Journalstone's 2010 Warped Words, for Twisted Minds - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936564009 ISBN 13: 9781936564002

Publisher: JournalStone, 2010

Synopsis

JournalStone is pleased to present its 2010 Short Story Anthology. We are excited to announce that our first anthology is exclusively filled with original pieces of work, and we were happy to find so many talented authors interested in participating. The included 14 stories are the winners of JournalStone's first short story contest, and for some, this is their first published piece. We hope you enjoy the combined efforts from a wonderfully gifted group of authors as much as we did here at JournalStone Publications.

--Christopher C. Payne, President JournalStone

From imaginary boyfriends to zombies of all kinds, submerge yourself into the warped minds of several of our twisted brethren. Join us while we relish in those who feast on the flesh and wallow in the pits. Watch as our fellow man is taunted and tormented into insanity. Witness murder through the eyes of victims forced to contemplate their impending bloody demise as they are forced to observe others meeting the same gory end.

You will squirm in your chair as you contemplate which would be worse - being tortured and abused by your next-door neighbor or being eaten alive by the walking dead. Can you trust your own beautiful, perfect child, or is your mother a cold-blooded killer who haunts your nightmares?

You might even begin to question whether the person sitting at the dinner table is actually human at all. Allow us to enlighten you on how gnarled and decayed the black hole of the human soul really is.....

Welcome to JournalStone's 2010 Anthology. Open our pages only if you dare to believe your sanity is firmly intact....

About this title

From the Author:

Contributors:  Cory R. Scales, Jasmine June, Chandru Bhojwani, Annastaysia Savage, Avery K. Tingle, Christopher C. Payne, Rhonda E. Kachur, Morella La Muerte, Michael D. Griffiths, William Todd Rose, Elizabeth Reuter, J. Franklin Evans, Wednesday Lee Friday, Benson Phillip Lott

Corey R. Scales - Corey R. Scales, the son of a Baptist minister and a supervisor for the Social Security Administration, has been everything from a movie theater usher to a Tarot card reader at a psychic hotline. A native of Baltimore, MD., he formerly attended New York City's School of Visual Arts and began focusing on fiction writing as a break from submitting screenplays. His work has appeared on Soren Narnia's former dark fiction site, knifepointhorror, New Visions In Fiction, and Buried.Com. In addition to co-writing issue #1 of the indie comic, Immortal Kiss, Mr. Scales has recently finished his first novel, A Tendency to Start Fires, and a collection of short fiction, Begotten Sons.

Jasmine June - Jasmine June Cabanaw is passionate about two things: writing and dancing. She merges her passions by writing dance history. Her articles can be found on GildedSerpent.com, where she is a regular columnist. She has worked as a journalist and for college magazines. She writes about her travel and dance adventures on her blog: Traveling Belly Dancer.

Chandru Bhojwani - Born in Africa, Chandru grew up between Nigeria, India & the UK. With a Masters in International Business from the University of Westminster, he moved to New York where he worked as a Business Development Manager for three years before returning to Nigeria in 2002 to run a trading company. Chandru has been writing for Beyond Sindh (beyondsindh.com) since 2004 and his debut novel, The Journey of Om was published in India by Cedar Books in late 2009. For more on Chandru visit chandrubhojwani.com

Annastaysia Savage - Annastaysia Savage is a writer and artist who lives and works in the middle of several hundred acres of river bottom forest in Pennsylvania.  She is inspired by anything macabre.  The motivation behind her art and writing comes from scratching at the back door, autumn, stormy nights, black cats, being afraid and gnarled old trees. She has currently completed a YA Fantasy novel in the works for publication, which she is illustrating as well. She also has several short horror stories published.

Avery K. Tingle - Avery K. Tingle was born and raised in San Francisco, California. Throughout his childhood, his mother encouraged him to write, which she continues to do today. Avery currently lives in mid-Missouri with his editor/girlfriend and their cat, Ben, and their dog, Tali.

Christopher C. Payne - Christopher C. Payne was born in January 1967 and grew up in DeSoto, IL. He received his bachelor's degree in finance from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, graduating in 1990. Currently, he lives in San Francisco, CA. In his spare time, he enjoys biking and snowboarding with his three daughters and his fiancée.

Rhonda E. Kachur - Rhonda Kachur AKA Rhonny Reaper is a 20 year old horror fan from Cleveland Ohio who's been watching horror films since the age of 4. Her favorite film is "The Bride of Frankenstein", but she has a soft spot for killer doll films. She is the creator of the horror review blog Dollar Bin Horror (dollarbinhorror.blogspot.com) and the horror picto-blog Monster Beauty (monster-beauty.blogspot.com). She is currently working on a journalistic style zombie book for the Dead On Earth series, her own anthology, and short horror stories for various horror anthologies and magazines. You can check out her personal blog at RhonnyReaper.blogspot.com

Morella La Muerte - When Morella La Muerte isn't dredging up morbid tales from the dark side of her psyche, she works as a caretaker for the elderly. Her literary influences include such writers as Ambrose Bierce, H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, and of course, Edgar Allan Poe. She also cites the late Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery) as a strong influence on her writing style. Morella lives in Colorado with her twenty year old son and her seven cats and two dachshunds. She considers the phrase 'Crazy Cat Lady' a compliment.

Michael D. Griffiths - Michael D. Griffiths is a man who likes to keep busy. He loves camping with his wife in the wilds of Arizona, playing poker, and debating such topics as mysticism, creativity, anarchy, and punk rock. In the past, his writing has been published in periodicals including: Abandoned Towers, C.H.A.O.S., Golden Visions, Innsmouth Free press, M-Brane, Necrology, Rope and Wire, Sonar 4, The Smoking Mirror, and Withersins. He was awarded first place in Withersin's 666 writer's contest. And won first place in the 2009 Golden Visions Online Fiction Contest. He has become the Marketing Manager for Abandoned Towers. He is on the staff of The Daily Discord, Innsmouth Free Press, and The Noise magazines. His Skinjumper Series has been chronicled in M-Brane magazine. Recently The Living Dead Press has published his novel, The Chronicles Of Jack Primus.

William Todd Rose - William Todd Rose is a speculative fiction author currently residing in Parkersburg, WV.  His short fiction has appeared in a variety of magazines and anthologies, as well as having been featured on several podcasts.  To date, his novels include the surreal and experimental Shadow of the Woodpile, the apocalyptic thriller Cry Havoc, and The 7 Habits of Highly Infective People: A Novel of Contagion, Drugs, Time Travel, & the Living Dead.  In the Fall of 2010, Library of the Living Dead Press will release The Dead & Dying, which will soon be followed up with a grindhouse-inspired experiment in brutality entitled Shut the Fuck Up and Die!   For more information on the author, or to download the free e-book Sex in the Time of Zombies, please visit him online at williamtoddrose.com

Elizabeth Reuter - Elizabeth Reuter saw her first horror movie as a kid.  It scared her so badly she had to sleep with her mother for a week, so God knows why she was dumb enough to watch more of the stupid things, but she did.  Now she can't get enough of them, along with horror novels and comics, and she's got a few novels of her own in the works.

J. Franklin Evans - J Franklin Evans lives in Savannah, GA, where by day he works for an insurance company. By night he composes and records heavy metal music, and writes stories and screenplays.

Wednesday Lee Friday - Wednesday Lee Friday lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with some carnivorous plants, a few cats, and her husband. She has a wide range of interests including (but not limited to) writing, cooking, Criminal Minds, preparing for the zombie apocalypse, trying to learn an instrument, more writing, The Simpsons, crafty things, and quality horror of all kinds.  She is a published novelist and produces the audiobook horror podcast, "Take a Stab at This!"  Check her out online at wednesdayleefriday.com

Benson Phillip Lott - Born in Alaska, Benson Lott now lives and works in San Rafael, California, where he has written short stories since age six. He recently completed two novels and a story collection. He is thirty years old.

Review:

Overall WARPED WORDS is a very good collection and worth picking up.  JournalStone is proving to be a contender among the small press of horror and dark fantasy fiction.  ----  Colleen Wanglund --The Horror Fiction Review

About this edition

• Publisher: JournalStone
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1936564009
• ISBN 13: 9781936564002
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 262