Available October 1st from Parlor Ghost Press/Watertower Hill Publishing.
For 150 years, the diseased, the deranged, and the dying came to Lychhurst Hospital for comfort and healing. What they found there was something far more sinister.
In 1844, Lychhurst was built, stone by cursed stone, deep in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia.
Originally intended as an exclusive resort for the wealthy, Lychhurst would suffer through multiple incarnations—military hospital, tuberculosis sanatorium, psychiatric facility, and more—before finally being abandoned to steep in its own sickness, but through all the hospital’s changes, one thing remained the same…
Lychhurst holds onto its ghosts.
The halls still echo with the footsteps of doctors long dead. The rooms resound with the cries of patients long silenced. The tunnels still thrum with the castoff energy of lives long abandoned.
Visiting hours have started. The doors are open, and you are expected.
Come tour the most haunted hospital in the world. Come visit our Hospital of Haunts. 23 Wards. 23 Ghosts. 23 Stories.
At Lychhurst Hospital, we’ve got the cure for what ails you.
Featuring stories from:
Christy Aldridge, Simon Bleaken, Bridget D. Brave, Brooklyn Ann Butler, Lexx Christian, Blaine Daigle, Heather Daughrity, Jason Daughrity, Joe DeRouen, John Durgin, Rebecca Cuthbert, Stephanie Ellis, Joshua Loyd Fox, Jennifer Anne Gordon, Gage Greenwood, Caleb Jones, Marie Lanza, Stephen Mark Rainey, Jeani Rector, Susan H. Roddey, Cat Scully, Westley Smith, and Mer Whinery
Foreword by Clay McLeod Chapman
Edited by Heather Daughrity
The House Takes
by Marie Lanza
The House Takes is a story about psychological grief horror that takes you up on the widow's walk.
In 1823, Josiah Hale built his family a grand home in the sultry heat and blinding glare of the Deep South. It wasn’t long before the shadows crept in. Now, two hundred years later, this grand home stands forlorn, abandoned, blank windows reflecting only darkness.
Some houses carry lasting impressions of those who have lived and died there.
Some places still bear the scars of past tragedies.
Some buildings are heavy with the spirits of the dead.
Hale House outweighs them all.
But wait.
The front gate is creaking slowly open, welcoming, beckoning, luring you in…
You have been invited.
Come tour the most haunted location in the world.
Come visit our House of Haunts.
23 rooms. 23 ghosts. 23 stories.
Will you survive them all?
Foreword by Josh Malerman
Edited by Heather Daughrity
Devil May Come
by Marie Lanza
Detectives in Louisiana are tracking a killer who seemingly never actually kills, but makes his victims believe they need to kill themselves.
From Savage Realms Press comes a dark and twisted tome with over 400 pages of skin-crawling, spine-tingling horror that is sure to make you sleep with the lights on!
"The tent pole position of the collection, “The Devil May Come” by Marie Lanza. Lanza weaves a fast-paced mystery-horror yarn that teeters between creature feature and cult paranormal, and it keeps the reader’s eyes pasted to the pages until the very last word." — HorrorTree.com
un Lutin
by Marie Lanza
Detectives in Louisiana are investigating the whereabouts of a young woman who has seemingly vanished. Secrets are soon uncovered that were thought to be lost deep in the swamp and the evil that taunts one family, might be haunting a whole town.
Forward by Ramsey Campbell
"Chilling anthology delving deep into the psyches of Horror Writers curated by Ramsey Campbell!"
"A fine horror collection for anyone who loves short stories!"
101 DAYS
by Marie Lanza
Detectives in the deep swamps of Louisiana are investigating a series of recent murders. Following an old tale helps them discover the real beast behind the killings.
25 authors of horror bring their tales of terror to this anthology.
"A great collection of short tales by talented writers of the macabre!" -Amazon Reviewer
THE FACELESS WOMAN
by Marie Lanza
A woman condemned to wander and take on the identity of those who are unfortunate enough to see her.
These are just some of the stories nineteen women came up with when tasked with creating their own Women Monsters. Step inside and experience tales of bloodsucking entities in the jungles of Southeast Asia, Cuban river goddesses, an Aztec bruja, werewolves, soul stealers, obsessive lovers, furious spurned wives, bloody murder in Gothic manors and on Southern plantations, and so much more…
Featuring stories from: Christy Aldridge, Carmen Baca, Somer Canon, Sharon Frame Gay, The Sisters of Slaughter : Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason, Jill Girardi, Alys Hobbs, Tina Isaacs, Stevie Kopas, Marie Lanza, Malena Salazar Maciá, Charlotte Munro, Lydia Prime, Paula R.C. Readman, Copper Rose and Yolanda Sfetsos.
"THE FACELESS WOMAN by Marie Lanza – This one, by far, the creepiest story in this bunch. Sometimes the urban legends are real and can be possessive. This one holds on and won’t let go…literally."
FACING DEATH
by Marie Lanza
A mother recounts how she and her family found themselves surrounded by the dead.
Other authors featured in this anthology include: R.L. Burwick, Rich Restucci, Sean DeVille, James Watts, Frank Martin, Alberto Pupo, Jacob Floyd, Marie Lanza, Bryon Craft, Titan Frey, James Harper, Dane T. Hatchell, James Offutt, Chris Miller, Ryan Wilson, Brandon Scott, Matthew Hollis Damon, and Matthew Brockmeyer
From the darkest places imaginable, both outside and inside the mind, comes 19 tales that will drag you into places you never dreamed of seeing, not even in your worst nightmares.
Come along as these tales open up 19 gates into hell and experience the supernatural, the scientifically evil, and the unimaginable like never before. Authors of Horror have come together to show you in through the gates. . . and they won’t let you leave until you’re crying out for mercy, begging to live to see one last sunset.
What are you waiting for? The gates are opening.
Your fears await you.
Facing Death”, picks up right with her zombie genre entries she’s authored previously. Leaving nothing short of the worst to the imagination, she wastes no time in throwing you right into the madness and uncertainty of having to survive on the run."