Tales from the Lazaretto
In this, the tenth book by Fangoria/Dread Central contributor Thom Carnell, we present nineteen brand new tales, compiled in the order in which they were completed, all written during the first years of the Coronavirus Pandemic. These stories range from the poignant to the paranoid, from the heartbreaking to the heart-pounding, all designed to transport the reader away from our mundane world to the wild frontiers of the imagination. Stories that are meant to be read over and over again.
Stories included in this collection:
~ Advent: an elderly nurse on the graveyard shift has an unexpected visitor
~ I Double-Dog Dare Ya: on a Halloween dare, three boys sneak into a mortuary
~ Lealtà: A mob meet-up goes bad
~ Hitting the Spot: a very adult tale… with zombies
~ Secuestrados: kidnappers realize too late that their hostage is not what he seems
~ The Mumble: TW – has insinuations of child abuse
~ Real Estate: a true story about life, death... and property
~ Paw-Fly: story mashup - PAW PATROL and BARFLY
~ Burying the Bone: another story with adult themes
~ Ablution: Detective Secord has an unwanted visitor
~ Stuck: A personal favorite in this collection – I’m not even going to try to explain it
~ The Somnambulist: Sleep...and the wonderland lies beyond
~ Carrion: the dead still have stories to tell
~ Ijhyeojin: a novella based on a Korean ghost story
~ The Attestant: documenting the scene of the crime
~ Alias: Smith and Jones: killing is easy – it’s dating that’s hard
~ Kiru: An ode to the Japanese sword
~ Willow, Weep for Me: A CLOWN TOWN tale
~ Man’s Best Friend: Dogs... we love them and they love us, right?