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 9 of 27: Carole Johnstone
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”
EXCERPT:
Even though I’m still descending through the French couloirs, the snowpack is harder, the incline less steep. I’m surprisingly warm, but I know much of that is a cocktail of O and illusion—I last felt my feet at Camp IV. I don’t feel bad, I don’t feel good. I don’t feel much of anything at all. Not even afraid.
DAY 9 of 27: Carole Johnstone
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”
EXCERPT:
Even though I’m still descending through the French couloirs, the snowpack is harder, the incline less steep. I’m surprisingly warm, but I know much of that is a cocktail of O and illusion—I last felt my feet at Camp IV. I don’t feel bad, I don’t feel good. I don’t feel much of anything at all. Not even afraid.
There’s
a subtle but sudden shift in the air around me, like a hush, a breath too close
to my ear; my heart stutters a little to feel it through my hood and balaclava.
And then Jakub Hornik appears from the gloom behind and above—maybe ten feet
east, no more —face-first and flat on his belly, anchored to nothing. He
doesn’t flail or shout as he slides down the snowfield; he makes no sound at
all save the fast friction of his suit against ice…
— Better
You Believe by Carole Johnstone
ABOUT:
Carole Johnstone
British
Fantasy Award-winning Carole Johnstone
is a Scottish writer, currently living on the island of Cyprus. Her short
fiction has been published widely, and has been reprinted in Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year and Salt Publishing’s Best British
Fantasy series.
Her debut short story collection, The Bright Day is Done, is available from Gray Friar Press, and
her novella, Cold Turkey, is part of
TTA Press’ novella series. Both works were shortlisted for a 2015 British
Fantasy Award.
She is presently at work on a novel, but just can’t seem to
kick the short story habit.
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