Nightmares come in many forms. Some rend the veil of sleep with heart-stopping madness. Others defy sanity to leave a helpless corner of your mind twitching for release. Sometimes, hours after waking, a nightmare drifts across your memory, tainting your day with wisps of discomfort. NIGHTMARES UNHINGED reveals horror in all its mutable forms-abject to absurd-through twenty tales of terror.
Contributors include Mario Acevedo, Edward Bryant, Dustin Carpenter, Sean Eads, Keith Ferrell, Warren Hammond, Jason Heller, Gary Jonas, Stephen Graham Jones, J.V. Kyle, Aaron Michael Ritchey, Jeanne C. Stein, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Dean Wyant. Foreword by New York Times bestseller Steve Alten. Edited by Joshua Viola. Illustrations by Aaron Lovett.
A portion of the book's proceeds will be donated to Rocky Mountain Cancer Assistance in honor of Melanie Tem.
Contents:
Foreword
"Terrors In The Night"
Steve Alten
Introduction
"Reclaim Your Fears"
Joshua Viola
"The Brollachan"
Steve Rasnic Tem
"Fangs"
J.V. Kyle
"Be Seated"
Keith Ferrell
"The Man Who Killed Texas"
Stephen Graham Jones
"Scarecrows"
Joshua Viola
"Zou Gou"
Mario Acevedo
"Needles"
Joshua Viola and Dean Wyant
"The Projectionist"
Jason Heller
"The Wolf's Paw"
Jeanne C. Stein
"Danniker's Coffin"
Keith Ferrell
"Deep Woods"
Aaron Michael Ritchey
"Diamond Widow"
Dustin Carpenter
"The Camera"
Joshua Viola
"Lost Balls"
Sean Eads
"Bathroom Break"
J.V. Kyle
"Marginal Ha'nts"
Edward Bryant
"Delicioso"
Warren Hammond
"The Librarian"
Joshua Viola
"Gurgle. Gurgle."
Mario Acevedo
"Taking The Dare"
Gary Jonas
Afterword
"Melanie Tem: Hubble's Child"
Edward Bryant
Inhalt
5 FOREWORD TERRORS IN THE NIGHT STEVE ALTEN 7 INTRODUCTION RECLAIM YOUR FEARS JOSHUA VIOLA 11 THE BROLLACHAN STEVE RASNIC TEM 23 FANGS J.V. KYLE 33 BE SEATED KEITH FERRELL 43 THE MAN WHO KILLED TEXAS STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES 61 SCARECROWS JOSHUA VIOLA 71 ZOU GOU MARIO ACEVEDO 83 NEEDLES JOSHUA VIOLA & DEAN WYANT 97 THE PROJECTIONIST JASON HELLER 109 THE WOLF'S PAW JEANNE C. STEIN 115 DANNIKER'S COFFIN KEITH FERRELL 133 DEEP WOODS AARON MICHAEL RITCHEY 139 DIAMOND WIDOW DUSTIN CARPENTER 149 THE CAMERA JOSHUA VIOLA 165 LOST BALLS SEAN EADS 179 BATHROOM BREAK J.V. KYLE 193 MARGINAL HA'NTS EDWARD BRYANT 207 DELICIOSO WARREN HAMMOND 215 THE LIBRARIAN JOSHUA VIOLA 229 GURGLE. GURGLE. MARIO ACEVEDO 243 TAKING THE DARE GARY JONAS 257 AFTERWORD MELANIE TEM: HUBBLE'S CHILD EDWARD BRYANT 263 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 265 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 269 ABOUT THE ARTIST 269 ABOUT THE EDITOR