Predatory eyes flicker in darkness, a legion of abominations seeking human destruction. Slashing claws and gnashing teeth, hungry for flesh, eager to kill. Clutch onto hope and pray for dawn. Creatures rule the night. In Darkness, Delight is an original anthology series revealing the many faces of modern horror- shocking and quiet, pulp and literary, cold-hearted and heart-felt, weird tales of spiraling madness alongside full-throttle thrillers. Open these pages and unleash all-new terrors that consume from without and within. The creatures are here. It's now time to find . . . In Darkness, Delight. * Mark Cassell * Richard Chizmar * Tim Curran * Ray Garton * Eddie Generous * Kev Harrison * Curtis M. Lawson * Andrew Lennon * Adam Light * Evans Light * Chad Lutzke * Josh Malerman * Mason Morgan * Christopher Motz * Frank Oreto * Glenn Rolfe * Kristopher Rufty * Mary SanGiovanni * Jeff Strand * Mikal Trimm * Gregor Xane

Midnight strikes like an invocation, clock hands joining in prayer to the darkness. After the twelfth chime, there's no escaping the nightmare. Fear reigns supreme. In Darkness, Delight is an original anthology series revealing the many facets of modern horror- shocking and quiet, pulp and literary, cold-hearted and heart-felt, weird tales of spiraling madness alongside full-throttle thrillers. Open these pages and unleash all-new terrors that consume from without and within. Midnight is here. It's now time to find . . .In Darkness, Delight. Featuring: * Josh Malerman * William Meikle * Jason Parent * Ryan C. Thomas * Mark Matthews * Evans Light * Lisa Lepovetsky * Israel Finn * Patrick Lacey * John McNee * Michael Bray * Monique Youzwa * Billy Chizmar * Espi Kvlt * Paul Michaels * Andrew Lennon * Joanna Koch

SCREAMSCAPES: TALES OF TERROR is a collection of uniquely twisted tales designed to delight fans of modern horror. Razor-sharp scares and TALES FROM THE CRYPT-style mayhem lurk within these dark stories of possession, obssession, deception and revenge...this is one collection you don't want to miss INCLUDES: Crawlspace Fooling around on your wife can be hazardous to your health. Jusk ask Tom. He's a man with a lot to juggle: a frustrated wife, a secret new girlfriend, and the unpleasant task of trying to keep his deteriorating vintage farmhouse from falling down around him. Now with his wife out of town for the week, Tom is eager to get busy under the covers with his beautiful new lover - but first there's something he has to finish up in...the Crawlspace. Whatever Possessed You? A strange encounter and a cryptic message leaves Gerard Faust a changed man. Now a novel he can't remember writing is burning up the sales charts, but is something other than his own talent lurking within? ArborEATum When a band of westward pioneers - lost, starving, and desperate - stumbles upon an unlikely oasis in the middle of a barren prairie, Micah wonders if his family has finally caught a lucky break...or does this new Garden of Eden hide a forgotten terror behind a veil of earthly delights? Curtains for Love When Claire and James move into a beautiful Victorian home together, she soon discovers that he is being seduced by a secret from his past, one thought buried long ago. Gertrude "Tell me something interesting about yourself." "Well, I have a symbiotic twin named Gertrude. She lives in a small cavity under my ribcage, next to my spleen. If I lie still in bed at night, I can hear her. I think she might be crying." So begins this short twisted tale where an obvious lie faces off with the truth. Black Door William and his brothers are on their way to summer camp. But when a wrong turn leads them to an abandoned campground, things start to get weird in this nail-biting and suspenseful short story. The Mole People Beneath the City Late at night in the subway, a little girl and her father wait for a train that runs deep beneath New York City. It will be a ride they never forget. Pay Back Stephen Hill has been heaping abuse on poor Joe King since second grade. Now they're grown men with nothing in common, and Joe still patiently endures Stephen's unrelenting ridicule. But when friendship is only a matter of perspective, PAY BACK might be just around the corner in this irreverent and darkly humorous tale of revenge. Nose Hears A man thinks he might be losing his mind when he starts to hear voices inside of his nose. The Package When a world-famous personality discovers there's a way to enlarge his "package" to become the world's biggest, he finds it an opportunity too enormous to resist.

(Deluxe Hardcover Edition) SCREAMSCAPES: TALES OF TERROR is a collection of uniquely twisted tales designed to delight fans of modern horror. Razor-sharp scares and TALES FROM THE CRYPT-style mayhem lurk within these dark stories of possession, obssession, deception and revenge...this is one collection you don't want to miss! "If you love writers like Joe Hill, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson or Joe R. Lansdale, you owe it to yourself to give Evans Light a try...this new voice on the scene packs enough inventive storytelling twists to delight even the most jaded fans of horror and suspense." STAY AWHILE. SCARE YOURSELF. YOU DESERVE IT.