Release date: April 3, 2020
Subgenre: Horror anthology
About Arterial Bloom:
Lush. Brutal.
Beautiful. Visceral.
Crystal Lake Publishing proudly presents Arterial Bloom, an artful juxtaposition of the magnificence and macabre that exist within mankind. Each tale in this collection is resplendent with beauty, teeth, and heart.
Edited by the Bram Stoker Award-winning writer Mercedes M. Yardley, Arterial Bloom is a literary experience featuring 16 stories from some of the most compelling dark authors writing today.
With a foreword by HWA Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Linda D. Addison, you are invited to step inside and let the grim flowers wind themselves comfortably around your bones.
Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths.
Beautiful. Visceral.
Crystal Lake Publishing proudly presents Arterial Bloom, an artful juxtaposition of the magnificence and macabre that exist within mankind. Each tale in this collection is resplendent with beauty, teeth, and heart.
Edited by the Bram Stoker Award-winning writer Mercedes M. Yardley, Arterial Bloom is a literary experience featuring 16 stories from some of the most compelling dark authors writing today.
With a foreword by HWA Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Linda D. Addison, you are invited to step inside and let the grim flowers wind themselves comfortably around your bones.
Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths.
Excerpt:
By John Boden
The breeze that slithered through the screen was humid and thick.
It undulated rather than blew across the room. Marta lay on top of
her bedding. Bathed in silver and shadow. Her pale skin was
downright alabaster in the darkness. She stared at the ceiling and
watched the shadows flex and whisper there. She interpreted their
secrets and filed their promises. She remembered the first moment
she realized she was a myth. A walking talking anecdote that was
easily ignored and sharply forgotten at will. She was always the
stain on the carpet in the corner of the room. The stain on her
parents in the corner of their lives. She was just always. She
sniffed back the tears that were running down her face and smiled a
little lopsided thing. On the dawdling air was the scent of
charcoal and flame. That flammable lullaby sang her to sleep.
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