A NEW YORK STATE OF FRIGHT is out and shipping now! I am featured along with a fantastic list of fellow authors (see below for contributors and description). This release leads the pack in quallty contemporary horror! All proceeds go to a great charity: girlswritenow.org. The book is available direct from Hippocampus press or from Amazon.
From a city and state that have witnessed all manner of menace—from serial killers and corrupt political machines to natural disasters and terrorist attacks—come twenty-four visions of dread from New York horror authors—all to benefit the next generation of New York writers. Presenting stories set in New York locations, A NEW YORK STATE OF FRIGHT gathers tales by new and established writers who give voice to New York’s everyday fears, macabre mysteries, and worst nightmares.
To help New York’s rich literary tradition endure into the future, the authors, editors, and publisher of A NEW YORK STATE OF FRIGHT pledge to contribute all proceeds to New York City’s Girls Write Now non-profit organization, which pairs at-risk teen women interested in writing with professional writing and career mentors. Find out more at www.girlswritenow.org.
Table of Contents
Introduction ............. James Chambers
Heels ............. Alp Beck
East Side Devil ............. John C. Foster
Loathsome in New York ............. Monica O’Rourke
The Chosen Place ............. Patrick Freivald
The Hunting of the Kipsy: A Cryptozoological Report ............. Hal Johnson
A Few Leaves from the Travelogue of Doctor Julius Jonsson, Cryptobotanist and Hylesoprotolist: Bay Ridge, or, The Belief in the Undead Still Exists in New York ............. Erik T. Johnson
A Nightmare on 34th Street ............. Steven Van Patten
Hurricane Zelda, Part IV ............. Kathleen Scheiner
Shoal ............. Trevor Firetog
The Insects of Seneca Village ............. Jeff C. Stevenson
The Grim ............. Allan Burd
In A Pig’s Eye ............. Teel James Glenn
Welcome To Brooklyn, Gabe ............. Marc Abbott
Machine Gun/Latté ............. Amy Grech
The Spouting Devil ............. Meghan Arcuri
Rescue Shelter ............. David Sakmyster
Blood Will Tell ............. JG Faherty
The Lady in the Sideshow: A Circuspunk Story ............. Charie D. La Marr
Pink Elephants: A Murphy's Lore Tale ............. Patrick Thomas
Everybody Wins ............. Lisa Mannetti
Edna’s Soul Kitchen ............. Elizabeth Crowens
Eyes Left ............. Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee
Tales of the White Street Society: The Hairy Ghost ............. Grady Hendrix
The Long Lost and Forgotten ............. J. Daniel Stone
To help New York’s rich literary tradition endure into the future, the authors, editors, and publisher of A NEW YORK STATE OF FRIGHT pledge to contribute all proceeds to New York City’s Girls Write Now non-profit organization, which pairs at-risk teen women interested in writing with professional writing and career mentors. Find out more at www.girlswritenow.org.
Table of Contents
Introduction ............. James Chambers
Heels ............. Alp Beck
East Side Devil ............. John C. Foster
Loathsome in New York ............. Monica O’Rourke
The Chosen Place ............. Patrick Freivald
The Hunting of the Kipsy: A Cryptozoological Report ............. Hal Johnson
A Few Leaves from the Travelogue of Doctor Julius Jonsson, Cryptobotanist and Hylesoprotolist: Bay Ridge, or, The Belief in the Undead Still Exists in New York ............. Erik T. Johnson
A Nightmare on 34th Street ............. Steven Van Patten
Hurricane Zelda, Part IV ............. Kathleen Scheiner
Shoal ............. Trevor Firetog
The Insects of Seneca Village ............. Jeff C. Stevenson
The Grim ............. Allan Burd
In A Pig’s Eye ............. Teel James Glenn
Welcome To Brooklyn, Gabe ............. Marc Abbott
Machine Gun/Latté ............. Amy Grech
The Spouting Devil ............. Meghan Arcuri
Rescue Shelter ............. David Sakmyster
Blood Will Tell ............. JG Faherty
The Lady in the Sideshow: A Circuspunk Story ............. Charie D. La Marr
Pink Elephants: A Murphy's Lore Tale ............. Patrick Thomas
Everybody Wins ............. Lisa Mannetti
Edna’s Soul Kitchen ............. Elizabeth Crowens
Eyes Left ............. Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee
Tales of the White Street Society: The Hairy Ghost ............. Grady Hendrix
The Long Lost and Forgotten ............. J. Daniel Stone