DeadCades: The Infernal Decimation

by Stephanie Ellis, David Shakes, Deborah Sheldon (Editor)

The Infernal Clock has previously given you hours and days but now it is feeling more generous and its pendulum has scythed its way across the decades—-or rather, DeadCades. This latest anthology from the Clock weaves its dark stories from the 1880s through the Swinging Sixties and desolate Seventies, and then sprints into the future, finishing at 2020. Within each DeadCade, you will find a microcosm of darkness preceding the main story but whether one hundred words or five thousand, each is definitely of its time. These tales have been written by authors from across the globe—from Australia, the USA and Europe—and from the Bram Stoker nominated to newer contributors to the world of dark fiction. In this latest anthology, you will find a real wealth of talent. So take a trip in our time machine and travel the DeadCades, discover where the monsters hide—in our pages or in our own history. With a foreword by best-selling author of Vox, Christina Dalcher.

307 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 29, 2018

About the author

Stephanie Ellis writes dark speculative prose and poetry and has been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies. Her longer work includes the novels, The Five Turns of the Wheel, Reborn and The Woodcutter, and the novellas, Paused and Bottled. Her new post-apocalytpic/sci-fi/horror novel, The Barricade is due out this year!

She is a Rhysling and Elgin nominated poet, co-authoring the poetry collection, Foundlings, with Cindy O'Quinn, Lilith Rising with Shane Douglas Keene and solo work Metallurgy.

She can be found at https://stephanieellis.org

Reviews

[Deborah Sheldon · Rating 4 out of 5]

(I have a story in this one, which I'm leaving out of my review.) I loved the format of this anthology! Each decade gets a timeline of horrible events, a drabble, and a short story. The varied mix of stories ranges from unsettling to downright gruesome.