Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author

Naked, on the Edge    by Elizabeth Massie
Price: $3.99 USD. 61580 words. Language: English. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 23, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Horror.

Readers are thrust to the edge of darkness in this powerful collection of supernatural and psychological tales by Stoker Award-winning horror author, Elizabeth Massie. Isolation, alienation, desperation, greed, rage, regret – human conditions that leave us teetering on the brink, ready to crash forward into the abyss or step backward onto safer ground. “Beneath our hearts, our souls are naked.”
Perfect Circles    by Simon Kewin
Price: $3.99 USD. 124500 words. Language: English. Published on May 21, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

Collected Stories, 1999 - 2011: the fantasy short stories from Spell Circles, the SF short stories from Eccentric Orbits and the mainstream stories from Life Cycles, collected together in one super-collection.
Lies, Trout, Out and About    by Julia Jay
Price: $6.99 USD. 75000 words. Language: English. Published on May 21, 2012. Fiction » Humor & comedy » General.

LIES, TROUT, OUT AND ABOUT is a collection of witty and amusingly original short stories. Each features a lie, a trout or something other. From a Queen who needs to give an unusual balcony credit for its existence, to poodles given haircuts in a chip shop with disastrous results, a tiger given as a gift, to a trout which unnerves with glassy eye, and then there is the case of the missing heart.
Urban Guerrillas of a Different Kind    by Ross Doughty
Price: $2.99 USD. 77320 words. Language: English. Published on May 19, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

These stories are set in Spain, Scotland, France and Prague as well as New Zealand, Australia, Mexico and the US. The writing style varies from magic realism in Vortex, to a gothic conclusion in Kafka's Kafe, and the elegantly historical story of Phantom Galleon. The book derives its title from the personal and communal conflicts that punctuate urban society - and how they are resolved.
Insomnia: Paranormal Tales, Science Fiction, and Horror    by Saul Tanpepper
Price: $4.99 USD. 85530 words. Language: English. Published on May 18, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

Insomnia (n) an inability to sleep; a state of agitated wakefulness, often as a result of troubling thoughts. This collection includes the following titles: The Grin * The Scenario Egg * A Thing for Zombies * Reached in Error * Raise the Dead * The Sacrifices We Make * The Promises We Keep. Approximately 85000 words. Some material may not be appropriate for readers younger than 14.
These Old Tales - The Complete Collection    by Kenneth W. Cain
Price: $3.49 USD. 79030 words. Language: English. Published on May 13, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

These Old Tales - The Complete Collection is a compilation of all 4 volumes previously released. It contains 22 dark fiction short stories, 16 chilling flash fiction tales, and 16 jarring poems. This collection of dark fiction includes stories of zombies, werewolves, the devil, the grim reaper, psychotic killers, abnormal artifacts, gunfights, ghosts, and all around everyday people.
Lanterns in the Dark    by David Willoughby
Price: $4.99 USD. 92420 words. Language: English. Published on May 11, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

Lanterns in the Dark is a collection of short stories revolving around the darker side of the human psyche. It brings a certain lightness that only fiction can bring to issues of criminal intent, human breeding, and questions about the destructive capacity of society. So, even as the stories walk you in to the depths of the darkness, I will always makes sure to loft a lantern to light your way.
Mad Stacks    by Scott Nicholson
Price: $3.99 USD. 114330 words. Language: English. Published by Haunted Computer Books  on May 8, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

Mad Stacks is the complete text of three story collections covering suspense, psychological mystery, and paranormal tales. A total of 29 stories originally published in professional magazines and anthologies such as Writers of the Future, The Third Alternative, Cemetery Dance, Crimewave, and more. The box set of 118,000 words also includes a bonus essay.
Bad Stacks    by Scott Nicholson
Price: $3.99 USD. 116230 words. Language: English. Published by Haunted Computer Books  on May 8, 2012. Fiction » Horror » General.

BAD STACKS is the complete text of three story collections covering supernatural, paranormal, horror, and mystery tales. A total of 26 stories originally published in professional magazines and anthologies such as Cemetery Dance, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Shivers, Crimewave, Blue Murder Magazine, and more. The box set of 120,000 words also includes four essays.
Chroniques Terriennes    by Marc Hoffmann
Price: $5.99 USD. 62110 words. Language: French. Published by Rhetorical Ratatouille  on April 23, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

Ce livre met en scène une série de petites histoires de plusieurs genres : horreur, fantastique, polar… et surtout parle de tragédies quotidiennes, des monstres humains qui rôdent dans notre société. C’est une virée réaliste dans la société, mêlée à une science fiction proche de Métal Hurlant. Bref, il y en a pour tous les goûts en somme. Sauf qu’ci, pas de happy end !