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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Release Day for: A GRAVESIDE GALLERY: TALES OF GHOSTS AND DARK MATTERS

 New release today: My second fiction collection!!

A GRAVESIDE GALLERY: TALES OF GHOSTS AND DARK MATTERS

A Graveside Gallery: Tales of Ghosts and Dark Matters includes nineteen strange and masterful short fiction stories in this second collection by award-winning author Eric J. Guignard. From hauntings and oblivion to monsters, murder, and anthropomorphism, A Graveside Gallery explores the literary odd and macabre that reside in the vast shadows of our existence.

Discover why Eric J. Guignard’s beautifully-voiced and disquieting work has been praised by sites such as Library Journal (“Guignard captures the depth of emotion underlying fictional terrors”) and Publishers Weekly (“high-concept and brilliant”) as well as the NY Times, CNBC News, Booklist, and more, for stories such as these:

• In “A Kingdom of Sugar Skulls and Marigolds,” a gay Hispanic teen in 1950s Los Angeles, mourning the loss of a friend, has a chance to make amends during Day of the Dead.
• In “Incident at the Red Hawk Road Stop,” the owner of a roadside trading post has a deadly secret, but so too does the customer he kills.
• In “Penny’s Diner,” a long haul trucker, coming home after an accident, stops at a curious diner.
• In “The Ascending Lights of Yu Lan,” an embittered sailor in 1917’s San Francisco Wharf encounters an immigrant from China who offers peace from ghosts.
• In “Bummin’ to the Beat of the Road,” a Beat-era youth leaves home to travel the land, only to find madness, murder, and the teeth of a new generation.
• In “Perchance to Dream in Voices of a Fiend: A Fanciful Epilogue to Frankenstein,” an intimate epilogue is suggested to the famous novel Frankenstein, offering a more hopeful closure to characters’ lives.

Those and thirteen other tales explore the fearful and nebulous boundaries of reality. Visit A Graveside Gallery by Eric J. Guignard and behold that which is captivating, startling, and darkly enriching.

More here: https://ericjguignard.com/a_graveside_gallery.html

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Table of Contents:

• Penny’s Diner
• A Kingdom of Sugar Skulls and Marigolds
• If I Drive Before I Wake
• Bummin’ to the Beat of the Road
• The Telephone Game
• The Tale of Samuel Whiskers Continued; or, A London Digression
• Drink, Drink From the Fountain of Death
• Ritual Sacrifice to the Great God of Skates
• The Moon Over Andersonville
• A Stroke of Death
• The Shimmer of Trees
• Ommetaphobia
• The Ascending Lights of Yu Lan
• Two Hearts Make a Half; or, Ghosts of a Rodeo Clown
• Perchance to Dream in Voices of a Fiend: A Fanciful Epilogue to Frankenstein
• Incident at the Red Hawk Road Stop
• O Shades, My Woe
• Carmine Lips and a Fade into Oblivion
• The First Order of Whaleyville’s Divine Basilisk Handlers

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Title: A Graveside Gallery: Tales of Ghosts and Dark Matters
Author: Eric J. Guignard
Price: $34.95 hardback; $19.99 trade paperback; $4.99 ebook
Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications (Forest Hill, MD)
Format: Available in Hardback, Trade Paperback and Electronic Media
Number of pages: 264 pgs at 6” x 9” trim (80,500 words)
13-digit ISBN (hardback with dust jacket): 978-1-949491-61-6
13-digit ISBN (paperback): 978-1-964780-16-0
13-digit ISBN (e-book): 978-1-964780-17-7
ASIN (ebook): B0DVJ2XDXH
Library of Congress Control Number: 2024952840
Date of publication: April 22, 2025
Available for sale here: https://www.amazon.com/Graveside-Gallery-Tales-Ghosts-Matters/dp/1949491617/

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Release Day for: The Collected Works of S. Mukerji

It's release day today!!!

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF S. MUKERJI: INDIAN GHOST STORIES AND THE MYSTERIOUS TRADERS

Edited and annotated by Eric J. Guignard
With Introduction by bestselling author K. Hari Kumar
Published by Dark Moon Books

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Active only between the years 1913–1919, the enigmatic author S. Mukerji published just two works of fiction: a serialized detective thriller The Mysterious Traders and a collection of haunting tales set in British colonial India, Indian Ghost Stories.

It is Indian Ghost Stories in particular that has kept S. Mukerji’s name relevant over 100 years later for compiling spooky and weird fiction, supernatural sightings, South Asian lore, and historic accounts into a rich fusion of dark and fantastic narrative.

For as deft a hand as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or Rudyard Kipling were at mystery, gothic, and tales of otherworldly phenomenon, S. Mukerji has left his own indelible mark in the pantheon of British Raj ghost tales.

Now, for the first time, both Indian Ghost Stories and The Mysterious Traders have been combined into one volume in this beautifully presented showcase by Dark Moon Books!

Also included within are:

• Introduction by bestselling author K. Hari Kumar
• Annotations by award-winning editor Eric J. Guignard
• Illustrations, corrected text, reading list, and more!

Open yourself to The Collected Works of S. Mukerji, and to all that is weird, ghostly, and wonderous.

More here: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Mukerji.html

For sale here: https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Works-S-Mukerji-Mysterious/dp/1949491595/

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ANNOUNCING: The Collected Works of S. Mukerji: Indian Ghost Stories and The Mysterious Traders

ANNOUNCING NEW BOOK! And up for pre-orders!

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF S. MUKERJI: INDIAN GHOST STORIES AND THE MYSTERIOUS TRADERS

Edited and annotated by Eric J. Guignard
With Introduction by bestselling author K. Hari Kumar
Published by Dark Moon Books

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Active only between the years 1913–1919, the enigmatic author S. Mukerji published just two works of fiction: a serialized detective thriller The Mysterious Traders and a collection of haunting tales set in British colonial India, Indian Ghost Stories.

It is Indian Ghost Stories in particular that has kept S. Mukerji’s name relevant over 100 years later for compiling spooky and weird fiction, supernatural sightings, South Asian lore, and historic accounts into a rich fusion of dark and fantastic narrative.

For as deft a hand as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or Rudyard Kipling were at mystery, gothic, and tales of otherworldly phenomenon, S. Mukerji has left his own indelible mark in the pantheon of British Raj ghost tales.

Now, for the first time, both Indian Ghost Stories and The Mysterious Traders have been combined into one volume in this beautifully presented showcase by Dark Moon Books!

Also included within are:

• Introduction by bestselling author K. Hari Kumar
• Annotations by award-winning editor Eric J. Guignard
• Illustrations, corrected text, reading list, and more!

Open yourself to The Collected Works of S. Mukerji, and to all that is weird, ghostly, and wonderous.

More here: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Mukerji.html

Available for preorder here: https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Works-S-Mukerji-Mysterious/dp/1949491595/

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New Book Release Day Today for: HORROR LIBRARY, VOLUME 7

New book release today by DarkMoon Books!!

Presenting the NEW horror anthology:  +HORROR LIBRARY+ VOLUME 7

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.

Read Volume 7 in this ongoing anthology series, and then continue with the other volumes.

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

Volume 7 contains 30 all-original stories, including:

•   In “Hand of Glory,” a despairing prison inmate studies astral projection in order to escape his cell.

•   In “The Key to Mabella,” a cemetery groundskeeper discovers a mysterious vault key held by his predecessor and investigates what it unlocks.

•   In “Abandon," a tour guide takes friends to visit his home village, long-since deserted and languishing under superstition.

•   . . . and more!

**Also including a special guest-artist's gallery of Allen Koszowski!

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Title: +Horror Library+ Volume 7

Editor: Eric J. Guignard

Publisher: Dark Moon Books (Los Angeles, CA)

Publisher Web: www.darkmoonbooks.com

Number of pages: 342 pgs at 6” x 9” trim (109,500 words)

13-digit ISBN (paperback): 978-1-949491-39-5

13-digit ISBN (e-book): 978-1-949491-40-1

Date of publication: March 1, 2022

Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Library_7.html

Amazon Page: https://www.amazon.com/Horror-Library-7-Eric-Guignard/dp/1949491390/


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Praise for 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)


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Full Table of Contents: 

Introduction to +Horror Library+ Volume 7 by Eric J. Guignard

“Her. House.” by Jo Kaplan

“Pretties / Serpent” by Baba Jide Low

“Never Better” by Michael Harris Cohen

“The Kid in the Ambulance” by Suki Litchfield

“Discovery of Blanks” by Darren O. Godfrey

“Holder City” by Garick Cooke

“In the Valley” by Bentley Little

“Death Republic” by H. Pueyo

“Neon Showgirl” by Brady Golden

“Abandon” by Alex Woodroe

“Ring Rust” by Gene O’Neill

“just keep walking” by David Afsharirad

“Skandalopetra” by Rex Burrows

“Hand of Glory” by Cody Goodfellow

“The Riverman” by Charlie Hughes

“The Mouth” by Natalia Theodoridou

“Gateway to Oblivion” by William Meikle

“In the Devil’s Footsteps” by Liam Hogan

“Like Old Rope” by Trevor James Zaple

“Giant and Child: A Fugue” by Scotty Milder

“February Thaw” by Kristi Petersen Schoonover

“The Apartment” by Christi Nogle

“The Burning Heart” by Colin Leonard

“If You Touch Me, I Can Cry” by Lucy Taylor

“The Test” by Zoe Kaplan

“Ring Road” by Matt Thompson

“The Tooth Butcher” by Valya Dudycz Lupescu

“8-Ball” by Darren Todd

“Attention” by Michael James

“The Key to Mabella” by Terry Dowling

+Horror Library+ Presents: Special Guest-Artist’s Gallery of Allen Koszowski

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Direct Book Links:

Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Library_7.html

Amazon (paperback): https://www.amazon.com/Horror-Library-7-Eric-Guignard/dp/1949491390/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60106209-horror-library-volume-7

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/horror-library-volume-7-eric-j-guignard/1140852052

IndieBound (paperback): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781949491395

Kobo (ebook): https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/horror-library-volume-7

Bookshop (paperback): https://bookshop.org/books/horror-library-volume-7/9781949491395