I have a new story, "Thirteen Horses," in the Descent Into Darkness anthology. In print and  Kindle. Check out the cool cover! 700+ pages!

​What keeps you awake at night?

Murder and monsters...
Demons and forces of evil...
Ghosts and urban legends...
Dive into the darkness with twenty tales of terror that will keep you awake long after the lights go out.

A horror anthology featuring featuring several best-selling and award-winning authors from around the globe, "Descent into Darkness" contains a variety of terrifying short stories and novellas.
Includes:
Baba by Tony Urban
Blood Note by Sylvester Barzey 
Nail Gun Glissando by Steve Vernon 
The Evil in Devil’s Creek by Paul B. Kohler 
What’s Been Keeping Me Awake by Amanda Luzzader 
Mark of Perdition by R. L. Blalock
The Sun Makes Me Turn Purple by Gretta Penelope
Send in the Clowns by David J. Schmidt
The Nine Lives of Captain Osborne by E.E. Isherwood
They Want to Die, Let ‘em by L J Parker
Simon Says by Rachel McClellan
The Door by Delia Rai 
** Thirteen Horses by C.A. Verstraete
Zombie Apocalypse by Max Lockwood
Fetch by Joe Jackson
Knock, Knock by Cindy Carroll
His Model Son by Brian J.W. Lee
Ascension by G M Sherwin
Through a Dark Wood by Shayne Rutherford
Lock and Key by Patrick Logan


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 * This week's events:
* Brain to Books Cyber Con & Book Expo starts Thurs, 4/7!
​See all events on the B2Bcycon home page. - visit the Book Expo!

* See genre events:
I'm in the Horror and Fantasy blog hops
* Check my blog for horror scavenger hunt details

See all Blog Hop stops:
* Check out WJ Howard's views on Horror Best Believable - 
* And check out my Real Life horror post on her blog
* Rosemary Johns talks about urban fantasy and her Rebel Vampires series
* My Lizzie Borden and Dark Fantasy post

Other recent events:

* Check out the Haunt Jaunts show recap from my recent appearance on Courtney Mroch's radio show on ParaMania Radio.

* Talking horror in Women of Horror: A Celebration at
Justin Hamelin's Mangled Matters blog

 Spur of the moment, went to the Waukesha (WI) Zombie Walk on Oct. 29. The annual event (7th-8th year?) hosted by Jeremy and Heather was a lot of fun! 

Here are just a few of the memorable "characters" I came across.... This Victorian couple has to be the best I've seen. They look like they just stepped out of a picture frame!​

 - (f * Here's the schedule at GirlZombieAuthors! * 

 Halloween Reads

Weds 10/26 –Ten Halloween Reads 

Thurs 10/27 – John Linwood Grant, Ghosts & Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Grey

Fri 10/28 – Tim Prasil’s Ghostly Detective

Sat 10/29 – A.F. Stewart – Fireside Chat with Regency Serial Killers – short story! 

Fireside Chat with Lizzie Borden (from Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter) - short story

Sun 10/30  - Giving New Life to “Undead” Dolls, feature by Christine Verstraete
 
Mon 10/31 -  M.P.  McDonald’s Infection  - Character interview with Cole Evans! 

Lizzie Borden’s Point of View at M.P.  McDonald’s blog  



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