DAY 5 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 5 of 27: John M. Floyd

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”

EXCERPT:

The old geezer in front of him was certifiably insane, he had no doubt of that. Nobody with all his marbles sees the Creature from the Black Lagoon in the toilet of a jet aircraft...

— The Red-Eye to Boston by John M. Floyd

ABOUT: John M. Floyd

John M. Floyd’s work has appeared in more than 200 different publications, including The Strand Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, Mississippi Noir, and The Best American Mystery Stories 2015. A former Air Force captain and IBM systems engineer, John is also a three-time Derringer Award winner and an Edgar nominee. His sixth book, Dreamland, was released in October 2016. http://www.johnmfloyd.com

DAY 4 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 4 of 27: Jay Caselberg

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”

EXCERPT:

She had died nearly four years ago. Or at least that’s what they told him. Some hiking holiday, exploring the ancient sites. The news had taken some time to reach him. After all, what’s a boyfriend? Not really next of kin. Not family. Not that they’d ever found a body.

— The Ride by Jay Caselberg

ABOUT: Jay Caselberg

Jay Caselberg is an Australian author based in Germany. His work has appeared in multiple venues worldwide and in several languages, both novels and short fiction. His work usually wanders across genre boundaries and proudly wears a dark edge. http://www.caselberg.net.

DAY 3 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 3 of 27: Rebecca J. Allred

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”

EXCERPT:

Vilte thought it nonsense that, sick or not, a person should be sequestered for the better part of a decade; even more perplexing that a mother should live in the same house as her daughter but never be allowed to meet. Yet whenever Vilte asked Father what ailed her mother and why it prevented her from acting as a mother should, Father told her only that Mother was unwell, and that when she was older, Vilte would understand.

— Mother’s Mouth, Full of Dirt by Rebecca J. Allred

ABOUT: Rebecca J. Allred

After conquering a decade of medical training, Rebecca Allred moved to the Pacific Northwest where she now has time to pursue her passion for creating dark literature. She enjoys horror movies, video games, comic books, and homemade pasta. She is also technically the member of a circus. Rebecca’s stories have appeared in A Lonely and Curious Country: Tales from the Land of Lovecraft; Nightscript II; and Borderlands 6; among others. She is currently working on her first novel. Visit Rebecca online at www.diagnosisdiabolique.com.

DAY 2 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 2 of 27: Edward M. Erdelac

1. JG Faherty presents “The H Train”

2. Edward M. Erdelac presents “Hear The Eagle Scream”

EXCERPT:

"When a shoe scuffed the boards, Jim snapped awake to see a dark figure standing at the edge of the porch, skylit against the stars. The cicadas were going, and the cattle muttered to each other in the pen. A shiver went all through him at the familiar curve of that hat, at the lean, tall frame."

— Hear The Eagle Scream by Edward M. Erdelac

ABOUT: Edward M. Erdelac

Edward M. Erdelac is the author of ten novels including the Merkabah Rider series, Andersonville, and Monstrumführer. His stories have appeared in dozens of anthologies and periodicals, most recently Heroes of Red Hook, Transmissions From Punktown, and Star Wars Insider Magazine. Born in Indiana, educated in Chicago, he lives in the Los Angeles area with his family. New and excerpts from his work may be found at his Delirium Tremens blog, http://www.emerdelac.wordpress.com.

DAY 1 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 1 of 27: JG Faherty

1. JG Faherty presents “The H Train”


EXCERPT:

“It’s just a job. Someone has to do it, so might as well be me. Least that’s what I like to tell myself, that it could be worse . . . I could be one of them.”

—The H Train by JG Faherty

ABOUT: JG Faherty

A life-long resident of New York’s haunted Hudson Valley, JG Faherty has been a finalist for both the Bram Stoker Award® (THE CURE, GHOSTS OF CORONADO BAY) and ITW Thriller Award (THE BURNING TIME), and he is the author of 5 novels, 9 novellas, and more than 50 short stories. He writes adult and YA horror/sci-fi/fantasy, and his works range from quiet, dark suspense to over-the-top comic gruesomeness. He enjoys urban exploring, photography, classic B-movies, good wine, and craft beers. You can follow him at www.twitter.com/jgfaherty, www.facebook.com/jgfaherty, www.jgfaherty.com, and http://jgfaherty-blog.blogspot.com.

NAME THAT STORY! Searching for a Vampire Road Chase Story, viewable online circa 2011

Time for NAME THAT STORY! Can anyone identify the following story and/ or its author?

About five years ago (circa 2011) I read online (via a horror forum/ website) a fast-paced short horror story. It took place about the 1950s – two brothers were in a souped-up roadster speeding down the backroads after a rock 'n' roll concert arguing over who was better: Johnny Cash or Elvis Presley.

They come to a late night diner and find everyone there has been viciously slaughtered by something.

That ‘something’ turns out to be a group of vampires.

The brothers rev up their car and race away trying to escape, but the vampires keep pace, and they fight back and forth with the brothers for awhile.

By ending, one brother had been killed and the other brother ‘turned,’ but he vowed, then gaining the strength and speed of the vampire, to get revenge on those who had killed his brother.

Anyone recognize this?? It’s been coming back to me over the years, and I have never been able to track it down…