Midnight strikes like an invocation, clock hands joining in prayer to the darkness. After the twelfth chime, there’s no escaping the nightmare.

Fear reigns supreme.

In Darkness, Delight is an original anthology series revealing the many faces of modern horror— shocking and quiet, pulp and literary, cold-hearted and heart-felt, weird tales of spiraling madness alongside full-throttle thrillers. Open these pages and unleash all-new terrors that consume from without and within.

Midnight is here. It’s now time to find . . . In Darkness, Delight.

Featuring:

• Josh Malerman: One Thousand Words on a Tombstone - Delores Ray
  
• William Meikle: Refuge
  
• Jason Parent: Violet
  
• Ryan C. Thomas: Who Are You?
  
• Mark Matthews: Tattooed All in Black
  
• Evans Light: One Million Hits
  
• Lisa Lepovetsky: Kruze Nite
  
• Israel Finn: The Pipe
  
• Patrick Lacey: In the Ground
• John McNee: Dogsh*t Gauntlet
  
• Michael Bray: Letters
  
• Monique Youzwa: Rules of Leap Year
  
• Billy Chizmar: Mirrors
  
• Espi Kvlt: Pulsate
  
• Paul Michaels: Angel Wings
  
• Andrew Lennon: Run Rabbit Run
  
• Joanna Koch: Every Lucky Penny is Another Drop of Blood
  
  

About Corpus Press:

• Screamscapes: Tales of Terror
  
• Toes Up: Horror to Die For
  
• Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love
  

Halloween horror books from Corpus Press:

• Doorbells at Dusk: Halloween Stories
• Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror
  
• Bad Apples 2: Six Slices of Halloween Horror
  
• Bad Apples 3: Seven Slices of Halloween Horror
  

Halloween horror, dark fiction and suspense short stories.

Carve your pumpkins and turn on the porch light,
Halloween frights begin with the sound of… Doorbells at Dusk.

Halloween has always gone hand-in-hand with horror. The holiday gives many children their first taste of terror, the discovery and overcoming of fears. For those who find they love a good scare, that first taste can grow into a voracious appetite.

That might be why you’re looking at this book right now. If so, you’ve come to the right place.

These are the thrills you crave, packed into a collection that’s pure Halloween.

Featuring stories by:

•     Sean Eads
  
•     Amber Fallon
•     Charles Gramlich
•     Joanna Koch
•     Curtis M. Lawson
•     Lisa Lepovetsky
•     Adam Light
•     Evans Light
•     Chad Lutzke
  
•     Josh Malerman
•     Jason Parent
•     Thomas Vaughn
•     Joshua Viola
•     Ian Welke
•     Gregor Xane
  

About Corpus Press:

• Screamscapes: Tales of Terror
  
• Toes Up: Horror to Die For
  
• Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love
  

Halloween horror books from Corpus Press:

• Doorbells at Dusk: Halloween Stories
• Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror
  
• Bad Apples 2: Six Slices of Halloween Horror
  
• Bad Apples 3: Seven Slices of Halloween Horror
  

Shallow Waters—where nothing stays buried.

With 23 Dark Fiction & Horror tales diving beneath the surface of life, death, and the mystery that lies beneath.

Shallow Waters is the official monthly flash fiction challenge hosted by the award-winning Crystal Lake Publishing. Every month a new challenge is posted online, with authors submitting via email. The best submissions are then posted on Crystal Lake’s Patreon page (an exclusive behind the scenes community of readers and authors), where patrons read daily entries and vote for the winner. What you’ll find in these Shallow Waters anthologies include the winners as well as the most popular of our finalists. Stay tuned for more volumes in this series, or find Crystal Lake Publishing on Patreon to enter or vote on future challenges (or gain access to our Still Water Bay series).

Volume five includes suspenseful stories of horror on the road, war, graveyards, Karma, and Halloween.

Includes:
Introduction by Joe Mynhardt
“Driving On” by Guy Medley (winner)
“Dichotomy” by Jason Parent
“Babysitting for Writers” by Kevin David Anderson (winner)
“The Good Samaritan” by L.F. Falconer
“Of Debris and Duty” by John Boden
“The Visitors” by Mark Allan Gunnells
“Twenty Reasons to Stay and One to Leave” by Richard Thomas
“The Knights of Cold Days” by Dave Jeffery
“Travel Bag” by Bryan Miller
“In the Desert, In the Night” by Pedro Iniguez
“Grievance” by Christine Lajewski
“Fuel for My Fire” by Linsey Knerl
“The Dead Lands” by Anthony D Redden
“Welcome to Gothmart” by David Bernard
“The Mascot” by Jennifer K Carstens (winner)
“Wasteland” by Sheldon Woodbury
“All’s Fair” by Michelle Mellon
“Stay Away” by Michael Patrick Hicks
“The Road Home” by Rand Eastwood
“Midnight Sun” by James Dorr
“The Wind Stakes Its Claim” by Kris Kinsella
“The Forest of Skin” by Esteban Vargas
“Second Chance” by Alex Ebenstein (winner)

In this volume…

• Traveling can be a mixed bag...especially when something in your travel bag starts moving.
• A woman journeys north for survival.
• Sometimes, working retail is not the worst part of your day.
• In the desert of New Mexico, ancient Navajo legends emerge, only to discover the cruelty of Man.
• An overachieving woman uses twisted methods to feed her need for turmoil. 
• A trio of Halloween trick-or-treaters learn that sometimes things slip through.
• A cemetery caretaker with a secret gift, a dead body, and the hope of a second chance.
• Grief can change a person. Literally.
• Someone has a bone to pick with the Deacon.
• Sometimes what lies ahead is more frightening than what was left behind. 
• Babysitting can be a tough gig, especially on Halloween
• A father and son venture out into the dead lands to search for the night creatures feasting on the corpses.
• In the distant future an ancient warrior and his ghost ship battle for the fate of the universe.

THIS BOOK DOES NOT INCLUDE A FREE SET OF STICKERS

Buckle up for a journey into Halloween eternal. Over 700 pages of horror.“Brutal, humorous and utterly terrifying.”—Allan Leverone, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author

This special collection contains all three volumes of the highly rated Bad Apples: Halloween Horror anthologies, showcasing rising names in modern horror.

Features eighteen novellas and short stories by: Kealan Patrick Burke, Adam Light, Evans Light, Edward Lorn, John McNee, Mark Matthews, Jason Parent, Craig Saunders and Gregor Xane.

Buy the paperback on Amazon, and get the ebook FREE. Save over 15% by buying Bad Apples: The Complete Collection versus individual volumes.

Contents Include:

BAD APPLES: VOLUME ONE

HELLNOTES raves: "Thrilling and chilling and nostalgic in all the right places. . .these stories are excellent across the board. Bad Apples is a welcome addition to the genre, and one that you can come back to year after year when autumnal darkness descends. Recommended."

1. THE RIGGLE TWINS - Gregor Xane
2. PUMPKINHEAD TED - Evans Light
3. GHOST LIGHT ROAD - Adam Light
4. EASY PICKINGS - Jason Parent
5. THE SCARE ROWS - Edward Lorn

BAD APPLES: VOLUME TWO

"The Bad Apples crew is back with. . .six enjoyable horrific Halloween tales with the odd slice of humor neatly wrapped up amongst the violence and mayhem."
- SCREAM Horror Magazine

1. HALLOWEEKEND - Edward Lorn
2. CANDIE APPLE - Evans Light
3. DIA DE LOS MUERTOS - Jason Parent
4. TOMMY ROTTEN - Adam Light
5. THE ONE NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Kealan Patrick Burke
6. DOCTOR PROCLIVITY & PROFESSOR PROPENSITY - Gregor Xane

BAD APPLES: VOLUME THREE

"...a delicious concoction of tales..."
- Cemetery Dance Online

1. BELLE SOUFFRANCE – Adam & Evans Light
2. CHOCOLATE COVERED EYEBALL - John McNee
3. OCTOBER’S END - Craig Saunders
4. THE UNCLE TAFFY’S GIRL - Gregor Xane
5. LAST STOP - Edward Lorn
6. BODY OF CHRIST - Mark Matthews
7. PULP - Jason Parent

About Corpus Press:

Corpus Press is a publisher of horror and weird fiction, specializing in modern pulp that emphasizes plot over gore.