Pick Your Poison

By Aaron Max Jensen, Cara Fox, Diane Arrelle, and more

2017

First Published

4.61

Average Rating

360

Number of Pages

11H00M

Audio Length

Poisons come in all shapes and sizes, often resting in that murky, gray area between too much and too little, between right and wrong. Some poisons help; some poisons hurt. Some do both in the proper doses. But one thing is certain—whether good or evil, figurative or literal, fact or fiction—we can’t escape its potent charm. Throughout this anthology, poison takes many forms, both literal and metaphorical, in a wide variety of genres and styles. And they’re all yours to enjoy. So go ahead. Pick your poison.

Avg Rating

4.61

Number of Ratings

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Authors

Cara Fox is an English author trying to write her way out of the dark. She favours steampunk, horror and Gothic romance, but you can find her anywhere that the stories sink their claws into you and the wine flows freely. Website - http://carajfox.com Twitter - @caradabra Tumblr - caradabra.tumblr.com

I'm a writer from North Carolina who writes primarily Southern contemporary and historical fiction. I earned my MFA in creative writing from Converse College in 2017, and I've taught composition and literature courses at East Carolina University for over twenty years. I'm a knitter and a lifelong geek. Those two things often overlap. I wear red lipstick with Star Wars t-shirts. I'm a nerd. I'm a Woman of a Certain Age. I'm an adult who hasn't grown up. When I'm not writing, I enjoy reading, knitting, and spoiling my pets.

George Brewington writes fantasy and science fiction for both children and adults four days a week. The other three days he is a respiratory therapist at a hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. His first novel for young readers - THE MONSTER CATCHERS - debuted on March 9th, 2019. His second novel - THE GIRL WHO BUILT A SPIDER - arrives on March 21st, 2023. He lives in the marshes of Folly Beach, South Carolina with his family, surrounded on all sides by snowy egrets, green herons, bottlenose dolphins, and boo hags. George lives online at www.georgebrewington.com.

Cary G. Osborne

Author · 5 books

Also writes as Devin Cary https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

Colleen Quinn

Author · 1 book

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Michael Harris Cohen

Author · 1 book

Michael Harris Cohen’s stories have been published in various magazines and anthologies including F(r)iction, Black Candies, Necessary Fiction, A Punk Rock Future, Catapult’s Tiny Crimes, The Dark, and Conjunctions. His first book, The Eyes, won Mixer’s “Sex, Violence, and Satire” contest judged by Stephen Graham Jones. He’s received a Fulbright grant for literary translation and fellowships from The Djerassi Foundation, OMI International Arts Center, The Atlantic Center for the Arts, Jentel Artists Residency, Blue Mountain Center, and the Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation. He’s a graduate of the MFA program at Brown University where he won the Weston Award for best graduate fiction manuscript. His collection of horror fiction, Effects Vary, is forthcoming from Cemetery Gates Media in October, 2022. He lives with his wife and daughters in Sofia and teaches Creative Writing and Literature at the American University in Bulgaria.

Leigh Statham

Author · 6 books

Leigh Statham was raised in the wilds of rural Idaho, but found her heart on the East Coast. She worked as a waitress, maid, artist, math teacher, nurse, web designer, art director, thirty-foot inflatable pig and mule wrangler before she settled down in the semi-quiet role of teacher, mother, and writer. She resides in North Carolina with her four children, three dogs, and lots of cookie recipes. Leigh is also the managing editor for the Teen Author Boot Camp poetry collection and a full-time high school English teacher. She has an MFA in YA literature and enjoys speaking engagements with book lovers of all ages.

Rebecca Snow

Author · 2 books

Rebecca Snow is a Virginia writer who enjoys scribbling in a little blue room or on a porch swing when the weather cooperates. She began writing at an early age, penning stories about a detective Shetland pony and trick-or-treating vegetables. In high school, she managed to write loads of poetry about the perils of being a band geek. She majored in English while attending two local colleges. In her studies, she focused on creative writing and wrote fun editorials about sober bar-hopping. Today, she spends most of her time playing with all the monsters in her head. They've gotten too restless to ignore.

Kevin Lankes

Author · 1 book

Kevin Lankes is the author of Metastatic Memories, a memoir detailing his journey through cancer at the age of 25, as well as the short story collection, Astral Imperium And Other Stories. He's been featured by the American Academy of Dermatology, and the Cancer Research Institute, attending their 60th annual awards gala as a showcased survivor last fall. A Pennsylvania native, he is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, where he received a degree in East Asian Studies, and the ability to almost speak Japanese. These days, he lives in New York City, where he works as a freelance writer and blogger. You can find him spending time with his family in the quiet, rural landscape of central Pennsylvania, or walking the streets of NYC's most adventurous hideaways. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and at www.LankesWords.com. Follow his blog at www.zenofmetastasis.blogspot.com.

Sharon Frame Gay grew up a child of the highway, playing by the side of the road. She is internationally published in several anthologies and literary magazines, including Chicken Soup For The Soul, Gravel, Biostories, Typehouse, Crannog Magazine, Lowestoft Chronicle, Thrice Fiction, Fiction on the Web, Saddlebag Dispatches, Literary Orphans,Typehouse and others. She has won awards at The Writing District, Rope and Wire, Owl Hollow Press and Wow-Women On Writing, and has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

Benjamin Thomas writes from New England where he unequally balances time between running, video games, and quoting seemingly random movies. His short fiction has been featured in publications such as: Flash Fiction Online, The Lascaux Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, and others. His novel Jack Be Quick (Owl Hollow Press, 2017) follows a troubled paramedic as he unwittingly tangles with a killer infatuated by Jack the Ripper. Benjamin holds an MFA in writing from Albertus Magnus College. Get in touch at benjiswandering.com