British Anthology Scare Me Received, Now In Paperback Too

Wednesday late afternoon what should bounce into ye olde Computer Cave mailbox but my authors copy of the anthology SCARE ME. This is the one from Esskaye Books (see August 26 — including Amazon links for Kindle — et al.) with my story, “Pets,” originally published in THE DARKER SIDE: GENERATIONS OF HORROR (Roc Books, 2002) as well as reprinted in THE TEARS OF ISIS.

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The story itself is one about insects and civil unrest, set in a country in Eastern Europe just after the breakup of the Soviet Union. A less than nice period for many who lived it, but much like our own pandemic year of 2020 one in which comfort animals might become especially welcome — even such as might not normally be considered desirable companions.

As Editor/Publisher M. L. Smith explains, [a]ll the tales in these pages refuse to rely on tired horror tropes and instead bring new chills. Instead of werewolves and vampires we have sinister cults, an unexplained (and unexplainable) club, questionable innocence, unconscionable evil, and more. . . In all, these add up to “Twelve Slices of Horror,” of which mine is tenth.

And one thing more, it’s available now in print as well as e-format, for which one may press here.