To Be a Dark Mother: A Shared Experience in the Patchwork Lands

To Be a Dark Mother: A Shared Experience in the Patchwork Lands

To Be a Dark Mother: A Shared Experience in the Patchwork Lands

To Be a Dark Mother: A Shared Experience in the Patchwork Lands

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Overview

Seventeen years ago, when the stars were right once again, the Old Ones returned to Earth to parcel out its lands amongst themselves. Some of the ruling Lords and Ladies are benevolent, providing for their humans so their lands would prosper. Some are simply aloof and govern their realms with indifference. Others, however, have grown twisted. Demented.

Sick.

The Lord of the Lake deeply adores all his Dark Mothers, but he has developed a particular fascination with his next bride-to-be. The rising adolescent, Hope, is such a promising young female, bright and spirited. What beautiful offspring she will provide him! Zung'Reth's keen anticipation of the courtship is palpable among his many acolytes, but it is especially significant to Charity...Hope's older sister, and five years a Dark Mother.

In this shared experience, five separate voices cry out into the cosmos to tell their woeful tales. Come explore the depths of love, passion, hope, and hopelessness as the saga plays out in this bleak, dying corner of Ronald Linson's Patchwork Lands.

"To Be a Dark Mother" is an anthology published by Mannison Press, LLC with stories by Ronald Linson, Deidre J Owen, Benjamin Michael Greene, Tim Mendees, and E. L. Giles.

CONTENT WARNING: The stories in this collection contain cosmic horror-style violence, gore, murder, strong language, and implied sexual assault. Discretion is advised.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940164949068
Publisher: Mannison Press, LLC
Publication date: 07/20/2021
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 220 KB

About the Author

Born and raised in western Connecticut, Ronald Linson now lives in New York City. He earned a degree in Computer Information Systems from Baruch College of the City University of New York, and has found that he prefers writing to database management.

He writes mainly science fiction, fantasy, and horror, but has been known to dabble in other genres. Many of his short stories and poems can be found at http://www.bewilderingstories.com.

In November 2017, he won first place in the On the Premises Mini-Short Story Contest #35, under his real name, Morgan Schafer.
It can be found here: https://onthepremises.com/minis/mini_35/

He has a number of projects in the works, including a YA fantasy novel and collaborations on a children's series and a short story, "Overworked: A Legal Fiction," with Deidre J Owen.


Deidre J Owen was born in Lexington, Kentucky, but aside from a stint in the Canadian Maritimes during her 20s, she has spent a majority of her time in the Tampa Bay area in Florida.

A versatile writer, Deidre has taken joy in a variety of genres including children's books, contemporary fiction, speculative fiction, horror, humor, and Christian themes. Her picture book collection "The Heaven Zoo" (2017-2018) provides a whimsical tour of her favorite animals, while her chapter book series "We're All Just People" (2018-2019) strives to instill love and respect for one another through understanding.

Under her new indie publishing company Mannison Press, LLC, Deidre has expanded into more mature themes with her newest Mannison Minibooks. These pocket-size publications are convenient for casual readers on the go, but don't let their diminutive size fool you...some of her stories pack a punch. She is also included in the new speculative fiction anthology "Little Girl Lost: Thirteen Tales of Youth Disrupted."

Although formerly a certified veterinary technician by trade (with a quirky history of random interests), Deidre is currently loving life with her husband in Lithia, Florida, as an author, publisher, and work-from-home mother to the couple’s young daughter.


Benjamin Michael Greene lives in America's Heartland, where he spends his days doting upon his daughter and two sons. Aside from creative writing, he also enjoys discovering new board games, gorging himself every Taco Tuesday, and getting lost (on purpose, to his wife's ire) in bookstores.

Benjamin has a number of other works published under the pseudonym Ashleigh Hatter. You can learn about some of these other publication by visiting the Smashwords profile here: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/AshleighHatter


Tim Mendees is a horror writer from Macclesfield in the North-West of England that specialises in cosmic horror and weird fiction. A lifelong fan of classic weird tales, Tim set out to bring the pulp horror of yesteryear into the 21st Century and give it a distinctly British flavour. His work has been described as the love-child of H.P. Lovecraft and P.G. Wodehouse and is often peppered with a wry sense of humour that acts as a counterpoint to the unnerving, and often disturbing, narratives.
Since breaking onto the scene in December 2019, Tim has had over seventy published stories in anthologies and magazines with publishers all over the world including Eerie River Publishing, HellBound Books, Lovecraftiana Magazine, and Madness Heart Press. His critically acclaimed debut novella, Burning Reflection (Mannison Press,) is currently available on Amazon. He is also the project leader and twisted mastermind behind the Jack The Ripper and Cthulhu Mythos mashup anthology, 13 Victims (Black Hare Press.) His novelette, Carpe Detritus (Black Hare Press,) releases on May 15th.
This year will see Tim release several stand-alone books, including the short story collection, The Pseudopod That Rocks The Cradle (Mannison Press,) and the novellas, Spiffing (Red Cape Publishing) and The Creeping Void (Eerie River Publishing.)
When he is not arguing with the spellchecker, Tim is a goth DJ, crustacean and cephalopod enthusiast, and the presenter of a popular web series of live video readings of his material and interviews with fellow authors. He currently lives in Brighton & Hove with his pet crab, Gerald, and an army of stuffed octopods.
https://timmendeeswriter.wordpress.com/


E.L.Giles is a Canadian author with a strong penchant for the science-fiction and the horror genres.

His works have been published in many themed anthologies, some of which have become bestsellers.

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