Kathryn Ptacek – författare

Hearing, sight, touch, smell, and taste: Our impressions of the world are formed by our five senses, and so too are our fears, our imaginations, and our captivation in reading fiction stories that embrace these senses.

Whether hearing the song of infernal caverns, tasting the erotic kiss of treachery, or smelling the lush fragrance of a fiend, enclosed within this anthology are fifteen horror and dark fantasy tales that will quicken the beat of fear, sweeten the flavor of wonder, sharpen the spike of thrills, and otherwise brighten the marvel of storytelling that is found resonant!

Editor Eric J. Guignard and psychologist Jessica Bayliss, PhD also include companion discourse throughout, offering academic and literary insight as well as psychological commentary examining the physiology of our senses, why each of our senses are engaged by dark fiction stories, and how it all inspires writers to continually churn out ideas in uncommon and invigorating ways.

Featuring stunning interior illustrations by Nils Bross, and including fiction short stories by such world-renowned authors as John Farris, Ramsey Campbell, Poppy Z. Brite, Darrell Schweitzer, and Richard Christian Matheson, amongst others.

Intended for readers, writers, and students alike, explore THE FIVE SENSES OF HORROR!

"The Cheshire-Cat," by Lewis Carroll"All in the Golden Afternoon," by Marilyn "Mattie" Brahen"Fat Cat," by Robert Reginald"Alex," by Mary A. Turzillo"The Cat-Tracker Lady of Asad Alley," by A. R. Morlan"A Limp Dead Cat in My Arms," by Michael Hemmingson"The Ruined Queen of Harvest World," by Damien Broderick"Stories of Cat Sagacity," by W. H. G. Kingston"Mau," by Douglas Menville"Cat in the Box," by A. R. Morlan"Purple," by Mary A. Turzillo"Ebenezer Wheezer (c1972-1990)," by Douglas Menville"Concerning the ''Pretty Lady''," by Helen M. Winslow"The Boys," by Kathryn Ptacek"Reverence for Cats," by Mark Twain"''...And Mongo Was His Name-O''," by A. R. Morlan"Tommy''s Cat," by David C. Smith"Tatiana," by Mary A. Turzillo"Lin Jee," by Mary A. Turzillo"The Squaw," by Bram Stoker"How the Former Pets Survive or Die," by Michael Hemmingson"Cat Burglar," by Kathryn Ptacek"Puss in Boots: Two Versions," by Charles Perrault and Dinah Maria Mulock"No Heaven Will Not Ever Heaven Be...," by A. R. Morlan"The Queen''s Cat," by Peggy Bacon"Chocolate Kittens from Mars," by Mary A. Turzillo"Cats Can Colonize Mars," by Mary A. Turzillo"Cat Anecdotes," edited by Adam White"The Adventure of the Hanoverian Vampires," by Darrell Schweitzer"The Beancounter''s Cat," by Damien Broderick"A Little Pinch Is All You Need," by A. R. Morlan"They Always Die," by Michael Hemmingson"Scout," by Mary A. Turzillo"The Cat," by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman"The Hunter''s Mothers," by Mary A. Turzillo"Hunger," by A. R. Morlan "Ryah''s Guest," by Robert Reginald

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AFTER I STOPPED SCREAMING, by Pamela SargentTHE LADY AND THE VAMPIRE, by William P. McGivernMOVING DAY (NIGHT?), by Kathryn PtacekCROSS OF FIRE, by Lester del ReyTHE MAN WHO CRIED "WEREWOLF" by William P. McGivernPOURING THE FOUNDATIONS OF A NIGHTMARE, by Nina Kiriki HoffmanTHE TERROR BY NIGHT, by Lewis ListerTHE WORM, by David H. KellerWHEN BRASSET FORGOT, by Harcourt FarmerJUGGERNAUT, by C.J. HendersonTHE FANGS OF TSAN-LO, by Jim KjelgaardFIRE OF SPRING, by George ZebrowskiHELL''S BELLES, by Robert ReginaldRETURN OF THE UNDEAD, by Otis Adelbert Kline & Frank Belknap LongTHE MONSTERTHE MUMMY AND MISS NITOCRIS, by George GriffithTHE SPECTRE SPIDERS, by William J. WintleA BIT OF THE DARK WORLD, by Fritz LeiberTHE TODDLER PIT, by A. R. MorlanTHE MIDWIFE, by Cynthia WardSHORT AND NASTY, by Darrell SchweitzerDER FLEISCHBRUNNEN, by Mark McLaughlinRENT, by Brian Stableford

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