Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies [Paperback]

A selection of the darkest Australian fiction.Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babiestaps into anxieties, painful memories, and nightmares. Here, your worst fears come true. Penned by established authors and fresh new voices, these stories range from the gothic and phantasmagorical, through the demonic and supernatural, to the dystopian and sci-fi. Prepare for a visceral, frightening read. Featuring work by: Geraldine Borella, Jack Dann, Renee De Visser, Jason Fischer, Rebecca Fraser, Gary Kemble, David Kuraria, Paul Mannering, Tracie McBride, Samantha Murray, Robyn O'Sullivan, Antoinette Rydyr, Deborah Sheldon, Charles Spiteri, H.K. Stubbs, Matt Tighe, J.M. Merryt, Kat Pekin, Mark Towse, Ash Tudor, Kaaron Warren, Janeen Webb, and Sean Williams.Deborah Sheldon is an award-winning author of short stories, novellas, and novels across the darker spectrum of horror, crime, and noir. Recent titles include the novelBody Farm Z(Severed Press), novellaThe Long Shot(Twelfth Planet Press), and the collectionFigments and Fragments: Dark Stories(IFWG Australia). Her short stories have been published in many anthologies and magazines includingAurealis, Midnight Echo, Andromeda Spaceways, andDimension6. She won the Australian Shadows “Best Collected Work” Award forPerfect Little Stitches and Other Stories.This is a very unique anthology - curated by a master body-horror writer, on topics that are uncommon. Also, an all-Australian title, with notable authors, including Jack Dann, Sean Williams, Kaaron Warren and Janeen Webb.