by Jeff Strand
In addition to original fiction, Bloodshot Books will be launching Second Sight, an imprint dedicated to reprinting a number of classic horror novels from past decades that deserve wider exposure.
Pete's current project is Blood Mother, a stand-alone vampiric novel --without vampires--due out this summer, followed by the second and third books in the Specimen saga.
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DAVID JAMES KEATON'S work has appeared in over 50 publications. His first collection, Fish Bites Cop! Stories to Bash Authorities, was named the 2013 Short Story Collection of the Year by This Is Horror, and his second collection of short fiction, Stealing Propeller Hats from the Dead (PMMP), recently received a Starred Review from Publishers Weekly, who said, "Decay, both existential and physical, has never looked so good." He has also been nominated for the Pushcunt Prize. He lives in California.
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TONY KNIGHTON published the novella and story collection Happy Hour and Other Philadelphia Cruelties with Crime Wave Press. His story “The Scavengers” will be included in the upcoming anthology Shocklines: Fresh Voices in Terror, published by Cemetery Dance, and his story “Sunrise” is included in the anthology Equilibrium Overturned, published by Grey Matter Press. He has also published short fiction in Crime Factory, Static Movement Online, and Dark Reveries. He is a lieutenant in the Philadelphia Fire Department.
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LILITH MORGAN Lilith Morgan is a horror writer (and definitely not a serial killer) who makes her home in Brooklyn, New York, with a summer residency in your nightmares. “Drama aside, my goal is to scare people. To get under their skin, to make them uncomfortable, but above all: to tell good stories.”
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CHARLES AUSTIN MUIR is a horror author, freelance writer and chiropractic assistant who lives in Portland, Oregon. He was an obituary writer and humor writer for The Oregonian. His fiction has appeared in many small press publications, including Cthulhu Sex Magazine, Morpheus Tales and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated anthologies Hell Comes to Hollywood and Dark Visions: Vol. One. His latest short story, "Party Monster," appears in Peel Back the Skin, an anthology from Grey Matter Press. He is known to lurk and blog at http://charlesaustinmuir.weebly.com.
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MONICA J. O’ROURKE has published more than one hundred short stories in magazines such as Postscripts, Nasty Piece of Work, Fangoria, Flesh & Blood, Nemonymous, and Brutarian and anthologies such as Horror for Good, The Mammoth Book of the Kama Sutra, and Eulogies II. She is the author of Poisoning Eros I and II, written with Wrath James White, Suffer the Flesh, and the collection In the End, Only Darkness. Her latest novel, What Happens in the Darkness, is available from Sinister Grin Press. She works as a freelance editor, writer, and book coach. Find her on www.facebook.com/MonicaJORourke.
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JORGE PALACIOS is the author of Procreation of the Wicked and numerous short stories. He is a writer, self-publisher, and zinester who writes anything, from horror and erotica to essays and reviews. He's interested in extremes, and more importantly, creating them.
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JASON PARENT: In his head, Jason lives in many places, but in the real world, he calls New England his home. The region offers an abundance of settings for his writing and many wonderful places in which to write them. He currently resides in Southeastern Massachusetts with his cuddly corgi named Calypso. He is the author of the novels Seeing Evil, What Hides Within and many published short stories.
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JEFF STRAND is the author of a bunch of demented books, including Pressure, Dweller, A Bad Day For Voodoo, Wolf Hunt, Single White Psychopath Seeks Same, Benjamin’s Parasite, Fangboy, The Sinister Mr. Corpse, and lots of others. Three-time Bram Stoker Award finalist. Three-time Bram Stoker Award loser. Four-time Bram Stoker Award Master of Ceremonies.
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KRISTOPHER TRIANA is the author of the novels The Ruin Season and Body Art, as well as the short story collection Growing Dark, which Rue Morgue Magazine called "a must read". His short fiction has appeared in countless anthologies and magazines, and some of it has been translated into Russian. He works as a professional dog trainer and lives in North Carolina with his wife. Visit his website at kristophertriana.com
COMING THIS SUMMER FROM COMET PRESS
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Year That Was
WORTH THE HAVING
Awakening
Readings Off the Charts
REBORN
What’s Worst
DEAD END
What You Wish For
KING SHITS
CLEAN-UP ON AISLE 3
Bath Salt Fetus
Bored With Brutality
EXPOSED
ELEANOR
The Scavengers
THE MOST IMPORTANT MIRACLE
Hungry for Control
Clarissa
WHERE THE SUN DON’T SHINE
Blackbird Lullaby