Elemental Forces: Horror Short Stories (The Flame Tree Book of Horror) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 178758867X ISBN 13: 9781787588677

Publisher: FLAME TREE PRESS, 2024

Synopsis

Elemental Forces is the fifth volume in the non-themed horror series of 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 horror, and 4 selected from the 100s of stories sent to Flame Tree during a short open submissions window. A delicious feast 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, Close to Midnight and Darkness Beckons.

Contents List:

THE PEELER by Poppy Z. Brite

A HOUSE OF WOE AND MYSTERY by Andy Davidson

THE WRONG ELEMENT by Aaron Dries

JACK-A-LENT by Paul Finch

NOBODY WANTS TO WORK HERE ANYMORE by Christina Henry

THE CALL OF THE DEEP by Laurel Hightower

EIGHT DAYS WEST OF PLETHORA by Verity Holloway

THEY EAT THE REST by Jim Horlock

THE ONLY FACE YOU EVER KNEW by Gwendolyn Kiste

MISTER REAPER by Annie Knox

I MISS YOU TOO MUCH by Sarah Langan

UNMARKED by Tim Lebbon

THE DOPPELGÄNGER BALLET by Will Maclean

THE SCARECROW FESTIVAL by Tim Major

THE PLAGUE by Luigi Musolino

THE DAUGHTERS OF CANAAN by Kurt Newton

THE ENTITY by Nicholas Royle

RED MEAT FLAG by David J. Schow

THE NOTE by Paul Tremblay

A REVIEW OF ‘SLIME TUTORIAL: THE MUSICAL’ by P.C. Verrone

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.

About this title

About the Authors

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.

Laurel Hightower lives in Lexington, Kentucky, the land of horses and bourbon, with her husband, son, and a rescue Pitbull. She is the author of Whispers in the Dark, Crossroads, and Below, and has more than a dozen short fiction stories in print.

Edition details

• Publisher: FLAME TREE PRESS
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178758867X
• ISBN 13: 9781787588677
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Morris Mark