“The Black Marble Griffon” was first published as a separate story in Hypnos Magazine of Radiumtown Press in November 2014. The story won the 1st Prize Award in the Hypnos international short story competition for 2014.
“Helen Screaming” was first published as a separate story in Dragon Tempest Anthology #2 of Dragon Knight Chronicles Press in July 2015. The story won the 1st Prize Award in the Dragon Knight Chronicles international short story competition for 2015. Permission to reprint in this collection was graciously granted by Kathryn Jenkins, Horror Editor, Dragon Knight Chronicles, in an email dated March 25, 2016.
“The Wasps” was first published as a separate story in Aestas 2014 of Fabula Press in November 2014. The story won the 1st Prize Award in the Aestas 2014 international short story competition. Permission to reprint in this collection was graciously granted by Anirban Ray Choudhury, Editor, Fabula Press, in an email dated March 26, 2016.
The following works were first published as individual stories and poems in the indicated horror anthologies from Zimbell House Publishing, LLC, in the USA in the period 2014-2016. Permission to reprint them in this collection was graciously granted in an email of March 23, 2016, by Evelyn Zimmer, Publisher.
“The Brass Gong,” Curse of the Tomb Seekers, December 2015
“Camp Fire Stories,” On a Dark and Snowy Night, March 2016
“End Times Constrictor,” sonnet included in “Camp Fire Stories,” On a Dark and Snowy Night, March 2016, was first published in the Writers Treasury Dragon Knight Chronicles Halloween Contest in November 2015
“The Creature from the Black Stone Reservoir,” Dark Monsters, January 2016
“Curse of the Ship Burial,” Curse of the Tomb Seekers, December 2015
“Pandemic from the Grave,” Tales from the Grave, October 2015
The following works were first published as individual stories in the indicated horror anthologies from Horrified Press in the United Kingdom in the period 2014-2016. Permission to reprint them in this collection was graciously granted in an email of March 24, 2016, by Nathan J.D.L. Rowark, Editor.
“Body Wagon,” Detectives of the Fantastic, Volume 2, Thirteen O’Clock Press Horrified Press, November 2015
“The Cold Ghost Tentacles,” Loch Shock Horrified Press, December 2014
“The Crypt Back of the Asylum,” Supernatural Full Moon Books Horrified Press November 2015
“Montage,” Supernatural Full Moon Books Horrified Press November 2015
“The Plasmoid,” Oh So Naughty Full Moon Books Horrified Press January 2016
“Ridge Riders,” Detectives of the Fantastic, Volume 3, Thirteen O’Clock Press Horrified Press, Not Yet Published March 2016
“The Visitor,” Tales from the Graveyard Thirteen O’Clock Press Horrified Press March 2016
“The Zombie Tontine,” October’s End Horrified Press, September 2015
“Hornpipes for Mariah,” was first published as a separate story in the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Anthology of Audio Arcadia Rickshaw Productions in England in July 2016. Permission to republish it in this collection was graciously granted on March 25, 2016, by Lindsay Fairgrieve, Editor.
“Rictus II,” a story included in “Camp Fire Stories,” On a Dark and Snowy Night, Zimbell House Publishing LLC, March 2016 was first published separately online in 2015 at https://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=160966 by EDHAT Santa Barbara. The story received an honorable mention in Edhat's 7th annual Halloween story writing contest.
“Unholy Names,” a sonnet included in “Camp Fire Stories,” On a Dark and Snowy Night, Zimbell House Publishing LLC, March 2016 was first published separately online in October 2015 by Booksie at http://www.booksie.com/horror/novel/everafterdarling/spooky-halloween-poetry-contest-2015/chapter/1 http://www.booksie.com/mystery_and_crime/poetry/wickengel/unholy-names
“Moonstruck,” a sonnet included in “Camp Fire Stories,” On a Dark and Snowy Night, Zimbell House Publishing LLC, March 2016 was first published separately online in Massacre Magazine in the United Kingdom in October 2014.
"The Worm Snakes” was first published in the JU-LIT-ZINE by Jotters United in March 2015 at the following URL: http://jottersutd.wix.com/jotters-united#!Other-Places/cm3r/BlankListItem0_i6vyt7rn32_0 . Permission to republish it in this collection was graciously granted on March 28, 2016, by Nick Gerrard, Editor.