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"Dark Little Things...An Anthology of Dread and Terror," released in October 2023, is a collection containing 25 all new dark fantasy and horror tales presented in formats that include poetry, drabble, flash fiction, short stories, and a novella.

"Penny Dreadfuls," also published in 2023, is a horrorku anthology featuring 365 poems, one for each day of the year. Although this is a collection of many separate poems, they are all connected, with haikus relevant to the seasons as well as to specific days of the month. These Penny Dreadfuls are fun, creepy, and disturbingly enlightening.

THE DOG MAN OF DENNY-BLAINE is a new horror/crime novella, released by Solstice Publishing, August 19, 2022.
It tells the story of Sandi Diaz, who has a very se ...more

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To check out the cover design and to find out more information about The Goblin Pitcher and upcoming release date, visit:

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