas on Crack, Bizarro Central, and Amazing Stories of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
S.P. Miskowski
S.P. Miskowski's stories have been published by Identity Theory, Horror Bound Online Magazine, The Absent Willow Review, Other Voices, The Stranger and New Times, and will appear in Supernatural Tales 21. She received two Swarthout prizes for fiction as an undergraduate, and two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, one for short stories and one for drama. Her play "my new friends (are so much better than you)" was nominated for the American Theatre Critics Association/Steinberg New Play Award. Her latest play "Emerald City" will be produced by Live Girls! Theater in Spring 2012. She is a member of Wily Writers.
Michael Montoure
An unreliable narrator, Michael Montoure is an indie writer of horror and dark urban fantasy. His obsessions include hidden truths, secret dealings, and the changing and fragile nature of our own pasts. He lives alone with a gray cat by the edge of Echo Lake, Washington, and can be found online at www.bloodletters.com. He is standing right behind you.
Lee Widener
In the past Lee Widener's has written mainly for the theatre. His one act play "Emergency Parking Only" received a staged reading at the Stark Raving Theater in Portland, Oregon. He has had recent publications in online zines Yesteryear Fiction and Farther Stars, and the print zine Paper Radio. For the past eleven years he has operated the internet radio station NeverEnding Wonder Radio. www.NeverEndingWonder.com He is also creator of the Welcome to Weirdsville Cartoon Art series.www.welcomeToWeirdsville.com
Pete Clark
Pete Clark has a number of short stories published on webzines, and upcoming print publications for 2011 / 2012. He was recently awarded an Honourable Mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest. He includes Stephen King, Clive Barker and China Miéville among his many influences. Currently writing numerous short stories and the outline of a novel, he lives in North West England with his wife, two children and a growing collection of guitars.
Opal Edgar
Opal Edgar was born in Australia, and grew up in France. Following in the footsteps of her hero, Kurt Vonnegut, she studied anthropology. Today she spends most of her time cramping many words on tiny bits of flying paper she then has trouble deciphering; so instead she reads Robin McKinley and Jane Austen. She has previously been published by Aurora Wolf, Hungur Magazine and has upcoming stories in the Dance Macabre anthology by Edge, and the Behind Locked Doors anthology by Wicked East Press. You can find her writing lone messages on her blog: darkdemonproductions.blogspot.com. Don't hesitate to drop by.
Kealan Patrick Burke
Kealan Patrick Burke is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of over a dozen books, among them, The Turtle Boy, The Hides, Vessels, Currency of the Souls, Master of the Moors, and Kin. You can find him on the web at www.kealanpatrickburke.com, or via his blog at kealanpatrick.wordpress.com.
About the Editors
Kate Jonez
Kate Jonez writes dark fantasy fiction. Her novel Candy House is under submission and might just see publication in 2012. She is also chief editor at Omnium Gatherum omniumgatherumedia.com , a small press specializing in dark fantasy and transgressive fiction. When she's not writing, editing, or doing pubishing chores, she reads, takes photos, investigates odd and obscure historical stuff, and collects things in jars. Visit her personal website at katejonez.com.
S.S. Michaels
S. S. Michaels is a writer of transgressive fiction. She holds degrees in Business Administration and Film & Video Production. She has lived abroad, traveled widely, jumped out of an airplane and driven a race car. In film and television, she read slush and wrote coverage, then moved on to become a production coordinator. She finally served as a TV network financial analyst before leaving Hollywood. She lives with her husband, two kids, and two dogs.Visit her website slushpilehero.wordpress.com. Her debut novel Idols & Cons is getting excellent reviews and is available on Amazon.
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