Wicked Sick: Maladies to Anticipate

A while back, I wrote the introduction to a new anthology featuring work by members of the New England Horror Writers group, and it's now been officially announced. It's something to look forward to — and I'm especially honored to have written the intro since I'm a Southerner, and those other folks are not.

From Editor Kristi Petersen Schoonover:

"I'm over the moon to announce the cover and Table of Contents for the anthology I've been editing with Scott Goudsward, Wicked Sick! How awesome is this cover art by Mikio Murakami?

"If any of you is a fan, this collection will definitely be up your alley, but there's something for every taste — a little terrifying, a little noir, a little lit, a little poetry, a little Poe-esque, a little Lovecraftian... all dark and intense. And Stephen Mark Rainey, an amazing writer whose story "Night Crier" appeared in 34 Orchard's inaugural issue, wrote us a stunning foreword.

"You won't want to miss this. I'll keep you posted!"

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

• "They Come at Night – Greg Bastianelli
• "The Cancer Ward at Midnight" – L.L. Soares
• "Will’s Theory of Free-Floating Fat" – Peter N. Dudar
• "Worry Wart" – Kurt Newton
• "Toad in the Hole" – Gevera Bert Piedmont
• "Moonsickness" – Jenna Moquin
• "Irish Wake" – Mike Deady
• "Happy Valley" – Harold Odentz
• "Exorcising Attention Deficit Hyperactive Demons Requires an Order of Operations" – Trisha J. Wooldridge
• "Author’s Note" – Rob Smales
• "Body Work" – Nancy Brewka-Clark
• "House of Tupper" – Meg Smith
• "Eternal Prison" – Timothy P. Flynn
• "Ghost Trains" – Tom Deady
• "The Tall People" – Catherine Grant
• "The Cancer Eaters" – K.H. Vaughan