Nineteen: A Collection

by Aiden Merchant

The Limited Release omnibus features the short stories and novelettes of DEAD AS SOON AS BORN and KILL FOR THEM, as well as a new notes, drabbles, and shorts, some of which are only available in the print editions.

* This Limited release omnibus will no longer be available after May of 2020.

655 pages, ebook

Published November 26, 2019

About the author

Aiden Merchant is the author of more than a hundred stories spanning numerous collections, including Sickness is in Season, Documenting Dreadful Existences, Dead as Soon as Born, Kill for Them, and his extreme horror debut Horrific Holidays. He is also the author of several novellas and screenplays. In late 2021, he published and edited Milk Teeth by Andrew Post, as well as a dark fiction anthology Blackberry Blood, which he worked on with author Julia C. Lewis. His short fiction has appeared in Wild Violence, Pulp Harvest, and Slice of Paradise.

Reviews

[Cassandra Vella · Rating 5 out of 5]

While I’ve recently read a handful of the stories in this collection (rated previously, and still love), the additions that were not yet released until this omnibus are perfect additions!

[Laura (Ka_like_the_wind19) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just received this (in it's gorgeous hardcover format 🖤) so I haven't read the stories that are exclusive to this book, and I'll update my review after I read them of course, but in the meantime...

I've already read a great deal of the stories in this collection, and athough of course I had my favorites, there wasn't a single one that I truly didn't like. One of my favorite things about this particular author is the variety of subject matter and feel. The stories I read evoked many different emotions, some were suspenseful, some gory, some chilling and spooky, and some were even quite touching, or gave me a chuckle or two. The writing is descriptive without being overly wordy and the plots themselves are captivating and easy to follow. I always find myself wanting more story at the end, not because they feel incomplete, but because I'm enjoying them and getting attached to the characters and I think that alone speaks for itself. Definitely recommend this book and Merchant's writing in general, one of my very favorite indie authors.