Unspeakable Horror!

"The Portico Angel" by Kevin W. Reardon

Dark Scribe Press is pleased to announce the inclusion of “The Portico Angel,” an original work of short fiction by Kevin W. Reardon, in the Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet anthology.

Kevin W. Reardon’s work has appeared in The James White Review, Lambda Book Report and in the anthologies ParaSpheres and Fresh Men: New Voices in Gay Fiction. His short story “Teamwork” was the 2003 winner of the Richard Hall Memorial Short Story Contest, sponsored by the Lambda Literary Foundation.

He is a graduate of Brandeis University and the Sarah Lawrence College M.F.A. program in writing.

"Double Walker" by Lisa Morton

Dark Scribe Press is pleased to announce the inclusion of "Double Walker," an original work of short fiction by Lisa Morton, in the Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet anthology.

Lisa Morton is a screenwriter and the author of three nonfiction books, including 2008’s A Hallowe’en Anthology. As a fiction writer, her work has appeared in more than two dozen books and magazines, including Dark Delicacies, Mondo Zombie, Midnight Premiere, The Museum of Horrors, and Cemetery Dance.

She is the winner of the 2006 Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction, and lives in North Hollywood, California.

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"The Shallows" by Gary McMahon

Dark Scribe Press is pleased to announce the inclusion of "The Shallows," an original work of short fiction by Gary McMahon, in the Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet anthology.

Gary McMahon lives, works, and writes in West Yorkshire, England, where he shares a home with an understanding wife and their weird and wonderful boy-child. McMahon’s fiction has appeared in venues in both the UK and US, and he has had a story selected for reprint in The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror #21.

Other books include the British Fantasy Award-nominated novella Rough Cut , another novella titled All Your Gods Are Dead , and the short fiction collection Dirty Prayers . A novel, Rain Dogs , is due out from UK publisher Humdrumming in mid-2008. Also forthcoming, from Screaming Dreams, is a double-novella collection called Different Skins . In 2009, Pendragon Press will publish To Usher, the Dead .

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"In Her Mirrors, Dimly" by Maria Alexander

Dark Scribe Press is pleased to announce the inclusion of “In Her Mirrors, Dimly,” an original work of short fiction by Maria Alexander, in the Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet anthology.

A former fundamentalist turned simple fatalist, Maria Alexander currently works at Disney as a Web copywriter. Lest anyone think her head is full of pixie dust, since 2000 a number of her dark fiction stories have been published to some acclaim, as well as a collection of horror poetry. Her credits include stories in Gothic.net, Chiaroscuro and Paradox Magazine, as well as lots of anthologies. Almost all of her works have garnered either Honorable Mentions in the Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, appearances on the Preliminary Ballot for the Bram Stoker Award - or both. She was a Short Fiction Finalist in the 2003 Moondance Short Fiction Competition sponsored by folks such as Oprah, Coppola and Variety magazine. The BBC Radio occasionally invites her to talk about her favorite subjects: blasphemy, pain, and international politics. Although she once lived in France, she currently lives in Los Angeles and carries a purse called Trog. For the full literary rap sheet, visit her author website.