Sinister Stitches is released tomorrow, so here's another teaser. It's time to reveal the 12 stories included in this Shadow Fabric mythos collection:
NEXT ON THE LIST
“I hate changes.”
MIDNIGHT CLAY
. . . a mess of black and crimson.
A DEMON’S THREAD
. . . campfire stories . . .
ON THE VINE
Barbs sliced his forearms
and the torch flew from his hand.
THE ARTIST AND THE CRONE
Part-flesh, part-shadow,
the foul garment writhed on the ground.
DUE SOUTH
He really should’ve driven like most people.
RED, WHITE AND BLACK
. . . filth glistened, protruding through
torn flesh and broken bone . . .
INTENSIVE SCARE
It churned like liquid, bubbled,
and swept up and into my eyes.
MEETING MUM
Beneath the gleaming skin,
those traceries of veins wriggled like a hundred worms.
SEEING IS BELIEVING
When he removed those glasses,
I saw his bloodshot eyes.
DISTURBED
The night pressed down. His hands clawed his head,
tugged at his hat. “No!”
WELCOME HOME
She’d vanished last night . . . or was it last week?
One tale, "Dead Lines", didn't make it into the collection and quite honestly I didn't know what to do with it. After lurking on my hard drive for a while, the thing soon demanded to be let out. With a bit of tweaking, it was suitable for submission to a flash fiction competition.
I won, and you can read it on the Dark Chapter Press website.
Sinister Stitches is available on pre-order from Amazon and is released tomorrow! The paperback version release date is yet to be confirmed.
The blurb:
Twelve horror stories weave truths you do not want to hear. The collection includes:
Intensive Scare – Three teenagers dabble in the occult and learn there's a good reason to be afraid of the dark.
Red, White and Black – When a clinical trial goes horribly wrong, a lone survivor finds herself fleeing from a sentient infection.
Meeting Mum – Introducing a new girlfriend to your parents has never been so problematic.
Midnight Clay – An otherwise pleasant homeward journey is interrupted by a demon with a particularly grotesque skill.
Each story binds the Shadow Fabric mythos tighter, revealing that everything around us is entwined with a deep-rooted darkness. And sometimes that darkness — the fabric — tears.

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