Part of Series
Do you like horror? Do you like to be frightened? 'I suddenly felt a chill go up my back, as though a spider had dropped inside my shirt and was creeping towards my neck.' - Two Five Seven. Or perhaps, revel in sadistic glee? As soon as the needle pierces your skin, you'll feel a stinging, then, as the drain cleaner enters your vein, it will start to burn. The burning will make you want to tear apart your flesh and dig into your own veins to relieve the pain...' - Teatime. Do you take a ghoulish delight in the grotesque? 'His eyes were gone, the sockets filled with flies that crawled and buzzed. His mouth, open and lipless, was a black hole of moving shapes. The odour was overwhelming.' - Flies. Ah, yes, that smell... '...the pungent, nauseating reek of putrefaction.' - Slaughtered Lamb. Sickening, isn't it? And yet, you can't resist, can you? Dare you?
Authors
Thana Niveau lives in a crumbling gothic tower in Wicker Man country. She shares her life with fellow horror scribe John Llewellyn Probert, in a Victorian library filled with arcane books and curiosities. All her life Thana has been drawn to the darker aspects of life. She was a fearful child, plagued by nightmares and anxiety. Horror saved her. Scary films gave her an outlet for all that darkness and fear became her friend. Jason and Freddy were her childhood companions. On the literary side, Poe was her first great horror love, followed swiftly by Stephen King and Ramsey Campbell. Their stories frightened her while at the same time inspiring her. She still had nightmares, but now they were more like visits from a slightly sadistic muse. Writing all the scary stuff down turned it from a curse into a blessing.
Stuart Young is the author of Spare Parts, Shards of Dreams and The Mask Behind the Face. His stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies including Darkness Rising, Midnight Street, We Fade to Grey and The Mammoth Book of Future Cops. His novella, The Mask Behind the Face, won the British Fantasy Award. "Stuart Young not only writes stories, he gives them life." — TIM LEBBON
