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Darkness Beckons Anthology
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An incredible fourth book in the horror anthology series which Booklist called "Highly recommended for longstanding horror fans and those readers who may not think horror is for them. There is something for everyone in this one."
Darkness Beckons is the fourth volume in the 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. A terrifying cocktail of the familiar and the new, the established and the emerging.
Previous titles in the series, all still in print are After Sundown, Beyond the Veil and Close to Midnight.
Contents List:
SAINT BARBARA by Nina Allan
HARE MOON by H.V. Patterson
UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS by Stephen Volk
DUSK by Angela Slatter
A FACE LEAVING NO TRACES by Brian Evenson
GOOD BONES by Sarah Read
FACTS CONCERNING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ORLOFF SIX by Alyssa C. Greene
HE WASN’T THERE AGAIN TODAY by Peter Atkins
DODGER by Carly Holmes
FROM THE MAN-SEAT by Reggie Oliver
THE SERVICE by Ally Wilkes
THE LATE MRS. APPLEGARTH by Mark Gatiss
THE FIG TREE by Lucie McKnight Hardy
IF YOUR SOUL WERE A PITCHFORK I’D DESPISE YOU by Eric LaRocca
HEEBIE JEEBIES by Amanda Cecelia Lang
KILLING BONES by Simon Clark
IL CREPUSCOLO by Helen Marshall
REMEMBER ME by Ronald Malfi
WITCH’S CLUTCH by Simon Strantzas
CAMP NEVER by J.S. Breukelaar
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.
Darkness Beckons is the fourth volume in the 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. A terrifying cocktail of the familiar and the new, the established and the emerging.
Previous titles in the series, all still in print are After Sundown, Beyond the Veil and Close to Midnight.
Contents List:
SAINT BARBARA by Nina Allan
HARE MOON by H.V. Patterson
UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS by Stephen Volk
DUSK by Angela Slatter
A FACE LEAVING NO TRACES by Brian Evenson
GOOD BONES by Sarah Read
FACTS CONCERNING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ORLOFF SIX by Alyssa C. Greene
HE WASN’T THERE AGAIN TODAY by Peter Atkins
DODGER by Carly Holmes
FROM THE MAN-SEAT by Reggie Oliver
THE SERVICE by Ally Wilkes
THE LATE MRS. APPLEGARTH by Mark Gatiss
THE FIG TREE by Lucie McKnight Hardy
IF YOUR SOUL WERE A PITCHFORK I’D DESPISE YOU by Eric LaRocca
HEEBIE JEEBIES by Amanda Cecelia Lang
KILLING BONES by Simon Clark
IL CREPUSCOLO by Helen Marshall
REMEMBER ME by Ronald Malfi
WITCH’S CLUTCH by Simon Strantzas
CAMP NEVER by J.S. Breukelaar
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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D.K. Hundt
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“‘DARKNESS BECKONS is the fourth volume in the non-themed horror series of [twenty] entirely original stories, showcasing the very best short fiction that the genre has to offer, and edited by Mark Morris . . . .’
The Following Are My Favorites:
SAINT BARBARA – by Nina Allan
HARE MOON – by H.V. Patterson – That Was Creepy Good!
UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS – by Stephen Volk – Creepy!
DUSK – by Angela Slatter – Love The End!
GOOD BONES – by Sarah Read – Love This One!
FACTS CONCERNING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ORLOFF SIX – by Alyssa C. Greene
HE WASN’T THERE AGAIN TODAY – by Peter Atkins – Love The Writing, Love The Story! The following made me laugh:
‘It had been built in 1928 – “As old as the talkies,” the renting agent had said with the rhythm of a joke, though Andrea’d had to Google it – and it didn’t look like Southern California at all, looked instead like it had got lost on its way to Greenwich Village or the Bowery. It was built from bricks, for a start – try getting that past contemporary LA’s earthquake codes and zoning restrictions – and had a fire escape zigzagging down the streetside exterior wall like it was waiting for an impromptu performance of West Side f*cking Story to break out.’
THE LATE MRS. APPLEGARTH – by Mark Gatiss – My Heart!
THE FIG TREE – by Lucie McKnight Hardy – Creepy Good!
HEEBIE JEEBIES – by Amanda Cecelia Lang – Love This One!
KILLING BONES – by Simon Clark – That Was Good!
REMEMBER ME – by Ronald Malfi – My Heart! Love This One!
Thank you, NetGalley and Flames Tree Press, for providing me with an eBook of DARKNESS BECKONS at the request of an honest review.”

Rebecca Smith
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Riri Laurie
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“This was a DNF for me.
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Unfortunately, this style of writing and Horror where not for me.”
D2dragon
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“This was great! All of the stories were great but my favorites are Good Bones by Sarah Read, Facts Concerning The Disappearance of The Orloff Six by Alyssa C. Greene, and Remember Me by Ronald Malfi. I would recommend this! Special Thank You to Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press and NetGalley for allowing me to read a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.”
About Mark Morris
Mark Morris has written and edited almost forty 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.
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