Bøger af Aliya Whiteley

Killing it SoftlyThe Best by Women in HorrorSuzie Lockhart and Digital Horror Fiction are thrilled to present 32 chilling tales of terror from some of the best authors in horror. Killing It Softly includes stories from New York Times best selling authors Nancy Holder and Elaine Cunningham, together with more shocking short nightmares from the finest award winning female writers in the genre.Your heart won't stop pounding as you dig into the pages of this book; from the moment you immerse yourself in the first tale, about a women waking to find herself inside a coffin, buried alive, until the last, a coming of age story about a sixteen-year-old's journey of self-discovery amidst all hell breaking loose. You'll find your proof that women can, indeed, do a wicked dance between science fiction and horror as they penetrate your darkest thoughts, to bring forth stories promising to leave you with a lingering anxiety you can't seem to shake. Any romantic notions of vampires will be crushed, and dark and twisted plots will confirm definitively that females can even write about zombies. We dare you to read stories that will leave you deeply disturbed, and some that will slice into your very soul. It wouldn't be horror if there wasn't an ode to Edgar Allen Poe...we have two masterfully written tales. There are stories off the odd and unusual, stories that take a perilous dive into worlds of disturbing shadows, and there's even an exorcism-in a tale that daringly addresses the heartbreaking disease that is alcoholism.Enter at your own risk...Featuring: Rebecca Snow, H.R. Boldwood, Christine Lucas, Gerri Leen, Tracie McBride, Rie Sheridan Rose, Aliya Whiteley, Marion Pitman, Jenner Michaud, Suzanne Reynolds-Alpert, Carole Gill, Tina Rath, Airika Sneve, Carson Buckingham, Chantal Boudreau, Eleanor R. Wood, Nidhi Singh, Rebecca J. Allred, Rebecca Fraser, Jo-Anne Russell, K. S. Dearsley, Amanda Northrup Mays, M.J. Sydney, Rose Blackthorn, Annie Neugebauer, Elaine Cunningham, Sandra Kasturi, Jess Landry, Sarah Hans, Lillian Csernica, Tory Hoke, and Nancy HolderKilling It SoftlyPresented by Digital Fiction Publishing Corp.DigitalFictionPub.comTable of Contents: Torn Asunder-Rebecca SnowLambent Lights-H.R. BoldwoodNosophoros-Christine LucasWhat the Rain Brings-Gerri LeenTaking it for The Team-Tracie McBrideHere We Go Round-Rie Sheridan RoseSongs for Dead Children-Aliya WhiteleyMusic in the Bone-Marion PitmanAll of a Heap-Jenner MichaudTraitorous, Lying, Little Star-Suzanne Reynolds-AlpertTruth Hurts-Carole GillA Trick of the Dark-Tina RathAbysmoira-Airika SneveSkin Deep-Carson BuckinghamOrbs-Chantal BoudreauRule of Five-Eleanor R. WoodGuilty by Chance-Nidhi SinghEcdysis-Rebecca J. AllredCoralesque-Rebecca FraserThe Funhouse-Jo-Anne RussellGraffiti-K. S. DearsleyComplete-Amanda Northrup MaysEllensburg Blue-M.J. SydneyAbandoned-Rose BlackthornThe Call of the House of Usher-Annie NeugebauerRavens-Elaine CunninghamFoxford-Sandra KasturiThe Root-Jess LandryLong Time, No See-Sarah HansSaving Grace-Lillian CsernicaMillie's Hammock-Tory HokeChanged-Nancy Holde

Years after the women died to a mysterious illness, storyteller Nate brings back new secrets from the woods; peculiar mushrooms growing where the women’s bodies lie buried, the first sign of a strange new presence unlike anything ever known before. With a new introduction by M. R. Carey, and bonus novella The Arrival of Missives.

Aliya Whiteley's fiction has been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the John W. Campbell, BFS, BSFA, Shirley Jackson, James Tiptree Jr and Saboteur awards. "When I read Whiteley's short stories I think of Japanese netsuke - magnificent miniatures, perfect in every detail. But netsuke don't keep me awake at night." - M. R. CareyA new collection from one of the most exciting voices in genre fiction. Nineteen stories, eleven of them original to this collection, all themed on travel, be it a desperate need to be somewhere else or a burning desire to escape what's been left behind.Contents:Early Bird Drive or be Driven Luisa Opines Cold Trade The Emblem of Daydreams Your Hero Wrapped The Librarian A Possible Location For Eagles Fernie Ongoing A Million Moving Parts Streamers Pack Your Coat Multiply Rich Growth Beast Something From the Garden At Night, The Road"Rich Growth"... keeps the focus on transformation and the lines between people and the natural world. Here gardeners use their own blood and energy to grow vines up to precious gemflowers... and the story explores the grief and fr

Skyward Inn, within the high walls of the Western Protectorate, is a place of safety, where Jem and Isley, veterans of the war with alien Qita, offer warmth, stories and good brew. Their peace is disturbed when a visitor known to Isley comes to the Inn asking for help, bringing reminders of an unnerving past and triggering an uncertain future.

A series of micro-collections featuring a selection of peculiar tales from the best in horror and speculative fiction.From Black Shuck Books and Aliya Whiteley comes Fearsome Creatures, the twenty-second in the Black Shuck SHADOWS series.

This autumn, take a journey into the surreal and hidden world of one of our planet's most extraordinary, and little understood, lifeforms: fungi. Beautifully illustrated gift for any nature lover.

From the author of The Loosening Skin and The Beauty, Aliya Whiteley, Skein Island is a powerful and disturbing look at the roles we play, and how they form and divide us. This new edition features a brand new novelette set in the same world as Skein Island.

"Somewhere away from the cities and towns, in the Valley of the Rocks, a society of men and boys gather around the fire each night to listen to their history recounted by Nate, the storyteller. Requested most often by the group is the tale of the death of all women ... One evening, Nate brings back new secrets from the woods: peculiar mushrooms are growing from the ground where the women's bodies lie buried. These are the first signs of a strange and insidious presence unlike anything ever known before"--Back cover.