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One Hand Screaming
A bookstore that hides more than dusty old tomes among its shelves . . . a phantom limb that can reach into the next world . . . a comic that colors lives with terror . . . graves unable to hold their content . . . a collector of haunted artifacts who gets more than he bargains for . . . a deserted northern highway that brings back a man's worst childhood fears . . . a multitude of unleashed horrors on All Hallows Eve . . . an encounter with the bogeyman . . . and more . . . This collection of chilling fiction and disturbing poetry from the dark mind of Mark Leslie includes previously published award nominees along side original works.
160 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2004
30 people want to read
About the author
Mark Leslie
126 books179 followersMark is a writer, editor and bookseller who was born and grew up in Sudbury, spent many years in Ottawa and Hamilton and currently lives in Waterloo, Ontario.
When he is not writing, he tacks "Lefebvre" back onto his name and works as a book industry consultant, having been a bookseller since the 1992, the same year his first short story was published.
Apart from publishing novels and non-fiction paranormal explorations under the name Mark Leslie, having works occasionally appearing on his mother's refrigerator door under the name Mark Lefebvre, and podcasting and consulting about the book industry under the name Mark Leslie Lefebvre for his Stark Publishing/Stark Reflections brand, Mark is a lover of craft beer.
When he's not enjoying craft beer or playing around with his three given names, he can usually be found wandering, awestruck through bookstores or libraries.
When he is not writing, he tacks "Lefebvre" back onto his name and works as a book industry consultant, having been a bookseller since the 1992, the same year his first short story was published.
Apart from publishing novels and non-fiction paranormal explorations under the name Mark Leslie, having works occasionally appearing on his mother's refrigerator door under the name Mark Lefebvre, and podcasting and consulting about the book industry under the name Mark Leslie Lefebvre for his Stark Publishing/Stark Reflections brand, Mark is a lover of craft beer.
When he's not enjoying craft beer or playing around with his three given names, he can usually be found wandering, awestruck through bookstores or libraries.
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September 15, 2025
A tantalizing anthology of horror shorts by an up and coming Canadian author
It’s easy to find a collection of words to describe ONE HAND SCREAMING, a fine collection of horror shorts by an under-rated young Canadian author – titillating, horrifying, shocking, thought-provoking, hilarious, creepy, gruesome, campy, provocative … ! If you take the time to read it, I’m sure you’ll be able to come up with your own set of complimentary adjectives.
Goodness knows, there’s lots for anyone who enjoys the horror genre to get their teeth into – sentient snowmen terrified of their coming excruciating death in the spring melt; the real reason why so many people suffer from arachnophobia; the clever story of a courageous mother’s fight to save her family from kidnapping by a marauding cult roaming the streets around her home; what it really means to lose yourself in a bookstore; an ornate Victorian mirror’s ghostly preservation of the rape of its owner; why you should probably re-think your decision to be a Hallowe’en Grinch hiding in the dark from the youngsters out trick-or-treating; a novel re-telling of a couple of old campfire chestnuts; and lots more.
The addition of Leslie’s “author’s notes” for each story is an informative, interesting bonus. It’s remarkable to hear of a story’s provenance – how each story moved from the nugget of an idea to a fully fleshed-out published tale; how each story fit into the author’s ongoing personal thinking or the development of his life and his career as an author.
Most enjoyable and highly recommended.
Paul Weiss
It’s easy to find a collection of words to describe ONE HAND SCREAMING, a fine collection of horror shorts by an under-rated young Canadian author – titillating, horrifying, shocking, thought-provoking, hilarious, creepy, gruesome, campy, provocative … ! If you take the time to read it, I’m sure you’ll be able to come up with your own set of complimentary adjectives.
Goodness knows, there’s lots for anyone who enjoys the horror genre to get their teeth into – sentient snowmen terrified of their coming excruciating death in the spring melt; the real reason why so many people suffer from arachnophobia; the clever story of a courageous mother’s fight to save her family from kidnapping by a marauding cult roaming the streets around her home; what it really means to lose yourself in a bookstore; an ornate Victorian mirror’s ghostly preservation of the rape of its owner; why you should probably re-think your decision to be a Hallowe’en Grinch hiding in the dark from the youngsters out trick-or-treating; a novel re-telling of a couple of old campfire chestnuts; and lots more.
The addition of Leslie’s “author’s notes” for each story is an informative, interesting bonus. It’s remarkable to hear of a story’s provenance – how each story moved from the nugget of an idea to a fully fleshed-out published tale; how each story fit into the author’s ongoing personal thinking or the development of his life and his career as an author.
Most enjoyable and highly recommended.
Paul Weiss
April 4, 2016
I had the pleasure of reading this book while translating it into Italian and I am very glad I did, it was definitely worth it. The author's style is enticing and his stories and poetry are exactly the kind of writing I like to read.
February 11, 2010
If you like horror that (for the most part) isn't too graphic, give this one a try. At the very least, I'm pretty sure you'll never look at snowmen the same way again. Read the full review.
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