Shaun Meeks's Blog - Posts Tagged "shadow-masters"

On May 27th, Shadow Masters an anthology from The Horror Zine will be released in print and digital formats. Jeani Rector has once again lined up some amazing talent for this one. I am lucky enough to have my story, Red Velvet, featured in it. Red Velvet is a strange story about a man with a twisted fetish that impedes on a demon.
The anthology also features work by Graham Masterton (The Manitou), Bentley Little (The Store), Yvonne Navarro (Highborn), Elizabeth Massie (Welcome Back to the Night), Scott Nicholson (Red Church), Simon Clark (Blood Crazy), Earl Hamner (original Twilight series), Cheryl Kaye Tardif (Submerged), Christian A. Larsen (Losing Touch), Lisa Morton (Hell Manor), Ronald Malfi (Floating Staircase), Melanie Tem (Wilding) and a ton more! Not to mention there is a forward by Joe R. Lansdale (Bubba Ho-Tep, Incident On and Off a Mountain Road).

So, I had planned to release my new collection of short stories called Dark Reaches in December of this year, but I have decided to put it on hold until at least spring of next year. Is this a bad thing? Not at all. The reason for this is that I have sold three stories that were supposed to appear in there and have three more sales pending. With a possibility of six stories gone, that creates an issue for the book.
So why spring?
I am currently writing three new stories and have more than five that will be available to reprint. I will also be able to add The Old Man to this one. This was the story that was going to appear in Fresh Grounds, but as Wicked East Press now seems all but defunct, I will use it in Dark Reaches.
So what is currently still a go in the ToC? Here is a list of what will be in there for sure:
The Soldier
Dreams of a Dead Man
The Undergarment Eater
Miriam
The Cleansing
Mr. Stand
Family Lessons
Give Me Convenience
Angel in the High Tower
Taut
Body Bag
Red Velvet
Shelly's Tape
The Old Man
More will be added and when it is, I will add an update.