I am happy to announce my story “Mother Sylvia” will appear in the forthcoming Nightscript V from Chthonic Matter. As a reader, the annual October release of this excellent collection of strange tales is one of the highlights of my year. As a writer, I’m delighted to have a second story included in the pages of N. (“The Cuckoo Girls” appeared in Nightscript I.)

No small part of my—I’m running out of synonyms for joy, happy, thrilled, over the moon, squee, etc., so fill in the ____ here—is due to the outstanding company I get to keep as a Nightscripter. Here is the TOC for the 2019 volume, as announced by CM Muller (Hidden Folk, Synth):

“Mother Sylvia”— Patricia Lillie
“The Brambles”— David McGroarty
“American House Spider” — Shannon Scott
“The Plague Victim” — Samuel M. Moss
“Sometimes We’re Cruel” — J.A.W. McCarthy
“The Orchard” — Sean Logan
“Mr. and Mrs. Kett” — Sam Hicks
“Jason’s in the Garden” — Simon Strantzas
“The Parchment Thief” — M.K. Anderson
“The Border”— Dan Stintzi
“Sin Deep” — Tracy Fahey
“Paradise Point” — M.R. Cosby
“The Surgeon” — Mary Portser
“The Surrey Alterations” — Charles Wilkinson
“Eternal Roots of Lane County” — J.C. Raye
“Wed” — Brady Golden
“The Valley” — Casilda Ferrante
“Sitting Shiver” — Adam Meyer
“One For the Wolf” — M. Lopes da Silva

If you’re unfamiliar with this excellent journal of the weird and darksome, check out the previous volumes—along with a Special Bundle Offer for the print editions—here. (Kindle editions also available).

Still on the fence? Don’t just take my word for it:

• A very promising debut anthology.—Ellen Datlow, Best Horror of the Year
• An annual highlight of the genre.—Anthony Watson, Dark Musings
• Weirdness with truth at its heart.—Des Lewis, Real-Time Reviews
• Winner of the 2015 Dark Muse award for “Best Multi-Author Collection”

Nightscript V will be available October 1, 2019.

Before you go, over on his Real-Time Reviews blog, Des Lewis is currently reading and reviewing Twice-Told: A Collection of Doubles. Read along here.