The Japanese Box And other stories, the newest collection by Award-Winning Horror author, Jennifer Anne Gordon

The Japanese Box

And other stories 

The newest collection by Award-Winning and critically acclaimed Literary Horror author

Jennifer Anne Gordon 

Released and published by Last Waltz Publishing!

The book is available worldwide in digital and paperback formats

 

 

Simulacrum is a dark comedic tale about college life, and love. It is the story of what happens when

two sociopaths attend art exhibits, drink lemon vodka, and spar over everything and anything.

Periods.

Coloring books.

Art.

This is the story of our unnamed narrator...an origin story of a would-be, hopes to be, serial killer.

The Japanese Box is a story that blends memoir, creative nonfiction, and the horror of a coming-of-age

story, and a coming of middle-aged story.

Imagine growing up with a reflection that is often absent, and a Japanese box that is filled with things that

should never have been there.

Memories.

Violence. 

The Japanese Box is a love letter to anxiety, trauma, grief, and longing. It is a story of a child becoming

an adult, and all the ghosts and misfortunes that happen in order to survive.

The Lithium Moon: Simone is an artist by day, and an emotionally abused wife at night. She is a

successful artist with a long history of schizoid effective disorder with bipolar tendencies.

When her marriage goes from good to bad, she suffers her first miscarriage. The tragedy coincides with a

wolf moon-Trauma and magic converge seem to converge in Simone's head.

This story explores sadness, illness, hallucinations, full moons, and the creative process.

What Stage of Grief is not a poem, or a song, but a dirge.

Fantasy and facts, this poem walks a fine line between nightmares and memories. Grief stories and love

stories. Dogs, and drama. Nightmares, and nevermore.

The Japanese Box and Other Stories: Gordon, Jennifer Anne: 9798986845135: Amazon.com: Books 

The Japanese Box and Other Stories: Gordon, Jennifer Anne: 9798986845135: Books - Amazon.ca 

The precision of observation here speaks not only to the honesty of the writer, but to the respect granted in all phases of life; Jennifer Anne Gordon is on full display. Smart, full of character, vibrant. You will feel, you will feel big, and you will return, too, to the richest moments of your own history, landmarks that bring you to both smile and weep. -Josh Malerman New York Times best-selling author of Bird Box and Daphne 

I compulsively read anything Jennifer Anne Gordon writes. Like the best contemporary filmmakers stitching together grief and horror, her storytelling is a sharp needle that both pierces and tugs us close. Compulsive and genre-slashing, with exquisite, rhythmic prose, THE JAPANESE BOX is an extraordinary exploration of alone-ness that beats and breathes: grief is horror, grief is love. We as readers are drawn ever closer to this beautifully haunted narrator until we're face-down in the box with her. Does she feel us? She thinks she is alone. We all think we are alone. By the end we've become the ghosts in her black room, reaching out to gently touch her hair and whisper we're here.-Diane Zinna, author of The All-Night Sun

 MORE BOOKS BY JENNIFER ANNE GORDON:

Beautiful, Frightening and Silent

2020 Kindle Horror Book Of The Year 

#1 Amazon Best Seller  

Pretty Ugly

2022 Helicon Award Winner

2022 Best Novel of the Year Readers Choice- Kindle Award            

            

ABOUT JENNIFER

Jennifer Anne Gordon is an award-winning author and popular host of the Vox Vomitus podcast. Her novel Beautiful, Frightening and Silent won the Kindle Award for Best Horror/Suspense for 2020, Best Horror 2020 from Authors on the Air, and was a finalist for American Book Fest’s Best Book Award- Horror, 2020. It also received the Platinum 5 Star Review from Reader’s Choice as well as the Gold Seal from Book View. Her latest novel Pretty/Ugly won the Helicon Award for Best Horror for 2022, the Kindle Award for Best Novel of the Year (Reader’s Choice), as well as the Gold Medal from Literary Titan. Jennifer is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association (where she serves on a jury for the Stoker Awards) and is the Agents and Editors chair of the New England Crime Bake Committee. 

Her upcoming collection The Japanese Box and Other Stories will be published in August 2023 (Last Waltz Publishing) she is also a featured essayist in Let Grief Speak by Diane Zinna (Columbia University Press 2024).

Her personal essays on grief, trauma, and horror have been published in The Horror Tree, Ladies of Horror Fiction, The Nerd Daily, and Reader’s Entertainment Magazine.

For more information you can visit her website at www.JenniferAnneGordon.com

To request additional review copies or an interview with Jennifer Anne Gordon, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.   

We look forward to the coverage!

THESE LINGERING SHADOWS, an Anthology of Gothic and Haunting Tales by Daemon Manx and Last Waltz Publishing

 

THESE LINGERING SHADOWS

An Anthology of Gothic and Haunting Tales 

Brought to you by Daemon Manx and Last Waltz Publishing

 

The anthology is published by Last Waltz Publishing and is available worldwide in e-format

Last Waltz Publishing brings you an anthology of gothic tales and horrors for the season, filled with, tragedy, heartbreak, wonderment, and terror. Journey into these thought-provoking worlds and behold the majesty of traditional gothic elements delivered with a modern style. Inspired by a true love for the Macabre and the unnerving atmosphere of the Gothic genre, author Daemon Manx has gathered together some of the greatest literary voices of our time. 

With a foreword by Candace Nola this anthology of fifteen short stories from some of the most terrifying authors in today's horror world will transport you into the shadows. 

Light a candle and lock the doors because the hour of the witch is close at hand. The tales within this haunting collection are of dark places and shadows, catacombs and hidden passages, witches, vampires, secrets and curses. There are stories of deception, possession, despair and remorse, betrayal and of course ... death. 

These Lingering Shadows: An Anthology of Gothic and Haunting Tales - Kindle edition by Manx, Daemon, Megargee, Jeremy, Aldridge, Christy , Moore, Michael J, Mazer, Jae, Miller, Heather , Carlson, James G, Kaplan, Jo, Evans, Tony , Nola, Candance, Quintero, Guy, Wells, Jack, Olney, Diana, Manx, Danielle, Grant, D. E., Scott, Matt, Nola, Candace. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

 

These Lingering Shadows: An Anthology of Gothic and Haunting Tales eBook : Manx, Daemon, Megargee, Jeremy, Aldridge, Christy , Moore, Michael J, Mazer, Jae, Miller, Heather , Carlson, James G, Kaplan, Jo, Evans, Tony , Nola, Candance, Quintero, Guy, Wells, Jack, Olney, Diana, Manx, Danielle, Grant, D. E., Scott, Matt, Nola, Candace: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

 These Lingering Shadows features stories from:

Jeremy Megargee - "A Dream of Dead Leaves"
Christy Aldridge - "A Halloween Ghost Story"
Michael J. Moore - "Nory's"
Jae Mazer - "Behold, Death Arrives, a Duet of Ash and Fang"
Jo Kaplan - "Hallow House"
James, G. Carlson - "Flesh and Chocolate"
Heather Miller - "The Far Field"
Diana Olney - "Hell Hath No Fury"
Guy Quintero - "Cries in the Night"
Danielle Manx - "Belladonna's Curse"
Tony Evans - "The Dare"
Jack Wells - "Riding the Ghost Train"
Matt Scott - "Mine"
D.E. Grant - "The Feeding"

Daemon Manx - "Devlin's Manse"

About Daemon Manx:

 Daemon Manx is an award-winning American author who writes horror, suspense, supernatural, and speculative fiction. Daemon has recently been nominated for the 2021 Splatterpunk awards for his debut, Abigail in the best short story category. In 2021 he received a HAG award for his story The Dead Girl. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), and the Horror Authors Guild (HAG) and has been featured in magazines in both the U.S. and the U.K. Daemon lives with his sister, author Danielle Manx and their narcoleptic cat, Sydney where the patiently prepare for the apocalypse. There is a good chance they will runout of coffee far too soon. 

To request additional review copies or an interview with Daemon Manx, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.   

We look forward to the coverage! 

Abigail, a science fiction/horror novel by acclaimed horror author, Daemon Manx

 

ABIGAIL!

A book that combines Science Fiction and Horror into a place of twists and turns unimaginable by critically acclaimed horror author, Daemon Manx! 

The book is published by Last Waltz Publishing and is available worldwide in all formats

 

Abigail is the continuing Science Fiction - SciFi - Horror story about Adrian Billard, a Gay man whose life gets turned upside down.

"At the beginning of the third decade of the twenty-first century, being gay wasn’t supposed to be that big of a deal. It wasn’t supposed to be something you needed to hide in a closet, and it wasn’t supposed to be something that made you feel any less than the guy next door—certainly nothing to be ashamed of. Sadly, Adrian knew differently. He had experienced what it was like to grow up in the south in the “so-called” time of equality. He had known what it was like not to fit in. He had been called all those awful names, and he had felt the fists of acceptance. The horrible truth was that despite how progressive the world might have become, things caught on a whole lot slower in the south."

  Adrian has given up on the chance of ever finding true love, what with on-line dating and living in the bible belt, then he meets Dr. Mike. On what should be the happiest night of Adrian's life, his world is turned upside down by a strange package left on his doorstep. A baby-like no other baby he has ever seen stares up at him from the tangle of pink blankets.

Abigail: A Science Fiction Horror Story with a Surprise Twist Ending - Kindle edition by Manx, Daemon. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

 

Abigail: Manx, Daemon: 9798542682549: Books - Amazon.ca

About Daemon Manx:

Daemon Manx is an award-winning American author who writes horror, suspense, supernatural, and speculative fiction. Daemon has recently been nominated for the 2021 Splatterpunk awards for his debut, Abigail in the best short story category. In 2021 he received a HAG award for his story The Dead Girl. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), and the Horror Authors Guild (HAG) and has been featured in magazines in both the U.S. and the U.K. Daemon lives with his sister, author Danielle Manx and their narcoleptic cat, Sydney where they patiently prepare for the apocalypse. There is a good chance they will runout of coffee far too soon.

"A wide pair of violet eyes looked up at him. Silver flecks around the reptilian pupils flashed in the pale glow of the porch light. A hypnotic chimera washed over him as he fixed on the strange gaze. Suddenly, he felt weightless and out of the body; the sense that he was floating several feet above the ground was consuming. Adrian found himself face to face with the most peculiar vision. A small note accompanies the odd little girl."

“Please take care of my daughter. Her name is Abigail.”
A wash of emotion overcomes Adrian as he looks into the eyes of the strange but perfectly beautiful child. He is overcome by a sense of belong, a feeling of contentment, and the overpowering emotion of love. Abigail is the singular most perfect creature he has ever seen. He knows in an instant that he has been chosen to care for and protect this wonderful blessing. But there is something very different about Abigail...

How can Adrian care for a child on his own? He is a single, gay man who knows how difficult life can be when you are different ... and Abigail is different indeed.
He decides he must do whatever it takes to ensure the safety and well-being of little Abigail. And as the days and the weeks pass by, Adrian learns more about himself then he ever thought possible. He has been struggling with the ridicule and abuse he himself faced as a child and has suppressed those feelings for so long. But Abigail has a strange effect on anyone who comes in contact with her. Whoever sees her is overcome with joy and a sense of unconditional love.

"When all the projections of the unforeseeable future were reduced to one moment and all the pretentiousness of the “so-called” modern world were stripped away, the beauty of acceptance and unconditional love was all that mattered. The ability to love one of God’s creatures unencumbered by prejudice or fear was a quality that Adrian had seen little of in his lifetime. It was also an attribute he had no idea he might possess. But now he thought, maybe... just maybe.

The continuing story of Abigail follows the family through their life experiences. Part one is the telling of Abigail's introduction into Adrian Billard's life and the initial problem that creates. Part two, due out early next year, takes place fifteen years later and follows our family though those very trying times in a young girl's life: The Wonder Years. High school, puberty, and dating ... oh my!

On the surface it is a sci-fi horror story, but Abigail touches on some very deep topics. Racism, bigotry, homophobia, and ultimately, acceptance and unconditional love.
Watch for more titles to come in the Abigail Universe.
Strange things come in small packages. 

 To request additional review copies or an interview with Daemon Manx, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.   

We look forward to the coverage!