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What’s so scary about Virginia?
From Edgar Allan Poe’s Ragged Mountains to the shores of Tidewater’s Seven Cities… From the blood-soaked battlegrounds of the Civil War to the shadowy political arena of the D.C. Beltway… We have four hundred years’ worth of ghost stories, folk horrors, small-town terrors, urban legends, backwoods beasts, otherworldly secrets, and down-home Southern Gothic. Within this idyllic landscape, there are many dark corners. Within these pages, Virginia authors explore twenty-three dangerous destinations, myths, and monsters from the Commonwealth’s past, present, and future. Read on, if you dare.
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Dark Corners of the Old Dominion is a collaborative project by several Virginia authors including Joesph Maddrey, Michael Rook, Dr. Querus Abuttu, Bryan Nowak, Dee Southerland, D. Alexander Ward, and Red Lagoe.
Every author in this anthology has strong ties to Virginia and it is clear in the stories and poems they’ve created. They are steeped in the salty waters of the Chesapeake Bay, pulsing with the thrum of the beltway, and bleeding from old battlefield scars.
Each story and poem was donated by the individual authors, and all proceeds from sales will go to Scares That Care.
Find out more about this 501(c)(3) organization here.
From the STC website: “Scares That Care! Inc. is an IRS approved, 501(c)(3) charity. Founded in 2006, Scares That Care! to date has raised and donated over $300,000 to organizations and families with a child affected by illness, burns or women fighting breast cancer. Each of these families receive $10,000 from events and direct donations. Scares That Care! is also proud of the fact that we are an all-volunteer organization, with no salaries or paychecks issued to any staff member involved with the charity. “
THE AUTHORS
- Foreword by Brian Keene
- “The Bride of Dream Lake” – Catherine Kuo
- “Keep It Civil” – Clay McLeod Chapman
- “A Holler You Can’t Call Home” – Paul Michael Anderson
- “Doom at Dragon’s Roost” – Stephen Mark Rainey
- “The Woods Behind My House” – Sonora Taylor
- “Room 1968” – Nicole Willson
- “By a Thread” – Querus Abuttu
- “Notches” – D. Alexander Ward
- “Chesapeake Bait and Hook” – Sirrah Medeiros
- “The Girl Who Sleeps in the Room Next to Me” – Charles E. Wood
- “Cave Kisses” – William R.D. Wood
- “In the Mountain Mist” – Margaret L. Carter
- “The Wrong Time” – Ivy Grimes
- “The Flooded Man” – Michael Rook
- “The Bunnyman of Clifton” – Brýn Grover
- “The Song Between the Songs”– J.T. Glover
- “A Mischief in Gordonsville” – Valerie B. Williams
- “Lost Soul” – María Badillo
- “Odditorium” – Sidney Williams
- “This is How Your Garden Grows” – Joseph Maddrey
- “Beach House” – Bryan Nowak
- “A House’s Tale” – Brad Center
- “The Path to Freedom” – James L. Hill
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