Monster Lairs: A Dark Fantasy Horror Anthology
Monster Lairs: A Dark Fantasy Horror Anthology

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Monster Lairs: A Dark Fantasy Horror Anthology

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The Dark Matter Presents Series

Editor: Anna Madden

Authors: Fatima Abdullahi, J. W. Allen, R. F. Anding, Michael Boulerice, Kevin M. Casin, Kaitlin Caul, Lyndsey Croal, Marie Croke, Koji A. Dae, Oleander Dudek, Victor Forna, L. P. Hernandez, Jordan Hirsch, Andrew Leon Hudson, Vanessa Jae, Ai Jiang, Wailana Kalama, Alex Langer, Rajiv Moté, Leah Ning, Damilola Oyedotun, Zachary Rosenberg, Abhijeet Sathe, Jean Strickland, Kanishk Tantia, Gretchen Tessmer, V. F. Thompson, D. Matthew Urban, Emily Ruth Verona, Carson Winter, and Lucy Zhang

Classification: Anthology

Categories: ⚔️ Fantasy, 💀 Horror, Short Fiction, Dark Fantasy, Supernatural, Folk Horror, Legend & Mythology, Spells & Magic, Monster, and Alternate World

Format:Paperback
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31 BRAND-NEW DARK FANTASY HORROR STORIES. Bloody corridors of ancient rock. A castle surrounded by poisonous thorns. A lost temple of traps and corpses. A subaqueous cave at the bottom of a cursed lake. These are the places where secrets are buried, where ancient evils are summoned, where beasts are imprisoned, where the insane lie in wait. These are tombs of darkness and nightmare, where if you stare into the abyss, the abyss will stare back. Heed the warnings of your elders and return from whence you came. Ahead lie monster lairs.

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Alphabetical by Last Name

The Authors

Story title in italics.

Fatima Abdullahi

The Last Guardian

J. W. Allen

Goodbye Gutleech

R. F. Anding

Witchroot

Michael Boulerice

In Pursuit of the Black Chuck Wagon

Kevin M. Casin

To Guard a Garden

Kaitlin Caul

Patch Job

Lyndsey Croal

To Gut a Fish, First Gather its Bones

Marie Croke

To Meld Flesh with Gown and Gown to Flesh

Koji A. Dae

Karakondzhul in Love

Oleander Dudek

Who Gets to Eat the Sun

Victor Forna

Has Someone Ever Dared to Scream?

L. P. Hernandez

Offerings to an Old God

Jordan Hirsch

Sister to the Sea

Andrew Leon Hudson

Dead East

Vanessa Jae

Her Rotten Tongue

Ai Jiang

Your Ballad From Within His Gourd

Wailana Kalama

God Stalker

Alex Langer

The Right Side

Rajiv Moté

Moloch's Children

Leah Ning

The Hunter, the Monster, and the Things That Could Have Been

Damilola Oyedotun

A Journal of Strange Creatures and Beasts from Africa

Zachary Rosenberg

A Matter of Grace

Abhijeet Sathe

Paladin

Jean Strickland

Story Eater

Kanishk Tantia

Wick, Wax, and Tallow

Gretchen Tessmer

Old Bog Bones

V. F. Thompson

Said the Spider to the Fly

D. Matthew Urban

Exuviae

Emily Ruth Verona

Moonshine (אוֹר הַיָרֵחַ)

Carson Winter

Stories Between the Ribs of the Great Monster Tyron

Lucy Zhang

Withering

Product Details

Editor: Anna Madden

Cover Artist: Olly Jeavons

Audiobook Narrator: Cheryl May

Publish Date: ‎October 24, 2023

Format: Paperback

Language: ‎English

ISBN: 9781958598085

Pages: 340

Dimensions: 5.5 in. | 8.5 in.

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Engaging and Impactful

Because I tend to read anthologies very slowly, a story here and a story there, I'll update both my rating and review as I read each of the stories because otherwise I'll lose notes for what I liked about each one and never end up reviewing at all. I'd rather offer something partial than nothing at all.Story 1: Has Someone Ever Dared to Scream? by Victor FornaAlready worth the purchase, just for this story. At first I didn't understand what "lair" it was about, but then it dawned on me that the space many monsters thrive in is secrecy. When that realization hit me, I got chills and my hair stood up on end. This story was a powerful portrayal of what happens when atrocities are overlooked and illustrates the power of a brave voice shattering the silence.

The Editor

Anna Madden is a Rhysling Award nominated poet. Her fiction has appeared in Apex Magazine, Haven Spec, Small Wonders, and elsewhere. She curated the Ironwood MYRIAD zine, available from Hexagon Magazine and was the guest editor of Dark Matter Presents: Monster Lairs. In free time, she makes birch forests out of stained glass.

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The Cover Artist

Olly Jeavons is a UK-based artist, illustrator, and creator.

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The Narrator

Cheryl May is an international award-winning voice talent who has spent years in the studio performing voice-over work and lending her musical voice to projects for over twenty-five years.

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