Lush. Brutal.

Beautiful. Visceral.

Crystal Lake Publishing proudly presents the Bram Stoker Award-nominated Arterial Bloom, an artful juxtaposition of the magnificence and macabre that exist within mankind. Each tale in this collection is resplendent with beauty, teeth, and heart.

Edited by the Bram Stoker Award-winning writer Mercedes M. Yardley, Arterial Bloom is a literary experience featuring 16 stories from some of the most compelling dark authors writing today.

With a foreword by HWA Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Linda D. Addison, you are invited to step inside and let the grim flowers wind themselves comfortably around your bones.

The line-up includes:

The Stone Door by Jimmy Bernard

Dog (Does Not) Eat Dog by Grant Longstaff

Kudzu Stories by Linda J. Marshall

Dead Letters by Christopher Barzak

The Darker Side of Grief by Naching T. Kassa

Welcome to My Autumn by Daniel Crow

Still Life by Kelli Owen

Three Masks by Armand Rosamilia

Doodlebug by John Boden

Happy Pills by Todd Keisling

What Remained of Her by Jennifer Loring

Blue Was Her Favorite Color by Dino Parenti

In the Loop by Ken Liu

The Making of Mary by Steven Pirie

Mouths Filled with Sea Water by Jonathan Cosgrove

Rotten by Carina Bissett

Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths.