Running Wild Anthology of Stories Volume 6

by Fitzpatrick, David; Castles, Emily; LaBrie, Aimee; Townley, J.T.; White, Benjamin; Jill, Anastasia; Maberry, Jonathan; McQuestin, Andy; Roberson, Charissa; Lang, Lauren; Thornton, Nikolas; Metis, Kali; Marie, Asya; Choc, Wes; Hardman, Matt; Idelevich, Ann

• ISBN13: 9781955062398
• ISBN10: 1955062390
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-10-12
• Publisher: Running Wild Press

Summary

Featuring fantastic stories by the likes of Jonathan Maberry and David Fitzpatrick, Running Wild Anthology of Stories, Volume 6 will blow your mind.

Author Biography

David Fitzpatrick was born in Dearborn, Michigan. He lives in Middlefield, Connecticut, with his wife, Amy, a photographer and mental health advocate and real estate investment analyst for a Hartford firm. David graduated Skidmore College in 1988 and got his MFA in 2011 from Fairfield University. In 2012, his memoir Sharp: My Story of Madness, Cutting, and How I Reclaimed My Life was published by Harper Collins. He’s been in New Haven Review, Perch, Barely South Review and Fiction Weekly. Currently he is working on a YA novel called, End Zone. Emily Castles studied at the University of Manchester and Durham University, graduating with an MA in English Literature. Born in Birmingham, she now lives in London and enjoys the theatre and going to metal gigs. She is an upcoming writer with a small scattering of published pieces, all irrevocably cemented in the delicious macabre. Aimee LaBrie’s short stories have appeared in Minnesota Review, Iron Horse Literary Journal, StoryQuarterly, The Cimarron Review, Pleiades, Beloit Fiction, Permafrost, and others. In 2020, her short story “Rage” won first place in the Solstice Literary Magazine’s annual fiction contest. In 2007, her short story collection, Wonderful Girl, was awarded the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Fiction and published by the University of North Texas Press. Her short fiction has been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes. In 2012, she won first place in Zoetrope’s All-Story contest. J. T. Townley has published in Harvard Review, The Kenyon Review, The Threepenny Review, and many other magazines and journals. His stories have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize (three times) and the Best of the Net Award. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and an MPhil in English from the University of Oxford, and he teaches fiction writing at Pacific Northwest College of Art at Willamette University. To learn more, visit jttownley.com. Benjamin B. White has worked with almost two hundred authors editing and polishing short stories, novels, poetry, and works of creative nonfiction. His own full length work includes Buddha Bastinado Blues, The Kill Gene, Conley Bottom: A Poemoir, The Recon Trilogy +1, Mill Springs: A Poemoir of Place (forthcoming), and Say Their Names (forthcoming under Anonymous). As an award-winning poet (“Johnny Reb” in Havik 2021), his poems have appeared in The Purple Breakfast Review, the Exterminating Angel Press: The Magazine, Tuck Magazine. Anastasia Jill (she/they) is a queer writer living in the Southeast United States. She has been nominated for Best American Short Stories, Best of the Net, and several other honors. Her work has been featured with Poets.org, Pithead Chapel, apt, Minola Review, Broken Pencil, and more. Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times best-seller, five-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, anthology editor, comic book writer, executive producer, magazine feature writer, playwright, and writing teacher/lecturer. He is the editor of Weird Tales Magazine and president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. He is the recipient of the Inkpot Award, three Scribe Awards, and was named one of the Today’s Top Ten Horror Writers. His books have been sold to more than thirty countries. He writes in several genres including thriller, horror, science fiction, epic fantasy, and mystery; and he writes for adults, middle grade, and young adult. Andy McQuestin lives in Melbourne. His short fiction has appeared in print or

Table of Contents

Life Lessons Kali Metis 3 Shells A Mel Vans Mystery 7 Andy McQuestin Shared Endorphins Emily Castles 28 Committed Lauren Lang 31 My Fire On Your Cutting Anna Idelevich 41 The Mole Catcher Peter Roxburgh 42 The Justice of Dust Wes Choc 49 Spring 1967, Khe Sanh, Vietnam Lost and Found 54 Gun Love J. T. Townley 70 Mystic Jonathan Maberry 83 Killing Slugs with Salt Asya Marie 95 Henry, Kabir, and That Little Book David Fitzpatrick 98 Shark Tooth Anastasia Jill 102 The Science Project Nikolas Thornton 107 How to Act Aimee LaBrie 115 The Edge of Things Charissa Roberson 120 Follow Me Harold Hoss 130 The Cure Kali Metis 141