Alex Woodroe

Matt Blairstone

A centaur seeks illicit surgery in an alien bodily modification club. Two medieval monks react to their transformation and demonic pregnancy in very different ways. A resourceful trans teen destroys sports bigots through the power of pluckiness...and abundant body horror. A stellar cathedral crosses galaxies to dump the corpse of God into a star before the mission devolves into a panoply of psychedelic orgies. A doxxed teen falls victim to violent assault and dishes out some harrowing retribution of their own. Over thirty Trans and Gender Nonconforming creators unite to voice their rage, and the rules of conventional Horror go out the f$%&ing window in this collection featuring murderous pleasure-bots; proselytizing zombies; acid-filled alien cops; science run amok; sorcerers, ghouls, cannibals...and that barely scratches the grave-dirt.

Your Body Is Not Your Body

Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses. A centaur seeks illicit surgery in an alien bodily modification club. Two medieval monks react to their transformation and demonic pregnancy in very different ways. A resourceful trans teen destroys sports bigots through the power of pluckiness...and abundant body horror. A stellar cathedral crosses galaxies to dump the corpse of God into a star before the mission devolves into a panoply of psychedelic orgies. A doxxed teen falls victim to violent assault and dishes out some harrowing retribution of their own. Over thirty Trans and Gender Nonconforming creators unite to voice their rage, and the rules of conventional Horror go out the f$%&ing window in this collection featuring murderous pleasure-bots; proselytizing zombies; acid-filled alien cops; science run amok; sorcerers, ghouls, cannibals...and that barely scratches the grave-dirt.

Your Body is Not Your Body

Gemma Files

Gabino Iglesias

Hailey Piper

Laurel Hightower

Danielle Davis

Erin Keating

Wendy N. Wagner

Angela Sylvaine

Eric Raglin

K. A. Wiggins

Taylor Rae

Edward Lodi

Erin Brown

Die Booth

Patrick Barb

Nikki R. Leigh

Cormack Baldwin

Madison McSweeney

L. C. von Hessen

Lyndon Nicholas

Tom Coombe

J. V. Gachs

Helena O'Connor

Belicia Rhea

Drew E. Huff

Tried and true, or done to death? There are plenty of tropes we'd like to see rot in their graves, but they keep coming back from the dead. In this book, horror's most devious minds subvert, reclaim, and double down on what you know too well, giving even the most done-to-death tropes new life. From alien abductions and werewolves to creepy dolls and Lover's Lane killers, these tropes claw their way back from the grave to take their rightful place in your nightmares.Featuring stories from:Erin Keating, Cormack Baldwin, Eric Raglin, Die Booth, Laurel Hightower, LC von Hessen, Taylor Rae, Lyndon Nicholas, Alex Woodroe, Tom Coombe, Patrick Barb, Nikki R. Leigh, J.V. Gachs, K.A. Wiggins, Madison McSweeney, Helena O'Connor, Belicia Rhea, Angela Sylvaine, Gabino Iglesias, Gemma Files, Erin Brown, Edward Lodi, Drew E. Huff, Danielle Davis, Wendy N. Wagner, Hailey PiperWith a Foreword by Laird Barron

An Anthology of Bad Horror Tropes Done Right

It Was All A Dream

Cameron Howard

Issue 003 of THE SKULL & LAUREL has manifested itself with an emphasis on eco-horror and cli-fi, featuring Weird Fiction stories and poetry from around the globe. Sometimes these things are not engineered; sometimes they simply burst forth. Get in on the Weird Floor. Table of Contents: This Flesh’ll Run Free - Jes Malitoris Auntie Linda’s Farm - Chris Kuriata Dose of Dread: From the Furrows - Aggie Novak Mandrake Experiment - Toshiya Kamei Foxtails - EC Dorgan An Inordinate Amount of Interest - Ayida Shonibar Water Bodies - Jangar Tokpa The Flesh-Eating Gulls of Hanover Park - Mia Xuan Witches in Cold Mountain Halls - Josh Pearce Cover art by Mx Morgan G Robles.

The Skull & Laurel 003

The fourth issue of Weird Fiction magazine THE SKULL & LAUREL features original comics by Carl Antonowicz, a role-playing game from M. Belanger, an essay on "Polite" horror from CJ Subko, and of course, numerous tentacles worth of the Best and Weirdest Fiction around! Table of Contents: Alligator Uniform by J.B. Kish Prostheses by Mar Vincent Dose of Dread: Big Blue by Allie Bustion The Night Market by Erin Brown Stigm- by Allison Mick My mother was born from an apple by Tehnuka "Again!" Atabey Commands by Chey Rivera Kapre's Calling by Kyle Tam No Treaty for Old Gods by Jacy Morris Cover art by Mx Morgan G Robles.

The Skull & Laurel 004

An apocalyptic world turned into a pitch-black sea of nothingness, but smuggler Rosi and her crew of survivors aren't alone. Something hungry lurks below... Driving a logging truck through the Romanian mountains, smuggler Rosi and her crew come across a radio signal that hints at impending doom. As the world goes completely dark, their truck becomes a vessel sailing across a sea of nothingness. But they’re not alone: transmissions trickle in through the radio from similar isolated islands across the country, from amateur radio hobbyists and police cars and customs facilities. Attempting to rescue survivors and find a way out, the group save more lives, but soon discover that something hungry lurks below, and it's sending up agents – and transmissions – of its own. FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress

The Night Ship

THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOTH Twenty-five women and femme-identifying voices from the worlds of Horror Fiction and Illustration drag the blackened heart of Classic Gothic Horror out into the open, sculpting a sleeker, fiercer beast and recasting the legacy of our original Gothmothers in a chilling contemporary light. Within the walls of an arcane modern art gallery...into the blackest burrows of the animal kingdom...tableside at the world’s last restaurant on the eve of the apocalypse...from the deep American South to the depths of a hostile sea, a cornucopia of nightmares awaits. IN SOMNIO features eighteen vibrant, unique stories; each brings a new perspective to our inherent love of Gothic Horror and what those vital elements of terror still have to tell us today.

In Somnio

The End is Weird. In the event of cosmic fallout, it is vital that you adhere to the following: Secure your own persona, and a backup if available. A neighbor’s is acceptable. Your skin may attempt to abscond. This is normal in these situations. Do not panic. Ignore all notifications from your mobile devices. They are not to be trusted. Pay no mind to the details of that photograph. Yes, that one. Should your body accrue any additional limbs, please keep proper inventory; they will need to be accounted for. Avoid celebrity advice. Do not feed the bears. You will feel dizzy. You will feel nausea. Do not panic. This will pass. Do not panic. This will not pass. Step bravely. Do not panic. BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror, Volume One, encompasses the finest Weird fiction previously published in 2022. Edited by Alex Woodroe. Table of Contents: Banhus—M.E. Bronstein User Warning—Charlotte Ariel Finn The Bear Across the Way—Emily Rigole En el Patio de la Casa del Callejón—Tania Chen In Haskins—Carson Winter The Imperfection—Mae Murray Blame—Warren Bennedetto Low Tide Jenny—Bitter Karella Machine (r)Evolution—Colleen Anderson Skin—Isha Karki Eat Your Colors—Sonora Taylor Paradise—Sloane Leong There is No Easy Way Towards Earth—jonah wu Notes on the Forum of the Simulacra—Cadwell Turnbull Blood Calumny—Joe Koch Lemmings—Kirstyn McDermott Water Goes, Sand Remains—Jolie Toomajan The Mules—Jennifer Jeanne McArdle Stage Five Clinger—Nikki R. Leigh The Day When the Last War is Over—Sergey Gerasimov Mother; Microbes—H.V. Patterson The Mythologization of Tymber Prescott in Five Selected Photos—Luciano Marano

Brave New Weird

Whisperwood

A Collection of Modern Gothic Horror

Alex Woodroe

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