Sometimes the most horrifying monsters live within us. What horrors lurk within a broken mind when left unattended? From alternate personalities to figments of the imagination, our stories will give you a new outlook on the complexity of the human mind. Follow our authors into the madness … if you dare. Disclaimer: While the stories within this anthology are works of fiction, some very real mental disorders, fears and/or characteristics are discussed. Stories may contain sensitive topics such as depression, suicide, self-harm, split personalities, schizophrenia, and more. Please be advised.
Does the water beckon you? Your love, or fears, may become greater in this chilling anthology. From ordinary sea life to creatures of myth, our stories will make you think twice about the shadowy waters that beckon below. Follow our authors into the depths ... if you dare.
Embrace the darkness. Murderous entities, haunted houses, screaming banshees, and sympathetic necromancers are just a few of the chilling things you’ll encounter in this anthology. Follow our authors into the shadows … if you dare.
Beneath the cover of this book lies a world of shadow people. A world that displays the different sides of people that are revealed only when the light changes position. Stories of dystopias, manic inner thoughts, and prudent ravens are just some of the threads woven within these chapters that explore the hidden layers of the human psyche. In order to understand our inspiration, find a dark corner and light a candle; cast just enough illumination to catch a glimpse of an inner self. Here, rather than admiring the rose, we are examining the thorns, the sharp edges, the blurred images, the distorted reflection. We present to you a collection of knots made from the personalities, worries, phobias, and images of both real and imaginary people, some easy to pick apart, others never to be straightened. Please, look as deep as you want. Find yourself tangled in the intrigue and abysses of facets and falseness that entwine the pages of this anthology.
Poetry. ANGLE OF REFLECTION features the work of ten award–winning Los Angeles poets with a remarkable 20–year history of working together. This luminous collection is both a sampler and a reservoir, capturing poems that serve as an entrée and retrospective as well as a showcase of current work. Perhaps the only umbrella term to categorize the poems here is lyric, though each poet's section offers an individual interpretation and definition. However, there is nothing fragmented about the way this anthology flows. Because of, and despite, the differences in these poets' singular voices, their poems carry on complex conversations across sections—correspondences that invite the reader to engage with the contrasts and similarities, themes and images. With an Introduction by esteemed poet David St. John, with whom some in the group worked weekly for many years, ANGLE OF REFLECTION is a celebration of community, collaboration, and the joy of poetic diversity.
Contributors include Marjorie Becker, Jeanette Clough, Dina Hardy, Paul Lieber, Sarah Maclay, Holaday Mason, Jim Natal, Jan Wesley, Brenda Yates, and Mariano Zaro.
