Norman Prentiss

In this eclectic assortment of flash fiction, Bram Stoker Award-winner Norman Prentiss concocts a different end-of-the-world scenario for each calendar day. The stories range from humorous to bizarre to unsettling, commemorating holiday and observance days (New Year's or Valentine's Day, National Pig Day), famous birthdays (Robert Frost, Charles Dickens), or notable historical events (the first computer...and the first computer virus; the sinking of the Titanic or the Great Chicago Fire). Other daily entries include a riff on the first (and only) golf game on the moon; "The Milking of Elm Farm Ollie," which reinvigorates an in-flight publicity stunt by adding apocalyptic results; and occasional letters from the sardonic "Dear Apocalypse" advice column. A handful of longer, serialized stories include: "The Hell of Food That Looks Like Other Food," "The Exterminator's Visit," and "The Child Who Ended the World."This massive collection includes all 365 entries from an ambitious yearlong project: more than 170,000 words of bleak or humorous vignettes, stories, serials, poems, and a few unclassifiable oddities-ready to be sampled in small doses just like the pages of those desk calendars you buy for 50%-off inFebruary...or available all at once for your immediate binge-reading pleasure

Do you see the point of the story, Nathan? We all cut parts of ourselves away, but we never lose them. Things stay with us-souvenirs with memories attached. We can't always choose what to keep, what to throw away.Nathan's parents devised cautionary tales for him and his sister-gruesome stories about predatory cars racing along the "Big Street" at one end of their neighborhood, or dope fiends lurking in the woods behind their house and ready to plunge hypodermics into the skin of foolish young trespassers. These stories served their purpose during Nathan's gullible childhood, essentially constructing an invisible fence around the yard and keeping the boy close to home where he'd be safe.Such barriers are not so easy to discard in later life. As an adult, Nathan no longer believes his parents' stories, and yet they still confine him. He lives cautiously, avoiding serious relationships, avoiding risk. But despite his efforts, something from his parents' cautionary tales threatens to creep beneath that invisible border...and the enclosed yard might not be as safe and secure as it always seemed...

The Halloween Children are watching-they're always watching in this chilling novel of suburban horror from Norman Prentiss and Brian James Freeman...The accommodations at Stillbrook Apartments aren't exactly glamorous, but they're quiet, affordable, and well-maintained. The handyman is usually available to help with a leak or a broken bulb, his wife and two adorable kids often tagging along. When occasion dictates, the neighbors gather to wish each other well and spread the requisite holiday cheer. Everything's very nice. Very normal.But as Halloween approaches, strange occurrences are happening all around Stillbrook. The children tell disturbing stories, bizarre noises bleed through the walls, and one abandoned unit is found to be inhabited by something sinister-something that's no longer alive.For the safety of the tenants, the Halloween party has been canceled. There will be no decorations or masks, no candied apples or witch's brew. But without treats to divert the Halloween Children, they have no choice but to play some very nasty tricks.

This second annual anthology from LampLight Magazine collects the four great issues from September 2013 to June 2014 Includes the complete novella, The Devoted, featuring Jonathan Crowley, by James A Moore. Fiction and interviews from our featured writers: Norman Prentiss, Kealan Patrick Burke, Mary SanGiovanni and Holly Newstein. J.F. Gonzalez continues his history of the genre in his Shadows in the Attic series. LampLight Classics brings you some great classic stories. Fiction by: Michael Knost, Christopher Bleakley, Emma Whitehall, David Tallerman, M. R. Jordan, Lauren Forry, Dave Thomas, Arinn Dembo, Bracken MacLeod, doung jai, Tim W Boiteau, Alethea Eason, Lucy A Snyder, Colleen Jurkiewicz, Curtis James McConnell, Victor Cypert, Catherine Grant

Volume 2 of LampLight is here Our featured artist is Norman Prentiss. Part One of "The Devoted" a serial novella by James A Moore, featuring Jonathan Crowley. J.F. Gonzalez brings us part 2 of From the Stone Age to the Early Victorian Era, in 3000 Words, talking about the Conte Cruel. Michael Knost brings us a story connected to his upcoming novel, Return of the Mothman. Fiction from Christopher Bleakley, Emma Whitehall, David Tallerman and M.R. Jordan. Featured Artist Norman Prentiss Bram Stoker Award winning writer Norman Prentiss comes to this issue of LampLight, brining a tale of dark discoveries on a vacation. He talks with us about how he began, and what influences his writing. Serial Novella James A Moore The Devoted. Jonathan Crowley is back, and here in LampLight. Something is amiss in a small town drawing to it a man on horseback--Jonathan Crowley. Shadows in the Attic - J. F. Gonzalez From the Stone Age to the Early Victorian Era, in 3000 Words, Part Two. In this installment, J.F. Gonzalez takes you through the Victorian era, talking about ghosts and the conte cruel.