House of Fear

House of Fear was an invitation only anthology from Solaris Books. Known previously for being a straight science fiction imprint, since it's recent purchase by Abaddon Books, Solaris has now branched out to horror.

The editor invited me to the anthology, which by the way, is not an automatic acceptance. I've had my share of times when I just didn't deliver. Thankfully I delivered this time. The editor used the words Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon and my name in the same sentence for his introduction to my story. This actually made me blush. 

From the cover copy: The tread on the landing outside the door, when you know you are the only one in the house. The wind whistling through the eves, carrying the voices of the dead. The figure glimpsed briefly through the cracked window of a derelict house.

Editor Jonathan Oliver brings horror home with a collection of haunted house stories by some of the finest writers working in the horror genre, including Joe R. Lansdale, Sarah Pinborough, Lisa Tuttle, Christopher Priest, Adam L. G. Nevill, Nicholas Royle, Chaz Brenchley, Christopher Fowler, Gary Kilworth, Weston Ochse, Eric Brown, Tim Lebbon, Nina Allan, Stephen Volk, Paul Meloy and more.

The full table of contents:
Objects in Dreams may be Closer than they Appear - Lisa TuttlePied-a-terre - Stephen VolkIn The Absence of Murdock - Terry LamsleyFlorrie - Adam L.G. NevillDriving The Milky Way - Weston OchseThe Windmill - Rebecca LeveneMoretta - Garry KilworthHortus Conclusus - Chaz BrenchleyThe Dark Space in The House in The House in The Garden at The Centre of The World - Robert ShearmanThe Muse of Copenhagen - Nina AllanAn Injustice - Christopher FowlerThe Room Upstairs - Sarah PinboroughVillanova - Paul MeloyWidow's Weeds - Christopher PriestThe Doll's House - Jonathan GreenInside/Out - Nicholas RoyleThe House - Eric BrownTrick of The Light - Tim LebbonWhat Happened to Me - Joe R. Lansdale

UK Release date - 1st October - ISBN 978-1-907992-06-3US Release date - 27th September - ISBN 978-1-907992-07-0