Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations

“the stories range from mildly disturbing to downright terrifying . . . most are written in a conservative, suggestive style, relying on the reader’s own imagination to take the plunge from speculation to horror.” —monster librarian reviews

“several of these stories made it on to my best of the year shortlist, and the book itself is now on the best anthologies of the year shortlist.” —british fantasy society

“mr. guignard does an astonishing job of expanding the apparent range of his title into a varied and colorful collection . . . almost any story in this anthology is worth the price of purchase. the entire collection is a delight.” —black gate magazine

Eric J. Guignard is a writer and editor of dark and speculative fiction, operating from the shadowy outskirts of Los Angeles. He's won the Bram Stoker Award, been a finalist for the International Thriller Writers Award, and a multi-nominee of the Pushcart Prize. His stories and non-fiction have appeared in over one hundred genre and literary publications. As editor, Eric's published the anthologies, Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations, After Death..., +Horror Library+ Volume 6, and is soon to release Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror. Read his novella, Baggage of Eternal Night (Journalstone), his short story collection, That Which Grows Wild: 16 Tales of Dark Fiction (Cemetery Dance Publications) and watch for his first novel, Crossbuck 'Bo, which is currently being shopped around. Outside the glamorous and jet-setting world of indie fiction, Eric's a technical writer and college professor, and he stumbles home each day to a wife, children, cats, and a terrarium filled with mischievous beetles.

full contents include:

introduction by eric j. guignard

Angel of Destruction by Cynthia D. Witherspoon

The Door Beyond the Water by David Tallerman

To Run a Stick Through a Fish by Mark Lee Pearson

Quivira by Jackson Kuhl

Directions by Michael G. Cornelius

Quetzalcoatl's Conquistador by Jamie Lackey

Königreich der Sorge (Kingdom of Sorrow) by C. Deskin Rink

Gestures of Faith by Fadzlishah Johanabas

Bare Bones by Curtis James McConnell

British Guiana, 1853 by Folly Blaine

The Nightmare Orchestra by Chelsea Armstrong

The Funeral Procession by Jay R. Thurston

Requiem by Jason Andrew

Gilgamesh and the by Mountain by Bruce L. Priddy

Buried Treasure by Rob Rosen

The Small, Black God by Caw Miller

In Eden by Cherstin Holtzman

We Are Not the Favored Children by Matthew Borgard

Rebirth in Dreams by A.J. French

Whale of a Time by Gitte Christensen

Sins of our Fathers by Wendra Chambers

The Talisman of Hatra by Andrew S. Williams

Sumeria to the Stars by Jonathan Vos Post

The Tall Grass by Joe R. Lansdale

The Island Trovar by JC Hemphill