The Muse Within Us: An Anthology of Dark Fantasy and Horror

by Wally Waltner, Malory, Fred Phillips

304 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 3, 2026

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another anthology of short stories from Raconteur Press, this time with entries answering the prompt to make "the act of creation itself...unearthly", resulting in dark fantasy and horror tales about "the moment when inspiration stops feeling entirely human".

I enjoyed many of these stories featuring seamstresses, painters, musicians, translators and more finding themselves acting as mere vehicles for the expression of art originating from some other source, oftentimes one that cannot be counted benign. Fun times!