My contributor copy of editor David Niall Wilson’s The Canterbury Nightmares, featuring my story, “The Secret Place: A Knight’s Tale,” is in the house. As one might infer from its title, the anthology is inspired by the work of Chaucer. It’s now up for pre-order from Crossroad Press in ebook, trade paperback, and hardback.
“The Canterbury Nightmares is a new anthology of terror tales, all of which combine the essence of Chaucer’s pilgrims on their journey to a shrine with the apparent climax of the recent global COVID-19 pandemic. These stories were born in a time when personal connections were few, breathing the air in a grocery store felt unsafe, and the country all but dissolved into divided and seemingly irreparable factions.
“The Canterbury Nightmares: Eleven travelers head out to visit the Grand Canyon, all motivated by their own powerful, personal reasons. All have suffered profound losses; all harbor secret but consuming agony. An old man taking a long-promised journey with his wife. A congregation that has lost its way. Individuals of different backgrounds and cultures, all dealing with grief, loss, and isolation. In The Canterbury Nightmares, you will be led not only to the soaring precipices of the Grand Canyon but also into deep, dark, unimaginable recesses.”
Table of Contents:
“The Old Man’s Tale” – Steve Rasnic Tem
“The
Liberation of Brother Buffalo” – Michael Boatman
“Think of the
Family” – Ai Jiang
“To See Her in Sepia” – Scott J. Moses
“The Preditor's Tale” – Terence Taylor
“The Wife of Wrath’s
Tale” – John B. Rosenman
“The Secret Place: A Knight’s Tale” –
Stephen Mark Rainey
“The Sacred Clarion” – S.A. Cosby
“The Tour Guide's Tale” – Anna Tambour
“Every Form of
Person” – J.A.W. McCarthy
“Vending Machine Girl”–
Eric LaRocca
