Nightmares come in many forms. Some rend the veil of sleep with heart-stopping madness. Others defy sanity to leave a helpless corner of your mind twitching for release. Sometimes, hours after waking, a nightmare drifts across your memory, tainting your day with wisps of discomfort. NIGHTMARES UNHINGED reveals horror in all its mutable forms—abject to absurd—through twenty tales of terror. Contributors include Mario Acevedo, Edward Bryant, Dustin Carpenter, Sean Eads, Keith Ferrell, Warren Hammond, Jason Heller, Gary Jonas, Stephen Graham Jones, J.V. Kyle, Aaron Michael Ritchey, Jeanne C. Stein, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Dean Wyant. Foreword by New York Times bestseller Steve Alten. Edited by Joshua Viola. Illustrations by Aaron Lovett. A portion of the book's proceeds will be donated to Rocky Mountain Cancer Assistance in honor of Melanie Tem. Contents: Foreword “Terrors in the Night” by Steve Alten Introduction “Reclaim Your Fears” by Joshua Viola “The Brollachan” by Steve Rasnic Tem “Fangs” by J.V. Kyle “Be Seated” by Keith Ferrell “The Man Who Killed Texas” by Stephen Graham Jones “Scarecrows” by Joshua Viola “Zou Gou” by Mario Acevedo “Needles” by Joshua Viola and Dean Wyant “The Projectionist” by Jason Heller “The Wolf’s Paw” by Jeanne C. Stein “Danniker’s Coffin” by Keith Ferrell “Deep Woods” by Aaron Michael Ritchey “Diamond Widow” by Dustin Carpenter “The Camera” by Joshua Viola “Lost Balls” by Sean Eads “Bathroom Break” by J.V. Kyle “Marginal Ha’nts” by Edward Bryant “Delicioso” by Warren Hammond “The Librarian” by Joshua Viola “Gurgle. Gurgle.” by Mario Acevedo “Taking the Dare” by Gary Jonas Afterword “Melanie Tem: Hubble’s Child” by Edward Bryant
Authors
Jeanne C. Stein is an American Urban Fantasy author living in Colorado. She now lives in Colorado, but was raised and educated in San Diego, which is the setting for her contemporary vampire fantasy. Jeanne is active in the writing community, belonging to Sisters in Crime both nationally and in San Diego and Los Angeles. She also belongs to Horror Writers of America, RWA and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. She was named RMFW’s Writer of the Year for 2008 an honor given to a writer who has contributed to the organization as well as achieved success in publication. She writes the blog "Biting Edge" with Mario Acevedo at : http://www.biting-edge.blogspot.com/
Dustin Carpenter, short among giants and tall in general, is an avid triathlete and enjoys swimming across large bodies of water. He is a freelance media generalist and typesetter, and has worked on the typesets for such books as Joshua Viola's The Bane of Yoto and Blackstar Act One Purified, Maggie Carroll's Eurydice, Peter McLaughlin's Feedback Revolution (ebook edition), Ascher Halden's The Triathlete, among many others. The mind behind the Natrola Transmedia Story, he is currently fast at work on several alien-related projects.
