THOSE WE LEFT BEHIND AND OTHER SACRIFICES by Brandon Applegate
Artwork is an original oil painting by Peruvian artist Christopher Castillo Díaz, and is an illustration of a scene from the title story "Those We Left Behind."
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A bedtime story has unspeakable consequences. A walk in the woods introduces a father to his daughter’s horrifying new friends. A bit of trash in the shower drain leads to a surreal fight for survival. In this collection that ranges from magical fantasy to blood-spattered horror, Brandon Applegate guides you on a journey through the darkest, most tragic corners of his imagination. From the surface of Mars to the supposed safety of a child's bedroom, his stories will remind you that “it’s not a sacrifice if it doesn’t hurt.”
Author bio:
Brandon Applegate lives and writes in a parched suburban hellscape near Austin, Texas with his wife and two daughters who have so far failed to eat him. He spends his free time finding creative ways to deal with his chupacabra infestation.
“Brandon Applegate knows what drives horror. In Those We Left Behind and Other Sacrifices, Applegate expertly mines the terrors found in love’s fears and failures, but he also finds the fragile magic that binds us together despite the darkness. The gory, the gross, the gripping, the ghostly, the grand - Applegate unearths the beating, haunted heart of the genre again and again.”
— Gordon B. White, author of Rookfield
— Gordon B. White, author of Rookfield
“In Applegate's stunning debut, family horrors get a fresh coat of the blackest, bleakest paint, but a deep compassion shines through the darkness. These stories will make your heart race and ache in equal measure.”
— Eric Raglin, author of Nightmare Yearnings
“Those We Left Behind is a heaping dish of diverse horror stories with a side of human tenderloin served rare. Applegate delivers the goods and then some.”
— Joshua Marsella, author of Scratches and Hunger For Death
— Eric Raglin, author of Nightmare Yearnings
“Those We Left Behind is a heaping dish of diverse horror stories with a side of human tenderloin served rare. Applegate delivers the goods and then some.”
— Joshua Marsella, author of Scratches and Hunger For Death
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