Covering four specific horror-related themes: Halloween, ghost stories, nautical terrors, and cosmic horror, The Asterisk Anthology: Volume 1, brings readers eight extraordinary tales from new authors of weird fiction, winners of the Nosetouch Press calls throughout 2017. James Gardner's "Authentic Vampire Teeth" wickedly toys with Halloween horror, while Alexandra Peel's "Apples to Ashes" delivers chills in a godforsaken priory, and her "Tombs in Space" launches an unrelenting cosmic terror toward a hapless astronaut. Zachary Von Houser's "Snowflakes in the Sea" conjures up a ghostly and atmospheric seaside tale, while Jonathan Cromack's "The Figure at the Window" serves readers a classic English ghost story, beautifully rendered. Andrea Stanet's "Strands" bubbles up a singular cosmic evil in an idyllic lake, while Shannon Lippert's "The Cell" creates a claustrophobic seaside tale of Lovecraftian insinuations. Shawn Chang's "Sirens of the Lerams" rounds out the collection, with a lavishly written revisiting of a classical sea monster. Nosetouch Press is proud to bring these eight horror short stories to readers in this first annual anthology, for fans of supernatural and weird fiction everywhere.
We know what lurks in the bleak midwinter nights. Fear. In these eight tales, collected to give you shivers in the coldest season, we bring the fear right inside, to lie beside your bed or stand at the door. Or even to rest in the warmth of your kitchen. Come to abandoned mines, the bedrooms of children, the most silent of nights, and even a place where the Earth itself awakens with a fearsome hunger. Turn up the lamplight. Draw closer to the fire. And tell yourself it's just a branch scraping the window...
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