We’re delighted to present the contents list for our upcoming FLAME TREE PRESS Horror anthology, Fever Dreams, the sixth title in collaboration with editor Mark Morris. The follow-up to last year's Elemental Forces, and the series which Booklist has previously described as "Highly recommended for longstanding horror fans and those readers who may not think horror is for them." This new anthology contains 20 original horror stories, 16 of which have been commissioned from some of the top names in the genre, and 4 of which have been selected from the 100s of stories sent to Flame Tree during a 2-week open submissions window.

Previous titles in the non-themed horror ABC series, all still in print, are After Sundown, Beyond the Veil, Close to Midnight, Darkness Beckons and Elemental Forces.

 

What Mark says about the book: ‘It often seems as though this world of ours is becoming increasingly crazy, yet it is in this febrile hinterland of human fears, phobias and anxieties where the inspiration for horror stories most commonly thrives, and where ideas gestate and develop. Fever Dreams marks the sixth annual anthology in the ‘ABC of Horror’ series, and the stories that have this year flooded in from contributors continue to be as relevant, inventive and varied as ever. All human – and inhuman – life is here, represented within these twenty tales. In Fever Dreams you’ll find cosmic awe, human depravity, and monsters conjured from the darkest recesses of our own souls. Thematically, the class of 2025 delve into the horrors of toxic masculinity and identity theft, mid-life disillusionment and lack of self-worth, intolerance and cruelty and deep-seated trauma. But if this all sounds rather grim, be assured there is also humour here, to leaven the darkness – though admittedly the laughs do invariably come with a generous side order of body horror.’

 

MAY I BORROW YOU FOR A MOMENT? by Tracy Fahey

ENTER, KILL, EXIT by Tim Waggoner

AT BLACK ROCK BEACH by Gary McMahon

PIGLET by Priya Sharma

THE MUMMIFIED CORPSE OF REESE WITHERSPOON by Philip Fracassi

THE WIND TELEPHONE by A.K. Benedict

ALL IN THE GAME by Craig DiLouie

NOT ALL STONES MEAN MURDER by Kaaron Warren

THE ADJUTANT'S DINNER GUEST by Jeffrey Ford

SIDEWAYS by Lucy A. Snyder

FORTY BELOW by Caolán Mac an Aircinn 

BY THE SKIN OF HIS TEETH by Chad Lutzke

THE SHADOW OF HIS VIBRANCE by Kay Chronister

AT THE BOTTOM, SHE ROTS by Ryan Cole

SILENT WOUNDS by Clay McLeod Chapman 

AGONY STREET by Rebecca Harrison

WATCH THE SKIES by Alan Baxter

THE SITTER by Rob Francis

IT HAS EYES NOW by Christopher Golden and Tanya Pell

MIDNIGHT DISEASE by C.J. Leede

 

Mark Morris (editor)

In his 35-year career Mark Morris has written and edited around fifty novels, novellas, short story collections and anthologies, and his script work includes audio dramas for Doctor Who, Jago & Litefoot and the Hammer Chillers series. His most recent work includes a new novel, That Which Stands Outside, a 30^th anniversary short story collection, Warts And All, new audio adaptations of the classic 1971 horror movie Blood on Satan’s Claw and the M.R. James ghost story A View From a Hill, the official BBC Books/Target novelization of the 60^th anniversary Doctor Who special Wild Blue Yonder, and, as editor, five previous anthologies in this series: After Sundown, Beyond the Veil, Close to Midnight, Darkness Beckons and Elemental Forces. Blood on Satan’s Claw won the New York Festival Radio Award for Best Drama Special, and A View From a Hill won the New York Festival Radio Award for Best Digital Drama Program, and was also awarded Silver at the 2020 Audio & Radio Industry Awards. Mark has won two British Fantasy Awards, and has also been nominated for several Stokers and Shirley Jackson Awards. His next novel, to be published by Flame Tree Press, will be Bad Things Happen Here.

 

 

 

 We will take a deeper look at the authors featured in this anthology soon, so make sure to come back to our blog!