LOOMING LOW, Vol. II Now Available!

I’ve mentioned it before, but it looks like the physical-copy rollout is official. Looming Low, Vol. II is now available by the good people at Dim Shores, with my story, “Lovenest,” appearing on a roster of woefully-talented writers. Check out the trailer for Looming Low, Vol. II created by Lena Griffin. The paperback edition is coming at you (at a steal) with the price tag of $22, while the limited edition, hand-numbered hardback clocks in at a wholly-reasonable $40.

In “Lovenest,” I return to themes of relational decay and carnality amid a prolonged razing of a Midwest motel. Along with a bat-creature attack and an onslaught of reanimated corpses, it’s one of my wilder stories that’s been published.

“Sex and Character,” Alois Kolb (1903)
“Each Night a Dream Visits Us,” Alfred Kubin (1903)

And I’m privileged to share a table of contents along with this stunning, literary lineup:

  • Kurt Fawver – “Radius Unknown”
  • Alvaro Zinos-Amaro – “Undo”
  • Brian Evenson – “Vigil in the Inner Room”
  • Michael Kelly – “Dead but Dreaming Still”
  • Gwendolyn Kiste – “To the Progeny Forsaken”
  • Anya Martin – “The Other Cat”
  • Clint Smith – “Lovenest”
  • Jeffrey Thomas – “Strangler Fig”
  • Simon Strantzas – “Still Packed”
  • Brooke Warra – “We Don’t Live Here Anymore”
  • Michael Griffin – “We Spend Weekends With Dad”
  • Matthew M. Bartlett – “The Cryptic Jape”
  • Craig Laurance Gidney – “Impz”
  • Cody Goodfellow – “Protect & Serve”
  • David Peak – “Zones Without Names”
  • Erica Ruppert – “Ex Astris”
  • Richard Gavin – “The Intercessor”
  • Kaaron Warren – “Songs We Sing at Sea”
  • S.P. Miskowski – “Across the Darkness”
  • A.C. Wise – “Into the Green”
  • Gemma Files – “Bb Minor”
  • Nadia Bulkin – “Your Heart is a House on Fire”
Cover Design by Yves Tourigny