Shadow Masters: An Anthology from The Horror Zine

Fear casts a long shadow, and shadows take many shapes...

From award-winning editor, Jeani Rector, who brought you the terrifying anthology, WHAT FEARS BECOME, comes a wicked brew of spine-tingling fiction. Featuring never before published works from best-selling authors such as Bentley Little, Yvonne Navarro, Scott Nicholson, Melanie Tem, Elizabeth Massie, Earl Hamner, Simon Clark, Cheryl Kaye Tardif, Ronald Malfi, Lisa Morton, Jeff Bennington, JG Faherty and many others, this chilling collection of works also includes a foreword from Joe R. Lansdale.

From classic horror and exciting suspense to Twilight Zone-type speculative fiction with twisted endings, SHADOW MASTERS: An Anthology from The Horror Zine delves into the darkest corners of our nightmares and delivers the shivers.

Table of Contents



FOREWORD by Joe R. Lansdale

THE THING THAT WAS NOT THERE by James Marlow

RED VELVET by Shaun Meeks

THE END OF THE TRAIL by Bentley Little

SAME SEX VAMPIRE WEDDING by Garrett Rowlan

THE CHURCH by Matthew Wilson

HOLODOMOR GIRL by Yvonne Navarro

THE HUNG PREACHER by Scott Nicholson

THE UNKNOWN by Chris Castle

DON'T FEED THE DOG by Rick McQuiston

THE CLASSMATE by Melanie Tem

ABANDONED by Bruce Memblatt

WET BIRDS by Elizabeth Massie

FEARFUL SYMMETRY by Devon Carey

"COME DOWN TO THE STORE, MINERVA!" by Earl Hamner

THE PEOPLE EATERS by Christian A. Larsen

101 DAMNATIONS by Carl Barker

THE TIN HOUSE by Simon Clark

THE CELLAR by Tim Jeffreys

PIG by Michael Thomas-Knight

DREAM HOUSE by Cheryl Kaye Tardif

THE LAST MEMORY by Dominick Nole

THE WOOD WITCH by Jonathan Chapman

THE HOUSEWARMING by Ronald Malfi

I AM THE FEEDER by Christopher Hivner

RED INK by Lisa Morton

SASSAFRAS by John T. Biggs

TOMMY BOY by JM Cozzoli

WILLARD JUNCTION by Christopher Nadeau

SUKA: THE WHITE WOLF by Jeff Bennington

SEEING THE LIGHT by William C. Rasmussen

THEM OL' NEGRO BLUES by JG Faherty

HAPPY CTHULHU TO YOU by Lance Zarimba

THE GREMLIN by David W. Landrum

FLAME OF FREEDOM by Aaron J. French



Editor's Corner

REANIMATED by Jeani Rector

THE FAMOUS FILM STAR by Jeani Rector

FOUNDLINGS by Dean H. Wild