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Billie Sue Mosiman

Author of Armageddon

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Works by Billie Sue Mosiman

Armageddon (1998) — Editor — 104 copies
Red Moon Rising (1796) 46 copies
Wireman (1984) 43 copies
Malachi's Moon (2002) 31 copies
Craven Moon (2003) 24 copies
Widow (1994) 23 copies
UNIDENTIFIED (2011) 21 copies
Bad Trip South (2004) 21 copies
Banished (2011) 18 copies
Night Cruise (1992) 17 copies
CRIME THRILLERS-A Box Set (2012) 14 copies
CARNIVAL FREAK (2012) 14 copies
Gold Rush Dream (2010) 13 copies
Walls of the Dead (2012) 13 copies
DARK REALITY-A Horror Tale (2003) 13 copies
Death in Dixie (1998) 12 copies
CRYPT TALES-9 Scary Stories (2012) 10 copies
CREATURES (2012) 9 copies
Scrolls of the Dead (2011) 7 copies
Mourning Mansion (2012) 7 copies
HORROR TALES (2011) 7 copies
Angelique (2011) 6 copies
Damaged (2010) 6 copies
MCMURDO SOUND (2012) 6 copies
Horror Tales 2 (2011) 6 copies
Interview With A Psycho (2011) 6 copies
Prison Planet (2012) 5 copies
LIFE NEAR THE BONE (2012) 5 copies
Zom Alive: 2110 (2012) 4 copies
Stiletto (1996) 4 copies
Prosper Bane (2011) 4 copies
Skins of Our Fathers (2013) 3 copies
DiaboliQ (2012) 3 copies
Hidden Monsters 2 copies
Slice (2000) 2 copies
Pure and Uncut (1997) 2 copies
In Antidote 1 copy
The Sorrows (2017) 1 copy
Lostness (2017) 1 copy
HARPER'S DARKNESS (2015) 1 copy
Moon Lake (2013) 1 copy
FROM A HIGH WINDOW (2010) 1 copy
Quiet Room 1 copy
Cyberchip 1 copy
Hideyhole 1 copy

Associated Works

100 Wicked Little Witch Stories (1995) — Contributor — 276 copies
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories (1995) — Contributor — 217 copies
Robert Bloch's Psychos (1997) — Contributor — 167 copies
Southern Blood: Vampire Stories from the American South (1997) — Contributor — 145 copies
Tales from the Great Turtle (1994) — Contributor — 143 copies
Horrors! 365 Scary Stories (Anthology) (1998) — Contributor — 124 copies
Predators (1993) — Contributor — 103 copies
Tapestries: An Anthology (Magic : the Gathering) (1995) — Contributor — 92 copies
Miskatonic University (1996) — Contributor — 83 copies
Seeds of Fear (1995) — Contributor — 80 copies
Tarot Fantastic (1997) — Contributor — 73 copies
Adventures in the Twilight Zone (1995) — Contributor — 53 copies
The Book of Kings (1995) — Contributor — 49 copies
Werewolves (1995) — Contributor — 48 copies
Psycho-Paths (1840) — Contributor — 44 copies
Danger in D.C. (Anthology) (1993) — Contributor — 38 copies
Future Net (1996) — Contributor — 37 copies
The Fortune Teller (1997) — Contributor — 35 copies
Urban Nightmares (1997) — Contributor — 33 copies
Phantoms of the Night (1996) — Contributor — 30 copies
Not Your Average Monster: A Bestiary of Horrors (2015) — Contributor — 26 copies
Dark Screams: Volume Eight (2017) 23 copies
Murder Most Confederate: Tales of Crimes Quite Uncivil (2000) — Contributor — 23 copies
Louisiana Vampires (2010) — Contributor — 23 copies
The UFO Files (1998) — Contributor — 20 copies
Blood Muse: Timeless Tales of Vampires in the Arts (1995) — Contributor — 19 copies
Better Weird: A Tribute to David B. Silva (Anthology) (2015) — Contributor — 14 copies
Uncommon Assassins (2012) — Contributor — 14 copies
South From Midnight (1994) — Contributor — 13 copies
A World of Horror (2018) — Contributor — 10 copies
Monster brigade 3000 (1996) — Contributor — 8 copies
Marilyn: Shades of Blonde (1997) — Contributor — 8 copies
Great Writers and Kids Write Mystery Stories (1996) — Contributor — 3 copies
A Plague of Shadows: A Written Remains Anthology (2018) — Contributor — 3 copies

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Tired old story in a new setting
February 11, 2019
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Flat, not interesting, lack-luster retelling of an old urban legend. The only difference is the setting, not enough to make this a good story. Save your pennies and buy something else to read.
 
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chibitika | Aug 17, 2019 |
A collection of three short stories: The Scream, The Lonely Walk, and Angelique. The Scream is a passable werewolf story, while Angelique is a rather long-winded story of fallen angels based on characters from the author's novel Banished. The best of the lot is The lonely Walk, which is a zombie story told from the point of view of that rarest of creatures, a self-aware zombie. Mosiman's writing is solid, but the stories tend to dwell on the more "romantic" aspects of the horror genre, which can result in these short stories feeling longer than they are.… (more)
 
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smichaelwilson | Jan 15, 2018 |
I consider myself more of a fan of novels then short stories but recently I read a great anthology called Someone Wicked which was edited by Weldon Burge and JM Reinbold and available from Smart Rhino Publications. This book is a collection of 21 tales by the Written Remains Writers Guild that cover such genres as horror, comedy, fantasy and mystery. This is one impressive anthology, every story here is well written and each story is different from the last.

One good story in Someone Wicked is Reckonings by Gail Husch. I loved how the main character describes herself in the beginning and then she gets into all the little things that she does to get vengeance on the people who annoy her. This is a simple story but the way everything is described paints a picture and makes it come to life. The way this one was written made me think this is going be a great anthology and all of the other stories here are just as good.

Reckonings is a quiet, psychological horror story with a touch of humor. To show the diversity in Someone Wicked the next story is The Flenser by Billie Sue Mosiman. This horror story goes more for the gross out effect but still manages to have interesting characters and a good shocking ending. The Flenser is about a man who gets a job cleaning flesh off of skull so they can be sold to medical facilities. I did not know jobs exsisted like this and it was interesting reading about how these people would interact with others and what their idea of fun might be.

One of my favorites in this book is Mirror, Mirror by Chantal Noordeloos. This is a dark fantasy story that looks at the legend of bloody Mary. This story begins in 1852 and is told by a girl named Sophie who along with her mother lives on a plantation. Sophie has a step sister named Marie-Louise who is a bully and likes to make Sophie’s life hard. In addition to bullying, Sophie has a hard life and her mother along with others end up dying under mysterious circumstances. Sophie feels like an outcast and makes friends with some of the slaves. Here Sophie finds out about the cursed mirror in the house. I loved how this story was told with all the details of life in the mid 1800′s and I liked Sophie’s relationship with the slaves. This was one great horror story on a legend that I didn’t know much about.

In addition to the excellent horror stories in this book there is a mystery here called Missing by JM Reinbold, along with some good takes on fairy tales such as Sisters: A Fairy Tale by Liz DeJesus which I would love to see expanded into a novel. I also loved the dramatic Impresario by Maria Masington, this one takes a look at one young person’s descent into drug addiction that I think sadly a lot of people can relate to. This book even has some stories that are just for laughs such as The Semi-Aquatic Blue Baker of Borneo by Justynn Tyme which is a hard story to explain, it just has to be read. This anthology has it all and is a book you shouldn’t pass up.
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dwatson2 | May 8, 2014 |
Finished this in about two and a half hours. I thought it could have used a little more plot development - many things felt a bit rushed/glossed over. I also never really connected with the character of Rose, but I did like Travis - rugged frontiersman with a heart of gold? What's not to like? But again, events happened too fast and were passed by too quickly to satisfy this reader.
 
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emmytuck | Sep 27, 2013 |

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