The Haunts & Horrors Megapack
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COPYRIGHT INFO
The Haunts and Horrors Megapack is copyright © 2013 by Wildside Press LLC. Cover art copyright © Andrey Kiselev / Fotolia.
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“Surreal Estate,” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, originally appeared in Pulphouse #12, Fall 1993. Copyright © 1993 by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Birthmark,” by Seabury Quinn, originally appeared in Weird Tales, September-October 1941.
“Fugues,” by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, originally appeared in Apprehensions and Other Delusions. Copyright © 2004 by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Dead Babies,” by Lawrence Watt-Evans, originally appeared in South from Midnight. Copyright © 1994 by Lawrence Watt-Evans. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Muffin Man,” by Mike Brines, originally appeared in Tales of the Talisman, December 2010. Copyright © 2010 by Mike Brines. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Silent Majority,” by Stephen Woodworth, originally appeared in The Dead That Walk: Flesh-Eating Stories (2009). Copyright © 2009 by Stephen Woodworth. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Tomb,” by H.P. Lovecraft, originally appeared in The Vagrant, March 1922.
“Gone,” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, originally appeared in Lighthouse Haunting. Copyright © 2002 by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Meat Forest,” by John Haggerty, originally appeared in Shock Totem #3. Copyright © 2011 by John Haggerty. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Eternity and the Devil,” by Larry Hodges, originally appeared in the Dark Portals anthology. Copyright © 2009 by Larry Hodges. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Shadows of the Dead,” by Louis Becke originally appeared in 1897.
“Bonesy,” by Larry Hodges, originally appeared in New Myths, December 2009. Copyright © 2009 by Larry Hodges. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Vengeance in Her Bones,” by Malcolm Jamieson, originally appeared in Weird Tales, May 1942.
“Little Pieces,” by Matt Piskun, originally appeared in Necrotic Tissue, October 2010. Copyright © 2010 by Matt Piskun. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Man Who Lived,” by Raymond F. O’Kelley, originally appeared in Weird Tales, September 1941.
“The Fond Nightmare,” by Colin Azariah-Kribbs, originally appeared in November/December 2008 issue of The Willows.
“Lost Property,” by David Anderson is copyright © 2013 by David Anderson. Published by permission of the author.
“The Bone Flute,” by M.E. Brines, originally appeared in The Outer Darkness, Summer 2010 issue.
“The Blissful House on Blysworth Street,” by Skadi meic Beorh, originally appeared in Twisted Tongue, February 2007. Copyright © 2007 by Skadi meic Beorh. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Buck, Glory Rae, & The Three Little Pigs,” by John Gregory Betancourt, originally appeared in Weird Tales, Spring 1993 issue. Copyright © 1993 by John Gregory Betancourt. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Haunting of Doric Lodge,” by James C. Stewart, originally appeared in 2003. Copyright ©2003 by James C. Stewart. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“White Beauty,” by Cynthia Ward, originally appeared in Horrors: 365 Scary Stories. Copyright ©1998 by Cynthia Ward. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Genius Loci,” by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, originally appeared in Better Off Undead. Copyright © 2008 by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Reprinted by permission of the author.
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Haunts & Horrors Megapack is a bit of a grab-bag: something for every horror fan, from contemporary to classic ghost stories. As always, when there’s a bit of overlap with other volumes in the Megapack series, we try to include a few extra tales, so there are 31 in this volume instead of the usual 25. (We had trouble limiting our selections to “just” 25!)
If you like a particular author’s work, I urge you to sample some of their other titles, many of which are available from Wildside Press. Find them in your favorite online book or ebook store!
—John Betancourt
Publisher, Wildside Press LLC
www.wildsidepress.com
ABOUT THE MEGAPACK SERIES
Over the few years, our “Megapack” series of ebook anthologies has proved to be one of our most popular endeavors. (Maybe it helps that we sometimes offer them as premiums to our email mailing list!) One question we keep getting asked is, “Who’s the editor?”
The Megapacks (except where specifically credited) are a group effort. Everyone at Wildside works on them. This includes John Betancourt, Robert Reginald, Sam Cooper, Carla Coupe, Steve Coupe, Bonner Menking, A.E. Warren, and many of Wildside’s authors…who often suggest stories to include (and not just their own!).
A NOTE FOR KINDLE READERS
The Kindle versions of our Megapacks employ active tables of contents for easy navigation…please look for one before writing reviews on Amazon that complain about the lack! (They are sometimes at the ends of ebooks, depending on your reader.)
RECOMMEND A FAVORITE STORY?
Do you know a great classic science fiction story, or have a favorite author whom you believe is perfect for the Megapack series? We’d love your suggestions! You can post them on our message board at http://movies.ning.com/forum (there is an area for Wildside Press comments).
Note: we only consider stories that have already been professionally published. This is not a market for new works.
TYPOS
Unfortunately, as hard as we try, a few typos do slip through. We update our ebooks periodically, so make sure you have the current version (or download a fresh copy if it’s been sitting in your ebook reader for months.) It may have already been updated.
If you spot a new typo, please let us know. We’ll fix it for everyone. You can email the publisher at [email protected] or use the message boards above.
THE MEGAPACK SERIES
MYSTERY
The Achmed Abdullah Megapack
The Charlie Chan Megapack
The Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective Megapack
The Detective Megapack
The Father Brown Megapack
The Girl Detectives Megapack
The Jacques Futrelle Megapack
The Anna Katharine Green Mystery Megapack
The First Mystery Megapack
The Penny Parker Megapack
The Pulp Fiction Megapack
The Raffles Megapack
The Victorian Mystery Megapack
The Wilkie Collins Megapack
GENERAL INTEREST
The Adventure Megapack
The Baseball Megapack
The Cat Story Megapack
The Second Cat Story Megapack
The Christmas Megapack
The Second Christmas Megapack
The Classic American Short Stories Megapack, Vol. 1.
The Classic Humor Megapack
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