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“The ascent was precipitous, my journey a melancholy one to the ruins of Castle Frankenstein. The rough-hewn rock mansion of the turrets and towers perched on a craggy hilltop over the Rhine in Darmstadt, Germany …”

This is the opening to my newest short story Beyond Castle Frankenstein, published in Journals of Horror: Found Fiction, a premier anthology, published by Terry M. West and Pleasant Storm Entertainment. These short stories are inspired by the mechanics of the found footage films, and the first anthology of “found fiction” in literature, breaking new ground in the short story supernatural genre. It is a collection of some new voices in dark fiction as well as authors who you might know haunting the horror genre: Todd Keisling’s Human Resources, who won Kindle Book Review’s Best Indie Book Award of 2013 for THE LIMINAL MAN; Glenn Rolfe’s Killing Jessica, his ABRAM’S BRIDGE and BOOM TOWN, soon to be published by Samhain Publishing; Wesley Thomas’ There’s Something In My House; Lori R. Lopez’ The Devil’s Irony; and of course Terry M. West’s Bagged, Tagged & Buried, esteemed author of numerous short stories and novels, filmmaker, artist, and finalist for the 1997 International Horror Guild Award for THE NIGHT OUT, and 1999 Bram Stoker Award ballot nominee. Lots more authors and stories in this anthology that thrill and kill.

Beyond Castle Frankenstein is a historical ghost story about Mary Shelley. In a chapel in Germany an old painting (named Casa Magni) hung for years and is found by art collector Robert Beauclerk. Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley lived in a house named Casa Magni in 1822 in Italy. What Beauclerk discovers in this painting is more than phantom art and more than the ghosts of the past.

I based the story from Shelley’s biographical notes and letters: Mary and her husband had visited the Castle Frankenstein while boating down the Rhine. Some biographers believe the Castle Frankenstein was the inspiration for her novel Frankenstein.

Journals of Horror: Found Fiction is available on Amazon (ebook), on sale at 99 cents now through December 1st (29 stories for 99 cents!).

At this writing, you can find Journals of Horror: Found Fiction on the best seller list at No. 7 in Kindle horror anthologies.

Journals of Horror: Found Fiction

Who are you reading for Women In Horror Month this February? I'm digging up our classic authors this week and featuring Mary Shelley. Yeah, we've all read Frankenstein, but have you considered her novel The Last Man?

Stop by Tales of Terror blog this week for some of Shelley's short stories (free reads) and experience her autobiographical apocalyptic fiction she wrote in 1826, The Last Man. FREE Audio available.




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Mary Shelley’s ghost is ever-present. And we are breathing life back into her ghost in 2018.
At ReadingFictionBlog, you'll find a celebration of her works, free short stories, and the free film Frankenstein, 2004 adaptation with William Hurt. 2018 is the bicentennial of Frankenstein!

Did you know Feb. 1st is the anniversary of her death?

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Mary Shelley is haunted. Haunted beyond cemeteries and tombstones. Love and madness rattle her every day. Scandal and drama steal her sleep. And finally it is the stab of her own impending death that drives her to conjure the dead.

Just released, BEYOND CASTLE FRANKENSTEIN, a short story, Kindle on Amazon (and on Smashwords). This is a ghost story about Mary Shelley, historical and biographical fiction. Originally published by Pleasant Storm Entertainment in Journals of Horror, Found Fiction. 99 cents.

Beyond Castle Frankenstein, A Short Story


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This week, Aug. 30 is anniversary of Mary Shelley's birth date. As a tribute to her memory and her work, I am offering my short story Beyond Castle Frankenstein FREE on Amazon.

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Beyond Castle Frankenstein, A Short Story

Also, stop by my Reading Fiction Blog for more on Mary Shelley and her life.

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Honoring Mary Shelley today, Aug. 30, on her birth date: A Ghostly Luminescence. If you haven't read her novella Mathilda, this is the perfect week to remember Mary Shelley by diving into this amazing story that did not get published until 1959. You can read the story for free and listen to the audio at my blog, Reading Fiction Blog

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A Gothic Triumph for the new film Frankenstein? What do you think of Guillermo del Toro's reinvention of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'? My review, images, and critique of the book and film on my blog.

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