Our most recent anthology, HOWLS FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME: A CRIME HORROR ANTHOLOGY, is now available! This illustrated anthology of gritty and illicit horror is co-edited by HOWLS members Jessica Peter and Timaeus Bloom, with a foreword written by Bram Stoker AwardĀ® winning crime horror author, Cynthia Pelayo.
A death row cell that recounts the dark stories of its inmates. An informant who consumes shards of crystallized skulls to see the past. A world where to speak of the dead is a violation of an unjust societyās rules. Heists, drugs, cults, detectives, murder, monsters, revenge.
Commit yourself toĀ HOWLS FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME, an anthology of crime horror laced with blood, secrets, and occult compulsions from some of the best established and emerging horror authors writing today.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
āMotive Factor Xā by Joseph Andre Thomas
āIn the Shadow of Starsā by R.H. Newfield
āAround the River Bendā by C.B. Jones
āUnforeseen Parametersā by Ashe Olivier Deng
āA Fate Finer Than Deathā by Michelle Tang
āSelling Drugs to the Funny Kidsā by Nathan Schuetz
āThe Rage at Being Bornā by Christopher OāHalloran
āAll Branches Swayā by Steve Neal
āBlack Lung, Black Heartā by L.T. Williams
āChosenā by TJ Price
āThe Speakeasyā by Carson Winter
āOld Joeās Moneyā by Christopher Buehlman
āBreak and Enterā by Mary Sanche
āCartoonsā by Donyae Coles
āFuel and Fodderā by J.W. Donley
āI Told You Not to Lookā by Peter Ong Cook
āA Private Detectiveās Checklist for How Not to Dieā by Gwendolyn Kiste
āGreyhounds and Graceā by Jennifer L. Collins
āConsummationā by RSL
āThe Devil You Donātā by Dustin Mendel
āA Rain of Ruin from the Airā by Lindsey Ragsdale
āDeathbedā by M. Halstead
PRAISE FOR HOWLS FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME
“HOWLS FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME is a thrilling and tense anthology that reads like your favourite true crime podcast blended with a wide range of speculative elements and subgenres such as small town western, sci-fi horror, body horror, the cosmic and inexplicable, the occult, among others.ā
āAi Jiang, author of LINGHUN and I AM AI
“Soaked in spite, desperation, and unvarnished need, these stories expose the ragged edge of our social contract, the frayed ties that no longer bind, and the surreal justifications for our most intimate betrayals. Lock your doors.”
āAndrew F. Sullivan, author of THE MARIGOLD and THE HANDYMAN METHOD
āThe stories here take old crime tropes and twist them. Among new takes on police procedurals and heists and serial killers, there are sentient jail cells and houses that beg to be robbed. This anthology is a thrill to read with all its surprises, the wide variety of stories and nuanced explorations of the world of crime. Howls from the Scene of the Crime takes you on a wild tour of underworlds and overworlds both terrifying and strange.ā
āIvy Grimes, author of STAR SHAPES and GRIME TIME
āHowls from the Scene of the Crime illuminates the often-unexamined facets of crime. While cross-examining suspect, motive, victim, and transgression, these stories, above all, give voice to the enduring trickle of impact. Of cycles of injustice, of long-guarded curses and cults. Of unmoored rage and insatiable revenge. All buried within the uncanny and inexplicable, inflicting fear in the familiar and the unknown alike.ā
āChelsea Pumpkins, editor of AHH! THAT’S WHAT I CALL HORROR: AN ANTHOLOGY OF ’90S HORROR and co-host of the Cutthroat Queens Podcast
Your favorite community of writers is back with a fabulous anthology that will change the way you see crime fiction. Jessica Peter and Timaeus Bloom have selected a wonderful variety of diverse tales ranging from horror through dark science fiction and the weird. Beautiful presentation and illustrations, a must-buy!
āChisti Nogle, Bram Stoker AwardĀ® winner and author of THE BEST OF OUR PASTS, THE WORST OF OUR FUTURE
āChoices and their consequences sit at the heart of both horror and crime fiction. The stories in this collection expose the connective tissue between the genres, where every desperate act, one last score, or even the most minor transgression has the potential to push perpetrator, victim, or witness into an inescapable darkness.ā
āPatrick Barb, author of PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING
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