Samantha Kolesnik

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About Samantha Kolesnik

Samantha Kolesnik is an award-winning author of genre fiction, including True Crime and Waif. She is a two-time Splatterpunk Award winner, and was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for her work editing the anthology, Worst Laid Plans: an Anthology of Vacation Horror. A Spanish language edition of her debut novella, True Crime, will be released by the publisher La Biblioteca de Carfax in 2023.

Samantha Kolesnik is an active member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA).

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Orphans of Bliss: Tales of Addiction Horror May 4, 2022

by Josh Malerman, S. A. Cosby, Cassandra Khaw, Kealan Patrick Burke, Kathe Koja, Gabino Iglesias, Christa Carmen, Samantha Kolesnik, John FD Taff, Mark Matthews

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"My soul's bliss kills my body, but does not satisfy itself." ~Emily Bronte

Addiction is the perpetual epidemic, where swarms of human moths flutter to the flames of hell. Because that warm blanket of a heroin high, that joyful intoxication of a pint of vodka, that electric energy from a line of cocaine, over time leaves you with a cold loneliness and a bitter heart. Relationships destroyed, bodies deteriorate, loved ones lost, yet the craving continues for that which is killing us—living, as the title suggests, like an Orphan of Bliss.

Welcome to the third and final fix of addiction horror and the follow up to the Shirley Jackson Award Finalist, Lullabies For Suffering. A diverse table of contents brought together for an explosive grand finale-an unflinching look at the insidious nature of addiction, told with searing honesty but compassion for those who suffer.

Table of Contents

You Wait For It, Like It Waits For You
by Kealan Patrick Burke

One Last Blast
by S.A. Cosby

What We Name Our Dead
by Cassandra Khaw

Huddled Masses, Yearning to Breathe free
by John FD Taff

Through the Looking Glass and Straight Into Hell
by Christa Carmen

Holding On
by Gabino Iglesias

Buyer's Remorse
by Samantha Kolesnik

A Solid Black Lighthouse on a Pier in the Cryptic
by Josh Malerman

Singularity
by Kathe Koja

My Soul's Bliss
by Mark Matthews

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Waif Dec 1, 2021

by Samantha Kolesnik

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Angela has everything she thought she ever wanted—a successful husband, a lavish house, and a bottomless fortune.

But the sight of a strange man in a grocery store one night reawakens her dormant sexuality and soon Angela embarks on a dangerous descent into the world of underground pornography and back-alley plastic surgery.

As the stakes get higher, long-buried memories resurface and Angela finds herself enamored with Reena, a fetish film performer. With some help from a queer gang called The Waifs, Angela is forced to make the decision between her unhappy upper-class life and the treacherous world of underground film.

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True Crime Jan 15, 2020

by Samantha Kolesnik

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Suzy and her brother, Lim, live with their abusive mother in a town where the stars don’t shine at night. Once the abuse becomes too much to handle, the two siblings embark on a sordid cross-country murder spree beginning with their mom. As the murder tally rises, Suzy’s mental state spirals into irredeemable madness.

"A debut with the power of a nuclear bomb. Ranks alongside Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door and J. F. Gonzalez's Survivor." -- Brian Keene, author of The Rising

"... could easily become one of the most talked about novels of 2020." -- Waylon Jordan, iHorror.com

"I’ve taken in a lot of rather dark literature over the years, but I can unequivocally say True Crime is the most disturbing book I’ve ever read." -- Jeremy Dick, HorrorGeekLife.com

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Worst Laid Plans: an Anthology of Vacation Horror Jul 15, 2020

by Samantha Kolesnik, Greg Sisco, Hailey Piper, Kenzie Jennings, V. Castro, Patrick Lacey, Scott Cole, Laura Keating, Mark Wheaton, Jeremy Herbert

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A fateful family trip to an amusement park. An island movie theater that takes more than the patrons' cash. A cross-country drive with an unexpected encounter. A family man hellbent on making great time, no matter the cost.

Fourteen horror authors share terrifying and twisted tales of summer vacation gone wrong in Worst Laid Plans: an Anthology of Vacation Horror.

This anthology includes stories by V. Castro, Hailey Piper, Patrick Lacey, Scott Cole, Laura Keating, Malcolm Mills, Jeremy Herbert, S. E. Howard, Chad Stroup, Kenzie Jennings, Waylon Jordan, Greg Sisco, Asher Ellis, and Mark Wheaton, as well as a special introduction by Sadie Hartmann.

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Midnight From Beyond the Stars Sep 28, 2021

by Gabino Iglesias, James Newman, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Tim Curran, Lee Murray, Ronald Kelly, Samantha Kolesnik, Kenneth W. Cain

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There’s life out there… and it’s coming for you!It starts as a mild rattling of the windows disturbing your pleasant dreams. Then the trees outside your bedroom rustle from a mysterious celestial wind. When the neighborhood dogs erupt in a cacophony of terrified barking, you’re jerked from your peaceful slumber. Through bleary eyes you look at the display on the nightstand. Midnight. A roar cracks the obsidian night sky as a ball of blinding light streaks out of the heavens, crashing with an earthshaking explosion on the other side of the hill. Racing to the open window, you smell the electric scent of charred ozone in the night air. The pulsing glow in the distance mesmerizes your senses. There’s something pulling you from its rhythmic humming. Something too enticing to resist. Something’s out there, and it has a story to tell. Lots of stories. You slip on your shoes and make your way for the door…

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The Bad Book Jul 16, 2021

by John F.D. Taff, Philip Fracassi, Sarah Read, John Langan, Kristi DeMeester, Alan Baxter, V. Castro, Errick Nunnally, Todd Keisling, Giuseppe Balestra

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The Good Book.
You might have clutched it in your church pew on Sunday mornings. You know the one?
With the pebbled black soft cover, the words HOLY BIBLE stamped in gold ink.
Perhaps it strengthened your faith, comforted you in dark times.
Multiple Bram Stoker Award-nominated John F.D. Taff has assembled a Last Supper of Dark Apostles to turn some of those "good book" parables on their heads--twisting Bible stories into sinister horror tales.
Blasphemous? Heretical? We sincerely hope so.
As you read on, remember one thing, though.
There’s no comfort to be found in The Bad Book.
No comfort at all.

Including stories by
Philip Fracassi
Kristi DeMeester
John Langan
...and many more...

Includes story illustrations by Giuseppe Balestra.

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