Richard Farren Barber

Collected together for the first time, the best weird fiction from Morpheus Tales, the UK's most controversial weird fiction magazine! Only the very best weird fiction has been hand-picked from the Morpheus Tales archives to create the seventh collected volume of the magazine Christopher Fowler calls "edgy and dark." Featuring fiction by Philip Roberts, Brent Pilkey, C. E. Zacherl, Todd Outcalt, Jessica Lilien, Clay Waters, Tyler Bowler, Jude-Marie Green, Paul Michael Moreau, Tim Foley, Charles Austin Muir, Benjamin Blake, Morgan Duchesney, Nate Jacobs, Richard Farren Barber, Jason Sturner, Jared Bernard, Edward A. Taylor, Paul L. Howard, Steven Lee Climer, Meredith Doench. Established horror best-sellers rub shoulders with rising stars and newcomers in this diverse collection of short weird fiction.

Terror doesn't stumble and moan-it walks silently among us, cloaked in the guise of the overlooked. Nick, burdened with the rare ability to see these dead predators for what they truly are, faces a nightmare when his girlfriend, Abby, becomes ensnared by their sinister intent.These are not your typical undead. They blend in, their appearances mirroring the forgotten faces of society, making their predatory nature all the more chilling. A touch is all it takes for them to latch onto their prey, draining life in a way that leaves the body walking but the spirit doomed.As Abby becomes the focus of such a being's obsession, Nick is drawn into a desperate struggle not just for her life, but for her very soul. Their fight for survival takes them from the deceptive safety of city streets to the foreboding quiet of a cemetery, where the boundary between the living and those claimed by the shadowy grasp of the dead becomes perilously thin.One of The Dead weaves a tale not of a zombie apocalypse, but of a quiet invasion, a creeping horror that targets the heart. It's a story of love tested by unfathomable forces, of a battle against an enemy that never rests, never forgives, and never ceases its pursuit until you become one of its own.One of the Dead is a novella of quiet horror for fans of Paul Tremblay and Thomas Olde Heuvelt, which explores the horror in society. Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing-Tales from the Darkest Depths.