Weirdbook's Annual Anthology edited by Doug Draa is available now!
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Proud to have contributed the caboose story in this one with my story "Queen of Hearts" that pits Man vs. Nature.
"Queen of Hearts" is Horror-Noir, a humorous, bloody take on a New Orleans steeped in coffee, rather than alcohol; when criminals weaponize coffee beans, Nature wins. "Queen of Hearts" illustrates that Man can only try to manage other naive Men; Nature is not ours to control.
The story was inspired years ago when I visited New Orleans and met fellow Perseid Press/Heroika authors Charles Gramlich and Beth Paxton.
Official Anthology Blurb:
Every year, WEIRDBOOK Magazine publishes a collection of short stories to thrill and delight readers worldwide. This year, we challenged authors to come up with memorable takes on the zombies, and the result is this fantastic collection of 34 new stories. Included are:
- The Meddler, by Matthew John
- Tiger Girls vs. the Zombies, by Lucy A. Snyder
- Dead Between the Eyes, by Adrian Cole
- Alive Again, by Franklyn Searight
- The Night Hans Kroeger Came Back, by Kenneth Bykerk
- The Marching Dead, by Andrew Darlington
- I Wished for Zombies, by D.C. Lozar
- O Mary Don’t You Mourn, by Mike Chinn
- To Die, To Sleep, No More, by Erica Ruppert
- Run, Monster, Run, by Teasha Seitz
- Another Night in Bayou Sauvage, by Chad Hensley
- Kifaro, by Dilman Dila
- But I Love Him, by Scott Wheelock
- Who Wants to Live Forever? by Angela Yuriko Smith
- The Dead Are Always Hungry, by Christopher Alex Ray
- Zen Zombies, by R. A. Smith
- Cassius Max, by KT Morley
- A Nanotech Samsara, by J.N. Cameron
- Pine in the Soul, by John Linwood Grant
- “Welcome Home”, by Craig E. Sawyer
- Papa Hanco, by Ed Reyes
- They Shall Eat Dust, by Josh Reynolds
- In Shadow Valley, by Nick Swain
- Devil’s Bargain, by J.F. Le Roux
- Right for You Now, by Andrew Jennings
- E’Zunguth, the Zombie God, by Maxwell I. Gold
- Lazy River, by Kelly Piner
- The New Human, by Shayne K. Keen
- This Little Piggy, by EV Knight
- Life Unworthy of Life, by Stephanie Ellis
- More Blood, by Carson Ray
- This Creeping Cold, by Kevin Rees
- The Body I Used to Be, by Scott Edelman
- Queen of Hearts, by S.E. Lindberg
Plus poetry by Ashley Dioses, Avra Margariti, Josh Maybrook, Darrell Schweitzer, Lori R. Lopez, Allan Rozinski, K.A. Opperman, Gregg Chamberlain, Robert Borski, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Colleen Anderson, and David C. Kopaska-Merkel.
