From the Flood: Short Fiction and Poetry

by Wesley Winters, Wintry Monsters Press

A lighthouse overlooks a beach where severed limbs were once discarded by a serial killer...
A sinkhole opens up in the middle of a dark road as the sky overhead begins to shimmer...
An antique doll wants nothing more than to return to its owner...
A grotesque transformation begins with the eating of dead things...
These stories and more await you in Wesley Winters' latest collection.


From the Flood is the second story collection from Wesley Winters, author of Nobody's Savior, Take Their Poison, and Feed the Sky.

235 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 24, 2025

About the author

Welsey Winters is an author of queer-centric fiction, including the horror collection Nobody’s Savior (Slashic Horror Press, 2024) and the crime novella Going Sideways, as featured in The Toll Comes Due, co-authored with Robert Weaver. Winters has appeared in several recent anthologies, including Terrible Lizards and the second volumes of both HorrorScope and That Old House: The Bathroom. He is also the editor of WMP Dark Fiction Magazine, which has published four times since 2023. He is a father of three and an advocate for autism and depression.

Reviews

[Luc Dantes · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my kind of book. Novellas are great for fast-paced adventures. Novels are nice for climbing into their world, but I’d probably have to say that short story collections and/or anthologies are where it’s at for me. 'From the Flood' by Wesley Winters showcases the author's ability to write in just about any sub-genre of horror. Not every story was a home run for me, but that doesn’t matter because I can respect Winter’s skill, regardless of whether I like each and every sub-genre of horror or not.

So, if you like short stories and diversity, this is the book for you!

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you Wesley Winters and Wintry Monster Press for the ARC.

This collection of short stories and poetry doesn't have a theme so much as a vibe. One of isolation, despair, loss of control, hopelessness, bitter acceptance, avoidance and escape.
The stories are unsettling. The poetry dark, brooding, angry. I often found myself feeling unnerved and uncomfortable.