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          Monster Lairs: A Dark Fantasy Horror Anthology

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          Monster Lairs: A Dark Fantasy Horror Anthology

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          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.

          Editor's Website

          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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