From Award-Winning Curator Nicole Petit Best Beloved, have you ever wondered why the whale has such a small throat? Why the elephant has such a long nose? Why cats are such jerks? In 1902, Rudyard Kipling answered these questions in a collection of fables explaining the whys and wherefores of the world in whimsical ways. Kipling answered many of life’s questions, but there are so many more questions to be answered. How did time learn to be bedtime? Who found the letters of the alphabet, and first minded P and Q? Why does gravity hold us so tight? Why do ducks have such silly voices? How did the firefly receive her flame? Nicole Petit gathered nine stories to answer these questions, and more, from some of the very best of today’s authors. Additionally, she includes one of Rudyard Kipling’s rarely seen Just So Stories (omitted from most editions), and his all the more rarely seen introduction. HOW THE READER BOUGHT THE BOOK In the days when everyone sought books to read, O Best Beloved, there was a reader ‘sclusively interested in Fairy Tales. ‘Member, it wasn’t Mystery Tales or Magic Tales or Dragon Tales, but the ‘sclusively rich, glimmering, jubilationy Fairy Tales. After a long time—things went for ever so long in those days—the reader found this very book, O Best Beloved, Just So Stories. Opening the pages—why these stories were the most ‘sclusively rich, glimmering, jubilationy Fairy Tales of all. The reader bought the book. And from that day to this, the reader has loved Just So Stories best of all.

Just So Stories

Children's Books

Hogan, Liam

Ahern, Edward

MacGregor, Ken

Alama, Pauline J.

Bowne, Patricia S.

Powers, Arthur

Walden, Robert

Petit, Nicole

Bickerstaff, Russ

Snook, Jan

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

18thWall Productions

Sanitarium Magazine is an independent quarterly magazine, dedicated to bringing audiences the best in horror from around the globe. Inside this issue of Sanitarium Magazine you'll find stories that will keep you up late at night, poems that will haunt you, and new reasons to be afraid of the dark. Here, you'll be forced to confront your deepest fears, your worst nightmares, and the monsters who lurk in the shadows... or within you. Welcome to the Sanitarium. We hope you enjoy your stay.

Sanitarium Magazine: Issue no. 2

Literature & Fiction

Koch, Joanna

Long, Christopher

Hemmell, Russell

Martinez, Mario E.

Bounds, Aimee

Howarth, Dan

Subjack, Michael

Genre Fiction

Independently published

The horror of it all!Things that go bump in the night, mysterious portals to other dimensions and places, bones that know who killed them, seductive vegetation, ghosts that have a tale to tell, and even unexplained behavior in the far reaches of the universe. Twilight Tales contains thirty-one stories each taking you just beyond reality, reminiscent of the rich and uneasy stories by A. Merritt or episodes from the classic Twilight Zone television series. In honor of Betty Pope, a former librarian at the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University, Twilight Tales contains stories we think she would have loved. Proceeds from this volume support LTUE’s continuing missions of educating and helping writers, artists, editors, and other creatives in honing the skills needed to achieve success in the field of speculative fiction.

Twilight Tales (LTUE Benefit Anthologies)

Wells, Dan

Butler, D.J.

English, Kary

Vasicek, Joe

Nikel, Wendy

Crist, Vonnie Winslow

Reid, Jude

Hemelein Publications

The works of Poe were dark and often disturbing. From dismembered corpses, rivals bricked behind cellar walls, murders in back alleys, laments for lost loves, obsessions that drive men - and women! - to madness, his stories have had a profound impact on both the horror and mystery genres to this day. In Quoth the Raven, we invite you to answer the call of the raven and revisit Poe's work, re-imagined for the twenty-first century. Here, the lover of mystery and Gothic horror will find familiar themes in contemporary settings, variations on Poe's tales, and faithful recreations of the author's signature style.

Quoth the Raven

Ellis, Brian

Rich, Emerian

Worthen, Lyn

Azariah-Kribbs, A.A

Fallon, Amber

Gorman, Amelia

Bollinger, Aryan

Abela, Chris

Weaver, Donea

Literary

This is the fourth in the popular Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy series from Parallel Universe Publications and contains eleven tales: 
In the Iron Woods by Dev Agarwal 
My People Were Fair and Wore Stars in Their Hair by Andrew Darlington 
At Sea by Geoff Hart 
The Flesh of Man by Frank Sawielijew 
City at the Mouth of Chaos by Adrian Cole 
In the Belly of the Beast by Edward Ahern 
The Tracks of the Pi Nereske by Wendy Nikel 
Slaves of the Monolith by Paul D. Batteiger 
The Green Wood by David Dubrow 
Demonic by Phil Emery 
The Whips of Malmac by H. R. Laurence

Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 4

Cole, Adrian

Darlington, Andrew

Riley Editor, David A.

Agarwal, Dev

Hart, Geoff

Sawielijew, Frank

Batteiger, Paul D.

Parallel Universe Publications

From the first popularization of H.G. Wells' THE TIME MACHINE, time travel has long fascinated readers of science fiction and fantasy. WHEN TO NOW: A TIME TRAVEL ANTHOLOGY carries on this tradition with short stories in a wide array of genres to interest every reader. "Ruby's Paradox" by Cynthia C. Scott: A young girl's life changes when a stranger appears and offers her knowledge of the future. "The Service Call" by Edward Ahern: Bryce kills his wife, but he is subscribed to a "Do Over" service that lets him take it back—if only technical support can help him figure out how to make it work! "Ten Minutes Past Teatime" by Elizabeth Chatsworth: A Victorian spinster-scientist and a Viking shield-maiden find passion and danger in dark-age Ireland. "Misconception" by Gabi Coatsworth: Marcia wonders about the son she gave up for adoption many years ago . . . until a stranger shows up on her doorstep and causes her to revisit her past choices. "Dinosaurs and Oats" by B.T. Lowry: Cynthia dreams about the past and doesn't realize that others can, too. "Disjointed" by Alison McBain: Carson finds a strange machine in a junk shop and soon discovers there might be good reason why time travel is illegal. "Turns of Fate" by Teresa Richards: Cressida is a teenager down on her luck. But that doesn't mean she wants to break the rules about time traveling. Sometimes, things just happen. "Miss Princott's Time Travel Agency" by Barbara Russell: Priscilla's time travel business lets scholars study the past, but one client's good intentions might cause a terrible snafu with the timeline. "The Swing" by Abhishek Sengupta: A poetic and surrealist story where a girl uses death to live. "Reality Zero" by Nikki Trionfo: Chloe is part of a government organization that protects the timeline from terrorist attack. But what happens if the timeline itself becomes a threat? And there are many, many more amazing stories! If you enjoy well-written genre fiction ranging from literary to speculative, adventure to horror, then it’s about time for you to pick up a copy of WHEN TO NOW.

When to Now: A Time Travel Anthology

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Coatsworth, Gabi

Russell, Barbara

Chatsworth, Elizabeth

Trionfo, Nikki

McBain, Alison

Richards, Teresa

Scott, Cynthia C.

Lowry, B.T.

Sengupta, Abhishek

Fantasy

Fairfield Scribes

The Fairfield Scribes worked with WestportWRITES to release an anthology of short stories written by authors local to Fairfield County, Connecticut. These pieces are in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's classic novel. The original challenge to the authors for this collection was to follow in Shelley's legendary footsteps, when Lord Byron told his guests in the summer of 1816 to "each write a ghost story." Authors include Edward Ahern, Elizabeth Chatsworth, Gabi Coatsworth, Cody Daigle-Orians, Dave D’Alessio, Alex Giannini, Roman Godzich, Sheryl Kayne, P.C. Keeler, Alison McBain, V.P. Morris, Marc Sirkin, Corrine "Mitzy Sky" Taylor, and D.J. Whitney. The stories range in theme from literary reimaginings of Mary Shelley’s life, to a horror story about a woman transforming herself into a termite queen, and everything else in between. These stories are truly haunting! So crank up your alchemical machines and look out for the next thunderstorm...

Imagining Monsters: A Collection of Short Stories Inspired by Frankenstein

Giannini, Alex

Godzich, Roman

D'Alessio, Dave

Kayne, Sheryl

Daigle-Orians, Cody

Keeler, P.C.

Short Stories & Anthologies

An absolute must-read for all who enjoy their horror with gallons of blood, lashings of guts, and dollops of severed body parts!Madame Gray has personally selected a plethora of blood-soaked tales of terror and gruesome demise, each one brutally crafted to chill the soul and turn the stomach of even the most hardened fans of the macarbre. Prepare to have your senses assaulted by...Frederick Pangbourne, R. L. Meza, Drew Nicks, Gerri R. Gray, Travis Mushanski, Tylor James, Stephen McQuiggan, Jon Douglas Rainey, Max Carrey, Carlton Herzog, Eamonn Murphy, Alexander Nachaj, John Mara, J Louis Messina, John Robinson, James Harper, B.M. Tolkovsky, Bryan Miller, Jason Krawczyk, Cecily Winter, David-Jack Fletcher, Matt Martinek, Edward Ahern, Dr. Chris McAuley, Shannon Lawrence, Bryan Holm, and Michael Highgrove

Madame Gray's Vault of Gore

Publishing, HellBound Books

Lawrence, Shannon

Robinson,John

Gray, Gerri R.

Stephen, Stephen

Meza, R L

Holm, Bryan

Nachaj, Alexander

Rainey, Jon Douglas

Hellbound Books Publishing

Welcome, mortal. You have finally discovered that place they told you about where hope crawls off to die. This unclean tome runs the gamut of horror and weird fiction across space and time-from surprising terrors in Chernobyl and India to lethal curses in Japan and Greece. From instructions on how to become a successful zombie to a laughing exorcist who is stranger than the execrable demons he dispatches. From calloused gravediggers of Victorian England to a civilized battle between malevolent yet polite sorcerers in present day New York City, and so much more.Enjoy this malignant collection of stories created by a diverse cabal of thirty-nine authors from around the world. Unearth... The Lost Librarian's Grave!

The Lost Librarian's Grave: Tales of Madness, Horror, and Adventure

Barrows, Brandon

Press, Redwood

Auch, Owen

Bates, Paul L.

Chabin, Matthew

Coffelt, Sipora

Ellenberger, Zach

Gachs, J.V.

Gardner, Adele

Redwood Press

Dark Horses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction No. 17: June 2023 (Dark Horses Magazine)

Ward, Carla

Spitzer, Wayne Kyle

Turner, Lamont A.

Hane, Jennifer S.

Howell, T.K.

Malik, Sabina

A.E.S., A.E.S.

Ostermeier, R.

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