Donyae Coles

A Novel

Midnight Rooms

Stephen Graham Jones

Gwendolyn Kiste

Cynthia Pelayo

Gemma Amor

Eric LaRocca

Gabino Iglesias

James Sabata

Mike Thorn

Hailey Piper

Laurel Hightower

Tom Deady

Craig Wallwork

S. H. Cooper

Stephanie Evelyn

Daniel Barnett

Vincent V. Cava

S. A. Bradley

Donald R. Guillory

Rhonda Jackson Garcia

A Horror Anthology

Shattered & Splintered

Brian Evenson

John Langan

Steve Rasnic Tem

Nadia Bulkin

Gemma Files

Mercedes M. Yardley

Ryan Cole

Shane Hawk

Sarah Read

Dan Coxon

S. P. Miskowski

Steve Toase

Christina Sng

Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito

Ai Jiang

Nicoletta Giuseffi

Elizabeth R. McClellan

Nick Bouchard

Bryson Richard

R. Leigh Hennig

K. M. Veohongs

Renee Cronley

Todd Powell

Tehnuka

Jonathan Louis Duckworth

Wailana Kalama

Katie McIvor

Victoria Nations

Mothers are the hand the rock the cradle and the true rulers of the world. In this anthology of 33 stories and poems, we explore the powerful, dangerous, and transcendent nature of mothers. Through the most compelling voices in science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror today, we stretch the concept of motherhood to its limits and show a side of Mother that you've never seen before. Featuring award-winning authors and the most captivating new voices in speculative fiction, this is 300 pages of compelling, weird, and awe-inspiring tales that will have you rethinking everything you know about that most secretive of all women: Mother. Featuring: "The Sire," by Steven Rasnic Tem"Last Leaf of an Ursine Tree," by Hailey Piper"Of a Thousand Arms and More," by Ai Jiang"Passed," by Elizabeth R. McClellan"Mother Made Cake," by Nicoletta Giuseffi"Puerperium," by Donyae Coles"Pelican," by Gemma Files"Fracture," by Mercedes M. Yardley"When Auntie's Due," by Sarah Read"Vé'otsé'e (Warpath Woman)," by Shane Hawk"Stone's Blood," by Nick Bouchard"Shields," by Christina Sng"The Bone Child," by Ryan Cole"The Wives of Tromisle," by Dan Coxon"Duties Terrible and Dear," by John Langan"Worry Dolly," by Nadia Bulkin"(sub)Maternal Instincts," by K.M. Veohongs"720o," by Steve Toase"Number ONE," by Frances Lu Pai Ippolito"Here in the Cellar," by R. Leigh Hennig"She's Untouchable," by Renee Cronley"Lida's Beach," by Stephanie Nelson"Instruments of Bone and the Flesh Songs They Create," by Nikki R. Leigh"Transformative Love," by Tehnuka"The Withering Depths," by Todd Powell"Waiting for Mother," by Brian Evenson"Unchild," by Jonathan Louis Duckworth"Take Care," by S.P. Miskowski"Mother Trucker," by Wailana Kalama"The Last Sin," by Gabino Iglesias"Jacob's Mother," by Katie McIvor

Tales of Love and Terror

Mother

K P Kulski

Stephanie M Wytovich

A Conjuring for All Seasons contains five dark novelettes from five practicing witches. Four seasonally themed tales based around important Wiccan celebrations join a Hoodoo story concerning the dead around All Hallows'. Magic Loves the Hungry by Hailey Piper A presence haunts Melody Langston. It grows bolder each night, as if preying on her anxiety-ridden complications with coven initiation, friends who are her ex-lovers, and the touch of overattentive authority. Starved for belonging, she needs to prove herself, cleanse herself, prove she isn't weak. But a terrifying enigma has its heart set on her, and magic loves the hungry. Drawing Down the Sun by Stephanie M. Wytovich Protection is vital. Faye Erikson has been dead for centuries, but her grip on the Clement family remains as strong now as it did the day she spat out her curse. Fearful of her wrath, the family heads out to the woods around Midsummer each year to stand watch over her grave. Anne Clement, the first girl to be born into their bloodline in over 200 years, has some reservations about Faye and her ties to her family. Her curiosity leads her to dig deeper into her ancestral history, and what she uncovers might be scarier than the witch she's been taught to fear. Milk Kin by K.P. Kulski She knows because she remembers the night her mother disappeared. It doesn't matter she had been a newborn, that Grandmother Bada and auntie say it is impossible to remember so early. Ruby did and she could replay the memory like a video- of how the long-fingered woman took her mother away. How the same woman returns every autumn decorated with teeth and oak leaves, with a long silver needle that pierces Ruby's heel. The House of the Heart by Donyae Coles "The House of the Heart is about family and the ways that we carry that and how it carries us. It's a story about boundaries and reparations. It's also about knowing when it's time to just grab a candle and let the ancestors handle it. Though it is never mentioned by name in the story, the practice is hoodoo and I wanted to write something where even though the outcomes were sensational, it was still a living practice that was part of their lives, as natural as breathing." - Donyae Coles Longest Night by Gaby Triana Two modern-day witches, recently out of the broom closet, throw a Yuletide party to welcome the winter solstice with friends, unprepared for the uninvited guests who arrive. When Christmas-themed pranks appearing after the party unexpectedly ends turn deadly, Indigo must figure out where they're coming from, who's causing them, and whether or not she's witch enough to end them during the longest night of her life.

An Anthology of Witch Lore

A Conjuring for All Seasons

Donyae Coles

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