Description:
It's Shadow Lab, Volume Two!
In Katharyn Blair's "Deadlanders," the realm between life and death is guarded by mercenaries called Deadlanders. When a new recruit realizes that something is trying to break through from "the other side"--and that the threat is connected to her dead sister--she must risk everything to get answers.
In David Moody's "The Uninvited," when a group of high school kids throws a massive party in the penthouse of an unfinished high-rise, they're in for one hell of a night (literally) when one of them smuggles in the soul of a mass murderer--which can jump from person to person.
In Gemma Amor's "The Retreat," a troubled veteran gets an office job and soon catches the eye of the CEO after stopping a gunman in the building. When she's invited to the prestigious company wilderness retreat as a reward, she discovers the company is hiding a deadly and evil secret. Is she next in line for a promotion?
Find these and more horrifying tales in the second Shadow Lab anthology from Blackstone Publishing.
Brief description: Gemma Amor is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Dear Laura, Cruel Works of Nature, Till the Score Is Paid, and White Pines. She is also a podcaster, illustrator, and voice actor, and is based in Bristol, in the UK. Many of her stories have been adapted into audio dramas by the wildly popular NoSleep Podcast, and her work has also been featured on shows like Shadows at the Door, Creepy, and The Grey Rooms. She is a cocreator, writer, and voice actor for the horror-comedy podcast Calling Darkness, which also stars TV and film actress Kate Siegel. Heavily influenced by classical literature, Gothic romance, tragedy and heroism, she is most at home in front of a fire with a single malt and a dog-eared copy of anything by Angela Carter.
Review Quotes:
"The new Shadow Lab anthology is a wild brew of tales offering delicacies from every dark corner of the horror genre. Lock the doors and keep the lights on for this one."
-- "Richard Kadrey, New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim series"