DAY 13 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: +HORROR LIBRARY+ Volume 6

I’ll be unhurriedly posting all contributors here, one-a-day, to reveal the T.O.C. for this latest anthology volume that I edited for +HORROR LIBRARY+, to be published by Farolight Publishing (Cutting Block Books) in April, 2017.

DAY 13 of 27: Sean Eads

1. JG Faherty presents “The H Train”
2. Edward M. Erdelac presents “Hear The Eagle Scream”
3. Rebecca J. Allred presents “Mother’s Mouth, Full of Dirt”
4. Jay Caselberg presents “The Ride”
5. John M. Floyd presents “The Red-Eye to Boston”
6. Tom Johnstone presents “Oldstone Gardens”
7. Bentley Little presents “The Plumber”
8. Darren O. Godfrey presents “D.U.I.”
9. Carole Johnstone presents “Better You Believe”
10. David Tallerman presents “Casualty of Peace”
11. Kathryn E. McGee presents “The Creek Keepers’ Lodge”
12. Jeffrey Ford presents “Five Pointed Spell”
13. Sean Eads presents “Predestination’s a Bitch”

EXCERPT:

He starts reading the email.

I had a great time with you last night.

So far so good. But wait: there’s more . . . Except there isn’t.

Clyde furrows his brows. What else? He taps the side of his monitor, as if coaxing the screen to cough out more text. Can emails contain cliffhangers? She had a great time and; she had a great time but; she had a great time until.

Again he blames Roger. If not for the goddamn joke, this email would have Clyde on Cloud Nine. Instead he wrestles with paranoia. Isn’t there implied finality in the email’s terseness? Like: I had a great time with you last night. But now it’s time to move on.

Yeah. Move on to Roger.

Well, that’s it: Roger has to die.”

— Predestination’s a Bitch by Sean Eads

ABOUT: Sean Eads

Sean Eads is a writer and librarian living in Denver, CO. His second novel, The Survivors, was a finalist for the 2013 Lambda Literary Award. His third novel, Lord Byron’s Prophecy, was a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and the Colorado Book Award, and was named a Best Book of 2015 by Kirkus Reviews. His first novel, Trigger Point, is being re-released in 2017 through Hex Publishing. A short story collection, 17 Stitches, is forthcoming from Lethe Press. Sean is originally from Kentucky. Visit Sean at: http://www.seaneads.net