Release Day Today for HORROR LIBRARY, VOLUME 9!

Perpetually working through the kinks of publishing, but today is Publication day for: +HORROR LIBRARY+ VOLUME 9 through Dark Moon Books!

So absolutely proud of this anthology, perhaps the best one in the series so far!!!
https://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Library_9.html

Table of Contents:

Introduction to +Horror Library+ Volume 9 by Eric J. Guignard
“Afterimage” by R. E. Rule
“Baghdad, 1259” by Tanvir Ahmed
“Found You” by Poppy Z. Brite
“Third-Floor Windows” by LH Michael
“The Second Candlestick” by Nigel Brown
“False Witness” by Charlie Hughes
“Eyes Without Their Lids” by Jo Kaplan
“Dumb Insolence” by J. L. Rifkin
“The Edge of the Earth” by Iain Rowan
“Before His Time” by Bentley Little
“The Luckiest Man” by Gina Easton
“Accounting for Eternity” by Charles Wilkinson
“Jane” by Garick Cooke
“In the Evening Red” by Brian Evenson
“Elizabeth by the Pea Patch” by J. Edward Gregal
“Head Over Heels” by Ana Nelson
“I Don’t Wanna Go to Mexico No More, More, More” by Gabriela Santiago
“The Drowning Kind” by Jennifer Lesh Fleck
“The Hearing Booth” by Tom Johnstone
“The Seller of Cast-off Destinies” by Michael Kelly
“It Moves On” by Colin Leonard
“Dear Good, Kind Soul” by Delilah S. Dawson
“Mask Off” by KC Grifant
“Kernel of the Flesh” by Dare Segun Falowo
“A Deeper Nothing” by Dexter McLeod
“Headlights” by Mercedes M. Yardley
“I Send You a Kiss” by Rex Burrows
“You Know How This Will End” by Nicholas Jay
“Absolute Power” by Henry Herz
“Merlin’s Vicious Trick” by Trevor James Zaple
+Horror Library+ Presents: Special Guest-Artist’s Gallery of Michael A. Livolsi

Published February 3, 2026 by Dark Moon Books
With Cover art by Alexander Nazolkin
Format: Available in TRADE PAPERBACK and EBOOK

The +Horror Library+ anthologies are internationally praised as a groundbreaking source of contemporary horror short fiction stories—relevant to the moment and stunning in impact—from leading authors of the macabre and darkly imaginative.

Filled with Fears and Fantasy. Death and Dark Dreams. Monsters and Mayhem. Literary Vision and Wonder. Each volume of the +Horror Library+ series is packed with heart-pounding thrills and creepy contemplations as to what truly lurks among the shadows of the world(s) we live in.

Shamble no longer through the banal humdrum of normalcy, but ENTER THE HORROR LIBRARY!

“Excellent stories of the highest caliber.” —Dread Central

“Uniformly well-crafted and original.” —Rue Morgue Magazine

“Impactful tales that throw the rules of both reality and genre fiction out the window.” —Fearnet (Chiller TV)

DAY 6 OF 6 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: +HORROR LIBRARY+ Volume 9

I’m so excited for this!

ANNOUNCING: I’m posting contributors in blocks of five, in order of Table of Contents, for the line-up of next year’s anthology volume, +Horror Library+ Volume 9, to be published by Dark Moon Books on February 3, 2026!

DAY 6 OF 6 (sixth block of five):

“Headlights” by Mercedes M. Yardley

“I Send You a Kiss” by Rex Burrows

“You Know How This Will End” by Nicholas Jay

“Absolute Power” by Henry Herz

“Merlin’s Vicious Trick” by Trevor James Zaple

https://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Library_9.html

DAY 5 OF 6 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: +HORROR LIBRARY+ Volume 9

I’m so excited for this!

ANNOUNCING: I’m posting contributors in blocks of five, in order of Table of Contents, for the line-up of next year’s anthology volume, +Horror Library+ Volume 9, to be published by Dark Moon Books on February 3, 2026!

DAY 5 OF 6 (fifth block of five):

“It Moves On” by Colin Leonard

“Dear Good, Kind Soul” by Delilah S. Dawson

“Mask Off” by KC Grifant

“Kernel of the Flesh” by Dare Segun Falowo

“A Deeper Nothing” by Dexter McLeod

https://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Library_9.html

DAY 4 OF 6 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: +HORROR LIBRARY+ Volume 9

I’m so excited for this!

ANNOUNCING: I’m posting contributors in blocks of five, in order of Table of Contents, for the line-up of next year’s anthology volume, +Horror Library+ Volume 9, to be published by Dark Moon Books on February 3, 2026!

DAY 4 OF 6 (fourth block of five):

“Head Over Heels” by Ana Nelson

“I Don’t Wanna Go to Mexico No More, More, More” by Gabriela Santiago

“The Drowning Kind” by Jennifer Lesh Fleck

“The Hearing Booth” by Tom Johnstone

“The Seller of Cast-off Destinies” by Michael Kelly

DAY 3 of 6 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: +HORROR LIBRARY+ Volume 9

I’m so excited for this!

ANNOUNCING: I’m posting contributors in blocks of five, in order of Table of Contents, for the line-up of next year’s anthology volume, +Horror Library+ Volume 9, to be published by Dark Moon Books on February 3, 2026!

DAY 3 OF 6 (third block of five):

“The Luckiest Man” by Gina Easton

“Accounting for Eternity” by Charles Wilkinson

“Jane” by Garick Cooke

“In the Evening Red” by Brian Evenson

“Elizabeth by the Pea Patch” by J. Edward Gregal

DAY 2 of 6 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: +HORROR LIBRARY+ Volume 9

I’m so excited for this!

ANNOUNCING: I’m posting contributors in blocks of five, in order of Table of Contents, for the line-up of next year’s anthology volume, +Horror Library+ Volume 9, to be published by Dark Moon Books on February 3, 2026!

DAY 2 OF 6 (second block of five):

“False Witness” by Charlie Hughes

“Eyes Without Their Lids” by Jo Kaplan

“Dumb Insolence” by J. L. Rifkin

“The Edge of the Earth” by Iain Rowan

“Before His Time” by Bentley Little

DAY 1 of 6 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: +HORROR LIBRARY+ Volume 9

I’m so excited for this!

ANNOUNCING: I’m posting contributors in blocks of five, in order of Table of Contents, for the line-up of next year’s anthology volume, +Horror Library+ Volume 9, to be published by Dark Moon Books on February 3, 2026!

DAY 1 OF 6 (first five):

“Afterimage” by R. E. Rule

“Baghdad, 1259” by Tanvir Ahmed

“Found You” by Poppy Z. Brite

“Third-Floor Windows” by LH Michael

“The Second Candlestick” by Nigel Brown

Release Day for: SCARING AND DARING

Can’t believe I missed promoting this yesterday on its official release day (something I’ve been looking forward to for years!) but announcing this new book release through HarperCollins!:

SCARING AND DARING

Edited by Eric J. Guignard

In partnership with Horror Writers Association, this MG anthology takes some of the best-loved stories from classic literary canon and reimagines them with a frightful (and fun!) twist!


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Early praise for the SCARING AND DARING:

“With supernatural creatures including dangerous fae, a werewolf, witches, and a ghost horse, there’s something here for any young reader inclined to the fantastical… Uncanny fun!" —Kirkus Reviews

“A win-win for any tween or teen bookshelf.”  —Booklist


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Full Table of Incredible Contents includes:

• “Hook and the Hand of Fate” by Teel James Glenn and Maxwell I. Gold (from Peter Pan)

• “What We Found Beneath Mount Etna” by Lisa Morton (from Journey to the Center of the Earth)

• “Prince Badi az-Zaman and the Ogress Fattan” by Tanvir Ahmed (from One Thousand and One Nights)

• “The Hound of the Basking Villas” by Kelley Armstrong (from The Hound of the Baskervilles)

• “The Lost Musketeer” by Maurice Broaddus (from The Three Musketeers)

• “The Secret (Thing in the) Garden” by Delilah S. Dawson (from The Secret Garden)

• “The Shadows in the Rock” by Joe R. Lansdale (from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)

• “A Lucky Find” by Kristi Petersen Schoonover (from Moby-Dick)

• “The Boy of La Mancha Rides a Ghost Horse” by Carlos Hernandez (from Don Quixote (or, El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha))

• “The Glass Slipper” by Sherrilyn Kenyon (from Cinderella)

• “Wolf in the Mirror” by Sarwat Chadda (from The Jungle Book)

• “Vessel Eaters” by Ai Jiang (from “The Ballad of Mulan”)

• “Freckle and Hide” by Jonathan Maberry (from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde)

• “Out on a Limb” by Nancy Holder (from Pollyanna)

• “The Gruelmaster” by Nathan Carson (from Oliver Twist)

And GORGEOUS cover art by Denis Zilber!!

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Available for sale here:

HarperCollins: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/scaring-and-daring?variant=43735904649250
 
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Scaring-Daring-Terrifying-Association-Anthology/dp/0063372479
 

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Contributor Copies for SCARING AND DARING!

Just got a box of these beauties!

Coming Aug. 12: SCARING AND DARING anthology ed. by moi!

https://ericjguignard.com/SacringandDaring.html

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Announcement for SCARING AND DARING anthology!!!

Absolutely thrilled to announce the finalization, preorder, and list of contributors for the latest anthology that I developed!!

Horror Writers Association’s Scaring and Daring is an assemblage of original Middle Grade-appropriate short stories adding a “scaring and daring” element to a classic of literature.

Coming August 2025 from HarperCollins, Scaring and Daring will include the following stories:

• “Hook and the Hand of Fate” by Teel James Glenn and Maxwell I. Gold (from Peter Pan)

• “What We Found Beneath Mount Etna” by Lisa Morton (from Journey to the Center of the Earth)

• “Prince Badi az-Zaman and the Ogress Fattan” by Tanvir Ahmed (from One Thousand and One Nights)

• “The Hound of the Basking Villas” by Kelley Armstrong (from The Hound of the Baskervilles)

• “The Lost Musketeer” by Maurice Broaddus (from The Three Musketeers)

• “The Secret (Thing in the) Garden” by Delilah S. Dawson (from The Secret Garden)

• “The Shadows in the Rock” by Joe R. Lansdale (from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)

• “A Lucky Find” by Kristi Petersen Schoonover (from Moby-Dick)

• “The Boy of La Mancha Rides a Ghost Horse” by Carlos Hernandez (from Don Quixote (or, El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha))

• “The Glass Slipper” by Sherrilyn Kenyon (from Cinderella)

• “Wolf in the Mirror” by Sarwat Chadda (from The Jungle Book)

• “Vessel Eaters” by Ai Jiang (from “The Ballad of Mulan”)

• “Freckle and Hide” by Jonathan Maberry (from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde)

• “Out on a Limb” by Nancy Holder (from Pollyanna)

• “The Gruelmaster” by Nathan Carson (from Oliver Twist)

Edited by Eric J. Guignard. Preorders available now at HarperCollins or Amazon. This book is scheduled for release August, 2025.

And look at this breath-taking artwork!!!

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New release today by Dark Moon Books: FANTASMAGORIANA DELUXE!!!

New release today by Dark Moon Books!!

FANTASMAGORIANA DELUXE: A COMBINED EDITION OF FANTASMAGORIANA AND TALES OF THE DEAD

Edited by Eric J. Guignard and Leslie S. Klinger

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First published in 1812, Fantasmagoriana has become one of the most seminal ghost-story anthologies of all time.

Originally collected as a French translation of eight German-language tales, Fantasmagoriana famously led to the creation of such works as the horror-classic novel Frankenstein, the short story “The Vampyre” (a progenitor to the fantasy vampire genre), the novella “Ernestus Berchtold; or, The Modern Oedipus,” the poem “Manfred,” and more.

In 1813, the anthology was partially translated into English as Tales of the Dead, excluding three of the original stories while adding in one new, and inspiring an even wider audience to delight in stories of the ghostly and macabre.

Now, for the first time, both Fantasmagoriana and Tales of the Dead have been combined into one English-language volume, in this beautifully presented showcase by Dark Moon Books! 

Also included within are:

• Original English translations by Anna Ziegelhof
• Introduction by award-winning author Lisa Morton
• Annotations by noted literary editor Leslie S. Klinger
• Illustrations, biographies, reading list, and more!

Open yourself to Fantasmagoriana Deluxe, and to all that is weird, ghostly, and wonderous.

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LINKS!

Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/fantasmagoriana_deluxe.html

Amazon (paperback): https://www.amazon.com/Fantasmagoriana-Deluxe-Combined-Tales-Dead/dp/1949491536/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195877613-fantasmagoriana-deluxe

 

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