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Shallow Waters Vol.4: A Flash Fiction Anthology (A Series of Supernatural Stories) Kindle Edition
Shallow Waters—where secrets are buried, and nightmares are born.
Dive into the depths of darkness with 21 chilling tales of horror and dark fiction in Shallow Waters Vol.4, the anthology series where morbid fates await and nothing stays buried. It’s a collection of twisted love, karma, death, and spectral mysteries that promise to tear away the façade of the everyday and expose the haunting truths beneath.
Shallow Waters is the official horror and dark fiction flash fiction contest orchestrated by the acclaimed Crystal Lake Publishing. Every month, a plethora of stories are submitted via email, each one darker and more twisted than the last. The finest, the most chilling are then chosen and featured on Crystal Lake’s exclusive Patreon page, where readers and authors alike converge to witness the macabre brought to life. In these anthologies, you’ll encounter not only the winners but also the most captivating of the finalists. For more eerie tales and to partake in future challenges, find Crystal Lake Entertainment on Patreon.
In Volume Four, each tale is a journey through shadowy realms of the supernatural, of unrelenting suspense, and the forbidden corners of uncharted horror. Here, you’ll find tales of haunted travels, corrosive karma, deadly love, and spectral entities, each one echoing the whispers of the damned and the allure of the unknown.
In This Volume…
- Explore Russian shadows where horrors lie in wait.
- Witness the eerie aftermath of a man’s life intertwined with the Great Emptiness.
- Discover what happens when love, the most potent of emotions, becomes an obsession.
- Venture into realms where urban legends contemplate their murderous fame, and more.
- and many more...
Come uncover the secrets, experience the horrors, and dare to visit the shadowy corners of the unknown with Shallow Waters Vol. 4.
Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depth.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateDecember 13, 2019
- File size5034 KB
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Take a Deep Breath and Dive Beneath the Surface of Shallow Waters—Where Nothing Stays Buried.
This series includes over 100 flash fiction stories by the likes of Chad Lutzke, Armand Rosamilia, Tim Waggoner, Robert Ford, Jonathan Winn, Mark Allan Gunnells, Jezzy Wolfe, Mercedes M. Yardley, Dino Parenti, Kenneth W. Cain, John Boden, Matt Shaw, Jess Landry, Dan Weatherer, Theresa Derwin, Monique Snyman, Richard Thomas, Jennifer Loring, Lee Murray, Kevin Lucia, Ben Lathrop, Lori Michelle, Jason Parent, Dave Jeffery, AJ Franks, Jonathan Fortin, R.B. Wood, Jay Bechtol, Robert W. Walker, Denver Grenell, Tom Deady, Taylor Grant, William Meikle, and many more.
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "This series of Flash fiction horror anthologies offers up bite size scare snacks that thrill, chill and ultimately disturb. A must read."—Theresa Derwin
Product details
- ASIN : B082GBKZRR
- Publisher : Crystal Lake Publishing (December 13, 2019)
- Publication date : December 13, 2019
- Language : English
- File size : 5034 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 85 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,264,359 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,039 in Horror Anthologies (Kindle Store)
- #2,491 in Ghost Thrillers
- #3,085 in Horror Short Stories
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About the authors
(Art by Erik Wilson) Richard Thomas is the award-winning author of seven books: three novels—Disintegration and Breaker (Penguin Random House Alibi), as well as Transubstantiate (Otherworld Publications); three short story collections—Staring into the Abyss (Kraken Press), Herniated Roots (Snubnose Press), and Tribulations (Cemetery Dance); and one novella in The Soul Standard (Dzanc Books). With over 150 stories published, his credits include The Best Horror of the Year (Volume Eleven), Cemetery Dance (twice), Behold!: Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders (Bram Stoker winner), PANK, storySouth, Gargoyle, Weird Fiction Review, Midwestern Gothic, Shallow Creek, The Seven Deadliest, Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories, Qualia Nous, Chiral Mad (numbers 2-4), PRISMS, Pantheon, and Shivers VI (with Stephen King and Peter Straub). He has won contests at ChiZine and One Buck Horror, has received five Pushcart Prize nominations, and has been long-listed for Best Horror of the Year six times. He was also the editor of four anthologies: The New Black and Exigencies (Dark House Press), The Lineup: 20 Provocative Women Writers (Black Lawrence Press) and Burnt Tongues (Medallion Press) with Chuck Palahniuk. He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, and Thriller awards. In his spare time he is a columnist at Lit Reactor. He was the Editor-in-Chief at Dark House Press and Gamut Magazine. His agent is Paula Munier at Talcott Notch. For more information visit www.whatdoesnotkillme.com.
Mark Allan Gunnells loves to tell stories. He has since he was a kid, penning one-page tales that were Twilight Zone knockoffs. He likes to think he has gotten a little better since then. He loves reader feedback, and above all he loves telling stories. He lives in Greer, SC, with his husband Craig A. Metcalf.
I am an author of science fiction and horror short stories, with work published by Sirens Call Publications, The Pygmy Giant, Savage Planet, Terror Tract, Bag of Bones Press, Schlock webzine, Kyanite publishing and Crystal Lake Publishing. I also appear in the anthologies 'Fugitives' by Sinister Saints, 'Weird Ales 2: Another Round' by Quantum Corsets, and 'Mummy Knows Best' by Terror Tree Books. I proudly hold a Master of Arts Degree in Creative Writing from the University of Teesside and am desperately trying to find the time to juggle a family, a mortgage, and some form of a writing career (although career suggests actually makes money from writing doesn't it? Maybe hobby is a better word). I have a particular interest in disability representation in fiction, alt-history fiction, drinking tea and eating cake.
Oleg Hasanov is a horror writer based in Russia. He lives in the city of Chelyabinsk, where men are so tough that they light cigarettes off meteorites. He mainly writes fiction in English.
Since its founding in August 2012, Crystal Lake Publishing has quickly become one of the world’s leading publishers of Dark Fiction and Horror books in print, eBook, and audio formats.
While we strive to present only the highest quality fiction and entertainment, we also endeavour to support authors along their writing journey. We offer our time and experience in non-fiction projects, as well as author mentoring and services, at competitive prices.
With several Bram Stoker Award wins and many other wins and nominations, Crystal Lake Publishing puts integrity, honor, and respect at the forefront of our publishing operations.
We strive for each book and outreach program we spearhead to not only entertain and touch or comment on issues that affect our readers, but also to strengthen and support the Dark Fiction field and its authors.
Not only do we find and publish authors we believe are destined for greatness, but we strive to work with men and woman who endeavour to be decent human beings who care more for others than themselves, while still being hard working, driven, and passionate artists and storytellers.
Crystal Lake Publishing is and will always be a beacon of what passion and dedication, combined with overwhelming teamwork and respect, can accomplish. We endeavour to know each and every one of our readers, while building personal relationships with our authors, reviewers, bloggers, podcasters, bookstores, and libraries.
We will be as trustworthy, forthright, and transparent as any business can be, while also keeping most of the headaches away from our authors, since it’s our job to solve the problems so they can stay in a creative mind. Which of course also means paying our authors.
We do not just publish books, we present to you worlds within your world, doors within your mind, from talented authors who sacrifice so much for a moment of your time.
There are some amazing small presses out there, and through collaboration and open forums we will continue to support other presses in the goal of helping authors and showing the world what quality small presses are capable of accomplishing. No one wins when a small press goes down, so we will always be there to support hardworking, legitimate presses and their authors. We don’t see Crystal Lake as the best press out there, but we will always strive to be the best, strive to be the most interactive and grateful, and even blessed press around. No matter what happens over time, we will also take our mission very seriously while appreciating where we are and enjoying the journey.
What do we offer our authors that they can’t do for themselves through self-publishing?
We are big supporters of self-publishing (especially hybrid publishing), if done with care, patience, and planning. However, not every author has the time or inclination to do market research, advertise, and set up book launch strategies. Although a lot of authors are successful in doing it all, strong small presses will always be there for the authors who just want to do what they do best: write.
What we offer is experience, industry knowledge, contacts and trust built up over years. And due to our strong brand and trusting fanbase, every Crystal Lake Publishing book comes with weight of respect. In time our fans begin to trust our judgment and will try a new author purely based on our support of said author.
To date we’ve published around 100 books, and with each launch we strive to fine-tune our approach, learn from our mistakes, and increase our reach. We continue to assure our authors that we’re here for them and that we’ll carry the weight of the launch and dealing with third parties while they focus on their strengths—be it writing, interviews, blogs, signings, etc.
We also offer several mentoring packages to authors that include knowledge and skills they can use in both traditional and self-publishing endeavours.
We look forward to launching many new careers.
This is what we believe in. What we stand for. This will be our legacy.
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Jonah Buck wanted to study eldritch knowledge and commune with pale, semi-human creatures that flit across the sunless landscape to terrorize the living, so he became an attorney in Oregon. His interests include history, professional stage magic, paleontology, and exotic poultry. He is the author of several novels, including Carrion Safari & Substratum, and over one hundred short stories.
Austin James Hatch is a Wonderland Award finalist author of obscure and uncomfortable fiction/poetry.
Suitably labelled “The Queen of Filth”, extremist author Dani Brown’s style of dark and twisted writing and deeply disturbing stories has amassed a worrying sized cult following featuring horrifying tales such as “56 Seconds”, “Becoming” and the hugely popular “Ketamine Addicted Pandas”. Merging eroticism with horror, torture and other areas that most authors wouldn’t dare, each of Dani’s titles will crawl under your skin, burrow inside you, and make you question why you are coming back for more.
PATRICK BARB is an author of weird, dark, and horrifying tales, currently living (and trying not to freeze to death) in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of the dark urban fantasy novella GARGANTUANA'S GHOST (Grey Matter Press, October 2022), the talking animal/cosmic horror novella THE NUT HOUSE (serialized in Cosmic Horror Monthly), and the collection PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING (Keylight Books/Turner Publishing, October 2023). In addition, he is an Active Member of the HWA and a Full Member of the SFWA.
Published author, editor, and recovering journalist, David J. Rank founded and is the executive director of the nonprofit Novel Bookcamp educational programs since 2014. His 33 dark fiction short stories have been published in regional publications, online magazines, and five anthologies. A member of the Horror Writers Association and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, he organized the HWA-Wisconsin (USA) Chapter in 2018. He also spies on things found only in deep shadows.
You can find a few of his stories online in Bewildering Stories, Every Day Fiction, and Daily Science Fiction.
He keeps trying to get a Big Five Publisher to look at his novels. An avid reader of fantasy, horror, science fiction, mystery, Historical, and thrillers.
He has memberships in the Chicago Writers Association and the Wisconsin Writers Association. He was president of the WWA from 2013 to 2016 and judged the WWA’s Jade Ring Fiction Contest in 2022.
Dave and his wife of 50 years live in West Bend, Wisconsin. He enjoys reading, making guacamole and chili, and sharing life with his three grown children and four grandchildren.
Ben Lathrop has written and taught on the history of cinema with a focus on the horror genre and cult audience behavior. He is a native Iowan, former television horror host and present librarian. He lives with his family in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Website: www.BenLathrop.com
Twitter: @BenLathrop13
Michael Patrick Hicks is the author of several horror books, including the Salem Hawley series and Friday Night Massacre. His debut novel, Convergence, was an Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Finalist in science fiction, and his short stories have appeared in more than a dozen anthologies.
Connect with Michael at:
Substack: https://michaelpatrickhicks.substack.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeH5856
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7909523.Michael_Patrick_Hicks
Instagram: http://instagram.com/mphicks79
Red Lagoe grew up on 80’s and 90’s horror and carried her fear of slashers, sewer creatures, and Hitchcockian birds into adulthood where she now purges her horror-ridden mind onto the page. She is the author of the upcoming novel "Bloodstains by Gaslight" (Brigids Gate Press 2025), "In Excess of Dark" (Sobelo Books), and three horror collections including "Impulses of a Necrotic Heart". Red has stories published in various anthologies and magazines, and she enjoyed her role as curator and editor of "Nightmare Sky: Stories of Astronomical Horror". Red also worked as a staff writer for Crystal Lake Publishing’s "Still Water Bay" series. In addition to writing, Red loves creating art using traditional fine art mediums like paint, ink, and charcoal. She is also the owner of Death Knell Press.
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- Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2019First of all, I'll mention that I am one of the writers in this collection of short stories. I'm,of course, biased toward my own baby, Thelma Takes the Devil. But, there is a world of variety in this anthology. Every author takes the idea of horror and comes up with something different. There's everything from tragedy to humor. Short and to the point. You can read this while soaking in the tub and your water will still be warm when you've finished...if you want to read horror in the tub...while vulnerable. Read it and have fun with it.