Hideous Progeny: Classic Horror Goes Punk

by J. Sarchet (Editor), Andrea Stafford Hintz (Editor), Carol Gyzander (Editor)

Eleven stories and one chilling poem, inspired by classic tales of terror and suspense.

Can Tesla’s invention animate the creature in the Wild West in time to save the girl?

What destroyed the cyber-greenhouses—was it the meteor from out of space?

How will the radiation affect her—and will love survive the transformation?

Hideous Progeny: Classic Horror Goes Punk is the fifth charity anthology from Writerpunk Press, with steampunk, cyberpunk, carniepunk, clockpunk, atompunk, and biopunk stories inspired by tales such as Dracula, Carmilla, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Frankenstein (twice!). Other inspirations include Gaston LeRoux, Ambrose Bierce, Oscar Wilde, Franz Kafka, Lord Tennyson, and H. P. Lovecraft.

Profits are to be donated to PAWS Lynnwood, an animal shelter and wildlife rescue located in the Pacific Northwest.

Authors: Carol Gyzander, Jeffrey Cook, Katherine Perkins, Bryce Raffle, William J. Jackson, Mike Chinakos, Leo McBride, Teel James Glenn, Lee French, Rachel Brune, Anthony Stark, Jeanne M. White, K.M. Vanderbilt

Genres: Horror

308 pages, Paperback

First published May 13, 2018

Reviews

[Maria Haskins · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fantastic anthology of stories inspired by classic tales of horror, each one with a punk twist, and each one telling a dark, unsettling, powerful tale that kept me hooked. Some standouts for me included The Clockwork Cowboy (inspired by Shelley's Frankenstein), Hollow (inspired by The Legend of Sleepy Hollow), and The Secrets of the Abbey (inspired by Stoker's Dracula). Highly recommended reading!

[William Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I cannot and will not review my own work in these pages, but I gush at the others. I'll be brief in my assessment, listing the ones I liked best, but please read this volume and enjoy them all, for every one of them was amazing. I particularly liked Stars the Color of Hope by Carol Gyzander (and wanted more of it) and The Tinker of Shalott by Anthony Stark. These are brilliant punk genre fiction versions of horror stories. Get to know them.

[Alyce Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

An enjoyable collection of stories inspired by some of my favorites. Some are deeply engaging, some did not pull me in so thoroughly - but I appreciated each one.

[Joshua Friesen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Classic stories with a punky twist. Good fun.