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You are not alone.
Written by the scariest minds in horror today, these 22 brand-new tales show how monsters are taking back their power in a world that desperately needs an inhuman intervention.
From violent tooth fairies and Twitter-addicted trolls to vengeful vampires and bittersweet Eldritch family holidays, these stories of real-life monsters-both familiar and never-before-seen-will soothe the monstrous soul of every reader.
Because part of you knows that humans are the problem... and monsters are the solution you've been looking for.
Humans Are The Problem: A Monster's Anthology is the premiere short-story anthology from Weird Little Worlds Press and made possible by the generous support from the horror community and Kickstarter backers. It includes:
"When Humans Attack: A Concerning Introduction," by Michael Cluff and Willow Becker
"Root Rot," by Sarah Read
"Taffy Sweet," by Michaelbrent Collings
"The Dawn Woman," by Calvin Cleary
"Who We Are," by L.H. Moore
"Aquarium Diver," by Philip Fracassi
"Nothing Personal," by Georgia Cook
"Woof," by Patrick Barb
"If Wishes Were," by John Langan
"On This Side of the Veil," by Gabino Iglesias
"Epic Troll," by Auston Habershaw
"The Man and Seaweed and Reeds," by Corey Farrenkopf
"The Sound," by Leah Claire Kaminski
"Poor Butcher-Bird," by Gemma Files
"Crack of the Bat," by T.J. Tranchell
"A Clean Kill," by Justin Guleserian
"Mea Tulpa," by Gordon Linzner
"In the House of the Elementals," by Lisa Morton
"Passed On," by Die Booth
"The Blanch," by Dominick Cancilla
"My Friend Nessie," by J.H. Moncrieff
"Laurel's First Chase," by Christi Nogle
John Langan
John Langan is the author of two novels, The Fisherman and House of Windows, and two collections of stories, The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies and Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters. With Paul Tremblay, he coedited Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters. He's one of the founders of the Shirley Jackson Awards, for which he served as a juror during its first three years. Currently, he reviews horror and dark fantasy for Locus magazine.
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Gemma Files
Gemma Files, a former film critic, journalist, screenwriter, and teacher, has been an award-winning horror author since 1999. She has published two collections of short work; two chapbooks of speculative poetry; the “weird western” Hexslinger Series; a story-cycle; and the standalone novel Experimental Film, which won the 2016 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel and the 2016 Sunburst Award for Best Adult Novel. Files also has several story collections and a collection of poetry forthcoming.
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