American Nightmare

It's the 1950s. There's always something good on the radio, cherry red Cadillacs cruise the streets and everything is always perfect. Marilyn is still alive and the War is over. America goes to bed, nuclear annihilation postponed another day. Welcome to the American Nightmare. Nuclear families dabbling in the occult. Little League games in the summer, old blood spilled in the dust. Unspeakable things hiss and crawl, unseen along the 38th parallel, camouflaged under muzzle flashes. This is what happens behind the white picket fences and waving flags. Praise for American Nightmare: “Buried in the nostalgia and innocence of bygone days, American Nightmare is a riveting collection of dark stories that leaves the big-block motor running, as we sneak into a deserted alley to huff on a Pall Mall, our hair slicked back, a switchblade clicking open as the shadows close in around us. Behind a closed door, away from the manicured lawn, the music continues—guitar licks and a back beat that just won’t quit—drowning out the screams, as we pull the blinds down, wash off our tentacles, and cinch our masks on tight.” —Richard Thomas, Staring Into the Abyss Grandma Elspeth's Enchiridion for Domestic Harmony - Rachel Anding In the Blood - Mark W. Coulter Chiaroscuro - Dino Parenti Bow Creek - Raymond Little Glow - Adrean Messmer Lucy's Lips - Madeleine Swann Pear People from Planet 13 - MP Johnson Ghost Girl, Zombie Boy and the Count - Chris Thorndycroft The Two Monsters of Levittown - T. Fox Dunham Double Feature - Neal Litherland The Black Pharaoh of Hollywood - Ian Welke The King - W. P. Johnson A Night to Remember - Tim Marquitz All the Beautiful Marilyns - Max Booth III

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