We Were Always Monsters: Stories

Monsters are all around us.We Were Always Monsters asks where the most terrifying monsters really are—in the outside world, or inside you?In these eleven original short stories, published together for the first time, Chris Daruns explores monsters and the monstrous. With giant killer birds, science experiments gone wrong, space travel induced insanity, and the depravations brought on by the apocalypse, there's something for everyone.A perverse technological advancement leads to the restructuring of all of humanity.The colony physician interviews the lone survivor of a derelict spaceship.A teenage loser attempts to survive the end of the world with his crush from next door.The local lighthouse keeper gets a front row seat for the zombie apocalypse.A young boy encounters a very real monster in his bedroom. Worse, his dad can talk to it.The first stone-age explorers of an uninhabited island encounter its apex predator.A child soldier is put through a horrifying initiation ritual.Originally published between 2010 and 2021, these stories weave together horror and suspense with historical and science fiction.

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