The Following Authors Have Been Accepted for Publication in Putrescent Poems Vol 1Title Author County
The Littlest Murder|Christina Digan|Canada One Glass Eye|North Adam|Egypt Bonfire|Christopher Woods|Texas Jung Explains Pizza|David Shultz|Canada Autopsy|Detroit Kallunki|New Mexico The Valdemar Effect|Frank Coffman|Illinois The Artist|John Andrews|UK Exterminator|R.K. Wolford|California Master of Decay and Hidden (Art pieces)|Shannon Gardner|Wisconsin Alone in the Land of Robots|Shaun Avery|UK Silent Enemies|James Lewis|New York Abomination|Jordan Paris|Connecticut Beg For It|Joanna Koch|Michigan Busy Body|Kurt Newton|USA Fixer-Upper|M. Alan Vreeland|New York Habel|John Smith|Arkansas Sedated Pregnancy|Warren Denbrock Porter|UK The House on the Hill|Michael Meroney|USA
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Ahead of the book launch, let these excerpts from Strange Stories Vol 1 weird you out!Novelette-Heaven on Earth by Joseph Schwartz
"As he drove home, his cell phone vibrated in his hand. He refused to read the text out of spite, still riding the high of self-righteousness from his recent decision. He planned to call a real estate agent in the morning. Karen could bitch, and she would, but it wouldn’t matter. In the end, Daniel would get what he wanted. As long as the bills were paid, the kids were fed, and Karen didn’t have to take it up the ass, a new house with ten acres and a couple of four-by-fours to go mudding with the kids seemed like no big deal. Karen was still asleep on the couch, with the TV on and relentlessly selling foot insoles guaranteed to change your life. He quickly looked in on each of the boys, pleased to see them asleep. The master bedroom was quiet as he undressed. Setting his phone on his nightstand, he tossed his dirty clothes in the basket. Lying in his briefs, the bed all to himself, Daniel picked up his phone. In the preview, there was a smiley face from an unknown number; he presumed the message was from Delilah. He touched his pointer finger against the glass. Delilah had sent him a picture, a selfie of her red nail-polished fingertips spreading apart her labia." Flash-Death of a Controversial Word Wizard by James Lee “‘He was only 158 and in apparently robust health,’” noted Steve Widdershins, Coroner-Adept for the West-Central Shires of Penn’s Woods. ‘And we must consider the ominous timing: Samhain is of course a holiday traditionally marked by death, taking inventory of one’s life and ridding oneself of what is no longer desired. Finally, I would remind everyone that there are very many differing Schools of Sorcery extant, many of which feature Magicks of such obscure and arcane subtlety that only a true Specialist-Adept in that particular School would be able to recognize and identify them. Me, I’m just a humble civil servant—capable, I dare say, but hardly such a Specialist." Short Story-The Disagreeable Dinner by Mark Daponte “Honey!Your butt just vibrated when that guy talked! Unless...were you using huh, my vibrator in the privacy of our home and you had an, uh,a sexual misadventure?” “Of course not!!Just w-w-ho are you in me?” a frightened Will asked. “A ghost on crack. Perdone. I should say a ghost in your crack.” “What are you doing inside my husband?” Susan asked. “My name ess Juan Jimenez. In my mortal life, I cooked for Consuelo.” “Is that the same Consuelo who owns ‘Consuelo’s Restaurante?’” Will asked. “Where we had that Mexican food two days ago!” Susan added. “Si. Two years ago, I was Consuelo’s secret lover. Well, I was secret until Consuelo’s husband caught us canoodling and ‘cocaine-ing’ in his kitchen. Consuelo’s Gringo husband suffocated my pretty face in a pot of refried beans at 12AM--midnight. On the anniversary of my murder, my soul rises from the bottom of a pot of refried beans and settles in—a Gringo!” Type Title AUTHOR Country
Book Chapter|Evil Lurks|Charlotte Brown|Texas Creative Nonfiction|Radium Girls|Janine Mercer|Wisconsin Essay|Satanism: New Objectivism|Faustus Blackbook|Utah Essay|Better to Reign, to Reign Over Ourselves: Satanism in the 21st Century|Charles Bernard|Utah Essay|Satan's Brilliant Heart of Darkness|Kristen Barger|New Mexico Flash|Patches|Katrina Byrd|Missouri Poetry|Baron Henderson|Crooked Rites|Utah Poetry|The Devil Said|Bruce McRae Poetry|The Masses|Matthew Skaggs|USA Poetry|Shadow Man|Leadie Jo Flowers|Russia Poetry|Auditorium Shores|PW Covington|New Mexico Poetry|Writer's Meet-Up Group|Michal Mahgerefteh|Virginia Poetry|In Defense of Mrs. Lot|Barrett Wolf|New York Poetry|Satan Calls You|Mark Andrew Heatcote|England Poetry|"Title Pending"|Anthony Carias Poetry|A Macabre Dream|Sravani Singampalli|India Poetry|An Eerie Coldness Enters|James Piatt|California Poetry|How Do I Un-see|Robin Conventry|Delaware Poetry|Counterexorcism|Federico Fedrici|Italy Poetry|Dust|Shandora Hendrix|New York City Poetry|The Man in Black|C.M Lannign|Arkansas Poetry|A Dark Eternity and Live Autopsy|Meredith Moody|Florida Poetry|A Family Affair|Richard Schiffman|New York Poetry|Dignity Inverted|Thursday Simpson|Illinois Poetry|Up-Rising|Changming Yuan|Canada Poetry|The Banished Bite Back|Elspeth Wilson|Ireland Poetry|D.O.A-Dawn of Agriculture|Mark Blickley|New York Short Story|The Samhain Show|Edward Ahern|Connecticut Short Story|The Guff|Richard Decof|Florida Short Story|Those Barques|R. Keith|Canada Forty-Two Books would like to thank all those who came to the official book launch for Peaks of Madness: A Collection of Utah Horror on Friday, July 19, 2019 at the Printed Garden of Sandy, UT, USA. From customers of The Printed Garden bookstore, to the authors' friends and families, we had 40 people attend. The readings went very well, with a great selection of works to tantalize and entice the customers to shop. Two-thirds of the stock sold out, with multiple copies going at a time to individuals. A round of signings were done to finish up. The leftovers went to the Print Garden to sell as signed copies, adding collector's value and distinction to our work! If you're in Salt Lake City tomorrow, but sure to come by and pick up a copy of Peaks of Madness: A Collection of Utah Horror. The book launch, 7pm at The Printed Garden ( 9445 S Union Square a, Sandy, UT 84070), will include 4 author readings, signings, and a Q&A. Refreshments provided by the bookshop. RSVP on Facebook!
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