Bait and Other Stories

by Joel Arnold

Welcome to the deep north woods. Here you'll father whose intense longing for his dead son lead to disturbing consequences.A group of college students tubing down a river through a burnt forest who encounter terrifying creatures.A man seeking redemption for a sinful past through the skill of a tattoo artist.A Cambodian-American teen who will fit in with the locals at any cost.A woman who finds a bizarre solace in a rare pearl.These, plus a dozen other stories from the febrile imagination of Joel Arnold will keep you up long into the night with over 50k words of horror, suspense, and mystery. Includes the award winning stories 'Mississippi Pearl' and 'Some Things Don't Wash Off.'About the Arnold is the author of a fistful of novels and dozens of short stories, many of which have been accepted by such venues as Weird Tales, Cemetery Dance, Gothic.Net and ChiZine. In 2010 he was the recipient of a Minnesota Artist Initiative Grant as well as the Speculative Literature Foundation’s Gulliver Travel & Research Grant. He’s served as a judge for the GPS (formerly MISFITS) short story contest since 2007, and also helped judge the 2011 Gulliver Travel & Research Grant. His novels and short story collections include Northwoods Deep, Bedtime Stories for the Apocalypse and Death Rhythm. He also makes a mean coffee cake.

Genres: Horror

151 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 30, 2010

About the author

Joel Arnold is the author of several novels. His short stories and articles have appeared in dozens of publications, including WEIRD TALES, CHIZINE, AMERICAN ROAD MAGAZINE and Cemetery Dance's anthology SHIVERS VII. In 2010 he received both a MN Artists Initiative Grant as well as the Speculative Literature Foundation's Gulliver Travel & Research Grant.

Arnold teaches writing at student workshops throughout Minnesota and has given presentations about the Ox Cart trails of Minnesota and the Dakotas to several historical societies and other groups interested in history. He also serves as the literary director for the Savage Arts Council.

Arnold lives near the Twin Cities in Minnesota with his wife, two kids, two cats, a dog and a ball python. Plus he makes a mean coffee cake.

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Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Almost all the stories were done well, but the mix was, well, too grim and depressing for me to give this 5 stars. A few slightly lighter selections would have been great.