My haunted house story House of Whispers has been published in the A Very Ghostly Christmas anthology by Ghost Orchid Press. The story has all the elements of a classic ghost story: an old Victorian mansion, strange whispers in the walls, mysterious disappearances, and a twist ending that ties them all together.
Three of my horror drabbles, Curiosity Kills, The Fog of War, and Scrapple, have been published in the Short Horror Stories anthology by Shacklebound Books.
Nine of my horror drabbles have been published in the Nom Nom Halloween drabble anthology by Black Hare Press. The first six are originals; the other three are reprints.
My cyberpunk story A Free Man has been published in The Mods anthology by Shacklebound Books. In a world where you can purchase a synthetic replica of a person from a vending machine, the best person to frame for a crime you committed may be … yourself.
My slasher story No Signal has been published in Dead Heat: An Anthology of Summer Horror by Crimson Pinnacle Press. It’s a twist on the common trope of someone in the woods trying to call for help, only to realize that, “There’s no signal out here!”
My horror story Things Are Looking Up has been published in the RISE: Stories of the Undead anthology by Wicked Shadow Press. After a man and his wife are in a fatal car accident, the man decides he will do anything to see his wife one more time … even if he has to dig.
My second-person psychological horror story You Are Reading This Story has been published in the This Is Too Tense charity anthology by Bag of Bones Press. The story is an ouroboros: the reader is the writer reading the story he is writing, as he considers how to write the story he is reading.
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My sci-fi horror story The Door Is Open leads off the Another Dimension anthology from Smoking Pen Press. It’s hard to describe the story without spoiling it, so let’s just say: never open a door that can’t be closed. You never know what may slip through.
Three of my horror drabbles have been published in the Drabbledark II anthology by Shacklebound Books.
My short horror story Genie’s Last Wish has been published in the Beyond, Volume 1 anthology by The Great Void Books.
Warren Benedetto 