TWO-THOUSAND WORD TERRORS: Table of Contents & Introduction

An Online Anthology of Horror From Rooster Republic Press

Rooster Republic Press is proud to present TWO-THOUSAND WORD TERRORS, a new anthology of horror fiction compiled by author Nicholas Day and featuring art by Don Noble.

This anthology brings together the talents of 45 authors, both newcomers and veterans alike, who were given the opportunity to write whatever their hearts desired, as long as it fit under the banner of horror…

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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“Knife Salesman” by Kevin Folliard . . . FEB 6, 2023

“Bound by Duty” by Christine Makepeace . . . FEB 13, 2023

“The Sound of Shattering Bones” by Andrés Menéndez . . . FEB 20, 2023

“Just Another Apocalypse” by KC Grifant . . . FEB 27, 2023

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“The Walking Man” by Carson Fredriksen . . . MAR 6, 2023

“Nice Day for a Carpool” by Angela Sylvaine . . . MAR 13, 2023

“A Harrowing Beyond the Furrows” by KT Wagner . . . MAR 20, 2023

“Girls Just Want to Eat” by Avra Margariti . . . MAR 27, 2023

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“The Blood-Red Lake” by Stephen Kozeniewski . . . APR 3, 2023

“Ravenous” by J.B. Rockwell . . . APR 10, 2023

“The Night Zack Willoughby Died” by Tim O’Neal . . . APR 17, 2023

“The Lady with the Backwards Head” by Melissa Pleckham . . . APR 24, 2023

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“Bad Guys Wear Black” by Nu Yang . . . MAY 1, 2023

“Transcript of Last Live Stream from SS Amphitrite October 3, 202X” by Buzz Dixon . . . MAY 8, 2023

“Doppelgänger” by Rowan Hill . . . MAY 15, 2023

“The Statistical Likelihood of Recent Events” by Nathaniel Phillips . . . May 22, 2023

“Summer of a Soul” by Ruthann Jagge . . . MAY 29, 2023

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“Fade to Black” by Laurel Hightower . . . JUN 5, 2023

“Something in the Water” by Thomas Joyce . . . JUN 12, 2023

“The Song of the Woods” by Shelley Lavigne . . . JUN 19, 2023

“Head Games” by Patrick Barb . . . JUN 26, 2023

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“Ghostwitch” by Therese Arkenberg . . . JUL 3, 2023

“Two Humps and a Thump” by Eddie Generous . . . JUL 10, 2023

“Silver Bess” by Karen Ovér . . . JUL 17, 2023

“A Mask Made of Water” by Barry Charman . . . JUL 24, 2023

“Overgrown” by Emma Kathryn . . . JUL 31, 2023

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“A Shadow Walks Down the Street” by Ash Vogler . . . AUG 7, 2023

“Tree Well” by Daniel R. Robichaud . . . AUG 14, 2023

“Go, Marge, Go” by Roni Stinger . . . AUG 21, 2023

“The Molt” by Rex Burrows . . . AUG 28, 2023

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“The Longest Mile” by Alisha Galvan . . . SEP 4, 2023

“The Greatest Trick of All” by Maxwell Gold . . . SEP 11, 2023

“The Sacrifices We Make” by Lauren Carter . . . SEP 18, 2023

“Without Hope of Extrication” by C. Owen Loftus . . . SEP 25, 2023

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“Roots” by Jen Mierisch . . . OCT 2, 2023

“Beast in Show” by Robert Francis . . . OCT 9, 2023

“Motherhood’s Mite” by Eve Morton . . . OCT 16, 2023

“The Flight of Ethan Bosch” by John Leahy . . . OCT 23, 2023

“Art Night” by Alyssia Gonzalez . . . OCT 30, 2023

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“Celeste” by Kurt Newton . . . NOV 6, 2023

“The Grove Men” by Ariana Ferrante . . . NOV 13, 2023

“Dead Water” by RJ Meldrum . . . NOV 20, 2023

“Taken Too Soon” by Jamie Churchman . . . NOV 27, 2023

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“I’m Not Scared” by Deborah Davitt . . . DEC 4, 2023

“Knead” by Jennifer Lee Rossman . . . DEC 11, 2023

TBA . . . DEC 18, 2023

TBA . . . DEC 25, 2023

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INTRODUCTION…

Hello, and welcome to Two-thousand Word Terrors. We are pleased to have you join us, and we hope you keep coming back each week to see the sights we have to show you! You are going to find a little bit of everything in this collection of tales: human and inhuman; existential and immediate; comic and tragic. We cast a wide net on purpose. After all, Horror is a big umbrella and a whole lot of different types of stories fit snuggly under the canopy.

Further, we wanted to create an anthology that served as something as a “thank you” to all of you who have supported the press over these last few years. We’ve never been the belle of the ball, so to speak, but the following we do have has helped us give a wonderful platform to numerous authors who command serious talent. Our back catalog speaks for itself, I hope.

So, here we go. Nearly 100,000 words in total, and all of it 100% free via the Rooster Republic website. Every Monday, for the next 45 weeks, we are hosting a brand-new horror short story. An online anthology unlike, we think, any other. And, again, we thank all our supporters and all the talent who have helped bring this project into fruition.

You can (and should!) bookmark this page and revisit it as the year carries on. As stories go live, they will be linked in the above “table of contents,” so that you can revisit or read in the order you desire after all is said and done. Don’t forget, stories live and die depending on the eyes reading them, so if a particular tale catches your interest, then share, share, and share again. In an age often at the mercies of social media, our platform is your platform, and vice versa.

Much love to all the writers working hard and to all the readers searching for new words.

from the desk of Nicholas Day

Sun, Jan 29, 2023