DAY 24 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 24 of 27: Vitor Abdala

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”
14. Dean H. Wild presents “The Gaff”
15. Stephanie Bedwell-Grime presents “The Night Truck”
16. C. Michael Cook presents “The Night Crier”
17. Josh Rountree presents “Snowfather”
18. Jayani C. Senanayake presents “Kalu Kumaraya (My Dark Prince)”
19. Marc E. Fitch presents “The Starry Crown”
20. Connor de Bruler presents “Il Mostro”
21. Raymond Little presents “Elsa and I”
22. Lucas Pederson presents “We Were Monsters”
23. Ahna Wayne Aposhian presents “Old Hag”
24. Vitor Abdala presents “Instant Messaging”

EXCERPT:

No Caller ID

I just want to talk to you -11:24 p.m.

Hey, are you there? -11:36 p.m.

I know you are… -11:39 p.m. 

Celia

Stop it. I don’t know why I can’t block you, but I’m gonna call the police -11:41 p.m. 

No Caller ID

You can try, but I doubt you’ll be able to make your call, any call.

LOL  -11:42 p.m. ... 

— Instant Messaging by Vitor Abdala

ABOUT: Vitor Abdala

Vitor Abdala is the author of the short story collections Tânatos—Contos sobre a Morte e o Oculto (Giostri, 2016) and Macabra Mente (VCA, 2016), both published in Brazil. Born in 1981, Vitor Abdala lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with his wife Deborah and their son, Eduardo. He’s worked as a reporter for the Brazilian public news agency, Agencia Brasil, since 2004.