Dark Faith 2 and Appalachian Undead, Forthcoming

Apex Publications has announced the tables of contents for two upcoming anthologies. Dark Faith 2 is a followup to the brain-bending Dark Faith (hence the "2"), both through Apex Book Company and will once again collect stories of the intersection of belief, faith and humanity's seamy underbelly. Appalachian Undead is coming out through The Zombie Feed, Apex Publications' wall-to-wall-undead imprint. The title seems fairly self-explanatory.

In the interest of full disclosure, I was one of the 600+ people whose stories did NOT get into the table of contents for Dark Faith 2. Much as it pains me to say so, because I really like the story I submitted, Jerry and Maurice made the right call there. It wasn't quite right for the company it would have to keep in Dark Faith 2.

Dark Faith 2

“Subletting God’s Head” by Tom Piccirilli
“The Cancer Catechism” by Jay Lake
“The Big Blue Peacock” by Nick Mamatas
“Kill the Buddha” by Elizabeth Twist
“Robotnik” by Lavie Tidhar
“Prometheus Possessed” by Matt Cardin
“Night Train” by Alma Alexander
“The Sandfather” by Richard Wright
“Sacrifice” by Jennifer Pelland
“Thou Art God” by Tim Waggoner
“Wishflowers” by Tim Pratt
“Coin Drop” by Richard Dansky
“Starter Kit” by R.J. Sullivan
“A Little Faith” by Max Allan Collins and Matthew Clemens
“The Revealed Truth” by Mike Resnick
“God’s Dig” by Kelly Eiro
“The Divinity Boutique” by Brian J. Hatcher
“The Birth of Pegasus” by K. Tempest Bradford
“All This Pure Light Leaking In” by LaShawn M. Wanak
“Fin De Siécle” by Gemma Files
“The Angel Seems” by Jeffrey Ford
“Magdala Amygdala” by Lucy A. Snyder
“A Strange Form of Life” by Laird Barron
“In Blood and Song” by Nisi Shawl and Michael Ehart
“Little Lies, Dear Leader” by Kyle S. Johnson
“I Inhale the City, the City Exhales Me” by Douglas F. Warrick

Appalachian Undead

"When Granny Comes Marchin’ Home Again" by Elizabeth Massie
"Calling Death" by Jonathan Maberry
"Hide and Seek" by Tim Waggoner
"Twilight of the Zombie Game Preserve…" by S. Clayton Rhodes
"Being in Shadow" by Maurice Broaddus
"Sitting up with the Dead" by Bev Vincent
"The Girl and the Guardian" by Simon McCaffery
"Repent, Jessie Shimmer!" by Lucy Snyder
"Almost Heaven" by Michael Paul Gonzalez
"On Stagger" by G. Cameron Fuller
"We Take Care of Our Own" by John Everson
"Sleeper" by Tim Lebbon
"Reckless" by Eliot Parker
"Company’s Coming" by Ronald Kelly
"Black Friday" by Karin Fuller
"Spoiled" by Paul Moore
"Miranda Jo’s Girl" by Steve Rasnic Tem
"Times Is Tough in Musky Holler" by John Skipp & Dori Miller
"Long Days to Come" by K. Allen Wood
"Brother Hollis Gives His Final Sermon from a Rickety Make-Shift Pulpit in the Remains of a Smokehouse that now Serves as His Church" by Gary A. Braunbeck

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