Music soothes the savage beast...or so they say. But in this tome of terror, music is more than just a placebo for the masses. It is the dark divination of witches, the motivation for revenge, and the power to change the mind, soul, and body of every creature unlucky enough to hear it.
In this anthology, you'll find possessed rock stars, killer radio stations, and concerts from the depths of hell. A macabre musical feast, it includes 300 pages of terrifying, bizarre stories about the hypnotic power of music...and what happens when it gets into the wrong hands.
Featuring new stories and poems from award-winning authors and poets like Gemma Files, Philip Fracassi, Lisa Morton, Tim Waggoner, Linda D. Addison, V. Castro, Hailey Piper, and many more, these songs will entrance, infect, and transport you to a dimension where music is more than sound...it's a language spoken by the unspeakable.
Featuring:
"Tears Like Rain," by Tim Waggoner
"The Brazen Bull," by Sofia Ajram
"Oil of Angels," by Gemma Files
"This Loaded Gun of a Song Stuck in My Head," by Paul Michael Anderson
"Everybody Loves My Baby," by Mercedes M. Yardley
"Pack Up Your Sins and Go To the Devil," by Elis Montgomery
"The Lung of Orpheus," by Jonathan Duckworth
"I am He," by Premee Mohamed
"Pied Piper," by Carol Edwards
"Mixtape," by V. Castro
"To The River," by Corey Farrenkopf
"The Prodigy," by Philip Fracassi
"Red, Black, and Blue" by Linda D. Addison
"Instruments of Harm," by Julia Lafond
"Electric Muse," by Virginia Kathryn
"Ambient," by L.B. Waltz
"Vinyl Remains," by Chad Stroup
"Goddess," by Lisa Morton
"Her Only Single," by Devan Barlow
"I Will Not Scream," by John Palisano
"Lovely Piano of Rich Mahogany," by A.J. Bartholomew
"A Concert in Merzgau," by R.L. Clore
"Sing to the God of Slugs," by Maxwell I. Gold
"Song of the Guqin," by Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito
"The Men Who Play," by Jangar Tokpa
"Whalesong," by Shannon Brady
"The Devil Went Down to the Subway," by A.J. Rocca
"Possession No. 239 in E Major, Op. 1," by Hailey Piper
"Slow Head Karaoke," by Robert Beveridge
Praise for Weird Little Worlds Anthologies:
"If you are a fan of dark and weird fiction this anthology is for you.” (Mother: Tales of Love and Terror)
“Another anthology from Weird Little Worlds (the same press that did Humans are the Problem, also an excellent anthology.) This time it’s mom in all her glory and gore – good moms, bad moms, absent ones, and ones maybe you wish were gone. This is a fantastic exploration of moms and motherhood from all angles, with a cast of amazing writers and poets.” (Mother: Tales of Love and Terror)
“Where do I start?! They did such an amazing job selecting the stories that went into this book. Every single one was a joy (or terror) to read. I love how it was broken up into 5 different themes to group the stories. I definitely have a few new authors I need to read more from.” (Mother: Tales of Love and Terror)
“This is a powerful anthology, and discussion was fierce as to which story to include in the showcase. Plenty of familiar and new (to us) authors here, and everything glows.” (Mother: Tales of Love and Terror)
Tim Waggoner has published over fifty novels and seven collections of short stories. He writes original dark fantasy and horror, as well as media tie-ins, and his articles on writing have appeared in numerous publications. He's a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, has won the HWA's Mentor of the Year Award, and been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award, the Scribe Award, and the Splatterpunk Award. He's also a full-time tenured professor who teaches creative writing and composition at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio.
Jessica Landry is a screenwriter, director, and Bram Stoker Award-winning author. Her original horror feature, My Only Sunshine, was accepted into Whistler Film Festival's Screenwriters Lab in 2020 and is in development. In 2022, she was accepted into the CFC/Netflix Project Development Accelerator, NSI's Series Incubator Program, and TIFF's inaugural Series Accelerator. Jessica has written several MOWs, including List of a Lifetime, which was nominated for a Critics' Choice Award. She also released her collection, The Night Belongs to Us, in March 2023; co-edited the Bram Stoker Award-, British Fantasy Award-, and Shirley Jackson Award-nominated anthology There Is No Death, There Are No Dead; and has an original story in Aliens vs. Predator: Ultimate Prey, released March 2022. Find her online at JessicaLandry.ca.
Willow Dawn Becker is an award-nominated editor, a writer, an actress, and a marketer. She is also the CEO and Editor-In-Chief of Weird Little Worlds Press. Her most recent anthologies include the award-winning Mother: Tales of Love and Terror which was co-edited with Christi Nogle and Humans are the Problem: A Monster's Anthology, co-edited with Michael Cluff. You can find her short fiction at Black Fox Literary Magazine, Space & Time Magazine, and Irreantum, among others. You can purchase her book Leto's Children: Book 1 of the Leto Trilogy at WeirdLittleWorlds.com and follow her at @WillowDBecker on Twitter, on Instagram at @TheOnlyWillowBecker, or at WillowDawnBecker.com.
