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Fright Mare-Women Write Horror Paperback – January 20, 2016
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- Print length276 pages
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- Publication dateJanuary 20, 2016
- Dimensions6 x 0.63 x 9 inches
- ISBN-101523492600
- ISBN-13978-1523492602
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- Publisher : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 20, 2016)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 276 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1523492600
- ISBN-13 : 978-1523492602
- Item Weight : 13.1 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.63 x 9 inches
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The author of more than 100 books on Amazon, Mosiman is a thriller, suspense, and horror novelist, a short fiction writer, and a lover of words. In a diary when she was thirteen years old she wrote, "I want to grow up to be a writer." Her books have been published since 1984 and two of them received an Edgar Award Nomination for best novel and a Bram Stoker Award Nomination for the most superior novel. In 2014 THE GREY MATTER received a Nomination for the Kindle Book Award. In 2016 she was nominated for a Stoker Award for Anthology, FRIGHT MARE-WOMEN WRITE HORROR. She has been a regular contributor to a myriad of anthologies and magazines, with more than 200-300 short stories published. Her work has been in such diverse publications as Horror Show Magazine and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Zippered Flesh 3, and Simple Things an anthology edited by Franklin Wales. She taught writing for Writer's Digest and for AOL online and gave writing workshops locally in Texas. She was an assistant editor at a Houston literary magazine and co-edited several trade paperback anthologies with Martin Greenberg. Her latest work in paperback and Kindle digital is THE SORROWS, a story collection, and LOSTNESS, a novel. In 2015 her anthology FRIGHT MARE-WOMEN WRITE HORROR debuted with 20 chilling tales. Her latest novel is LOSTNESS, the sequel to BANISHED, a tale of a fallen angel in the human form of a little girl.
Recently she sold short fiction to JAMAIS VU, the premier magazine, and the anthologies BETTER WEIRD edited by Paul F. Olson from Cemetery Dance, a story to SPECTRAL Volume 8, WORLD HORROR anthology, ALLEGORIES OF THE TAROT edited by Annetta Ribken, FRESH FEAR edited by William Cook, WRAPPED IN RED edited by Jennifer Greene, and SOMEONE WICKED and INSIDIOUS ASSASSINS edited by Weldon Burge, plus two more. Her latest suspense novel, THE GREY MATTER, will be reprinted in a new edition in 2018.
Mosiman was born in Alabama and lives now in Texas on a lake.
Her work has been predominately suspense thrillers, with her short fiction being more speculative and horror. Her latest work was a collection titled THE SORROWS and a novel, LOSTNESS.
She says of her hobbies, "I love to read (especially on my Kindle), watch old movies, take photographs, and travel."
News of her e-book publications can be found at: http://peculiarwriter.blogspot.com/
Her Facebook page is: http://www.facebook.com/billie.s.mosiman
Find her on Twitter @billiemosiman
Loren Rhoads is the author 199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die and Wish You Were Here: Adventures in Cemetery Travel. Her newest book is a death-positive memoir called This Morbid Life.
In addition to her nonfiction, Loren is the co-author (with Brian Thomas) of the novels Lost Angels and Angelus Rose, about a succubus who falls in love with an angel. On her own, she's author of a story collection called Unsafe Words and The Dangerous Type, Kill By Numbers, and No More Heroes, a space opera trilogy set after a galactic war wiped out much of humanity.
You won't be surprised to know that she likes long walks in the moonlight and old graveyards.
Amy Grech has sold over 100 stories to various anthologies and magazines including:
A New York State of Fright, Apex Magazine, Even in the Grave, Gorefest, Hell’s Heart, Hell’s Highway, Hell’s Mall, Microverses, Needle Magazine, Punk Noir Magazine, Tales from the Canyons of the Damned, Tales from The Lake Vol. 3, The One That Got Away, Under Her Skin, Yellow Mama, and many others.
Amy is an Active Member of the Horror Writers Association and the International Thriller Writers who lives in New York. You can connect with her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/amy_grech or visit her website: https://www.crimsonscreams.com.
Kristal Stittle was born and raised in Toronto, where she continues to live for most of the year. During the summer, she can be found around the woods and lakes of Muskoka, a favoured place by both her and her cat. She writes in all genres, and while she focuses on novels and short stories most of the time, she also dabbles with film scripts on occasion. A graduate of Humber College, trained as a 3D artist, she still enjoys painting as well as photography. Before actualizing her dream as an author, Kristal worked at both Blockbuster and Ubisoft, which appealed to her film and video game loving sides. You can frequently find her on Twitter, her current favourite social site.
'Raven Dane;
Vampirism at a deliciously literary level, dark fantasy at its best!'
(G.Power)
‘Raven Dane presents uncommon alternative history woven with a dark sensibility, and told with unbridled imagination.’
Stan Nicholls, internationally acclaimed fantasy author.
Raven is the winner of the inaugural VSS Steampunk Novel of 2011 with Cyrus Darian and the Technomicron.
Raven Dane is a UK based author of dark fantasy, horror, alternative history and steampunk novels. Her first books were the critically acclaimed Legacy of the Dark Kind series, Blood Tears, Blood Lament and Blood Alliance. These were followed by a High Fantasy spoof, The Unwise Woman of Fuggis Mire.
Her steampunk novels so far are Cyrus Darian and the Technomicron, winner of the prestigious Victorian Steampunk Society's Best Novel award in 2012 and the sequel Cyrus Darian and the Ghastly Horde. The third in the series, Cyrus Darian and The Wicked Wraith was published in July, 2019. All the Cyrus Darian books are now with Telos Publishing.
Raven has had a great many short stories published, including one in a celebration of forty years of the British Fantasy Society and in international horror anthologies including Dean Drinkel's trilogy Tres Librorum Prohibitorum, Tales from the Lake 2 published by Crystal Lake and an anthology of woman horror writers, edited by Billie Sue Mosiman entitled Fright Mare...Women Write Horror.This anthology was shortlisted for a Stoker award in 2017. Raven is a regular contributor to Phantasmagoria Magazine and to the Gruesome Grotesques anthologies edited by Trevor Kennedy.
She was signed up by Telos to be the first author published in their new Moonrise imprint with her collection of macabre Victorian and Steampunk short stories, entitled Absinthe and Arsenic, published in autumn 2013.
Death's Dark Wings, an alternative history/ supernatural novel set in 1066 was published by Telos in spring 2015.
As an obsessive Dr Who fangirl since the very first episode, Raven was delighted to have collaborated on the script of a new film released on DVD, The Daemons of Devil's End. She was excited to get an acting role in the film which stars Damaris Hayden. Raven also worked on the novelisation of the film.
Raven has appeared on two lists of top women horror writers , published to celebrate February's Women in Horror Month, 2013.
Raven's spooky novella, The Bane of Bailgate was published in August 2018. She is currently working on a dark fantasy novel, The Arcane.
She has a new novella set in a chaotic, dystopian future published in November 2019. The House of Wrax is with Demain Publishing.
Sarah Doebereiner is a short story author, novelist, and poet. She graduated from Wright State University in 2010 with her BA in English. Sarah lives in central Ohio with her husband and two children. She enjoys writing short stories including: micro-fiction, flash fiction, and novella length works.
Macabre themes fascinate her because of their tendency to stay with readers long after the book has been closed, but the joy in short fiction is the opportunity to try out all kinds of genres. Good writing is good writing, after all, no matter what clothes it wears. Sarah loves to read anthologies. She is obsessed with all things nerdy: Sherlock, Doctor Who, Harry Potter.
Find out more at: sarahadoebereiner.com or https://www.facebook.com/sarahadoebereiner
Rose Blackthorn writes speculative fiction from the high mountain desert of eastern Utah.
Her short stories have appeared in such places as Stupefying Stories, Necon E-books, Interstellar Fiction, BuzzyMag, Siren’s Call and Massacre Magazine. She has also appeared in many anthologies including The Ghost IS the Machine and Fear the Abyss by Post Mortem Press, Eulogies II: Tales from the Cellar by HorrorWorld, Equilibrium Overturned and Dread by Grey Matter Press, Wrapped in Black by Sekhmet Press, and Twice Upon a Time by The Bearded Scribe Press.
Her poetry has appeared in Jamais Vu, 3 volumes of the HWA Horror Poetry Showcase, Widowmakers, and Chiral Mad 3. She has also released a poetry collection Thorns, Hearts and Thistles through Eldritch Press. More information can be found at:
http://www.facebook.com/RoseBlackthorn.Author
http://roseblackthorn.wordpress.com
https://twitter.com/rose_blackthorn
KC Grifant is a New England-to-SoCal transplant who writes internationally published horror, fantasy, science fiction and weird western stories for collectible card games, podcasts, anthologies and magazines. Her writings have appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine, Aurealis Magazine, Unnerving Magazine, Frozen Wavelets, Tales to Terrify, The Macabre Museum and Colp Magazine. Her short stories have haunted dozens of collections, including We Shall Be Monsters, Beyond the Infinite: Tales from the Outer Reaches, Shadowy Natures, Six Guns Straight From Hell, and the Stoker-nominated Fright Mare: Women Write Horror.
In addition, she is the co-founder of the Horror Writers Association (HWA) San Diego chapter, an organization that helps to connect writers and fans of horror literature.
Fast-paced action and smart, stylish writing are the hallmarks of K.L. Nappier's speculative thrillers, mysteries and dark fiction. Some call her style eclectic, some call it cross-over. Moving between genres may keep her books out of the mainstream, but once you've discovered her, you'll understand what thousands of readers already know and why critics think she is one of the best authors writing independent fiction.
Since her emergence on the online scene, Kathy’s readership has grown exponentially. Her work has taken prizes and honors in the Dream Realm Awards, the Draco Awards, the EPPIES, the Kay Snow Awards and the New Century Awards among others.
Her novels have been reviewed by the Gothic Journal as “stunning” and “fresh” with suspense that “is razor sharp.” The Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Website calls her work “totally addictive.” Tampa Book Buzz says she “pulls you in from the first sentence” and DredTales.com calls her a “stand out in the world of independent fiction.”
For more information about K.L. Nappier's novels and books, visit Kathy’s website at www.klnappier.com
Morgan Griffith was born in California. After small success as a dark fantasy poet and artist in the 1980's, with work appearing in Eldritch Tales; The Arkham Sampler; Grue; Supernatural Poetry; The Horror Show; Etchings and Odysseys and Leilah Wendell's Necromance, her focus turned to fiction. Favorite pets and companions are rats.
A tribute poem to Clark Ashton Smith can be found online at The Eldritch Dark here:
http://www.eldritchdark.com/tributes/poetry/231/emanations-and-whisperings
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A great and diverse collection of stories, all from the “gentler” sex! Ha Billie Sue Mosiman is an artist in her own right, a brilliant one too, but here she gathers some amazing women to scare the socks of you.
Little Bios of the ladies post each story, which was lovely, this is packed full of scares.
Constance Craving by Raven Dane: When Constance is forced into going on a bible thumpers Sunday outing by her mother the day does not go as planned, nor is it as boring as she thought. Trailed by some unseen monster the tension and build up were very atmospheric in RD s decorative prose. As the story reveals its twist I was genuinely surprised at her choice of monster and what became of Constance. A great start to an anthology.
Goblin Box by Hilary Lyon: Linda is a self-obsessed, must get “one up” on her friends type of woman, not pleasant in any way, perfectly set up by HL in her introductory scene. One of her “finds” is a cute little Jack in the Box, a unique addition to collection of oddities to show off. After one if her many off parties Linda appears to have a change of personality and is cornered into playing the truth game with her strange neighbour. The consequences are weird and wonderful, the writing so easy to read and I thought the twisty ending was just perfect.
Tintype by Elizabeth Massie: Set just past the American civil war a young soldier, Oliver, struggles with the nightmares that he brought back from his PoW camp. He has focused his life into a search, for a Dr who gave him an impossible choice. Both revolting and riveting to say I enjoyed the story would make me weird but hey ho! I liked how EM brought her characters to fullness with only brief description of them. Sharp and short, another perfect addition to this anthology.
The Whole of the Widens of the Night by Nina Kiriki Hoffman: Lizzie has three older brothers who just love to hear her scream, steal from and generally be cruel too. Her parents are no help or salvation. One weekend the carnival comes and Lizzie agrees to swap her much loved protection stone for a scare her brothers will never forget. Cue weirdness! Up until the spell this was a sad and uncomfy story, then bam the terror hits. NK did well to evoke such sadness.
Snow Angel by Amy Grech: Little Suzy is special, but special enough to be a snow Angel?? A heart rending decision by parents for a beloved child. At first read I couldn't understand why this story was in this collection, but not all horror is splat and gore, this has a gentle, niggly horror.
Secrets of the Sargasso by Morgan Griffith: Kasey has a birth defect or is it a blessed piece of de/evolution that has shaped her life. On one of her searches for treasure she goes looking in the depths of the ocean for a rare, possibly non-existent artefact. Instead she opens a portal...... monsters and emotions a beautiful mix of writing.
The Ouroborus Bite by Marie Victoria Robertson: Elsebeth is teaching Carmen a spell, that of no fear, but we should be careful what we wish for. MVR sculptors her story well to gradually build the tension and fear.
Here I Lie by Lorraine Versini: A tale of revenge but so fast paced I could feel my brain making ooooh and argh sounds, LV draws on some primal fears, fabulous!
Sakura Time by Loran Rhoads: Set in Japan, this pulls on the culture of doll collecting, linking in sexual abuse and shattered souls. A riveting, enthralling and terrifying story I loved how it was written, definately my favourite story this anthology.
Promises, Bliss and Lies by Rose Blaxkthorn: In a future or alien world a girl is kept captive, as the story unfolds memories surface and the world she lives in are exposed. Enjoyed all they fantasy building but felt a little lost at the end, wanted more.
Dead Messengers by Lucy Taylor: A tale of black magic, sex and murder. A bit too intense and foreign for my liking but gripping nonetheless.
Peguses by Myra Buck: There is usually one story you don't gel with in an anthology and this was it I'm afraid, I did not fully get the plot for or the circumstance but that's the joy of anthologies, move on.
Backside by K L Napppier: Reincarnation seems to be the topic, but unsure on the ending. Another story I did not gel with.
City Girl by Kathryn Ptacek: Didn't connect with this story, again, I kept waiting for it to start and then it sorted of fizzled out for me.
What Storms Bring by KC Grifant: A haunting tale of a woman losing herself, filled with beautiful imagery this is juxtaposed with the terror of what is happening. A real blast back in to the book for me.
Third Times a Charm by Tonia Brown: A young boy has nightmares post his birthday wish to meet G’ma, scary in itself is the love between mother and son that haunted me with all that occurs at a horrid little ending.
Ballerina by Sandra Dobereiner: Another strange and sad tale about talking curtains basically, but this little story has stayed with me for days. I found it odd when I read it, but it has wiggled under my skin and stayed there.
One dark hour before dawn by Mary Ann Peden-Coviello: The zompoc arrives as one desperate woman and her faithful pup try to get the children to safety. Mixed in amongst the normal horror that is the zompoc MAPC breaks your heart with the love shown. The horror is two-fold for me, the gore and the impending doom you know is coming. Fabulous in an awful way.
Sin by C.W.Lesart: A mans final attempt at absolution for a childhood prank gone wrong. Slowly building using the information surrounding the deed, the tension unfolding slowly, the real horror comes in the last few paragraphs for me as CWL describes the “man” at the window.
Sense Deprived by Kristal Stittel: What a strange yet beautiful story. Telepathic women awaken from a vegetative state to aid in a war. The outcome is wonderful and KS describes some powerful emotions and stimuli wonderfully gently.
The stories were top notch as well. Simply horrifying.
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A great and diverse collection of stories, all from the “gentler” sex! Ha Billie Sue Mosiman is an artist in her own right, a brilliant one too, but here she gathers some amazing women to scare the socks of you.
Little Bios of the ladies post each story, which was lovely, this is packed full of scares.
Constance Craving by Raven Dane: When Constance is forced into going on a bible thumpers Sunday outing by her mother the day does not go as planned, nor is it as boring as she thought. Trailed by some unseen monster the tension and build up were very atmospheric in RD s decorative prose. As the story reveals its twist I was genuinely surprised at her choice of monster and what became of Constance. A great start to an anthology.
Goblin Box by Hilary Lyon: Linda is a self-obsessed, must get “one up” on her friends type of woman, not pleasant in any way, perfectly set up by HL in her introductory scene. One of her “finds” is a cute little Jack in the Box, a unique addition to collection of oddities to show off. After one if her many off parties Linda appears to have a change of personality and is cornered into playing the truth game with her strange neighbour. The consequences are weird and wonderful, the writing so easy to read and I thought the twisty ending was just perfect.
Tintype by Elizabeth Massie: Set just past the American civil war a young soldier, Oliver, struggles with the nightmares that he brought back from his PoW camp. He has focused his life into a search, for a Dr who gave him an impossible choice. Both revolting and riveting to say I enjoyed the story would make me weird but hey ho! I liked how EM brought her characters to fullness with only brief description of them. Sharp and short, another perfect addition to this anthology.
The Whole of the Widens of the Night by Nina Kiriki Hoffman: Lizzie has three older brothers who just love to hear her scream, steal from and generally be cruel too. Her parents are no help or salvation. One weekend the carnival comes and Lizzie agrees to swap her much loved protection stone for a scare her brothers will never forget. Cue weirdness! Up until the spell this was a sad and uncomfy story, then bam the terror hits. NK did well to evoke such sadness.
Snow Angel by Amy Grech: Little Suzy is special, but special enough to be a snow Angel?? A heart rending decision by parents for a beloved child. At first read I couldn't understand why this story was in this collection, but not all horror is splat and gore, this has a gentle, niggly horror.
Secrets of the Sargasso by Morgan Griffith: Kasey has a birth defect or is it a blessed piece of de/evolution that has shaped her life. On one of her searches for treasure she goes looking in the depths of the ocean for a rare, possibly non-existent artefact. Instead she opens a portal...... monsters and emotions a beautiful mix of writing.
The Ouroborus Bite by Marie Victoria Robertson: Elsebeth is teaching Carmen a spell, that of no fear, but we should be careful what we wish for. MVR sculptors her story well to gradually build the tension and fear.
Here I Lie by Lorraine Versini: A tale of revenge but so fast paced I could feel my brain making ooooh and argh sounds, LV draws on some primal fears, fabulous!
Sakura Time by Loran Rhoads: Set in Japan, this pulls on the culture of doll collecting, linking in sexual abuse and shattered souls. A riveting, enthralling and terrifying story I loved how it was written, definately my favourite story this anthology.
Promises, Bliss and Lies by Rose Blaxkthorn: In a future or alien world a girl is kept captive, as the story unfolds memories surface and the world she lives in are exposed. Enjoyed all they fantasy building but felt a little lost at the end, wanted more.
Dead Messengers by Lucy Taylor: A tale of black magic, sex and murder. A bit too intense and foreign for my liking but gripping nonetheless.
Peguses by Myra Buck: There is usually one story you don't gel with in an anthology and this was it I'm afraid, I did not fully get the plot for or the circumstance but that's the joy of anthologies, move on.
Backside by K L Napppier: Reincarnation seems to be the topic, but unsure on the ending. Another story I did not gel with.
City Girl by Kathryn Ptacek: Didn't connect with this story, again, I kept waiting for it to start and then it sorted of fizzled out for me.
What Storms Bring by KC Grifant: A haunting tale of a woman losing herself, filled with beautiful imagery this is juxtaposed with the terror of what is happening. A real blast back in to the book for me.
Third Times a Charm by Tonia Brown: A young boy has nightmares post his birthday wish to meet G’ma, scary in itself is the love between mother and son that haunted me with all that occurs at a horrid little ending.
Ballerina by Sandra Dobereiner: Another strange and sad tale about talking curtains basically, but this little story has stayed with me for days. I found it odd when I read it, but it has wiggled under my skin and stayed there.
One dark hour before dawn by Mary Ann Peden-Coviello: The zompoc arrives as one desperate woman and her faithful pup try to get the children to safety. Mixed in amongst the normal horror that is the zompoc MAPC breaks your heart with the love shown. The horror is two-fold for me, the gore and the impending doom you know is coming. Fabulous in an awful way.
Sin by C.W.Lesart: A mans final attempt at absolution for a childhood prank gone wrong. Slowly building using the information surrounding the deed, the tension unfolding slowly, the real horror comes in the last few paragraphs for me as CWL describes the “man” at the window.
Sense Deprived by Kristal Stittel: What a strange yet beautiful story. Telepathic women awaken from a vegetative state to aid in a war. The outcome is wonderful and KS describes some powerful emotions and stimuli wonderfully gently.