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Loading... Epitaphs: The Journal of the New England Horror Writersby Tracy L. Carbone (Editor)
None No current Talk conversations about this book.  ChrisMcCaffrey | Apr 6, 2021 |   I have been a horror fan since I was six years old and watched Salem’s Lot through my fingers. I don’t scare that easily anymore and I am often left disappointed in books or movies. That’s not the case with these stories though. This collection is a perfect example of less being more. Some of these stories gave me goose pimples by being subtle. It didn’t take 400 pages or overt terror, but instead they were horror stories that were human and thought provoking too. I laughed and even cried reading some (okay I was a blubbering idiot reading Stony’s Boneyard by Glenn Chadbourne & Holly Newstein). I won’t give a list of my favorites from the collection since I just finished reading it. Tomorrow my favorites may be different after I have had some time to digest them. I absolutely recommend this to fellow horror fans and even to those who don’t normally read the genre because it’s a great introduction to horror. (  ) shayrp76 | Apr 7, 2012 | no reviews | add a review
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The New England Horror Writers Association, in partnership with Shroud Publishing, are proud to debut its inaugural anthology, "Epitaphs." The anthology is a compilation of some of the best dark fiction from both best-selling authors and up-and- coming writers throughout New England. Contributors include Christopher Golden, Rick Hautala, Holly Newstein & Glenn Chadbourne, LL Soares, Trisha Wooldridge, Kurt Newton, and more. The anthology features 26 stories and poems from the delightfully scary to the deeply macabre. Epitaphs, edited by author Tracy L. Carbone, includes an introduction by award-winning author and publisher Peter Crowther, as well as a cover by Danny Evarts. The table of contents in this chilling anthology is as follows: Perfect Witness - Rick Hautala To Sleep, Perchance to Die - Jeffrey C. Pettengill The Christopher Chair - Paul McMahon A Case of the Quiets - Kurt Newton Build-a-Zombie - Scott T. Goudsward Not an Ulcer - John Goodrich The Possessor Worm - B. Adrian White Make a Choice - John McIlveen The Death Room - Michael Allen Todd Stoneys Boneyard - Holly Newstein & Glenn Chadbourne Kalis Promise - Trisha J. Wooldridge The Sequel - David Bernard Malfeasance - David North-Martino Private Beach - Stacey Longo All Aboard - Christopher Golden Holiday House - LL Soares Lines at a Wake - Steven Withrow A Deeper Kind of Cold - K. Allen Wood Alone - P. Gardner Goldsmith Pandoras Box - Roxanne Dent Chuck the Magic Man Says I Can - Michael Arruda Burial Board - TT Zuma Windblown Shutter - John Grover Cheryl Takes a Trip - Stephen Dorato The Legend of Wormley Farm - Philip Roberts Church of Thunder and Lightening - Peter N. Dudar No library descriptions found. |
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Well chosen stories by top flight authors and even takes extra points for artistry by including poems.
My favorite stories were the ones that had a bitter sweetness to them, making them more dark fiction than actually horror.
The Christopher Chair by Paul McMahon--a relic that cures also exacts a price.
Build-A-Zombie by Scott T. Goudsward--gleefully macabre story based, you guessed it, on the concept of building one's own zombie instead of a cute stuffed animal.
Make a Choice by John M. McIlveen--disturbing, realistic, and well done. I don't want to give it away but it would be any parent's worse nightmare.
Stony's Boneyard by Glenn Chadbourne and Holly Newstein--touching supernatural story. Well written, evocative of loss and what we leave behind for the people that loved us.
Cheryl Takes a Trip by Stephen Dorato--literary ghost story about regret that functions on several levels.
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