THE HORROR ZINE'S BOOK OF MONSTER STORIES

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With an Introduction by Shirley Jackson Award-winner Gemma Files, this outstanding anthology of all things monstrous includes spine-chilling stories from Bentley Little, Simon Clark, Elizabeth Massie, Tim Waggoner, Sumiko Saulson, plus some of the best emerging horror writers working today.

“This anthology gives us a chilling glimpse at the dark and dangerous things prowling in the minds of some of today’s best horror writers.” – JG Faherty, author of Ragman and Songs in the Key of Death

“Throughout the pages are creepy tales by up-and-comers who you may have read, plus writers brand new to a horror reader’s discerning eye. Embark on a journey to the realm where monsters—familiar or unique—dwell. Highly recommended to horror aficionados obsessed with eldritch fiction—this one’s for you!” – Nancy Kilpatrick, author of Thrones of Blood Series and the Darker Passions series

“This book gives you the creations of monster-makers Bentley Little, Simon Clark, Elizabeth Massie, Tim Waggoner, Sumiko Saulson and more—and it’s hardly a surprise that The Horror Zine’s Book of Monster Stories is brought to you by that lady with the biggest heart in the Horror Biz, Ms. Jeani Rector, the pal of the monsters you’re about to meet – and love.” – Mort Castle, author of Knowing When to Die 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

by Gemma Files

THE STORIES

SEE ME
by Terry Grimwood
NIGHT OF THE CRICKETS
by Christopher Beck
THAT SUMMER
by Bentley Little
INCIDENT ON THE ROAD
by Brian J. Smith
OPENING DAY
by Eddie Spohn
WHAT LURKS WITHIN
by Tyler John Kasishke
J-78
by Simon Bleaken
THE MAN WHO COULD TALK TO MONSTERS
by Tim Waggoner
ALL HAIL THE QUEEN
by Sumiko Saulson
THE INVASION
by Ken Foxe
MOUTHS 
by Shawn Phelps
THE TOURNAMENT
by Jason Frederick Myers
NOM NOM
by Elizabeth Massie
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
by Eliza Hyde
ALL ALONE
by J.A. Heath
BREAKING AND ENTERING
by Jared Spears
SOMEWHERE IN THE SWAMPS OF NEW JERSEY
by Shawn P. Madison
PURPLE BLOOM
by Simon Clark
THE CADENCE OF DECAY
by Lee Andrew Forman and Elaine Pascale
THE PARASITE
by Theresa Jacobs
A STRANGE OCCURRENCE AT A FOOTBALL GAME
by Gabriel White
RED SPIDER
by Chris Allen
THE GRUGER
by Christopher Sweet
A MOTHER’S LOVE
by Chris McAuley
HIS MAJESTY’S REVENGE
by Donna J. W. Munro
THE SCARECROW
by Keiran Meeks
NIGHT OF THE SPIDER
by Dan Allen
THE TERROR OF SWEDE TOWN
by Trish Wilson
THE MONSTER WHO BLED MEMORIES
by Bruce Memblatt
WHERE THE WATER FLOWS
by Dean H. Wild
THE GOLEM
by Jeani Rector