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Wicked Ink Books was launched in 2015 with one goal: Join together a group of sci-fi and fantasy authors and build themed anthologies for our readers to enjoy. Their first release, coming Spring 2016, features the works of authors Corinne O’Flynn, Kristi Helvig, Rebecca Taylor, Sue Duff, Shawn McGuire, Wendy Terrien, and A.G. Henley. To contact any of the individual authors or learn more about their work, please go to the Wicked Ink Books website. Website - http://www.wickedinkbooks.com/ Email - wicked@wickedinkbooks.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/wickedinkbooks/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/wickedinkbooks Newsletter Signup -  http://tinyurl.com/jvdtlmu Seven Fantasy and Science Fiction authors have twisted time into tales of adventure, mystery, horror, and romance. A serial killer returns years later to finish what was started. A coffee shop offers a respite for the cursed. A hangover masks the horrors of the prev...

This week I'll be reviewing one of my most anticipated Zombie books of the year, Zombie Tales from Dead Worlds by Rhiannon Frater. I've been looking forward to another Rhiannon Frater novel for quite some time and this one surely didn't disappoint once I had the chance to read it!! Not that I ever doubted it would of course... Author: Rhiannon Frater Genre: Zombies, Horror, Anthology Published: May 22, 2014 ADD TO GOODREADS …ZOMBIES, INFECTED, DEADERS, BLIGHTERS… Zombie Tales from Undead Worlds contains three exhilarating short stories and three white-knuckle novelettes set in alternate versions of an Earth inhabited with frightening variants of zombies to haunt your waking hours and fill your nightmares.  In The Blanket, a little boy hides as the end of the world enters his home… In The Scavengers, two unique survivors struggle to carve out a life for themselves while being threatened by the most frightful beings of all: humanity… In The ...

Title: "Empower: Fight Like A Girl" Genre: Anthology, Short stories,Various Genres Publisher: Words Empower Media Release date: May 1, 2014 Women of TV have united against lupus! Presenting Empower: Fight Like A Girl , a special collection of short stories by top women writers from some of your favorite shows, including: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Family Guy, Person of Interest, Grimm, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Law & Order: SVU, Star Trek: Voyager, Eureka, Twisted, The 100, Malcolm in the Middle, Millennium, Being Human, The Shield, Castle, Chuck, Gilmore Girls, and Game of Thrones. In this anthology, you'll discover supernatural thrillers, crime mysteries, horror, comedies, and more. Authors contributing stories to this volume include: Amy Berg Cherry Chevapravatdumrong Akela Cooper Liz Edwards Jane Espenson Shalisha Francis & Nadine Knight Lisa Klink Pang-Ni Landrum Lauren LeFranc Kam...

Author: Mark R. Faulkner Genre: Apocalyptic,Horror Length: Novella Publication: February 7, 2014 ADD TO GOODREADS Knowing it would be his final trip down the river, he wished upon a star to be left alone. He didn't realise the stars would answer. Review Infested is a book I picked up on a whim on Amazon one day. It was a Freebie and about a spider apocalypse so I figured why the heck not. Well I'm pleased to say that not only was this book good but it also left me wanting much more!  One of the best parts about this book was the narrator. At first you think he's just some guy taking a lazy stroll down the river until you realize he's far from the innocent day packer he appears to be. In truth, the fact he's so flawed is what ultimately made him likable. He doesn't make apologies for his past grievances and accepts that he did wrong and should make amends. Unfortunately, he never counted on the world turning into one big basket of suck after a s...

 Author(s): Kimberly Derting  |  Sonia Gensler  |  Tessa Gratton  |  Claudia Gray  |  Rachel Hawkins  |  Amanda Hocking  |  Ellen Hopkins  |  Shaun David Hutchinson   |  Julie Kagawa  |  Malinda Lo  |  Myra McEntire  | Saundra Mitchell  |  Jackson Pearce  |  Sarah Rees Brennan  |  Dia Reeves  |  Jon Skovron  |  Jeri Smith Read Genre: Dark Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Harlequin Teen Expected Publication: February 25, 2014 Inspired by classic fairy tales, but with a dark and sinister twist, Grim contains short stories from some of the best voices in young adult literature today. Pre-Order a copy:  Amazon | Barnes & Nobles | Indiebound | Bookdepository  Review I don't read many Anthologies, in fact, I tend to avoid them because I wind up being disappointed by the content inside more ...

Rating: ★★★★ Genre: Post Apocalyptic, Short Stories,Dystopian Publisher: Prime Books Publication Date: July 2, 2013 From the Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh to Norse prophecies of Ragnarok to the Revelations of Saint John to Cormac McCarthy's The Road, and any number of fictional zombie Armageddons and the dystopic world of The Hunger Games, we have always wondered what will happen after the world as we know it ends. No matter what the doomsday scenario - cataclysmic climate change, political chaos, societal collapse, nuclear war, pestilence, or so many other dreaded variations - we inevitably believe that even though the world perishes, some portion of humankind will live on. Such stories involve death and disaster, but they are also tales of rebirth and survival. Grim or triumphant, these outstanding, post-apocalyptic stories selected from the best of those published in the tumultuous last decade allow us to consider what life will be like after the end. Mini...

Buy It Now: Amazon * Kobo Barnes & Noble Darkest Worlds: A Dystopian Anthology An anthology that explores what humans are made of when society falls to its knees. Darkest Worlds includes six original novellas by award-winning authors and best sellers of Young Adult and New Adult Dystopia. All proceeds go to Girls Write Now, a charity that promotes literacy of inner-city girls. Nessa: A Breeders Story by Katie French, author of The Breeders : Eighteen-year-old Nessa knows what it’s like to be an endangered species. Growing up in a dying world where nine out of ten babies are born male, she survives by trusting no one. When Marlin, the nineteen-year-old gunslinger, kills the man who has been keeping her enslaved, Nessa decides he might be her meal ticket. What she doesn’t realize is love is still possible, even in their decimated world. MOON by S.K. Falls, author of World of Shell and Bone : Loyalty. Obedience. Patriotism. Moon Stewart has no doubt that the Ne...

Publication Date: October 16,2012 Publisher: Month9Books In this anthology, 20 authors explore the dark and hidden meanings behind some of the most beloved Mother Goose nursery rhymes through short story retellings. The dark twists on classic tales range from exploring whether Jack truly fell or if Jill pushed him instead to why Humpty Dumpty, fragile and alone, sat atop so high of a wall. The authors include Nina Berry, Sarwat Chadda, Leigh Fallon, Gretchen McNeil, and Suzanne Young. Review: I love fairy tale retellings, I never get tired reading stories I love being reworked and remastered by Authors today. Sometimes the stories are hit, sometimes they are miss. That being said, I was a bit underwhelmed with Two and Twenty Dark Tales. This anthology has 20 stories included in it, many of them told by well known Authors. Still I felt many of the stories fell flat. I also believe since a couple were lesser known tales that could of led to some of the disappointment as the ...