Ghost Lights | Horror Anthology Announcement

We’re delighted to present the contents list for our upcoming FLAME TREE PRESS horror anthology, Ghost Lights, the seventh title in collaboration with editor Mark Morris. The follow-up to last year's Fever Dreams 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, 15 of which have been commissioned from some of the top names in the genre, and 5 of which have been selected from over a thousand 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, Elemental Forces and Fever Dreams.

What Mark says about the book: 'The rising influence of AI, advancements in robotics and the potentially devastating misuse of emerging technologies have been making bigger and louder headlines around the world this past year, and that is reflected in several of the stories in Ghost Lights, my seventh annual anthology in the ‘ABC of Horror’ series. Technophobia is one of only many fears occupying the minds of my contributors, however. Within these pages you’ll also find classic monsters, vengeful ghosts, demonic entities, and insidiously terrifying supernatural forces that defy definition. There is melancholy here too, and regret, and yearning, and primal, inescapable terror. As always, there are a few nervous chuckles to lighten the mood along the way. But try not to laugh too loudly, for fear that something lurking in the darkness, just out of sight, will hear you.'

Contents List:

BREAKUP SONG by Rachel Harrison
HELLISH NIGHT by Stephen Volk
HOME EXTERMINATORS by Montanna Rayne Harling
LEG STRETCH by Josh Malerman
THE WOMAN IN THE BOX by Mo Perkins
A COLD MOON IN DECEMBER by Christa Carmen
THE APIARY by Eric LaRocca
MONSTER IN THE WATER by Stephen D. Koester
WATERLOO TEETH by Laura Purcell
THE PASSING PLACES by Ally Wilkes
THE GHOSTS WE CREATE by David Farrow
THE FINAL SLIDE by Ramsey Campbell
THE MAN WILL CREEP by Angela Sylvaine
THE LINNHE QUEEN by Sally Hughes
CLOSED CIRCUIT by Eliza Clark
LOON VOICES by Michael Rowe
BLURRED AND FROZEN by Carl Tait
THE BALCONY by Robert Shearman
KITTENS by Keith Rosson
BLOOD MOON by C.J. Tudor

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, six previous anthologies in this series: After Sundown, Beyond the Veil, Close to Midnight, Darkness Beckons, Elemental Forces and Fever Dreams. 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, publishing June 2026.

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

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