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Malpractice: an Anthology of Bedside Terror
Are you scared about going to the doctor? Maybe you should be...
From the outside, a hospital is a place of safety and recovery, where the injured go to regain their strength to face the world again. Sadly, within the sterile, white walls of Bloom Memorial, evil burns through every room. Every lab. Every corridor. The so-called doctors are impersonators. Lab-coated viruses infecting all they touch, they labor towards their own purpose.
Death.
Be warned. With 18 short stories and 13 100-word Bites from some of the best horror writers, this collection of medical terror will cut you to the bone.
From the outside, a hospital is a place of safety and recovery, where the injured go to regain their strength to face the world again. Sadly, within the sterile, white walls of Bloom Memorial, evil burns through every room. Every lab. Every corridor. The so-called doctors are impersonators. Lab-coated viruses infecting all they touch, they labor towards their own purpose.
Death.
Be warned. With 18 short stories and 13 100-word Bites from some of the best horror writers, this collection of medical terror will cut you to the bone.
- GenresHorror
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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Nathaniel Lambert
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October 1, 2009
Okay...I'm in it, but the other stories are top notch.
June 22, 2014
Full disclosure: I have a story in this one.
However, when I went back to an old post I wrote about it on my blog, I was reminded there was an error in the Table of Contents attributing my story to someone else. Putting two and two together, I suspect that same error, made years ago, has filtered down to this day, explaining why I'm not a listed author.
And I love it! Here's why: Because though I honestly believe this is a five-star anthology, I was only going to give it four, just to keep myself honest. But unfettered with any credit, I'm going for five.
Some of you might remember Necrotic Tissue, one of the best horror magazines out there. It burned bright for a couple of years and then was gone. A labor of love for Editor R. Scott McCoy and his yeoman crew, Necrotic Tissue was known best among writers for not only giving everyone a chance, but doing their very best to pay "professional" rates -- and yes, I'm including the cool T-shirts they gave out. (I would have written for one of those alone.)
Necrotic Tissue was also known among writers for providing reasons why every story was rejected beyond "it just wasn't right for us," or more commonly, nothing at all. What I mean is, you were assured that they had read your story. If they didn't accept it, they told you why, which gave you hope to write something later that might be accepted.
Every issue of Necrotic Tissue included both short and longer form stories, as well as sprinkled throughout what were known as 100-word "bytes," that is, stories that were exactly 100 words, no more, no less, including the titles. Not as easy as it sounds. Trust me.
The Malpractice Anthology takes almost the form of an issue of Necrotic Tissue, in that it includes both short stories as well as 100-worders, except there's a theme to this one, that of a place called Bloom Memorial Hospital, where anything . . . and I mean ANYTHING . . . can and does take place.
So, if asking some of the most imaginative minds working today to come up with a horrific hospital tale sounds like your cup of tea -- and you KNOW that it is -- purchase or download your copy today.
If you like horror, you'll be glad you did.
However, when I went back to an old post I wrote about it on my blog, I was reminded there was an error in the Table of Contents attributing my story to someone else. Putting two and two together, I suspect that same error, made years ago, has filtered down to this day, explaining why I'm not a listed author.
And I love it! Here's why: Because though I honestly believe this is a five-star anthology, I was only going to give it four, just to keep myself honest. But unfettered with any credit, I'm going for five.
Some of you might remember Necrotic Tissue, one of the best horror magazines out there. It burned bright for a couple of years and then was gone. A labor of love for Editor R. Scott McCoy and his yeoman crew, Necrotic Tissue was known best among writers for not only giving everyone a chance, but doing their very best to pay "professional" rates -- and yes, I'm including the cool T-shirts they gave out. (I would have written for one of those alone.)
Necrotic Tissue was also known among writers for providing reasons why every story was rejected beyond "it just wasn't right for us," or more commonly, nothing at all. What I mean is, you were assured that they had read your story. If they didn't accept it, they told you why, which gave you hope to write something later that might be accepted.
Every issue of Necrotic Tissue included both short and longer form stories, as well as sprinkled throughout what were known as 100-word "bytes," that is, stories that were exactly 100 words, no more, no less, including the titles. Not as easy as it sounds. Trust me.
The Malpractice Anthology takes almost the form of an issue of Necrotic Tissue, in that it includes both short stories as well as 100-worders, except there's a theme to this one, that of a place called Bloom Memorial Hospital, where anything . . . and I mean ANYTHING . . . can and does take place.
So, if asking some of the most imaginative minds working today to come up with a horrific hospital tale sounds like your cup of tea -- and you KNOW that it is -- purchase or download your copy today.
If you like horror, you'll be glad you did.
May 15, 2010
A wide range of truly enjoyable stories from some very talented authors. Definitely a good book to have in your bag should you ever end up in hospital.
May 23, 2010
Read only a few the stories. Loved "Deep Kimchi"
December 6, 2010
Sick sick sick . . . great stories you can read between shots of morphine.
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