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Book Release: THE BLACKNESS WITHIN

Apex Books has released THE BLACKNESS WITHIN, which includes “For They Are As Beasts” by Camille Alexa

From the Apex press release:

From Africa to Australasia, from Europe to the US, take a terrifying journey led by world-renowned and up-and-coming authors of horror. See how Moccus, the Celtic God of fecundity, brings His barbaric brutality to the twenty-first century. …  Even hundreds of years after Mocuss’s death, His savage reign continues for those who dare to question, as you will discover in “For They Are As Beasts” and “Abattoir Blues.”

Buy it at Apex Books. For the next seven days, use the coupon code BLACKNESS20 on checkout to receive 20% off your order.

Machine of Death anthology cover art revealed

And wow!  It’s a beauty!

From the MoD site:  “After a long year of excitement, disappointment, renewed excitement, continued disappointment, thickheadedness, obstinacy and relief, we are pleased to announce that Machine of Death will be officially released this October by Bearstache Books, the boutique printing arm of Wondermark Enterprises.”

My story for this one, “Flaming Marshmallow and Other Deaths,” was the first short story I ever wrote.  You might have heard it on Escape Pod, or read it in PUSH OF THE SKY. 

cover art by Justin Van Genderen

Contributor Copies for Courting Morpheus

Contributor copies of the  COURTING MORPHEUS  anthology have arrived!  This one includes my story “Poppies So Red, Bones So White.”
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“. . . To anyone living outside New Bedlam, a nightmare was a thing which came when one slept.  It rolled across the unconscious mind like a dark shadow, but when a person woke and turned on the light the shadow would dissipate, or it would eventually be chased off with the dawn . . .  But in New Bedlam, when dawn came and lights were turned on, the shadows lingered, scrabbling and clawing at the back of the mind . . . . “