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Water Turns Red: An Anthology Of Crime Fiction Kindle Edition
Crime manifests itself in many forms.
But it always bleeds red.
WATER TURNS RED is a collection of 21 chilling stories that explore the various shades of this ghastly color red.Within these pages lie the corpses of those killed in cold blood, the cunning minds of their killers, and the wits of
detectives. Together they paint a disturbing image of the human psyche.
Do you want to witness it?
The Trade Off By J. Agombar
Couples' Therapy By Carmen Baca
Make It A Double By Warren Benedetto
Who Killed Panama Harlan? By David Bowmore
The Glass Purse By Steve Carr
Sin By Marcus Cook
The Boy Who Escaped By Amber Danson
Who Do You Think You Are? By Dawn DeBraal
It Gets Easier By Robert Lupton
Madness By James Dorr
Drops Of Apocalypse By Doctor Galvanic
The Red Coat By Galina Trefil
Writing The Horror By Chisto Healy
The Prodigy By Carlton Herzog
Brass Memories By C. I. I. Jones
Loose Ends By Adrik Kemp
Through The Eyes Of The Child By Trisha McKee
The Murder Mystery By Natasja Rose
Flint And Steele By L. T. Waterson
Fair Harbor By Todd Zack
Searching For Sunshine By Shannon Hollinger
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJuly 8, 2021
- Reading age16 - 18 years
- File size4.5 MB
Product details
- ASIN : B0992TBM3Q
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- Publication date : July 8, 2021
- Language : English
- File size : 4.5 MB
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 463 pages
- Page Flip : Enabled
- Reading age : 16 - 18 years
- Best Sellers Rank: #8,588 in Mystery Anthologies (Books)
- #20,241 in Serial Killer Thrillers
- #58,110 in Murder Thrillers
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About the authors
Past Bram Stoker Award(R) nominee James Dorr combines the charm of a gentleman born in the US South with the wiles of a near-New York City upbringing, the canniness of a one-time New England resident, and the guile of an outwardly stolid Midwesterner, or so he says. It is known that he was born in Florida, grew up in New Jersey, went to college in Massachusetts, and currently lives in Indiana where he harbors a Goth cat named Triana. He is a short story writer and poet working mainly in dark fantasy and horror with forays into science fiction and mystery, an active member of HWA and SFWA, and has previously worked as a technical writer for an academic computing center, associate editor on a city magazine, a nonfiction freelance writer, and a semi-professional Renaissance musician.
See http://jamesdorrwriter.wordpress.com for more information on James's doings, past, present, and possible future. Feel free to drop a note as the spirit moves -- he's always happy to hear readers' comments, and often will answer, so let your friends know too.
Robert Allen Lupton is retired and lives in New Mexico where he was a commercial hot air balloon pilot. Robert runs and writes every day, but not necessarily in that order. More than 200 of his short stories have been published in various print anthologies and online magazines.
His novel, "Foxborn," was published in April 2017 and the sequel, "Dragonborn," a year later. His novel, “Dejanna of the Double Star” was published in December 2020. Several of his previously published short stories of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, humor, and horror have been published in five collections, “Running Into Trouble,” ”Through a Wine Glass Darkly.” “Strong Spirts,” “Hello Darkness,” and “Visions Softly Creeping."
He has edited and published two anthologies, "Feral: It Takes A Forest To Raise A Child,” and “Are You A Robot?” His third anthology, “Witch Wizard Warlock,” is scheduled to be published in September 2023.
Over 1800 drabbles, short stories exactly 100 words long, and several articles are available to read at: https://www.erbzine.com/lupton/
With degrees in Crime Scene Technology & Physical Anthropology, author Shannon Hollinger hasn't just seen the dark side of humanity - she's been elbow-deep inside of it!
She writes suspenseful psychological thrillers filled with jaw-dropping twists and shocking endings, as well as the Chief Maggie Riley series, where the darkness of the Maine wilderness is rivaled only by the deadly secrets it conceals.
Her short fiction has appeared in Suspense Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and The Saturday Evening Post, among many other magazines and anthologies.
To see where you can find more of her work, you can find her website under her name: shannonhollinger
You can also find Shannon at your favorite hangout!
BookBub @shannonhollinger
TikTok @shannonhollinger
Facebook @thiswritersays
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Told by a high school teacher that he had writing talent, Steve Carr’s career as a writer began right after graduation. He spent three years in the Army as a military journalist, writing articles for newspapers all over Florida, and followed that up with four years in the Navy where he taught in the Psychiatric Technician Program at Portsmouth Naval Hospital, training Hospital Corpsmen how to provide care and support in an inpatient setting for young men with psychiatric disorders. He then finished college, majoring in English/Theater and then spent the next 13 years working in non-profit health care development and management, mostly in rural communities, during which time several of his plays that he wrote in his spare time were produced in several states. He gave up the steady income to pursue his dream of writing/producing/directing his own plays and began a theatrical production company in Arizona. He retired early and in June 2016 began writing short stories. Since then he has had over 550 short stories published internationally in over 280 different print and online magazines, literary journals and anthologies. Collections of his short stories, Sand, Rain, The Tales of Talker Knocks, and the hardback edition The Very Best of Steve Carr: 52 stories, was published by Clarendon House Publications. His collection of short stories, Heat, was published by Czykmate Productions. His self-published debut novel, Redbird, was released in November, 2019. He independently published LGBTQ: 33 Stories, which was released in January, 2020. In May of 2020 his short story collection The Theory of Existence: 50 short stories, was released. His guidebook Getting Your Short Stories Published was also published by Clarendon House. He has over 130 publications and books that contain his short stories listed on his Amazon bibliography. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize twice. In 2019, he was on the cover of the Inner Circle Writers’ Magazine inaugural issue and dubbed “The King of Short Stories.” He’s a native of Cincinnati but has traveled extensively in the United States and abroad. He currently lives in Richmond, Virginia where when he’s not writing he frets about his writing peers not getting the attention they deserve. He is the founder of Sweetycat Press, a Facebook Group, that produces publications as promotion tools for emerging writers
Hello! I'm Carmen. As if 36 years in the classroom weren't enough, I now "teach" from home, helping aspiring authors with their own manuscripts, researching marketing strategies, and working on my next book. You can find me in the mountains of northern New Mexico where my husband and I enjoy a peaceful, quiet life caring for our animal family and any stray that happens to stop by.
My first book, El Hermano, published in 2017 and was selected as historical fiction finalist in the NM-AZ Co-op Book Awards program. That book inspired many ideas for stories which I subsequently wrote and am still writing. Since 2017, I’ve published six more. My 3rd book, Cuentos del Cañón, received first place in short story anthology category from the NM-AZ Co-op Book Awards program. I’ve also published 64 short stories, poems, essays, CNF, and articles in literary magazines, journals, and anthologies between books (to date 10.19.2022).
James Agombar resides near the treacherous waters of Southend-On-Sea, Essex, UK where visions of the speculative, criminal and supernatural have taken hold of his mind (usually alongside a bottle of whiskey). He holds a BA Hons in Humanities where the creative writing module inspired his first published work with Luna Press.
He is a fan of the short story format and takes inspiration from authors such as Ray Bradbury, H.P. Lovecraft, and Richard Matheson.
Occasionally he delves into the world of travel and has five published essays in various journals, some of his travel writing can be found here: www.wanderlust-journal.com.
With thanks to Michael Terence Publishing
www.mtp.agency
Adrik Kemp’s short stories have been published all over the world, in places such as Aurealis Magazine, OUTStanding & Transmundane Press. He has two erotic vampire novellas with Pride Publishing, but don’t hold that against him.
Adrik is a bent Australian writer with a vested interest in LGBTIQ+ culture. He is proud to be an active part of the community. He also writes genre short stories, usually with an LGBTIQ+ perspective. He identifies as gay but doesn’t mind being called queer, and happily lives in Sydney with his husband, Carl De Villa.
Read some of his stories under publications.
David Bowmore was born on a winter’s night with the sound of thunder and the flash of lightning welcoming him into a brightly painted Gypsy caravan. Forty-five years later he started writing fiction. After a steep learning curve, his short stories and flash fiction began to appear in various collections.
A classically trained chef, a personable teacher and unqualified landscape gardener, David has lived here, there and everywhere, but currently dwells in Yorkshire with his wonderful wife and a small white poodle.
David tends to write thrillers and mysteries as well as stories with a touch of the supernatural about them. He focuses on character and the oddities of being human, sometimes with humour, but more often with dark unreality.
When he was younger, he had a love of science fiction and fantasy. In adult life his reading tastes veered towards thrilling mysteries, particularly Golden Age crime. You know the sort of thing – country house murders where everyone is a suspect, impossible locked room mysteries with more red herrings than your local fishing hole.
David is an admirer of many authors including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Eric Ambler, Patricia Highsmith, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Elmore Leonard, Stephen King, and P.G. Wodehouse.
Since his first published story, 'Sins of The Father' appeared in Vortex, published by Clarendon House in 2018, David has featured in more than seventy-five short story anthologies, journals and magazines.
In 2020, The Magic of Deben Market was enacted by BookStreamz with actors from across the globe comparing his work to 'Tales of The Unexpected' and 'Inside No. 9'
Carlton Herzog publishes supernatural horror, science fiction and crime stories, as well as non-ficiton. His fiction portrays characters who are outsiders to ordinary life. Filled with strange terrors and brutal absurdities, his writing bends reality until it cracks. He is a USAF veteran with B.A. magna cum laude and J.D. from Rutgers. He served as Articles Editor of the Rutgers Law Review.
He had this to say about writing: “Writing is to the mind what exercise is to the body. I love the process from start to finish. Editorial acceptance, monetary remuneration, and public approval are nothing when compared with the irreplaceable feeling of personal accomplishment. Writing is a stroll through the insubstantial country of my mind. A land where I can see reflections of myself that are more me than anything I can find in a mirror or the eyes of others. it is an introcosm where I am truly free to see what I have done and yet may do, home to all my disappointments and discoveries, rememberings and reveries."
Warren Benedetto writes dark fiction about horrible people, horrible places, and horrible things. He is an award-winning author who has published over 250 stories, appearing in publications such as Dark Matter Magazine, Fantasy Magazine, and The Dread Machine; on podcasts such as The NoSleep Podcast, Tales to Terrify, and Chilling Tales For Dark Nights; and in anthologies from Apex Magazine, Tenebrous Press, Scare Street, and many more. He also works in the video game industry, where he holds 50+ patents for various types of gaming technology. For more information, follow @warrenbenedetto on Twitter and Instagram.
Dawn DeBraal lives in rural Wisconsin and has published over 700 short stories, poems, and drabbles, in many online ezines and printed anthologies including two novels. The Lord's Prayer, A Series in Horror which won the Literary Global Book award, and under the pen name of Garrison McKnight, what the hell happened to joan? Dawn was a finalist in the Owl Canyon Hackathon 2023, runner-up in the 2022 Short Story Horror Contest, Author of the Month Spillwords x2, Contributor of the Year 2023 Spillwords Magazine, Member of the Month in The World of Myth x2, Your Daily Poem contest winner, 2012. The Falling Star Magazine nominated her for the 2019 Pushcart Award, a song published in the House of Harmony, International Habitat for Humanity Song Book, and a finalist in the "Great American Song Writing Contest." 2016.
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- Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2021Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseThe story Sin by Marcus Cook was a thrill ride if you enjoy hot female assassins.
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- Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2021Format: PaperbackThe brilliant mind of Marcus Cook was really amazing very good read would love to see as a film