What Do You Dread?
We all have our fears.
Maybe you dread waking up one morning to discover that you are living in a painting by Hieronymus Bosch . . .
Maybe you dread waking up one morning to discover that you are living in a painting by Hieronymus Bosch . . .
Or perhaps it's the idea of meeting this guy some dark night that terrifies you . . .
Or maybe it's the chill of winter?
Lately, I've been haunted by an ancient fear. The sun gets lower and lower in the northern sky. I think of the terror that must have filled the hearts of our prehistoric ancestors as they watched their source of light and warmth shrink in the distance. Where was it going? Would it return? The earth seemed to be dying around them.
We know from the landscapes they left us -- at Stonehenge, across the hills and fields of Southern Ohio, around the world -- that they were very aware of the drama of the sun's ebb and return. Later generations told stories of dying-and-reviving gods to help explain the cycle. But that do those gods think of us now that science has explained the secrets of the earth and the movements of the sun? What happens when we no longer turn to them to help confront this ancient fear? This month's featured fiction asks just that . . .
News and Notes
1/19/2022
Charming Billy's new novella, Rainmaker, is now available as an eBook and a paperback from Black Hare Press! You can order it at https://www.blackharepress.com/rainmaker-by-bill-hughes/
Too many faces from Brother Wasmutt’s church were no longer around.
When my friend Clayton got mixed up in some “weird church” his sister, Linda, begged me to investigate. So I followed him.
What I found shocked me to the core, and I had to find a way to stop them.
1/1/2022
The new novel from the unstoppable Greg F. Gifune, The Gypsy Moths, is out. You can get from your favorite book store or direct from the publisher at https://journalstone.com/bookstore/the-gypsy-moths//
Tim Jeffreys's collection Autumn Country is currently available from Insomnia & Obsession Books. You can pick it up at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JKZQVRM/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i22
Charming Billy's new novella, Rainmaker, will be out from Black Hare Press later this month. Watch this space for details as they come available.
The currently out-of-print collection from Eric LaRocca, The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales, will not be out of print long. Stay tuned for updates!
Charming Billy's new novella, Rainmaker, is now available as an eBook and a paperback from Black Hare Press! You can order it at https://www.blackharepress.com/rainmaker-by-bill-hughes/
Too many faces from Brother Wasmutt’s church were no longer around.
When my friend Clayton got mixed up in some “weird church” his sister, Linda, begged me to investigate. So I followed him.
What I found shocked me to the core, and I had to find a way to stop them.
1/1/2022
The new novel from the unstoppable Greg F. Gifune, The Gypsy Moths, is out. You can get from your favorite book store or direct from the publisher at https://journalstone.com/bookstore/the-gypsy-moths//
Tim Jeffreys's collection Autumn Country is currently available from Insomnia & Obsession Books. You can pick it up at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JKZQVRM/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i22
Charming Billy's new novella, Rainmaker, will be out from Black Hare Press later this month. Watch this space for details as they come available.
The currently out-of-print collection from Eric LaRocca, The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales, will not be out of print long. Stay tuned for updates!