"Corpse Blossoms is the best, most consistently satisfying anthology I've read in years . . . Clearly these stories were chosen for good writing first and foremost over simple shocks, which is refreshing as hell."

~ Jack Ketchum, author of The Girl Next Door and Off Season

Corpse Blossoms: Volume I, edited by Julia and R.J. Sevin, is a limited edition hardcover that gathers original and masterful works by twenty-four of the top names in horror fiction.

In "Finding Father," Bentley Little tells of a trucker's obsessive search for his less-than-human father.

In Ramsey Campbell's tale, "Skeleton Woods," a journey to the woods of his youth reveals a man's dementia . . . and some sinister secrets.

In "Need," the terrible truth of a mother's choice is revealed through a dozen fragmented perspectives by Gary A. Braunbeck (author of In Silent Graves).

Tom Piccirilli spins a somber tale of one man's last desperate fight to redeem a squandered life.

A reporter's sanity unravels after viewing a video never meant to be seen in "Empathy," a terrifying and topical novelette by Kealan Patrick Burke (author of The Hides and The Turtle Boy).

In "The Weight of Silence," the tragedy of infant death and the fragility of a new mother's mind are explored by Scott Nicholson (author of The Home and The Manor).

"The Smell of Fear," a sensory kaleidoscope of deadpan insanity, is presented by Bev Vincent (author of The Road to the Dark Tower).

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Road Less Travelled -- Joseph Nassise Foreword White Shrouds of Memory -- Ward Carey Parker An Average Insanity, A Common Agony -- Tom Piccirilli Wednesday -- Michael Canfield Brian Freeman -- Running Rain Whatever Happened to Shangri-La? -- Larry Tritten Windows -- Erin MacKay Hexerei -- Darren Speegle Mysteries of the Colon -- Steve Rasnic Tem The Man in the Corner -- Eric Shapiro Disposal of the Body -- Marion Pitman The Smell of Fear -- Bev Vincent Feed Them -- Patricia Russo The Weight of Silence -- Scott Nicholson Skeleton Woods -- Ramsey Campbell Need -- Gary A. Braunbeck The Last Few Curls of Gut Rope -- Steve Vernon Finding Father -- Bentley Little Empathy -- Kealan Patrick Burke The God of Discord -- Steve Wedel Because Afterwards, They Pull the Shades -- Clifford Brooks The Chatterer in the Darkness -- Lee Clark Zumpe Victrola's Way to Pay -- Athena Workman All That's Left After the Big One Drops -- Nick Mamatas A Ragnarok Without Gods -- Michail Velichansky

Don't forget: 10% of the proceeds from Corpse Blossoms sales will be given to the March of Dimes.

The unsigned edition (limited to 500 copies, currently in stock and ready to ship) defies the paradigm of horror imagery and tones. Copper foil embossing acts as a delicate accent to the natural green palette and pale blue dust jacket. Each design element, from the classic fonts to the interior spot illustrations, is subtle and paradoxical to the book's more ominous contents.

The upcoming signed edition (also limited to 500 copies and due out in May) will be even lovelier. Bound in red faux leather and featuring a revised dust jacket design with all new art, this edition of Corpse Blossoms will have unique touches that reflect the editors' recent experiences in returning to their hurricane-ravaged home in New Orleans.

The lettered edition, limited to 26 leatherbound, foil embossed copies housed in a stunning wood and leather traycase, will be available in early 2007.