The Blackness Within

Edited by Gill Ainsworth

This collection is a work of fiction. All of the characters and events portrayed in these stories are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.

The Blackness Within

Cover Art “Moccus” © 2010 by Stanley Morrison

Cover design © 2010 by Ken Lillie-Paetz

Cover lettering © 2010 by Marshall Dillon

“The New God, The New Order” copyright © 2010 by Gill Ainsworth; “Secrets of Fatima” copyright © 2010 by Steven L. Shrewsbury; “Without Mercy” copyright © 2010 by Lucas Pederson; “The Messiah of Mincemeat” copyright © 2010 by S. Clayton Rhodes; “Dreaming” copyright © 2010 by Brenton Tomlinson; “Daughter of God” copyright © 2010 by Maxwell Peterson; “The Free Poor” copyright © 2010 by Mark Grundy; “Bad Meat” copyright © 2010 by Michael Keyton; “Chain of Hearts” copyright © 2010 by Eric Gregory; “Big Game” copyright © 2010 by Conrad Zero; “Dance of the Psychopomps” copyright © 2010 by Joshua McCune; “Song-Ji and the Wolf” copyright © 2010 by Paul Williams; “For They Are As Beasts” copyright © 2010 by A. Camille Renwick; “Abattoir Blues” copyright © 2010 by Geoffrey W. Cole; “The Holy Meal” copyright © 2010 by Moccus Meats