Dark Matter Presents Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology

by Sadie Hartmann (Editor), Ashley Saywers (Editor), Christopher Golden (Foreword by)

Overview

35 BRAND NEW TALES OF TERROR

Not all monsters are fantasy. Some are very real, and they walk among us. They're our friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers. They're the people we're supposed to trust...and they know it. Contained within this anthology are 35 never-before-published works by supremely talented authors and best-selling novelists. Brace yourself for the unexpected and unimaginable horror of...human monsters.

STORIES BY

Linda D. Addison, Gemma Amor, Jena Brown, Nat Cassidy, Venezia Castro, Andrew Cull, Andy Davidson, L. P. Hernandez, Laurel Hightower, C. S. Humble, Emma Alice Johnson, Jeremy Robert Johnson, Stephen Graham Jones, Rebecca Jones-Howe, Caroline Kepnes, Samantha Kolesnik, Chad Lutzke, Josh Malerman, Catherine McCarthy, Francesca McDonnell Capossela, Jeremy Megargee, Tim Meyer, S. P. Miskowski, Archita Mittra, Stephanie Nelson, Leah Ning, Cynthia Pelayo, Sam Rebelein, Belicia Rhea, Stephen S. Schreffler, Greg Sisco, Elton Skelter, John F. D. Taff, Dana Vickerson, Kelsea Yu

Edited by Sadie Hartmann and Ashley Saywers. Introduction by Christopher Golden, author of ROAD OF BONES. Additional editing by Rob Carroll and Marissa van Uden.



Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781958598009
Publisher:	Dark Matter Ink
Publication date:	10/18/2022
Series:	Dark Matter Presents , #1
Pages:	376
Sales rank:	382,493
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.94(d)

Editorial Reviews

10/01/2022

Hartmann and Saywers are horror's top social media influencers and have branched out to become editors, lending their genre expertise to this anthology, a deliciously disturbing volume of 35 brand-new tales, where every monster wears human skin. Authors like Stephen Graham Jones, Josh Malerman, and Caroline Kepnes will bring readers to this book; however, it is with the new voices, which make up the majority of stories, where readers will get trapped and then seduced to stay for just one more unsettling tale. Two standouts here are "Victim 6," by Belicia Rhea, and "The Bystander," by L. P. Hernandez. What may be most terrifying about this anthology, though, is how scared it will make readers of their fellow humans. VERDICT The theme of this anthology, coupled with the inclusion of some of horror's hottest authors, will cast a wide net of interest. Library workers can also count on the table of contents for dozens of further reading suggestions, but it is the stunning cover that will be the MVP for library displays.

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