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About Brian J. Smith
Brian J. Smith has been featured in numerous anthologies, e-zines, and magazines in both the mystery and horror genres. His books The Tuckers, and Three O’Clock are still available on Amazon for Kindle. He lives in southeastern Ohio where he eats more than enough spicy food that no human being should ever consume, already has too many books and buys more, and doesn’t drink enough coffee to suit his palate and cheers on The Ohio State Buckeyes.
His first book, Dark Avenues, is available on Amazon for both Kindle and paperback this December.
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33 Original Tales About Summer's Darker Side
Inspired by an earworm from a song in the 1978 film, Grease, "summer lovin'" became “summer bludgeon.” Voila! A new collection was born. The stories, poems, and art included in this collection highlight the dark corners of our hearts. They pull back the curtains and show us people at odds, broken relationships, romantic love gone terribly wrong. Cold deeds and chilling words unfold against the simmering backdrop of the "warmest" season of the year.
Stories, art, and poetry included:‘A Daughter’s Love’ by Ewan A. Dougall
‘A Swing and a Mistress’ by Jahmil Effend
‘Bag It Up’ by Allison Vincent
‘Benny’s Last Hike’ by Juleigh Howard-Hobson
‘Cerulean Pools of Arizona’ by Corey Lynn Fayman
‘Checkmate’ by Robin Knabel
‘Complicated’ by Elliott Orchard-Blowen
‘Consternation 2bb by Edward Michael Supranowicz
‘Coonhounds, For Instance’ by Justin Thurman
‘Crimes Against Fashion’ by Amanda Nicholson
‘Death by Porn’ by Amanda Nicholson
‘Dinner for Two’ by Ken Luer
‘Double Play’ by Bev Vincent
‘Evidence' by Frank William Finney
‘Gone Without a Trace' by H. Dair Brown
‘Help Yourself’ by Brandon Barrows
‘Hopelessly Devoted’ by Katie Brunecz
‘Nest’ by Mark Thomas
‘Nightshade’ by Edward Michael Supranowicz
‘Old Friends’ by Gay McKenna
‘P’ by Lee Pletzers
‘Rendezvous on the Riviera’ by Elyse Kallen
‘The Class Ring’ by Shannon Lawrence
‘The Dullingham Murder’ by Chris Wheatley
‘The Getaway’ by Brian J. Smith
‘The Glass Cage’ by Joseph J Dowling
‘The Last Summer’ by Christine Eskilson
‘The Tangled Web’ by Eric Knabel
‘This Small Matter About Some Diamonds’ by JM Connors
‘Song of the Summer’ by Jacob Steven Mohr
‘Stuck’ by Yvette Viets Flaten
‘Tony Rock n’ Roll, or The First Last Day of Disco’ by Sebastian Corbascio
‘Wasted’ by Cath S Nichols
‘Worse Things’ by Joseph S. Walker
Not everything that emerges in springtime is meant to come to life.
The proverbial expression “Hope springs eternal” was coined by English poet and satirist Alexander Pope, meaning people will keep on hoping, no matter the odds. But what if the odds aren’t in your favor? We decided to change the phrase into something a little more unsettling: Hope Screams Eternal.
Spring hearkens thoughts of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection, and regrowth. What happens when creative minds nurture a more sinister mindset, awakening twisted and nefarious interpretations of the season of eternal hope?
Authors, poets, and artists from around the globe accepted our challenge to answer that question. Within these pages, they do their best to unsettle you as they explore the dark side of spring. The seeds of doubt they sow will burrow into your subconscious, lying in wait to hatch when you least expect it.
So get cozy, settle into your comfiest seat, and relax (but don't let down your guard!) as we bring your hopes and fears to life.
Stories, poems, and art by:
- ‘Hope Comes to Exhilaration’ © 2021 Ellen Hall
- ‘The Flames of Hope’ © 2021 Zenni Abdon
- ‘Hope Is the Thing with Feathers’ and ‘Scream’ © 2021 Fawn Allesee Russell
- ‘Hope Rekindled’ © 2021 Robin Knabel
- ‘Hope for the Future’ © 2021 Matias Travieso-Diaz
- ‘Hope from Rana-257’ © 2021 Joseph Hirsch
- ‘Hope Amid Shelves’ © 2021 Karen Lethlean
- ‘High Hopes for Hassenpfeffer’ © 2021 Caitlin Moon
- ‘hope is yellow-coloured’ © 2021 Kai Leung
- ‘The Eternal Hazard of Hope’ © 2021 John Riebow
- ‘When the Rabbit Screams’ © 2021 A.C. Grant
- ‘The Scream Series’ © 2021 Moses Ojo
- ‘Screams from the Hinterland’ © 2021 H. Dair Brown
- ‘Burning Cities, Screaming Bodies’ © 2021 Sandip Baidya
- ‘Screaming at the Moon’ © 2021 Elyse Kallen
- ‘A Murder of Screams’ © 2021 Mark McCallum
- ‘Screams from the Gallery’ © 2021 Alex Woodroe
- ‘Screams in Space’ © 2021 Nicholas Knight
- ‘Hope Screams Internal,’ ‘Hope Screams Nocturnal,’ and ‘Hoppy Screams Eternal’ © 2021 Jonathan Reddoch
- ‘Eternal Rest’ © 2021 Chris Lilienthal
- ‘The Eternal’s Hidden Queen’ © 2021 Eric Knabel
- ‘The Eternal Mr. Tremblay’ © 2021 Brian J. Smith
- ‘The Cure Eternal’ © 2021 A. Bratton
- ‘The Eternal Slumbering Terror’ © 2021 Ryan Day
- ‘Eternally, Swans’ © 2021 Ashley Winter
- ‘Eternal Wake’ © 20
Donald Trump: 45th President of the United States, businessman and television personality, iconoclast and polarizer. This anthology is a time capsule which captures the hopes and fears, thoughts and ideas of writers from all over the world who were asked to share a story in which Trump is the muse. He does not have to be the main character, however, the story must show the type of world which might result from his policies.
The many worlds created includes:
* an app which requires self-sacrifice to prove that one is a true American;
* a wizard who can make dreams come true in exchange for good PR;
* a smart politician who created the wall to stop the zombies;
* Secret Service agents making difficult choices to save America;
* medieval kings demanding loyalty from both men and nature;
. . .along with people trapped in apocalyptic worlds containing vampires, a never ending trivia game show, clones, aliens and more!
Prepare to laugh, cry and become angry enough to fire the people around you (or maybe not)!
The fantastic writers selected for this book includes: Shaun Avery (UK), Emad El-Din Aysha (Egypt), Marleen S. Barr (USA), Ross Baxter (UK), Jared Bennett (USA), Gustavo Bondoni (Argentina), Timothy Carter (Canada), Maggie DeMay (USA), Livia Finucci (UK), Bryan Grafton (USA), G. Gray (UK), Jacob Guyon (USA), Mathias Jansson (Sweden), Koom Kankesan (Canada), Joanna Koch (USA), Matthew Kresal (USA), Art Lasky (USA), Michael Manzer (USA), Chris McGrane (Australia), Melissa R. Mendelson (USA), Will Morton (USA), Ira Nayman (Canada), E. Reyes (USA), Aaron C. Smith (USA), Brian J. Smith (USA), Priya Sridhar (USA), Ramona Thompson (USA), DJ Tyrer (UK), Wondra Vanian (USA/UK), Paul Williams (Australia) and Emenual Wolff (USA).
From spooky ghost kids to zombie trick-or-treaters, poisonous treats from serial killers to statues coming alive, this anthology from Black Ink Fiction has 150+ bite-sized horror treats for your enjoyment.
From more than 50 international authors, these wintery drabbles have been crafted to remind you that before you can have the rebirth of spring, first there must be death.
With stories from over thirty authors including Eleanor Merry, Natasha Sinclair, David Green, Jason Myers, Dawn DeBraal, Chris Miller, Alanna Robertson-Webb, Gary McDonough, Todd Love , Cassandra Angler, Ruthann Jagge, Angela Glover, Wendy Cheairs, Josh A. Murphy, John Adams, Shawn M. Klimek, Scott McGregor, Charlotte O'Farrell, Tina Merry, Kevin J. Kennedy, Brian J Smith, Nicole Henning, Lance Dale, M. Ennenbach, Leon Sluyter, N.M Brown, David Bowmore, Vic Kerry, P.J Blakey-Novis, Meera Dandekar, David Simms, Rachael Boucker, Diane Arrelle, Claire Davon, Marina Schnierer, Benjamin Chadwick, Cher Finver, Beluah Vega, Surina Venkat, Galina Trefil, Joshua E. Borgmann, Charles Welch, Sydney Jones and J.A. Skelton
Dark Celebration is book 4 in the holiday horror collection
Dark X-Mas
Dark Valentine
Dark Solstice
Dark Celebration
Coming soon: Dark Halloween
The Fall 2017 issue features Aaron J. French, Justin Boote, Neal Privett, Charles Tillerman, Brian J. Smith, Michael D. Nye, Timothy Wilkie, John Michael Osborne, Kristen Houghton, Russell J. Dorn, Steve Carr, Morgan Tanner, Dusty Davis, Brandon Gulling, Norbert Hirschhorn, D.J. Tyrer, Unearthly Demagogue, Eliana Gradishar, Brian Fanelli, Paul Sohar, Ace G. Pilkington, Christopher Hivner, Linda M. Crate, Milenko Županovic, Katherine Gethin, Robin Whitehead, John Grey, Peter Coleborn, Vulture, Claudia Gironi, Jeremiah Kauffman, Denny E. Marshall, Bianca Walker, and Naty Sorokina.
The strange phone calls.
The flying chair.
Why had everything occurred at this time?
Darrell Langdon was about to find out...in a hard way.
Sixteen-year old Mark Foster has embraced his summer—for as long as it took him to ruin it. After breaking the front window of the house at the end of the block, he’s condemned to doing chores for the new neighbors. But the more he befriends them, he notices they’re hiding something; something that could turn his world completely upside down.
After thirteen year old Mylee and her cousin Jared investigate the dark and empty house, she begins to have nightmares about the house's horrific past. Then, Jared begins acting strange; very strange.
Nothing will prepare Mylee for the shocking truth about 1342 Lindley Road.