Skin

by S.J. Townend (Editor), Mark S. Peters (Editor), Catherine McCarthy (Contributor)

A collection of original, bone-chilling tales from some of planet Earth’s best dark fiction writers.

We challenged our contributors to write a piece of skin-themed horror, and collated a selection of our favorites in this book. We hope you enjoy them.

328 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 1, 2024

Reviews

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

A truly fun and interesting collection of horror stories!! I particularly enjoyed "My House is Your Hollow Bones" by Joe Butler. What a fantastic story, it'd be such a good short film :D

[Catherine McCarthy]

I had the pleasure of writing the introduction to this, but that doesn't mean I'm biased. Here we have a selection to suit all tastes, both in horror (though none were graphic or overly violent) to more introspective sci-fi tales.
The anthology was well put together, and I enjoyed every story.
N.B. ALL PROFIT IS DONATED TO A SKIN CANCER CHARITY, so your support is for a worthy cause.

[Sarah Huntington · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so good! Every tale was really great. There isn't a bad one to be found. I did have personal favourites though. I love the very flesh off you, by Robert Shearman was just so weird and odd that I couldn't help but love it. Better Together by J.L Royce was brilliant because it was my worst nightmare. Love Changes Everything by Vivian Kasley was excellent and I also loved Your best face by Jim Horlock. As I said, all the stories were fantastic and I truly liked every one. They were all very different too. Special mention to the wonderful Catherine McCarthy for the heartfelt introduction.

[Paweł Dembowski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Uneven anthology, some very good stories, some rather weak ones.