Three time Bram Stoker Award winner Tom Piccirilli and Fantastic Stories of the Imagination Editor Edward McFadden bring you 20 tales of dark fantasy and horror. Rose pedals whirl in the rising wind as the shadows thicken. Read these Epitaphs Linda D. Addison, Mike Allen, Trey R. Barker, Warren Newton Beath, Tippi Blevins, Dan Clore, Corrine De Winter, James S. Dorr, Rhonda Eikamp, Cindie Geddes, Harrison Howe, Gerard Daniel Houarner, Randall Ivey, Michael Laimo, Natalia Lincoln, Edward McFadden, Adam Meyer, K.K. Ormond, Wendy Rathbone, Michelle Scalise, Vera Searles, Sue Storm, Honna Swenson, G. Warlock Vance, & Thomas Wiloch.Know that you hold in your hand ghosts and relevance as you turn these pages. Words carved into soul as well as stone. Don't rest in peace...read on and thrill, tremble, and burn. Cover by Bob Eggleton Winner of 7 Hugo Awards and 11 Chesley Awards
Thomas Piccirilli (May 27, 1965 – July 11, 2015) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Piccirilli sold over 150 stories in the mystery, thriller, horror, erotica, and science fiction fields. He was a two-time winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for "Best Paperback Original" (2008, 2010). He was a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award. He was also a finalist for the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award given by the Mystery Writers of America, a final nominee for the Fantasy Award, and the winner of the first Bram Stoker Award given in the category of "Best Poetry Collection".