The Half That You See by Rebecca Rowland (best summer reads .TXT) 📕

no viable answers, at least none that make sense. I will remain in this imprisoned state, wishing for the chance to move on. All I have now is the hope that the next time, someone will be wise enough to free me from this wretched frame.

About the Authors

Michael W. Clark Ph.D. is a former research biologist, a college professor-turned-writer. Most recently, his stories have appeared in Lost Souls, Surprising Stories, Morpheus Tales Magazine, UC Berkeley’s Imaginarium, Black Heart Magazine, Tracers, Infernal Ink and 365 Tomorrows. He also has stories in the anthologies Fat Zombies, Creature Stew, Gumshoe Mysteries, Future Visions (vol 3), and Devils We Know.  In January through March 2019, his sci-fi adventure novella The Last Dung Beetle appeared on SerialPulp.com. He is the editor and content provider for the website ahickshope.com. He lives in Southern California.

Holley Cornetto was born and raised in Alabama but now lives in New Jersey. To indulge her love of books and stories, she became a librarian. She is also a writer, because the only thing better than being surrounded by stories is to create them herself. Her work has been published in several magazines and anthologies including It Calls From the Forest (Eerie River Publishing), Banned (Black Hare Press), and the fantasy library at Tell-Tale Press. She can be found lurking on Twitter @HLCornetto.

Victoria Dalpe is an artist and writer based out of Providence, RI. Her short fiction has appeared in over twenty-five dark and horror anthologies and her first novel, Parasite Life, came out in 2018 through ChiZIne Publications and will be re-released in 2021 through Nightscape Press. She is a member of the HWA and the New England Horror Writers.

Bill Davidson is a Scottish writer of speculative fiction currently living in Dorset, England. In the past four years, he has placed over fifty short stories with good publications around the world. There are too many to list, but they include Ellen Datlow’s highly regarded Best Horror of the Year anthology and large distribution magazines. Find him on BillDavidsonWriting.com or @bill_davidson57

Douglas Ford lives and works on the west coast of Florida, just off an exit made famous by a Jack Ketchum short story. His fiction has appeared in Dark Moon Digest, Infernal Ink, Weird City, along with several other small press publications. Recent work has appeared in The Best Hardcore Horror (volumes 3 and 4) and a novella, The Reattachment, was published in 2019 courtesy of Madness Heart Press. In the harsh light of day, he sprinkles a little darkness into the lives of his students at the State College of Florida, and he lives with a Hovawart (that's a kind of dog) who fiercely protects him from the unseen creatures living in the wooded area next to his house. His three cats merely tolerate him, but his wife is decidedly fond of him, as he is of her.

Justine Gardner is a former dog trainer, past pizzeria proprietor, and current freelance editor and writer. She was born, reared, and still resides in Brooklyn, NY, along with her husband, young son, and two cats of indeterminate age. Her story “Nature Will Provide” was a finalist in Regulus Press’s 2018 Literary Taxidermy Competition and was published in the contest anthology, Telephone Me Now. Her story “Blood, Bone, Feather” will appear in Issue 51 of the quarterly NewMyths. For more, please visit her website at GrumpstoneGazette.com or follow her on Twitter @JBGrumpstone. Pronouns: she/her.

Eddie Generous is the author of several books, including What Lurks Beneath, Plantation Pan, Rawr, Nowhere, Trouble at Camp Still Waters, and many more. He is the founder/editor/publisher/ artist behind Unnerving and Unnerving Magazine and the host of the Unnerving Podcast. He lives on the Pacific Coast of Canada with his wife and their cat overlords. Follow him on his website JiffyPopandHorror.com and @GenerousEd on Twitter.

Alex Giannini is the author of the children’s book, Sarah Faire and the House at the End ofthe World. He’s written for WWE and Bearport Press and spends his days as the programs and events manager at a public library. He’s also a co-creator of StoryFest, an annual literary festival in Connecticut that celebrates all genres. Alex exists on Instagram @AJG916 and on Twitter @AlexJGiannini.

Kelly Griffiths lives with her family in Northeast Ohio and shares her writing journey with a posse of extraordinary women who call themselves The Little Red Writing Hoods. In an effort to have an original and rewarding midlife crisis, she’s climbed a volcano, run a half marathon, taken up mountain biking, and is presently on a quest to visit every island in the Caribbean. She survived a brain tumor and a twenty-year stint homeschooling four children. Her husband is her alpha friend, beta reader, and best idea. In 2019, she was nominated for Best Small Fictions by Gordon Square Review. Some of her work can be found in The Forge Literary Magazine, Ellipsis Zine, and Reflex Fiction. Keep up with Kelly at KellyGriffiths.wordpress.com.

Sam Hicks is a writer living in Deptford, southeast London. Her fiction has appeared in, or is forthcoming in, the following anthologies: The Fiends in the Furrows, Nightscript V, Unfading Daydream, Ghost Stories for Starless Nights, Dark Lane 9, Vastarien and The Best Horror of the Year, Volumes 11 and 12.

Luciano Marano is a journalist, photographer and author originally from rural Western Pennsylvania now residing near Seattle. His award-winning nonfiction, both written and photographic, has appeared in numerous national and regional publications, and he was named the 2018 Feature Writer of the Year by the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association. His short fiction has appeared in a number of places, including The Year's Best Hardcore Horror vol. 3, Crash Code, Breaking Bizarro, and Monsters, Movies & Mayhem, among others, as well as Pseudopod, Horror Hill and also Chilling Tales for Dark Nights. A U.S. Navy veteran, he enjoys movies (especially horror and documentary films), jogging, and craft beer, haunting