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Monstrous transplants. Appalling amputations. Bizarre implants. Nightmarish forms of body enhancements. Disturbing, perverse, often gut-wrenching stories--all between the covers of this anthology. Here are 20 tales by some of today's best horror, suspense, and science fiction writers. The stories are not for those who are faint of heart or squeamish, or who are easily offended by nasty language, bloody violence, and freakish body augmentations. You've been warned!
Bootstrap--The Binds of Lasolastica -- Michael Bailey
Idol -- Michael Laimo
Unplugged -- Adrienne Jones
Comfort -- Charles Colyott
You With Me -- Christopher Nadeau
The Shaping -- Scott Nicholson
Something Borrowed -- J. Gregory Smith
Equilibrium -- John Shirley
Sawbones -- L.L. Soares
Whirling Machine Man -- Aaron J. French
Sex Object -- Graham Masterton
The Sad, Not-So-Sad, Ballad of Goat-Head Jean, Ambivalent Devil Queen -- Michael Louis Calvillo
Locks of Loathe -- Jezzy Wolfe
By Hook -- Elliott Capon
Creeping Death -- Armand Rosamilia
Paraphilia -- Lisa Mannetti
Independence Day -- P.I, Barrington
Marvin's Angry Angel -- Jonathan Templar
Change of Heart -- Rob M. Miller
Hearing Mildred -- Weldon Burge
"If director David Cronenberg edited an anthology, this would be that book." -- HORROR WORLD
"Hardcore studies of shocking monstrosities that will enthrall and entice even the most hardened horror fan." -- FANGORIA
"This anthology will not let you down!" -- TALES OF HORROR
Weldon Burge
Weldon Burge is a suspense and horror writer and publisher. His debut thriller, Harvester of Sorrow: An Ezekiel Marrs Thriller, is the first in a proposed series. His fiction has appeared in many publications, including magazines, anthologies, and story collections. Weldon frequently writes author interviews and penned the how-to manual, Getting the Story Straight: The Whys and Hows of Submitting Stories to Anthologies. He often leads workshops on writing techniques and enjoys working with other writers in his field. Weldon and his wife, Cindy, founded Smart Rhino Publications, an independent publishing company that focuses primarily on suspense and horror anthologies, including the Zippered Flesh body horror trilogy, the Assassins series (Uncommon Assassins, Insidious Assassins, and Asinine Assassins), and the anthologies Someone Wicked and A Plague of Shadows. His short story collections, Toxic Candy: Tales of Suspense, Fantasy, & Horror and Broken: Stories of Damaged Psyches, were also published by Smart Rhino. Learn more about Weldon at www.weldonburge.com.
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