3.5
Close to Midnight
ByPublisher Description
An exceptional third book in the horror anthology series which Publishers Weekly highlighted as “Beautifully written pieces that lean into the intuitive and fantastic.”
Close to Midnight is the third volume in an annual, non-themed horror series of entirely original stories, showcasing the very best short fiction that the genre has to offer, and edited by Mark Morris. This new anthology contains 20 original horror stories, 16 of which have been commissioned from some of the top names in the genre, and 4 of which have been selected from the 100s of stories sent to Flame Tree during a 2-week open submissions window.
Contents List:
WOLVES by Rio Youers
BEST SAFE LIFE FOR YOU by Muriel Gray
SOUVENIRS by Sharon Gosling
THE OPERATED by Ramsey Campbell
IN THE WABE by Alison Littlewood
I PROMISE by Conrad Williams
FLAT 19 by Jenn Ashworth
THE FORBIDDEN SANDWICH by Carl Tait
AUTUMN SUGAR by Philip Fracassi
COLLAGEN by Seanan McGuire
REMAINS by Charlie Hughes
THE FLOOR IS LAVA by Brian Keene
THE TRUE COLOUR OF BLOOD by Stephen Laws
THE NINE OF DIAMONDS by Carole Johnstone
ROOM FOR THE NIGHT by Jonathan Janz
WELCOME TO THE LODGE by Alison Moore
GOING HOME by Evelyn Teng
THE SPACEMAN’S MEMORY BOX by Laura Mauro
BAGS by Steve Rasnic Tem
RISE UP TOGETHER by Adam L.G. Nevill
FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing Independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress.
Close to Midnight is the third volume in an annual, non-themed horror series of entirely original stories, showcasing the very best short fiction that the genre has to offer, and edited by Mark Morris. This new anthology contains 20 original horror stories, 16 of which have been commissioned from some of the top names in the genre, and 4 of which have been selected from the 100s of stories sent to Flame Tree during a 2-week open submissions window.
Contents List:
WOLVES by Rio Youers
BEST SAFE LIFE FOR YOU by Muriel Gray
SOUVENIRS by Sharon Gosling
THE OPERATED by Ramsey Campbell
IN THE WABE by Alison Littlewood
I PROMISE by Conrad Williams
FLAT 19 by Jenn Ashworth
THE FORBIDDEN SANDWICH by Carl Tait
AUTUMN SUGAR by Philip Fracassi
COLLAGEN by Seanan McGuire
REMAINS by Charlie Hughes
THE FLOOR IS LAVA by Brian Keene
THE TRUE COLOUR OF BLOOD by Stephen Laws
THE NINE OF DIAMONDS by Carole Johnstone
ROOM FOR THE NIGHT by Jonathan Janz
WELCOME TO THE LODGE by Alison Moore
GOING HOME by Evelyn Teng
THE SPACEMAN’S MEMORY BOX by Laura Mauro
BAGS by Steve Rasnic Tem
RISE UP TOGETHER by Adam L.G. Nevill
FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing Independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress.
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3.5
“CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT – Horror Anthology – Edited by Mark Morris
‘CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT is the third volume in an annual, non-themed horror series of entirely original stories, showcasing the very best short fiction that the genre has to offer, and edited by Mark Morris. This new anthology contains 20 original horror stories . . . .’
The Following Are My Favorites:
‘Wolves’ – by Rio Youers – That Was Good!
‘Best Safe Life For You’ – by Muriel Gray – Love This One!
‘Souvenirs’ – by Sharon Gosling – Love The Ending!
‘The Operated’ – by Ramsey Campbell – That Was Creepy Good!
‘Flat 19’ – by Jenn Ashworth – Creepy Good!
‘Autumn Sugar’ – by Philip Fracassi – My Heart!
‘Collagen’ – by Seanan McGuire – Love This One!
‘Remains’ – by Charlie Hughes – My Heart!
‘The Floor Is Lava’ – by Brian Keene – When Stubbornness And Childhood Fears Converge. Also . . . ewe!
‘The True Colour Of Blood’ – by Stephen Laws – That Was Good!
‘The Nine Of Diamonds’ – by Carole Johnstone – That Was Good!
‘Going Home’ – by Evelyn Teng – Creepy Good!
‘The Spaceman’s Memory Box’ – by Laura Mauro – Love The Story And The Writing!
Here Is A Snippet:
‘There’s a game you play, but not yet. Not while the sun lingers. There are other games to play first. Ordinary games, everyday games. Knock Down Ginger, or Knock a Door Run; as many names as there are children in the world. And the other game – the special game, the almost-dark game – began its life here too, burrowing larval into your collective imaginations. Bursting from that fertile cocoon one wet, fragile wing at a time, the way night-things do, for ideas like this wither and die in daylight.’
‘Rise Up Together’ – by Adam L.G. Nevill – Creepy Good!
Thank you, NetGalley and Flame Tree Press, for providing me with an eBook of CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT at the request of an honest review.”
“Such a weird and wonderful collection of creepy and creative stories. I thoroughly enjoyed the vast majority of them… short story collections are often hard to review as they can be a mixed bag but I genuinely enjoyed this book as a whole! Many of the stories were atmospheric, tense and well executed but the stand outs for me were:
Best Safe Life For You by Muriel Gray;
August Sugar by Philip Fracassi;
and
Remains by Charlie Hughes.”
“There are some really good stories in this anthology. Most of the authors were unfamiliar to me and I'm excited about exploring their work.”
About Mark Morris
Morris has written and edited over fifty novels, novellas, short story collections and anthologies. His recent work includes the official movie tie-in novelizations of The Great Wall and (co-written with Christopher Golden) The Predator, the Obsidian Heart trilogy (The Wolves of London, The Society of Blood and The Wraiths of War), the anthologies New Fears (winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology) and New Fears 2 and many more. Mark has won two British Fantasy Awards, and has also been nominated for several Stokers and Shirley Jackson Awards.
Other books by Mark Morris
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