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    From The Yonder: A Collection of Horror from Around the World
    From The Yonder: A Collection of Horror from Around the World
    From The Yonder: A Collection of Horror from Around the World
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    From The Yonder: A Collection of Horror from Around the World

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    A collection of horror short stories based on legends and tall-tales from throughout the World. 

    From India and the coasts of Albania to the wilds of North America, these original stories bring to life old tales of darkness and horror.

    Featuring the works of: L.F. Falconer, Linda Kay Hardie, K.N. Johnson, Sha

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWar Monkey Publications, LLC
    Release dateFeb 2, 2020
    ISBN9781732366251
    From The Yonder: A Collection of Horror from Around the World

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      From The Yonder - War Monkey Publications, LLC

      FROM THE YONDER

      A Collection of Horror from Around the World

      Volume I

      War Monkey Publications, LLC

      Orem, Utah

      Lemur Roundel

      ©2020 War Monkey Publications, LLC

      All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law.

      First Print, 2020

      Cover Art by MtPArt

      SelfPubBookCovers.com/MtPArt

      ISBN 978-1-7323662-4-4 (Paperback Cover)

      ISBN 978-1-7323662-5-1 (ePub)

      Library of Congress Control Number:2019921151

      www.warmonkeypublications.com

      ©2020 Wild Things. by L. F. Falconer. All rights reserved.

      ©2020 Beware the Water Babies of Pyramid Lake.

      by Linda Kay Hardie. All rights reserved.

      ©2020 Dark of the Night. by R. B. Swallow. All rights reserved.

      ©2020 Hunting Season. by Joshua P. Sorensen. All rights reserved.

      ©2020 Moll Dyer’s Revenge. by Mike Marcus. All rights reserved.

      ©2020 Specter Hill. by K. N. Johnson. All rights reserved.

      ©2020 Mohini: Ghost of the Tamarind Tree. by Shashi Kadapa. All rights reserved.

      ©2020 Done, And Done Again. by Sergio ente per ente Palumbo. All rights reserved.

      ©2020 Dead Man’s Hand. by C.R. Langille. All rights reserved.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Editor’s Note

      Author Bios

      THE QUICK

      Wild Things --- 5%

      by L. F. Falconer

      Beware the Water Babies of Pyramid Lake --- 16%

      by Linda Kay Hardie

      Dark of the Night --- 21%

      by R. B. Swallow

      Hunting Season --- 27%

      by Joshua P. Sorensen

      THE DEAD

      Moll Dyer’s Revenge --- 32%

      by Mike Marcus

      Specter Hill --- 50%

      by K. N. Johnson

      Mohini: Ghost of the Tamarind Tree --- 55%

      by Shashi Kadapa

      AND THE DARK

      Done, And Done Again --- 76%

      by Sergio ente per ente Palumbo

      Dead Man’s Hand --- 89%

      by C.R. Langille

      A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

      The idea for this anthology came about during a discussion with fellow horror enthusiasts. What would you really like to read? What would just be plain fun to read? How about a fiction anthology based on real tall-tales and legends? Other writers’

      perspectives and takes of existing spookiness. And thus, FROM THE YONDER was born.

      Working on this anthology has been a real joy.

      Our readers were absolutely thrilled with the quality and craft of the submissions. And I loved them as well.

      I am still in final edits and our readers are already bugging me to continue this with future anthologies along the same theme.

      It is my sincere hope that the readers of this anthology enjoy it as much as I have.

      Sincerely,

      Joshua P. Sorensen

      AUTHOR BIOS

      L.F. FALCONER- L.F. Falconer is a lifelong resident of northern Nevada where she enjoys exploring the back roads, ghost towns, and the lonely places. An Indie author of dark fiction, she is a member of High Sierra Writers and has published seven novels and one collection of short stories. Her work has appeared in Weirdbook Magazine and Shallow Waters Flash Fiction Anthology, Volume 4. Discover more at www.lffalconer.com

      LINDA KAY HARDIE- Recently Linda Kay Hardie has had stories published in A MURDER OF CROWS (Darkhouse Books, 2019) and STRANGE STORIES VOL. 1 (Forty-Two Books, 2019). Linda is the author of the picture book LOUIE LARKEY AND THE BAD DREAM PATROL (Moon Mountain Pub., 2001). Other credits include an essay in the book CAT WOMEN: FEMALE WRITERS ON THEIR FELINE FRIENDS and pieces in national magazines CAT FANCY and CHILE PEPPER. She is a professional member of SCBWI and of International Cat Writers Association, and holds a Master’s Degree in English (Creative Writing). Her writing has won awards from the Cat Writers Association, the Association for California School Administrators, the California Association of Community Colleges, and more.

      She won her first writing trophy in fifth grade, with first place for an essay on fire safety.

      Linda Kay Hardie has been featured on the Food Network about the National Chicken Cooking Contest, for which she was the Nevada winner in 2001. She is also the Spam Cooking Champion for Nevada (yes, the tasty treat canned mystery meat). Linda been a disk jockey and newspaper reporter. A lifelong book lover, she is now an adjunct professor teaching English composition and core humanities to unwilling students in Reno, Nevada, where she lives with Abyssinian cats.

      K.N. JOHNSON- K.N. Johnson’s story Frigid won a Mythraeum contest for its haunting take on an artist obsessed with ice and one woman. Frigid was developed into a short film by Loste Films. Her dark non-fiction has appeared in various literary magazines and anthologies. She spends her days as a healthcare research specialist while studying psychology and weekends with her family, cats, and true crime films and podcasts. She’s known to take too many photos during legend trips and ghost investigations. Follow her writing at www.facebook.com/knjohnsonauthor/

      SHASHI KADAPA- Based in Pune, India, Shashi Kadapa is the managing editor of ActiveMuse, a journal of literature. His short stories appeared in anthologies of Casagrande Press, Alien Dimensions #11, Agorist Writers, Escaped Ink, War Monkey, Verses of Silence, Spadina Literary Review, and others. He has written for the The Times of India and Debonair. Shashi is working on a book of short stories and a novel.

      C.R. LANGILLE- C.R. Langille spent many a Saturday afternoon watching monster movies with his mother. It wasn't long before he started crafting nightmares to share with his readers. An avid hunter and amateur survivalist, C.R. Langille incorporates the Utah outdoors in many of his tales. He is an affiliate member of the Horror Writer's Association, a member of the League of Utah Writers, and received his MFA: Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University.

      MIKE MARCUS- Mike Marcus lives in Pittsburgh, Pa., with his wife, Amy, and dog, Millie. A graduate of Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Md., Mike is a U.S. Army veteran from Mechanicsville, Md. Mike’s short story Ale for Humanity appeared in Second Round: Return to the Ur-Bar, published in 2019 by Zombies Need Brains, LLC. Mike is currently working on his first novel. Follow Mike on Twitter @MikeMarcus77

      SERGIO PALUMBO- Sergio is an Italian public servant and Law School graduate.

      He is co-Editor, with Michele DUTCHER, of the Steampunk Anthology Steam-powered Dream Engines, published in March 2018 and the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Anthology Fantastical Savannahs and Jungles released in 2019, both by Rogue Planet Press.

      His Historical/Horror screenplay, Tophet- An Ancient Evil, won an Honorable Mention at The 2018 International Horror Hotel Award in Richfield, Ohio.

      His work, in both Italian and English, has been published in over 100 various anthologies throughout the World. He has published a Fantasy Role-Playing illustrated Manual, War Blades.

      Sergio expects several dozen more publications in 2020/2021.

      A listing of his publications, and some (free) flash fiction by him can be found at: http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/index.html

      He is also a scale modeler whose dioramas have been shown in various Italian (scale model) magazines and internationally online. The internet site of his Model Club La Centuria: www.lacenturia.it

      JOSHUA P. SORENSEN- Joshua P. Sorensen is from Orem, Utah (United States). He travels extensively, inspiring him to write poetry and short fiction. His other loves include history, nature, and all things geek.

      His Amazon profile can be found at: http://amazon.com/author/joshuapsorensen/

      His much neglected poetry blog can be found on Facebook: @SorensenVagabondWriter

      He can be found on Twitter @SorensenWriter

      R. B. SWALLOW- This is R.B. Swallow's debut publication. She absolutely loves horror, hockey, and heavy metal. On most nights, she can be found wrapped in a blanket in front of a roaring fire with her two cats and a peppermint snuggler.

      THE QUICK

      Some things are full of mystery.

      Some mysteries aren’t good.

      WILD THINGS

      by L.F. Falconer

      Bicuspids, incisors, canines, molars—distinctly human teeth strategically placed as balancing shims amid the precarious tower of stacked stones. Someone spent a lot of time putting this one together, Arlena thought. A lot more than the first cairn she’d passed on the other side of the hill. That one had simply been one rock placed atop another, six stones in all. Despite the grisly addition of teeth that the previous one lacked, this one was rather impressive, about four feet tall and filled with nearly impossible angles, flat rocks atop round ones, large upon small, in a wide range of colors. It could almost count as a work of art. So why spoil it with the bizarre addition of teeth?

      Without thinking, she rubbed at the phantom ache in her jaw. It wasn’t that long ago she’d had her wisdom teeth extracted. Don’t worry, Dr. Wong had assured her, you’ll still be wise. He was always full of lame jokes. Dentists must truly struggle for their humor. And what do they do with the teeth they pull? Use them to build cairns when out hiking?

      Arlena backed off, away from the bizarre cairn, a knot twisting her gut, and she was grateful for Steve’s service pistol at her hip. He’d be pissed if he knew she had it, always terrified it might fall into the wrong hands. But whose hands could it fall into out here?

      All she’d wanted was to harvest some of the gooseberries that grew prolifically at Big Dens Creek to make a few jars of the jam she favored. It’d been years since she’d had any. Steve had refused to come with her, yet didn’t think she should come alone, and had tried everything he could to dissuade her, insistent she stay near camp and fish with him.

      I’ll be gone an hour, tops, she’d told him. It’s midweek and off season. No one’ll be there.

      A Wilderness Area is meant for preservation, Arlena.

      I’m not going to rape the land.

      But you’d be stealing food from the indigenous species.

      I am an indigenous species.

      Your native blood notwithstanding, no one’s above the law. You need to respect the wild things.

      What are you going to do? Arrest me?

      He’d fingered the weirdly etched, bloodstone cabochon that dangled from the chain around his neck, then fixed her under his steely, blue-eyed stare. If you force my hand, I will.

      Screw you and your damn job. Arlena had gathered the dog, her day pack, a bucket, and the spare set of keys, taking off in the truck to leave him at the tent, alone and fuming. He hadn’t pursued her on the four-wheeler, so she assumed he’d gotten a grip and would get over it. Either that or she’d be put into handcuffs when she got back to camp.

      She just needed to break free. To enjoy the outdoors again. To not be shackled by all his damn rules. To relive warm spring afternoons picking wildflowers (illegal, Steve says) or cool autumn mornings picking berries (also illegal, Steve says) for jams and jellies like she’d done with her mom and her mom’s mom, learning of the old ways, ways of sustenance, of survival.

      Staring again at the teeth in the cairn, she shuddered, cannily surveying her surroundings. She’d never ventured this deep into the Desatoya Range before. And she had broken one of Steve’s cardinal rules when she’d strayed from the established path on the other side of the hill. She’d even far exceeded what her mom had always referred to as the safety zone at Big Dens Creek. Every time they’d come to the Dens to pick pine nuts or berries when Arlena was a child, her mom had always planted the fear of a mountain lion encounter solidly into her mind. Add to that her grandmother’s old Shoshone legends and Arlena had never dared wander too far from her mother’s side. Se-da-e, Grandmother called this mountain range. Not Desatoya. Se-da-e. The first name, before the white man came. Se-da-e, Grandmother would say. No good. There are other mountains. Good mountains. Se-da-e, she would shake her head and scowl, No good. No good.

      Her dog, on the other hand, could not be convinced of the dangers, either real or mythical. Paco had taken off like a shot after a jackrabbit, disappearing over the crest of the hill flanking the creek. When he failed to return after nearly an hour, Arlena had had no choice but to go in search. At the truck she’d exchanged her bucket, filled with gooseberries, for her day pack which contained

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