Grendel Press proudly presents our first anthology, Paramnesia. This collection of fourteen stories explores the horror that comes from losing your mind and asks the question, Who CAN you trust if not yourself? Here are just a few of the stories you'll find in Paramnesia: "Rogue Taxidermy" by Dustin A woman slowly loses her mind when she thinks her creations are moving on their own. “End Bed” by Paul A doctor feels like one of his hospital rooms has nefarious intentions and sets out to prove it. “Mol of the Plague” by M. W. Amidst the backdrop of a plague-ravaged city, a theater owner finds a seemingly perfect diva to play his most precious role. “A Nook Obscure” by Thomas A student discovers a secret stairway at his school and the curse that lives within it. “THIS SHOULD BE THE PLACE” by Stuart A man steals a sign and seeks to replace it with a fake but finds nothing will ever be quite right again. Paramnesia takes you on a journey that starts with the growing horror that nothing can be more terrifying than losing your memories and ends with the bittersweet reminder that sometimes memories are what keep you holding on. Full Story List Hark, Now I Hear Them by Brandon Ebinger Without You by Clarence Carter Running In Circles by David Lee Zweifler Real Estate by Gordon Grice THIS SHOULD BE THE PLACE by Stuart Freyer A Nook Obscure by Thomas Bales A Little Game of Hide-n'-go-seek by Thomas Stewart Mol of the Plague by M.W Irving I Am Monster by Christopher Beck Changeling by Christopher Yusko Rogue Taxidermy by Dustin Reade Dr. Marcus by Terence Waeland House of Reverie by Susan L. Lin End Bed by Paul Melhuish
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Paul’s publishing history includes a short story in Dark Horizons, (The British Fantasy Society’s fiction magazine) about a farm that bred humans for meat. More recently a story of his was featured in issue 13 of Murky Depths magazine. This joyful piece was a satire on euthanasia entitled Do Not Resuscitate. In October 2010 one of his stories was included in the anthology Shoes, Ships and Cadavers: Tales from Northlondonshire. Edited by Ian Whates and Ian Watson with an introduction by Alan Moore (a Kindle version of this anthology is being considered by NewCon Press for release during 2011). During spring 2011, Greyhart Press released a couple of Paul’s short stories as e-books (Fearworld and Necroforms), and followed this up in July with Babel, a short story that introduces the #Skyfire space opera/ horror universe. In the Skyfire Saga, Paul deploys his unique blend of darkly cynical humor, and shambolic anti-heroes that somehow manage (sometimes) to triumph against the odds. Underneath the hellish set pieces, the page-turning plots, and the filthy Skyfirean vernacular, there lies a rich spiritual vein that underpins Paul’s writing. Any similarities between Paul’s anti-heroes and himself are purely coincidental. The first Skyfirean novel, Terminus, will be released by Greyhart Press in fall 2011.
