Nightscript: Volume II

Edited by C. M. Muller.

An annual anthology of strange and darksome tales by twenty-one of the finest contemporary scribes. Michael Griffin, Kristi DeMeester, Christopher Slatsky, J.T. Glover, Eric J. Guignard, Malcolm Devlin, Gwendolyn Kiste, Ralph Robert Moore, Christopher Ropes, Steve Rasnic Tem, Jason A. Wyckoff, Gordon White, Nina Shepardson, Kurt Fawver, Rowley Amato, Charles Wilkinson, H.V. Chao, Daniel Mills, Rebecca J. Allred, Matthew M. Bartlett, José Cruz.

Contents:

• “The Carnival Arrives in Darkness” — Michael Griffin
• “In the Dark, Quiet Places” — Kristi DeMeester
• “Phantom Airfields” — Christopher Slatsky
• “En Plein Air” — J.T. Glover
• “The Inveterate Establishment of Daddano & Co.” — Eric J. Guignard
• “White Elephants” — Malcolm Devlin
• “Reasons I Hate My Big Sister” — Gwendolyn Kiste
• “Nearness” — Ralph Robert Moore
• “This Lonely Hecatomb” — Christopher Ropes
• “Apartment B” — Steve Rasnic Tem
• “Understairs” — Jason A. Wyckoff
• “As Summer’s Mask Slips” — Gordon White
• “And Elm Do Hate” — Nina Shepardson
• “A Silence of Starlings” — Kurt Fawver
• “Aycayia” — Rowley Amato
• “The White Kisses” — Charles Wilkinson
• “Down by the River” — H.V. Chao
• “Arena” — Daniel Mills
• “From the Fertile Dark” — Rebecca J. Allred
• “No Abiding Place on Earth” — Matthew M. Bartlett
• “Pause for Laughter” — José Cruz