Shroud 2

Shroud Magazine #2

by Timothy Deal (Editor, Contributor), Thomas Straub (Illustrator, Contributor), Colleen Anderson

4 • Whispers and Other Utterances: Letters (Shroud, Spring 2008) • (2008) • essay by Tim Deal
5 • From the Editor: The Joy of Fear and the Gnashing of Teeth (Shroud, Spring 2008) • (2008) • essay by Tim Deal
6 • Amuse-Bouche • (2008) • short story by Colleen Anderson
8 • Hard Soup • (2008) • short story by Steve Vernon
11 • Beggar's Blessing • (2008) • short story by Marie Brennan
16 • 1968: The Year That Changed Horror • (2008) • essay by Peter Guiterrez
21 • An Interview with Tim Lebbon • (2008) • interview of Tim Lebbon • interview by Paul Kane
25 • Haven • (2003) • short story by Kealan Patrick Burke
33 • Pink Elephant • (2008) • short story by Nathaniel Lambert
37 • Home • (2008) • short story by Maura McHugh
43 • The Thing in the Woods • (2008) • short story by Nate Kenyon
52 • Be the Darkness • (2008) • short story by Tom Piccirilli and Ken Bruen
60 • Grimoires and Tomes: Book Reviews (Shroud, Spring 2008) • (2008) • essay by I. E. Lester and Chris Welch and Shawn Oetzel
60 •   Review: Duma Key by Stephen King • (2008) • review by I. E. Lester
61 •   Review: Fires Rising by Michael Laimo • (2008) • review by I. E. Lester
61 •   Review: Going Back by Tony Richards • (2008) • review by I. E. Lester
62 •   Review: Dalton Quayle Rides Out by Paul Kane • (2008) • review by I. E. Lester
63 •   Review: Horrors Beyond 2: Stories of Strange Creations by William Jones • (2008) • review by Chris Welch
64 •   Review: A Wager of Blood by J. W. Coffey • (2008) • review by Shawn Oetzel
66 • The Blood Lust of Countess Elizabeth Bathory • (2008) • essay by I. E. Lester
71 • Ankle-Biters • (2008) • short story by Christa M. Miller
75 • The White • (2008) • short story by Saranna DeWylde
76 • Crunch • (2008) • short story by R. Scott McCoy
77 • The Devil Calls • (2008) • short story by John P. Wilson
77 • Snowbound • (2008) • short story by Brian J. Hatcher
78 • You Must Be Starving • (2008) • short story by Thersa Matsuura
79 • Entombed • (2008) • short story by Sheldon S. Higdon
81 • Windows to the Soul: Film and DVD Reviews (Shroud, Spring 2008) • (2008) • essay by Marie O'Regan and Shawn Oetzel and Tim Deal
87 • Dark Effigies: Artists Within the Genre: The Haunted Art of Thomas Straub • (2008) • interview of Thomas Straub • interview by Tim Deal
91 • Puzzled • (2008) • essay by I. E. Lester

98 pages, Paperback

First published April 30, 2008

About the author

Timothy Deal is the editor and publisher of Shroud Publishing LLC, a Milton, NH publisher of dark speculative fiction. In 2007, Tim launched Shroud Magazine, the Journal of Dark Fiction and Art (a Black Quill nominee), which in 2008 was selected by Ingram Periodicals for North American retail distribution through the Barnes & Noble retail chain. He has edited three anthologies, two of which were simultaneously recommended for Bram Stoker Awards from the Horror Writers’ Association with BENEATH THE SURFACE ultimately garnering the nomination. Tim has authored more than 100 published stories, news pieces, features, and analysis in topics such as technology and business, entertainment, the arts, and film. He currently sits as the Publications head for the New England Horror Writers’ executive committee. Prior to his career in writing and publishing, Tim was a police officer, paratrooper, and Army counterintelligence agent.