D. K. Cassidy

This thirty-first issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of five sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories-each from a different featured master of speculative fiction. Fortune Cookies by Hunter C. EdenThat Time of Year by D. K. CassidyThe Pairing Witch by David Alan JonesSimilar by Holly Heisey#Eddie_and_June by Daniel Arthur SmithTales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction, horror, & slipstream magazine we've been working on since 2015. What is Dark Science Fiction and Horror? Think of it as a literary Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, or Outer Limits, it's Netflix's Black Mirror and Amazon's Electric Dreams in the short story format. And it's a bargain. Each monthly issue has three-to-five sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales from today's top speculative fiction writers. These are Dark Sci Fi Slipstream Tales like you've never read before.

This Fifth Omnibus edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned is loaded with fourteen sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - from eleven of today's top speculative fiction writers. Tales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction, horror, & slipstream magazine we've been working on since 2015. What is Dark Science Fiction and Horror? Think of it as a literary Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, or Outer Limits, it's Netflix's Black Mirror in the short story format. These are Dark Sci Fi Slipstream Tales like you've never read before.

This Fifth Omnibus edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned is loaded with fourteen sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - from eleven of today's top speculative fiction writers. Tales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction, horror, & slipstream magazine we've been working on since 2015. What is Dark Science Fiction and Horror? Think of it as a literary Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, or Outer Limits, it's Netflix's Black Mirror in the short story format. These are Dark Sci Fi Slipstream Tales like you've never read before.

The Sleepers are looking for answers. Why do some people sleep while others cannot? Kate and Decker dream of a way to help the citizens of the Nation. For that reason, they name themselves the Dreamers. After ten years of being told the outside world is no longer inhabitable, Decker now questions if that is true. After the Dreamers uncover shocking information from the Capitol, it becomes more important than ever to find a way out of the Nation. The question is: What will they find if they get past the Wall?

D. K. Cassidy, the best-selling author of Spilt Milk: A Collection of Stories, continues the story of some of the characters that first appeared in Spilt Milk. Everyone believes in their own version of reality. Will the past deeds of Caleb, Joy, and George come back to haunt them? Discover realities on the spectrum between normal and fantasy. Earlier experiences shape the present and future. Choices change lives. -Can a murderer decide to stop killing? -Can a woman regain the confidence she had in her twenties? -Can a lonely man find the perfect companion? Welcome to the world of Curious Reality. Are any of your realities curious?

Within these pages you will meet an array of characters. Choices are made that will change lives. Are they right or wrong? You decide. Each brief story deliberately distills a life's essence. Mika Sugano's original illustrations compliment D. K. Cassidy's flashes of fiction, heightening these refreshing ideas and themes on the page. Welcome to urban Gothic stories that are droll, horrific, and thought provoking. -George, a child who collects things -Cinderella's stepmother in therapy -A paraplegic finds her true life -Caleb, unwanted, neglected, now grown -Jared, baptized in a coffee world -A mother lost in her torn past -And six others