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A brand-new collection of four intense, claustrophobic and terrifying horror tales from the Bram Stoker Award®-nominated and Splatterpunk Award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.

Returning with his distinctive brand of unsettling fiction, J. R. Hamantaschen presents a new collection of unsettling and dark tales. These 11 stories refuse to shy away from the profound depths of human desperation and unyielding perseverance. Echoing the voices of weird fiction legends like Thomas Ligotti, H. P. Lovecraft, and Chuck Palahniuk, Hamantaschen’s narratives are a masterful blend of the uncanny and the profoundly insightful. Prepare for a journey that challenges the boundaries of dark fiction and leaves you questioning your sanity.

A charlatan’s tricks backfire when real monsters come to call. A terrifying Ouija board session leads to an unexpected request. In space, there is nowhere to hide from the hungry hordes. Consuming hunger has a new meaning for one man possessed by an insatiable parasite. A horror podcast hits too close to home as fiction invades reality. These stories and others serve up a delicious blend of horror, science fiction, ghosts, and the supernatural that will leave you hungry for more!

Bridgett Nelson, the two-time Splatterpunk Award-nominated author of the hugely popular A Bouquet of Viscera, has three deranged stories to tell that all you freaks are sure to love!

Stranded in the center of Grand Central Station, a pretentious nightmare of a woman who makes everyone else's life hell finds she has a first class compartment on a very special train....

What do a warehouse, a farm, a wedding, a trip to the grocery store, and a beach vacation have in common? They are all everyday settings where, if everything goes right, nothing awful happens. However, sometimes bad choices reap bad outcomes. Come take a side trip to a farm where the laundry may be hiding a secret from view. Or maybe visit a nice beach, with a possibly foreboding name. And do you really know what lurks in the abandoned warehouse around the corner?

Skeletons and corpses rise from their fitful sleep and share a haunting message from beyond the grave.

One day when Susie was out walking the dog, she ran it off a cliff. Susie thought this was really cool, but Susie didn't realize killing things isn't such a cool thing to do. Susie was ready to test the waters of death on her friends. Susie invited three of her closest friends over for a sleepover.