Sanatorium, mental ward, psychiatric hospital - they’re all the same. Places where the infirm, the crazy, and the certifiable go for treatment... Or what passes for ‘treatment’. This is a collection of stories of bedlam taking place within the padded walls of an institution. Stories of experiments gone wrong, patients revolting against the staff, or even the deranged doings of those charged with giving care. They are sick, depraved, and atrocious - the type of stories that rarely reach the light of day. Are you brave enough to crawl inside the minds of the twelve authors who wrote these tales... Or are you afraid you’ll be locked up for peeking? *This book is a collection of similarly themed yet varying fictitious short stories from multiple authors.

Mental Ward: Stories from the Asylum

Literature & Fiction

Garrison, A.A.

Conway, Sean

Loring, Jennifer

Howard, Tom

Dorei, Megan

Palumbo, Sergio

Smith, D.M.

Lockhart, Suzie

Lockhart 2nd, Bruce

Literary

Sirens Call Publications

Come closer. Take off your mask. No, wait… leave it on. I’d like to see who you’re pretending to be, or who you think you are. There’ll be time enough to find out who you really are later… much later. Like when you’ve seduced me to your bed, or lured me to my death, or… but wait! You’re not planning any of those things, are you? Why, you’re just frightened; hiding behind that rubber skin for fear of being mocked or hassled; or to blend in. Well now, let’s peek at who you really are, shall we? Oh… Oh, it’s you?! But I thought – *********** 22 short stories with one common theme; masks. This unique cover is a Clive Barker-designed Cenobite mask, painted by the editor Steve Dillon, who writes in his introduction "But why masks? I’ve always been a lover of masks and have collected them and worn them for as long as I can recall. One of my school paintings was a self-portrait which, having completed it and deemed it too ugly, I painted a clown-mask over the top of it. Whether or not that resonates with readers of this introduction, I think it’s safe to suggest we all use masks of one sort or another, both to protect us from ourselves, as well as to prevent our detection by others, or project a different image of who we are. We hide behind them, gain strength and courage from them, deflect judgement with their use so we can ‘fit in,’ and so on. "For this anthology, I hoped for memorable, dark, frightening stories. Tales of psychological or supernatural horror with a mask of some sort that was central to the story. I’d originally thought of theatrical masks, or clowns such as Jimmy Stewart’s character Buttons in ‘The Greatest Show on Earth.’ But, of course, masks can also be devised using cosmetic surgery, whether that’s to hide behind, or for transformation, beautification or gender-identification. Masks are also used extensively in roleplay, acting, disguise, and as part of a concealment by religious or traditional costume. Without offering any spoilers here, this anthology contains great examples of each of the above types of masks, and some I hadn’t even considered… enjoy! " CONTENTS: Sex, Death and Starshine by Clive Barker The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe Masques by Paul KaneThe Other Side by Ramsey Campbell The Transfer by Algernon Blackwood Face Mask by Amdi Silvestri Now I Don the Mask by Brian Asman The Divinity of Akobi by Brian Craddock Mouse by Chris Mason Mister Pocket Pants by Eric Dimbleby The Treatment Team by Fred McGavran A Pet is for Life by Geneve Flynn Plainfield by Jeff C. Stevenson L’Inconnue by Jenna M. Pitman All in the Family by Jennifer Loring and Mike Thorn Three Faces of Dr. Larson by Lisa Alfano Walk a Mile in Another Man’s Face by Mark Allan Gunnells The Bloody Rag by Matthew R. Davis The Curtain Rises by Rhoads Brazos The Dwellers Within by Stephen Herczeg Cousin Bag by Wile E. Young Till Death by Gene Johnson Plus! A sneak preview of Steve Dillon's forthcoming novel, "The Beard."

Behind the Mask - Tales from the Id (Things In The Well)

Kane, Paul

Gunnells, Mark Allan

Davis, Matthew R.

Johnson, Gene

Campbell, Ramsey

POE, EDGAR ALLAN

Barker/Clive

Alfano, Lisa

Pitman, Jenna M.

Genre Fiction

Oz Horror Con

They’re watching you. They see the way you clutch your blanket. They smell the sweat trickling down your back. They hear the fear pulsing through your veins…and they love it. This is a collection of stories about what really hides beneath your bed, watching, waiting, listening to every breath you take. It’s about the creatures that come out to play on the full moon, and the things that wake at the devil’s hour. Are you ready to find out what really goes bump in the night? The true reason behind your midnight tremors? You’d better be. 13 is back—and it’s brought Night Terrors.

13 Night Terrors: An Anthology Of Horror And Dark Fiction

Lee, Erin

Sands, Samie

Roderick, Elizabeth

Schoen, Sara

Roach, D.A.

Sonnenberg, Jackie

Flowers, Thomas S.

Henderson, Taylor

Macmillan, Joshua

Short Stories & Anthologies

Limitless Publishing, LLC

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