The Beauty of Death Vol.1

The Beauty of Death Edited by Alessandro Manzetti ISBN: 978-88-99569-18-1 copyright © 2016 Independent Legions Publishing 1 edition epub/mobipocket: 1.0 July 2016 Book Cover: George Cotronis English Editing: Jodi Renée Lester Digital layout: Lukha B. Kremo - kremo@kipple.it www.independentlegions.com The Beauty of Death Edited by Alessandro Manzetti Table of Contents BREAKING UP by Monica O’Rourke THE CARP-FACED BOY by Thersa Matsuura FATHOMLESS TIDES by Tim Waggoner METAMORPHIC APOTHEOSIS by Rena Mason CARLY IS DEAD* by Shane McKenzie THE BITCHES OF MADISON COUNTY by John F.D. Taff FINDING WATER TO CATCH FIRE by Linda Addison GOLD by James Dorr ABOVE THE WORLD* by Ramsey Campbell MULHOLLAND MOONSHINE by John Palisano WHITE TRASH GOTHIC EXCERPT by Edward Lee ROTTEN APPLES by John Claude Smith CALCUTTA, LORD OF NERVES* by Poppy Z. Brite KOZMIC BLUES* by Alessandro Manzetti ALLEY OOPS* by Del Howison IN THE GARDEN by Lisa Morton IN FRIGORE VERITAS by K. Trap Jones THIS IS HOW WE LEARN by John Skipp BLACK-EYED SUSAN by Mike Lester DEARLY BELOVED by Ron Breznay VESTIGE by Annie Neugebauer PROFESSOR ALIGI’S PUPPETS by Nicola Lombardi 12 by Gene O’Neill HOW TO MAKE LOVE AND NOT TURN TO STONE by Daniel Braum CANDY* by Paolo Di Orazio NO PLACE LIKE HOME by JG Faherty THE OFFICE by Kevin Lucia CONTRACTIONS by Kevin David Anderson SEASON’S END by Colleen Anderson THE RULES OF SILENCE by Simonetta Santamaria EVERY GHOST STORY IS A GHOST STORY by Nick Mamatas BUILDING CONDEMNED by Adrian Ludens BY THE RIVER SHE WAKES by Erinn Kemper THE CAPTAIN by Stefano Fantelli THE DARK RIVER IN HIS FLESH* by Maria Alexander BLACKER AGAINST THE DEEP DARK by Alexander Zelenyj LARRIE’S TAPES by Luigi Musolino COLD FINALE by Bruce Boston and Marge Simon GAME by Daniele Bonfanti BLUE ROSE* by Peter Straub THE I OF THE BEHOLDER by Kathryn Ptacek *Reprint