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Laughing at Shadows
2020
First Published
4.09
Average Rating
165
Number of Pages

Who says you can't laugh at horror? We've all heard of being scared silly, so obviously there's room between slashings, hauntings, and summonings for a good knee-slapper. And that is exactly were this book of dark-minded but lighthearted short fiction comes in. If you've ever giggled at guts, chuckled at cannibals, or laughed at severed limbs, then this collection of humorously macabre stories might be right up your dark little alley. With twelve tales from some seriously sick and silly writers, it's guaranteed to tickle your funny bone...if not rip it right out of you. Authors featured in this anthology include: Skyler Goff, Andrew Johnston, Alyssa Eckles, Santiago Eximeno, Eric J. Guignard, Jeff Strand, George Nikolopoulos, C L Raven, Sean Logan, William West, Brandon Butler, and W. T. Paterson.

Avg Rating
4.09
Number of Ratings
22
5 STARS
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Authors

Jeff Strand
Author · 73 books
Author of a bunch of demented books, including PRESSURE, DWELLER, A BAD DAY FOR VOODOO, WOLF HUNT, SINGLE WHITE PSYCHOPATH SEEKS SAME, BENJAMIN'S PARASITE, FANGBOY, THE SINISTER MR. CORPSE, and lots of others. Four-time Bram Stoker Award finalist. Four-time Bram Stoker Award loser. Ten-time Bram Stoker Award Master of Ceremonies.
George Nikolopoulos
George Nikolopoulos
Author · 1 books

George Nikolopoulos is a speculative fiction writer from Athens, Greece. His short stories have been published (and/or are pending) in Galaxy's Edge, Nature Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, Factor Four, Dream Forge, Grievous Angel, Best Vegan SFF, The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF, Fiddler’s Green Peculiar Parish Magazine, Hybrid Fiction, Five Minutes in Hotel Stormcove, On Spec, Laughing at Shadows, Twenty-two Twenty-eight, Helios Quarterly Magazine, Selene Quarterly Magazine, Gallery of Curiosities, Murder Park After Dark, 99 Tiny Terrors, Unsung Stories, Lite Lit One, Bards & Sages Quarterly, Havok, The Centropic Oracle, StarShipSofa, 600 Second Saga, Antipodean SF, Manawaker Studio's FFP, SF Comet, Mad Scientist Journal, Truancy, Digital Fiction Pub's QuickFic, Sci Phi Journal, 9Tales from Elsewhere, Fifty Flashes, Timeshift, Drabbledark, Martian, Sins and Other Worlds, Angels, Monsters, Gruff Variations, Scarlet Leaf Review, Clash of the Titles, The Lane of Unusual Traders, Sky Castles, Event Horizon, Up and Coming–Stories by the 2016 Campbell-eligible Authors, Szortal, QuarterReads, Stella's Literary Bistro, Diasporic Literature Spot, as well as many magazines and anthologies in Greece and Cyprus. His children's fantasy novelette "The Three Princesses" has been published in Cyprus and his poetry collections "Glass Boats" and "Missed Opportunities" have been published in Greece. He is a member of Codex Writers' Group. He sometimes blogs at georgenikolopoulos.wordpress.com

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