Weird Horror Short Stories

With stories from modern writers, and the founding fathers of horror fiction, weird or cosmic horror combines the dark brooding shadows of the night with the presence of elder gods at the edges of our world. Algernon Blackwood, M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft and Ramsey Campbell sit alongside new tales by new writers from open submissions.

New, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Ramsey Campbell, Daniel Carpenter, Micah Castle, Kevin M. Folliard, Anastasia Garcia, Timothy Granville, Steve Hanson, Maria Haskins, Nyx Kain, Shona Kinsella, Lena Ng, Reggie Oliver, Jason Parent, Bonnie Quinn, Eric Reitan, Cody Schroeder, Lucy A. Snyder, Richard Thomas, Chris Wheatley, and Maria Wolfe. These appear alongside classic stories by Louisa May Alcott, Robert Bloch, William Hope Hodgson, Fritz Leiber, Clark Ashton Smith and more.

Contents:
- Foreword by Mike Ashley
- Lost in a Pyramid by Louisa May Alcott
- The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton
- Negotium Perambulans by E.F. Benson
- The Willows by Algernon Blackwood
- The Secret in the Tomb by Robert Bloch
- The Place of Revelation by Ramsey Campbell
- Flotsam by Daniel Carpenter
- The Things from the Woods by Micah Castle
- The Mask by Robert W. Chambers
- The New Mother by Lucy Clifford
- The Terror of Blue John Gap by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Next Heir by H.D. Everett
- The Distortion out fo Space by Francis Flagg
- White Noise by Kevin M. Folliard
- Dark Skies by Anastasia Garcia
- The Crimson Weaver by R. Murray Gilchrist
- The Animal King by Timothy Granville
- Isle of the Dead by Steve Hanson
- The Brightest Lights of Heaven by Maria Haskins
- Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The Hog by William Hope Hodgson
- Mive by Carl Jacobi
- The Diary of Mr. Poynter by M.R. James
- He Led by Nyx Kain
- The Call of El Tunche by Shona Kinsella
- The Hill and the Hole by Fritz Leiber
- The Whisperer in Darkness by H.P. Lovecraft
- Novel of the White Powder by Arthur Machen
- Lola by Lena Ng
- The Black Ship by Reggie Oliver
- The Moon-Slave by Barry Pain
- Agon by Jason Parent
- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Stones Move at Night by Bonnie Quinn
- The Blessed Affliction by Eric Reitan
- Stray by Cody Schroeder
- The House of Sounds by M.P. Shiel
- The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis by Clark Ashton Smith
- While the Black Stars Burn by Lucy A. Snyder
- The Moonstone Mass by Harriet Prescott Spofford
- From Within by Richard Thomas
- The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham by H.G. Wells
- Eternal Visions by Chris Wheatley
- Exogenous Cephalus Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Maria Wolfe

Flame Tree Gothic & Fantasy, as well as Classic Stories and Epic Tales collections, bring together the entire range of myth, folklore, epic literature and modern short fiction. Highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction and mystery stories, the books in Flame Tree Collections series are beautifully presented, perfect as a gift and offer a lifetime of reading pleasure.