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FRESH FEAR: An Anthology of Macabre Horror is a collection of horror selected by editor William Cook, from some of the genre's best writers of dark fiction. This anthology has 28 stories of horror that deal with the psychological and emotional realm of human fear.

In the introduction, a selection from W.J. Renehan's The Art of Darkness: Meditations on the Effect of Horror Fiction, we are reminded that, "Horror serves to reconnect us with our primal selves, provides temporary respite from the droning conditions of modern life." In Fresh Fear: An Anthology of Macabre Horror, tales steeped in psychological horror sit alongside visions of strange worlds and inner landscapes drenched in blood, penned by some of today's leading proponents of the craft. 'Quiet horror' sits comfortably next to more visceral portrayals of the monsters that lurk deep within the human heart.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famously once said, "where there is no imagination there is no horror" - the horror expressed by the authors in Fresh Fear show that imagination is indeed tantamount to excellent story-telling.

Prepare yourself for 28 tales of terror-inducing fiction.

Table of Contents

  Why We Turn to Horror  - W.J. Renehan    
  J. F. Gonzalez - Love Hurts 
  Scathe meic Beorh - God of the Winds       
  Lily Childs - Strange Tastes 
  Lincoln Crisler - Nouri and the Beetles       
  Jack Dann - Camps  
  Robert Dunbar - High Rise  
  Thomas A. Erb - Spencer Weaver Gets Rebooted  
  Brandon Ford - Scare Me    
  Carole Gill - Raised 
  Lindsey Beth Goddard - The Tooth Collector        
  Dane Hatchell - The 'takers 
  E. A. Irwin - Justice through Twelve Steps 
  Charlee Jacob - Locked Inside The BuzzwordBox
  K. Trap Jones - Demon Eyed Blind 
  Tim Jones - Protein  
  James Ward Kirk - Block     
  Roy C. Booth and Axel Kohagen - Just AnotherEx          
  Shane McKenzie - So Much Pain, So Much Death 
  Shaun Meeks - Perfection Through Silence 
  Adam Millard - The Incongruous Mr Marwick       
  Christine Morgan - Nails of the Dead         
  Billie Sue Mosiman - Verboten        
  D.F. Noble - Psych  
  Chantal Noordeloos - The Door      
  W. H. Pugmire - Darkness Dancing in Your Eyes   
  William Todd Rose - The Grave Dancer     
  Anna Taborska - Out of the Light   
  Ramsey Campbell - Welcomeland