I’m so excited about this anthology, edited by New Zealander Lee Pletzers and published by Triskaideka Books. It compiles stories from the horror writers in a particularly active and spooky Ning group. I’ve seen into these peoples’ minds via the group, and they’re scary–in a good way.

My story, “The Barnes Family Reunion,” is about the hypocrisy and cruelty of family dynamics and what happens when one young man decides his family needs to get together one last time.

Masters of Horror: The Anthology will be available for purchase in May.

From the back cover:

Welcome to a world hidden behind the blinds of reality, a landscape waiting to be molded into a thing of pain and torture.

This anthology is not for the faint-hearted. The ideas, themes, and disturbing images portrayed within these pages will send your brain into overdrive on the road to madness.

Say hello to a new breed of horror writers, with fresh ideas and interesting takes on the weird and horrific.

Enjoy the new Masters of Horror, all hailing from the fiery pits of a horror community based at http://horrorwriters.ning.com.

The Line-Up:

1. Joseph Mulak: “Wounds”

2. Angel Leigh McCoy: “The Barnes Family Reunion”
3. Carole Gill: “Truth Hurts”
4. Cassie Hart: “its all in the cards”
5. Marty Young: “Firelies of the Bushfire”
6. Jennifer Brozek: “Cost of Job Security”
7. Scott M. Goriscak: “Home Sweet Home”
8. Karen Johnson Mead: “One Day”
9. Lee Pletzers: “Teeth”
10. Bob Morgan Jr: “Ladies of the Scale”
11. KK: “Visitation”
12. Larry Kokko: “The Clifton house”
13. Jason Warden: “Once Seen”
14. William Cook: “Devil Inside”
15. Richard Barnes: “Something Unpleasant”
16. Mark Edward Hall: “The Fear”

Cover art by Robert Elrod.

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