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Well, This Is Tense
2022
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An anthology of second person present dark fiction published by Bag of Bones Press. Fresh indie horror from authors across the globe. Collated and edited by SJ Townend. This book contains 30 original, unnerving short stories, all written in the second person present point of view. Crawling Back - Allison Wall Neon Monkey - Oli Jacobs Now You See It Clear - Mathew Gostelow Rebirth - Chrissie Rohrman The Sixth Floor - Stephanie Kvellestad Electric Piano - Lisha Goldberg Mirror Image - Priscilla Kint Hunger - Shelby Catalano Mother of Worms - Rae Knowles Gryllidae - Phil Ford The Well - N. Miller Love Bites - Marissa Snyder Each Minute Closer - Brianne Battye Do Not Open Under Any Circumstances - Tiffany Michelle Brown Teeth - Tanya Pell Sinkhole - Paul Lonardo Doppelganger - Stuart Hardy Itch - Deborah Tapper Seeds - Dorian J. Sinnott Your Veins Full of Water - J.R. Santos Conviction - Justin Oldham Cross Your Heart - Die Booth Escape Path - Rachel L. Tilley You Want to Be Buried - Taylor Grothe We Are All Monsters to Our Mothers Someday - Emmy Teague Dreams of Trees - Patricia Miller You Have No Internet at Home - Zary Fekete Roxie and Ericka - Ann Wuehler Check This Out! - Gully Novaro Komodo My Desk - bdyer

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Authors

Taylor Grothe
Taylor Grothe
Author · 7 books
Taylor is a writer of adult and young adult horror, horror romance, and dark fantasy. They hold a nonfiction MFA from Fairfield University, acted as the graduate Assistant Managing Editor of Brevity, and their short works can be found in esteemed publications such as Brevity’s craft blog, Haven Speculative, and Shortwave Magazine. They are a scholar of medieval literature and Nordic Saga. Taylor lives with two cats, two kids, and their spouse, in SW Connecticut.
Rachel L. Tilley
Rachel L. Tilley
Author · 3 books

Reading, writing, watching movies... anything fantasy! If you like the same books, add me as a friend. www.twitter.com/rachelltilley www.instagram.com/rachel_l_tilley

Oli Jacobs
Oli Jacobs
Author · 4 books

Oli Jacobs is a bearded chap who enjoys spinning a yarn or two. While now a hermit, he has been rumoured to be seen drinking beer and enjoying chicken in the wilds of Southampton. If seen, please approach gently as he has severe anxiety and may cry. As well as Wilthaven, Oli has also wrote other Horror (The Children of Little Thwopping, The Station 17 Chronicles), Comedy (the Kirk Sandblaster series), Thriller (the Mr Blank series), and short stories (the Filmic Cuts series). As always, he hopes you enjoy.

Rae Knowles
Rae Knowles
Author · 5 books
Rae is an author of dark, queer fiction.
Stuart Hardy
Author · 2 books
Wrote pulp western novels and short stories for Western Story magazine.
Brianne Battye
Author · 2 books
Brianne Battye writes fiction, poetry, and video games. She's the author of the poetry chapbook, wholehearted (845 Press, 2019) and her short fiction appears in Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights (Tor Books, 2020). A video game writer by day, she has contributed to multiple titles for BioWare. Her cat likes to look for ghosts in the walls.
Tiffany Michelle Brown
Tiffany Michelle Brown
Author · 4 books
Tiffany Michelle Brown is a California-based writer who once had a conversation with a ghost over a pumpkin beer. She is the author of the forthcoming collection How Lovely To Be a Woman: Stories and Poems and cohost of the Horror in the Margins podcast. Her fiction and poetry has been featured in publications by Black Spot Books, Dread Stone Press, Death Knell Press, Cemetery Gates Media, and the NoSleep Podcast. Tiffany lives near the beach with her husband Bryan, their pup Zen, and their combined collections of books, board games, and general geekery.
Mathew Gostelow
Mathew Gostelow
Author · 1 book
Mathew Gostelow (he/him) is a dad, husband, and writer, living in Birmingham, UK. Some days he wakes early and writes strange tales. If you catch him staring into space, he is either thinking about Twin Peaks or cooked breakfasts. His first short story collection “See My Breath Dance Ghostly” is available now, published by Alien Buddha. Mat was nominated for the Pushcart Prize by Spare Parts Lit in 2022 and longlisted for the Welkin Prize in 2023.
Phil Ford
Phil Ford
Author · 1 book
Phil Ford co-edited and was a contributing writer of the Richmond Macabre : Nightmares from the River City book series. He also contributed to artist Chuck Scalin’s Body of Evidence Book Art project as well as the performance piece of The Memorial Library of Kenton J. Stanfield at Chop Suey Books with artists Thea Duskin and Noah Scalin. He recently has had stories appear in several anthologies such as Generation X-ed (Dark Ink Press, 2022) and The Nightmare Never Ends (Exploding Head Fiction, 2023). His last band, Get in the Car, kicked ass, but he is also currently in a trash-punk band called Crack Fox. From 2018-2020, he was the co-creator, producer and director of the Death Club Radio Live! series at the Firehouse Theatre. A writer, columnist, and musician, his work has appeared in ThroTTle Magazine, Carbon 14 Magazine, and Makeout Creek Magazine. He currently DJs the Friday Clock Out 5-7PM (EST) on WRIR 97.3, Richmond Independent Radio.
Paul Lonardo
Paul Lonardo
Author · 3 books

THE DOG MAN OF DENNY-BLAINE is a new horror/crime novella, released by Solstice Publishing, August 19, 2022. It tells the story of Sandi Diaz, who has a very serious problem with his wife taking in a stray dog. He feels threatened by the animal to the degree that he seeks the help of a low-level underworld figure to permanently remove the dog from his home. However, this invites more trouble than he bargained for. When he learns the truth about a disturbing myth involving a race of dog-men seeking to continue their bloodline with a human female, his life will never be the same. After reading this hair-raising horror/crime novel, you may never look at your dog the same way again. Find out more about THE DOG MAN OF DENNY-BLAINE https://www.thegoblinpitcher.com/even... THE GOBLIN PITCHER official website features all of my titles, including this children's adventure book. www.thegoblinpitcher.com THE GOBLIN PITCHER is intended for ages 7-12, but all kids will love this story, especially if they love baseball. THE LEGEND OF LAKE INCUNABULA - And Other Fantastic Tales is now available, in both paperback and ebook formats. While each selection was chosen as a featured attraction in the amusement park that is this dark fantasy anthology, the stories are quite diverse, encompassing several subgenres, ranging from urban fantasy to children’s stories, Lovecraftian to body horror, and even a ghostly romance. Like any amusement park, there is something for everyone. There is a narrative about baseball and superstition taken to a terrifying extreme, a mobster ghost story that takes place in a restaurant where the spirit of a mafioso who had been gunned down there haunts a troubled salesman, and a tale that delves into the dark realm of child abuse and how the cycle can be broken, among other chilling yarns. There are eleven tales of the bizarre and unusual in all. Enjoy the ride! I have authored both fiction and nonfiction books in a variety of genres, from true crime to romance. As a freelance writer, I often collaborate with individuals to help them write and publish their biographies, memoirs, or to tell of a particularly compelling personal experience. I studied filmmaking / screenwriting at Columbia College - Hollywood, earned an A.S. (Mortuary Science) from Mount Ida College and a B.A. (English) from the University of Rhode Island. I live in Lincoln, RI with my wife and son.

J.R. Santos
J.R. Santos
Author · 1 book

Disclaimer: Some works are wrongly credited to the author on goodreads due to limitations from goodreads and also due to Amazon allowing people to mass publish "books" with zero scrutiny regarding the alleged authors. The items in question are coloring books and notebooks, some in english others with spanish titles. This J.R. for the time being only writes fiction. Ask him anything at: https://bsky.app/profile/ccskeleton.b... Or email him at customercareskeleton@gmail.com José Raposo Santos is an author of strange stories. Find him everywhere by looking up Customer Care Skeleton (or ccskeleton). For donations: https://ko-fi.com/customercareskeleton

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