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Monster Lairs: A Dark Fantasy Horror Anthology
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
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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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
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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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
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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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.

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

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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