THE GHOST IS THE MACHINE tops P&E readers’ poll

THE GHOST IS THE MACHINE tops P&E readers poll for anthology of the year.

THE GHOST IS THE MACHINE, featuring my story, “The Talent’s in the Bones,” has placed first in the Preditors & Editors™ readers’ poll for best anthology of 2012. GHOST, edited by Patrick Scalisi, also includes “Scheherazade’s Typewriter,” a story from Bram Stoker-award winner Joe Hill and Rob Smales’s “Photo Finish,” which finished first in the poll’s horror short story category.

The book has received a positive review from THE HORROR ZINE, in which Kristen Houghton says:

THE GHOST IS THE MACHINE is an anthology that will quickly satisfy your reader hunger for horror stories that have a nicely sculpted beginning, middle, and end. They’re filled with all the fears and thoughts that seem to come to mind in the middle of a sleepless night. It’s guaranteed that you will never look at a ‘mindless’ machine in the same way again.

With contributions like these, it’s easy to see why:

J. David Anderson (“The Voice in the Box”)
Anton Cancre (“Interchangeable Parts”)
Kenneth W. Cain (“Rebirth”)
Gloria Weber (“Eternal Service”)
Joe Hill (“Scheherazade’s Typewriter”)
Christian A. Larsen (“The Talent’s in the Bones”)
Rose Blackthorn (“Eidiss”)
Jonathan Templar (“Love the Ride”)
Doug MacKensie (“The Iron Prophet”)
Eric J. Guignard (“The Ghost of Ozzie Hobbs”)
Kristopher Triana (“Video Express”)
Matthew Alan Hughes (“Bad Toys”)
Rob Smales (“Photo Finish”)
Jay Wilburn (“Watch”)
Alexis A. Hunter (“Afterimage”)

The publisher of THE GHOST IS THE MACHINE, Post Mortem Press, is the publisher of my upcoming novel, LOSING TOUCH, which will feature a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Piers Anthony, and will debut at the Bram Stoker Award™ Weekend, incorporating World Horror Convention 2013, in New Orleans, Louisiana in June.

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