WRAPPED IN PLASTIC AND OTHER SWEET NOTHINGS by Robert Ottone
Cover Artwork by Don Noble
Published by JournalStone October 27th, 2023
Seventeen stories claw at you from that dark space in the corner of your eye in this new collection by Bram Stoker Award-winning author Robert P. Ottone.
In “Only That You Are Still Sane,” uncover the accidental and bizarre discovery of time travel. Meet an ordinary couple with sexual desires that are anything but ordinary in “Nibble.” Follow the harrowing story of Sleepy Hollow’s town constable in “A Mourning in Sleepy Hollow.” Tread carefully along the precipice of darkness in “A Most Curious Tome.” And in the title story, meet a lonely civil service worker who comes face to face with the darkness eating away at him.
Featuring six previously unpublished stories, Wrapped in Plastic & Other Sweet Nothings will force you to stare into the darkness within. Pray you don’t blink first.
In “Only That You Are Still Sane,” uncover the accidental and bizarre discovery of time travel. Meet an ordinary couple with sexual desires that are anything but ordinary in “Nibble.” Follow the harrowing story of Sleepy Hollow’s town constable in “A Mourning in Sleepy Hollow.” Tread carefully along the precipice of darkness in “A Most Curious Tome.” And in the title story, meet a lonely civil service worker who comes face to face with the darkness eating away at him.
Featuring six previously unpublished stories, Wrapped in Plastic & Other Sweet Nothings will force you to stare into the darkness within. Pray you don’t blink first.
Robert P. Ottone is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Triangle. His other works include Her Infernal Name & Other Nightmares (an honorable mention in The Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 13) as well as the suburban folk horror novel, The Vile Thing We Created.
His short stories have appeared in various anthologies as well as online. He’s also the publisher and owner of Spooky House Press.
He can be found online at SpookyHousePress.com or on Twitter/IG: @RobertOttone
He delights in the creepy and views bagels solely as a cream cheese delivery device.
His short stories have appeared in various anthologies as well as online. He’s also the publisher and owner of Spooky House Press.
He can be found online at SpookyHousePress.com or on Twitter/IG: @RobertOttone
He delights in the creepy and views bagels solely as a cream cheese delivery device.