Year's Best Hardcore Horror, Volume 3 (Unabridged) - Scott Smith, Nathan Ballingrud, Brian Hodge, Robert Levy, Tim Curran, Ryan Harding, Matt Shaw, Tim Waggoner, Annie Neugebauer, Dani Brown, Adam Howe, Octavia Cade, Bracken MacLeod & Nathan Robinson
By Scott Smith, Nathan Ballingrud, Brian Hodge, Robert Levy, Tim Curran, Ryan Harding, Matt Shaw, Tim Waggoner, Annie Neugebauer, Dani Brown, Adam Howe, Octavia Cade, Bracken MacLeod & Nathan Robinson
Release Date: 2018-09-05
Genre: Fiction
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Year's Best Hardcore Horror, Volume 3 (U |
Scott Smith, Nathan Ballingrud, Brian Hodge, Robert Levy, Tim Curran, Ryan Harding, Matt Shaw, Tim Waggoner, Annie Neugebauer, Dani Brown, Adam Howe, Octavia Cade, Bracken MacLeod & Nathan Robinson |
It was a killer year for horror fiction of the harder kind. Authors, editors, and publishers presented readers with some startling works of horrific imagination, stories graphic in the extreme yet with subtleties suggesting larger meanings, tales that explore humanity by plumbing depths of soulless inhumanity and, in some cases, outright depravity. The stories here represent the best of them, disturbing tales that dig deep and take you into the dark heart of horror itself, unrelenting and unapologetic.
âSo Sings the Sirenâ, by Annie Neugebauer, takes us onto a dark fantasy stage for a one-night-only performance of mythological torture.
Ryan Hardingâs âJunkâ gets right to the hardcore stuff with the ultimate dick-pic horror tale.
Robert Levyâs âThe Cenacleâ is a literary cemetery feast you may have a hard time stomaching (Tums wonât save you).
Luciano Marano made his first pro sell when he sold âBurntâ to DOA III, and the tale has its own fiery fetishistic twist.
Tim Waggonerâs âTil Deathâ is Lovecraftian post-apocalypse horror at its absolute best.
âLetter from Hellâ comes with that special delivery you only get from Matt Shaw.
Dani Brown gets down and very dirty in her âTheatrum Mortuumâ, which may be the most extreme thing you hear all year.
In âBernadetteâ, Ramiro Perez de Pereda gets medieval in his tale of a djinn summoned by a desperate priest.
Brian Hodge takes you on a trip to Mexico you will never forget in âWest of Matamoros, North of Hellâ.
Bracken MacLeodâs âReprising Her Roleâ takes us behind the scenes of a porno snuff film for a gut-wrenching reprisal and unexpected bonus footage.
A real-life death threat inspired Doug Fordâs âThe Watcherâ, and we think it shows.
âScratching from the Outer Darknessâ showcases Tim Curranâs descriptive prowess and gives you a tale of hardcore Cthulhu mythos.
Brace yourself when Adam Howeâs âForeign Bodiesâ takes you deep into the bowels of a nasty abyss.
Sean Patrick Hazlett introduces us to âAdramelechâ, an ancient demon with a taste for broiled children.
Scott Smith (A Simple Plan and The Ruins) wraps up this yearâs fat package of the hard stuff in a big bloody bow with âThe Dogsâ. The canines in this tale are not "manâs best friend" variety, nor are they womanâs besties, as you will see.
And many more!
Thanks for coming along into this yearâs heart of hardcore darkness. We hope to see you on the other side.
Year's Best Hardcore Horror, Volume 3 (Unabridged) - Scott Smith, Nathan Ballingrud, Brian Hodge, Robert Levy, Tim Curran, Ryan Harding, Matt Shaw, Tim Waggoner, Annie Neugebauer, Dani Brown, Adam Howe, Octavia Cade, Bracken MacLeod & Nathan Robinson
By Scott Smith, Nathan Ballingrud, Brian Hodge, Robert Levy, Tim Curran, Ryan Harding, Matt Shaw, Tim Waggoner, Annie Neugebauer, Dani Brown, Adam Howe, Octavia Cade, Bracken MacLeod & Nathan Robinson
Release Date: 2018-09-05
Genre: Fiction
