Ugly Babies 3 / Ghosts Redemption y JWK Fiction

Two excellent anthologies in one! Ugly Babies 3: here’s nothing quite like the birth of a child. Children are born in our likenesses... we treasure their beauty, their innocence, and marvel as they take their first breaths outside of their mother’s womb. In a perfect world, babies are miracles. But as we know, the world is not always perfect. Ghosts Redemption: everyone likes a good ghost story. You'll find this collection both entertaining and haunting. Some of the biggest names in horror have come together to offer their take on what it might be like to be a ghost, and an angry ghost, the kind of ghost not soon forgotten. Ever seen a ghost? If you've seen a ghost like one these, well, then likely you are reading this as a ghost--and angry, with a story of your own to tell. Now, look over your shoulder. Go ahead. Be frightened by what you see. You may, in fact, already haunting these pages.

https://www.amazon.com/Ugly-Babies-3-Ghosts-Redemption/dp/0692732519/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465658569&sr=8-1&keywords=ugly+babies+3

The Grays, Published by JWK Fiction

The Grays is a probing, analytical anthology of, well, is it really fiction? Do The Grays live among us? We say yes, and the stories included will make you cry, angry, frightened and laugh out loud. Dare to take a look at The Grays living among us. And, if YOU are a Gray, don't buy this book.

http://www.amazon.com/Grays-James-Ward-Kirk-ebook/dp/B00RW2EARI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420676568&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Grays+james+ward+kirk

Author Index

Dona Fox   The Grays of Ribbon Ridge
Glenn Rolfe   Hollowed
William Cook   The Moon Came Down
Murphy Edwards   Keepers          
David Schütz II   The Tale of Good Mister Keigwin
K.Z. Morano   The Conception
William Petersen   In Plain Sight
Lenny Rushmore   wisdoms lent...
Lemmy Rushmore  The Happenings
David Schütz II   The Eventual Deification of David Brubaker        
Rick Powell   They Came Before, Never To Come Again
Micke Lindquist   Makin' hybrids!         
Donna Marie West   Owls
Mathias Jansson   Phone home
Neil Carroll Ellison   Two-Pump Chump
Micke Lindquist   The Women in White
Doug Rinaldi   Alchemy of Faith
Roger Cowin   Size Matters         
Alex S. Johnson   Alien Sucks
Essel Pratt    Small Town Sanctuary
Dona Fox   Blackberry Wine
Dona Fox   Alienated
Magenta Nero   Kindred
Michael Kellar   Witness Protection
T. Maxim Simmler   To The Stars and Back: A Love story.   With Aliens.
Steve Foreman   True Colours
Justin Hunter   Frying Pan
David J. Rank   Chocolate
Maria Mitchell  Grains of Future Promise
T.s. Woolard   Distorted
James Pratt   Buford Hollis and the Invaders from Planet X
Christopher Hivner   Invasion Season
Lemmy Rushmore  Untitled
Toneye Eyenot   Gray Matter
David Schütz II   Gabriel
Jacurutu99   The Gray Area

JWK Fiction Best of Horror 2013

Featuring some of JWK's best published pieced of 2013, JWK Fiction Best of Horror 2013 features my piece from Ugly Babies Vol. 1, titled "Immaculate Deception".

"This is a collection of the very best horror fiction and poetry published from anthologies and collections in 2013."

From the Inside Flap

FRESH FEAR

Scathe meic Beorh God of the Winds
Anna Taborska Out of the Light

SERIAL KILLERS ITERUM

Paula D. Ashe The Mother of All Monsters
William Cook Return of the Creep

GRAVE ROBBERS  

James S. Dorr The Sidewalk
Chantal Noordeloos Angel's Grave

HELL

Paula Ashe  Because You Watched
A Henry Keene Justine

SONGS FOR THE RAVEN

Julienne Lee The Gate
Paula Ashe Bereft

CHILDREN & OTHER WICKED THINGS
Pinprick Scathe meic Beorh

RICH ORTH POETRY GIRLS

Facsimiles! To My LoraLee          
Wisping Words! 10/04/12 11:07pm

SEX DRUGS & HORROR

K. Trap Jones Chalk
Michael Lindquist Ashtray Kiss

BARNYARD HORROR

Greg McWhorter The Horror at Engle Farm
Kerry G. S. Lipp Misery

ROGER COWIN SUCCULENT FLESH

BELLA

SERIAL KILLERS TRES TRIA

Glenn Rolfe The Neighbor           
Mike Jansen Brood Carnival

INDIANA CRIME REVIEW 2013

William J Fedigan Happy as Cotton Candy
Greg McWhorter The Twilight of Men's Lives

BONES

Lily Childs The Ossillatrice Shift
Philip Harris The Bone Boy

CELLAR DOOR

Michael Randolph Luminescence           
T. Fox Dunham Moving Past the Ashes

UGLY BABIES

Dan Dillard Henrietta's Skirt
Essel Pratt Immaculate Deception

INDIANA HORROR REVIEW 2013

A. Henry Keene Delores
Glenn Rolfe  In the Basement of the Amazing Alex Cucumber        

CELLAR DOOR II

Dona Fox The Door           
Dona Fox Me and My . . .
Dona Fox Magur
Dona Fox The Wonder Cave
K. Z. Morano Wooden Lips

No Sight for the Saved

Niall Parkinson's No Sight for the Saved is a fantastic collection of stories and poems from an awesome selection of writers that were inspired by his inspiring collection of artwork.My short story, "Suppress into Relapse" is included in the collection.

"Surreal journeys through landscapes of the angry and abandoned, the lost and lonely and the weak and wounded. These are the realms of the Dead End Collective." The horror art of Niall Parkinson is used for inspiration for the short stories and poetry included in this anthology. This fully illustrated anthology is a wonderful collection of horror fiction inspired by horror art. Seeing is believing, and horror awaits."

• Publisher: James Ward Kirk Publishing (July 12, 2014)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00LRQ6VKY

Demonic Possessions, by JWK Fiction

In Demonic Possessions, my story "Wicked Possession" takes a witchier approach to possession. 

Beware demons. They live amongst us and within us.

• Print Length: 218 pages
• Publisher: James Ward Kirk Publishing (July 1, 2014)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00LGWQH1M

We Are Dust and Shadow, published by JWK Fiction

We Are Dust and Shadow, published by JWK Fiction, includes my short story titled, "Journey of Self Through Purgatory Fields".  The story follows a recently deceased woman that traverses her way through purgatory while searching for the light at the end or the darkness that will consume. 

When I decided to write something for this, I had many ideas but none seemed to stick with me.  So, I just wrote and this story was born. There a a lot of fabulous writers within and I am humbled to share the pages with them.

"A group of wonderful horror poets and writers collaborated to bring you this anthology about life, death and being dead. We all die."

• Print Length: 244 pages
• Publisher: James Ward Kirk Publishing (May 25, 2014)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00KKQSLIW

Serial Killers Quattuor, Published by JWK Fiction

Serial Killers Quattuor, published by JWK Fiction, features my short story titled, "Thus is Life".  I have been interested in the minds of serial killers for as long as I can remember.  This isn't the first serial killer story that I have written, but is the only one written specifically for a book that revolves around the breed.

The entire book is fantastic, and I strongly urge everyone to check it out.  Once finished, please leave a review on Amazon, and be sure to share you favorite tale.

"You, me, the general public, have a fascination for true crime accounts of people like Bundy, and fictional depictions of similar characters in television shows such as Criminal Minds and Dexter. We have a macabre interest in real life serial killers and can't comprehend the pure lack of remorse of these monsters. But yet we can't get enough. So we watch these shows and buy these books and read about these abhorrent yet fascinating criminals. Serial Killers Quattuor is one such work that fulfils our insatiable obsession with serial killers in this terrifying and bloodcurdling short story collection."



Authors: 
Vekah McKeown
William Cook
Dan Weatherer
Carl Fox
Sheldon Woodbury
DJ Tyrer
Eric Nash
Paul Mannering
Michelle Augello-Page
Jonathan R. Daniels
Essel Pratt
Dona Fox
T.S.Woolard
S. MacLeod

• Print Length: 173 pages
• Publisher: James Ward Kirk Publishing (April 8, 2014)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00JK4KV06

Memento Mori: Remember that you Will Die, published by JWK Fiction

Memento Mori, published by JWK Fiction, is an anthology that presented a look into why we must remember that we will die.  Whether it be to plan for the future of our children and grandchildren, or simply to keep us in check, we must remember that it will all end someday.  The story I contributed, "Melancholia Mourning of Self" is a reflective piece that explores a man's final moments as he ponders his life.  We then see a glimpse of his afterlife, and experience his pain due to lack of preparation.

"Death is inevitable. This collection of art, poetry, flash fiction and short storiesaddresses the fact that death is inevitable. The manner of death and the why is important, as is the consequences, before and during the process of death. And what happens after death? Nothing? Everything? Or is it somewhere in between? Remember that we will die. Death is inevitable. More than twenty authors, poets and artists show us our mortality"

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• Print Length: 219 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: James Ward Kirk Publishing (March 31, 2014)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00JEM076C

Bones II, Published by JWK Fiction

Bones II, published by JWK Fiction, contains a short story of mine titled, "Brushing Off the Voices in my Head".  Being included in this anthology was special to me because my 12 year-old daughter had a poem included in the first book of the series.

I have been published in many JWK anthologies recently, and James Ward Kirk is simply an amazing man to work with.  His insight and personal approach is simply amazing.

"There are bones of the dead everywhere, and they’re sharp. Under your feet as you walk across your yard, in the cement of buildings, under the foundation of your home, in the coffee you drink, in the food you eat. Science estimates 100 billion human beings have lived and died. There are bones everywhere. There are skeletons everywhere, from universities to unnamed places we really don’t want to know about. We love skeletons as we are walking skeletons. There’s an old phrase about skeletons in the closet. What if the skeleton in your closet is real? When we look at strangers, friends and family we fail to see the skull behind the face. And the eyes of skulls are dark and deep. These works of art, poetry and short stories cut deep. To the bone."

• Print Length: 231 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0615960332
• Publisher: James Ward Kirk Publishing (January 24, 2014)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00I1LZZAK

Cellar Door 2, published by JWK Fiction

Cellar Door II contains a story written by me called "Dalliance". It is another anthology that I had quite a bit of fun writing for.  I don't know what it is, but the anthologies created by JWK Fiction contain some of my favorite themes to write for. 

"Cellar Door... Linguists call it the most beautiful phrase in the English language based solely on the way it sounds. But as you can imagine, what it represents may be something far more sinister. In a spectacular display of poetry, artwork, fiction, and photography, the talent of fifty contributors is showcased within these pages. Voices from behind cellar doors all over the world come together in unison to whisper in your ear...can you hear them? Are they knocking on your cellar door? Edited by James Ward Kirk, each piece in this anthology has a beautiful title intrinsically connected to the tale that follows, and a door will be the common theme which connects the widely varied styles, genres, and stories told. Will you take your chances and find what's lurking behind your cellar door? This second volume of tales continues the tradition: Words of Beauty, Tales of Terror."

Review

The Editor's Choice Awards for Cellar Door Volume Two go to Matt Cowan for "Numen" and K. K Trap Jones for "A Soul's Lullaby." Everyone wins, though, with this anthology. Congratulations!

From the Back Cover

Contents
 
Poetry  8
Alex S. Johnson  Essence of Ebon, Preserved9
Mathias Jansson Smoky bottles  10
Dona Fox The Door  11
Dona Fox Me and My . . . 11
Dona Fox  Magur  12
Dona Fox The Wonder Cave  13
DJ Tyrer  A Darkness in the Cellar  14
DJ Tyrer  Cellar Door  14
DJ Tyrer  Foundations  15
Robert E. Petras  The Soul Worms  15
Flash Fiction  16
K. Z. Morano  Wooden Lips  17
Essel Pratt  Dalliance  19
Short Stories  22
Dale Hollin  The Last Eulogy  23
Mike Jansen  The Angel's kiss  29
Neil Baker  A Late Summer Afternoon on Cranberry Farm    33
Michael Thomas Knight  The Gates of Lament  40
Dona Fox  Forevermore  56
Greg McWhorter  Sempiternal Denouement  64
David Eccles  The Esoteric Espial 72
Matt Cowan  Numen   76
M. J. Sydney  Ellensburg Blue  84
David Perlmutter  Little Pony Ride  95
Lee Forsythe  Karni Mata  102
Justin Hunter  Geisha White  108
K. Trap Jones   A Soul's Lullaby  117
Lori Safranek Angels Behind Glass  121
Suzy Saylor  A Halcyon Panacea  132
Patrick Lacey  Last Words  142
Kevin Rodgers  The Scent of Jasmine  153
Matthew Wilson  Video Nasty  163
Michael Randolph  Leannan Sídhe  167
Gary Murphy  Horrorwerk  175
Adam Blampied Buried  181
Jason WolfgangGehler  Scarecrow Fields  184
Author Bios  195

Ugly Babies Vol. 2, By JWK Fiction

Writing for Ugly Babies  Vol. 2 was just as fun as writing for the first. I have two pieces included within, "Spontaneous Dysfunction" and Uterine Rapture".  "Uterine Rapture" is a continuation of "Immaculate Deception", which was included in Vol. 1. 

"There’s nothing quite like the birth of a child. Children are born in our likenesses... we treasure their beauty, their innocence, and marvel as they take their first breaths outside of their mother’s womb. In a perfect world, babies are miracles. But as we know, the world is not always perfect. “... then something like a stick insect, enormous bulging eyes among stiff fragilities that were limbs... a small girl all blurred, her flesh guttering and melting... a doll with chalky swollen eyes, its eyes wide and blank, like blue ponds, and its mouth open, showing a swollen little tongue. A lanky boy was skewed, one half of his body sliding from the other. A child seemed at first glance normal, but then Harriet saw there was no back to its head; it was all face, which seemed to scream at her.” -- from Doris Lessing’s Fifth Child What happens when we allow ourselves to conceptualize the horrible possibilities -- the terrifying consequences of childbirth gone wrong -- the unimaginable monstrosity that might be born into this world, or perhaps another -- the worst case scenario of what could but shouldn’t be?"

• Series: Ugly Babies
• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: James Ward Kirk Publishing (January 10, 2014)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0615912087
• ISBN-13: 978-0615912080
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches

Ugly Babies Vol. 1, by JWK Fiction

Ugly Babies Vol. 1 features my short story titled, "Immaculate Deception" which is about a baby that decides to be unborn.  I loved writing this piece, because it was something quite different from what I am used to. Click on the picture to the left to purchase your copy!

"There’s nothing quite like the birth of a child. Children are born in our likenesses. We treasure their beauty...their innocence...we marvel as they take their first breath outside a mother’s womb. In a perfect world, babies are miracles. But as we know, the world is not always perfect. What happens when we allow ourselves to conceptualize the horrible possibilities...the terrifying consequences of childbirth gone wrong...the unimaginable monstrosity that might be born into this world, but from another...the worst case scenario of what could--but should not be? UGLY BABIES: The Anthology. Featuring poetry, artwork, and prose from the dark minds of fifty contributors who want to show YOU their ugly babies."

• Series: Ugly Babies
• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: James Ward Kirk Publishing (October 22, 2013)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0615898300
• ISBN-13: 978-0615898308
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches