Psychopomps: Shepherds of the Dead

This gripping ‘graveyard read’ features tenuous yet tasteful tales of those intermediaries, supernatural beings, mythic creatures, deities, and other figures or forces rumored to attend one’s final departure.Psychopomps or 'guides of souls' are those entities who escort the nearly or newly dead to an afterlife realm.A TEENAGE GIRL’S FIGHT TO SAVE HER NEWBORN BROTHER FROM THE PHANTOM OF DEATH WHO SEEKS TO STEAL HIS SOULLittle Bundle of Death by BEN LANE HODSONA PIRATE’S REDEMPTION FROM INFERNUM TO AETERNUS WITH THE GUIDANCE OF A SEA REAPER MERMAIDThe Sea of Ghosts by RAYCHEL ROSEA CORPSE DUSTER’S INITIATIVE TO OUTPROGRAM DEATHMobile Dusters by E.W. FARNSWORTHA BRITISH SOLIDER’S ESCAPE FROM LIMBO AFTER HIS VALKYRIE GUIDE GOES ROGUEThe Resurrectionist’s Kiss by CINDY GRIGG… AND MORE!As an interesting twist, our authors have also recommended classic tales of psychopomp you’ve likely not read yet–our way of paying further homage to the panorama of world traditions that have inspired us–rarer tales by classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe.These imaginings span paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and spiritual genres, while meandering among traditional themes of death as well as new ideas about the roles psychopomps play in shepherding souls to the afterlife.

About the Author

This anthology features four original authors.ABOUT CINDY GRIGGCindy Grigg writes speculative fiction and instructional non-fiction. Her works include an urban fantasy and steampunk series Peacock Lavine and the Fates of Nyx beginning with Piccadilly Valkyrie and her weekly serial The Salt Sheen Paradox beginning January 2016. Cindy also writes non-fiction resources about productivity. She is the author of The Productive Author's Guide to Dictation and writes as About.com's Office Software Expert (www.Office.About.com).Website: www.CindyGrigg.com________________ABOUT BEN LANE HODSONBen is an author, comic creator, and filmmaker. He is the writer of several popular comic book series including: Shutter, 8-Bit, Bukeey, and Blood & Glory. He wrote the screenplay for the award-winning sci-fi film Marooned (2012) and recently published his first book, a collection of stories about death in the American old west titled: Tales of the Macabre West.Website: http://BenLaneHodson.com________________E.W. FARNSWORTHDr. Wilson F. Engel, III, writing under the pseudo-nym E. W. Farnsworth, is widely published online and in print. Dr. Engel is the author of seven books of poetry (four illustrated by artist Charlene S. Engel), two novels, a critical edition, numerous stories, a film script, a play, and over 250 literary essays, articles, notes, and reviews. He was the winner of six first-place prizes in open, international competitions for his short stories in 2014 and 2015. Dr. Engel's "E. W. Farnsworth" collected western stories, spy stories, John Fulghum mysteries, and an Anderson romance/thriller will be separately published under contract. Bitcoin Fandango, Farnsworth's pica-resque novel about global intrigue in cryptocurrency enforcement appeared in March 2015, and is now on sale worldwide. _______________RAYCHEL ROSERaychel Rose has been writing since the young age of eleven. She currently lives in the state of Iowa, among cows and corn, with her rather large family and two pugs. Besides writing, Raychel has a passion for history, 90s rock music, and buying too many pretty books. Raychel is also pursuing self-publication; look for her debut novel Spring 2016.

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