Fetal Bait Apocalypse: 3 Collections in 1

About the Author

Joel Arnold’s work has appeared in over five-dozen publications, ranging from Weird Tales and Gothic.Net to American Road Magazine and Cat Fancy. He’s the recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board 2010 Artists Initiative Grant, and has participated in the Carol Connolly Speculations reading series. He lives in the aptly named Savage, Minnesota with his wife and two kids. He’d love to hear from you at joelarnold@mchsi.com. You can check out his blog at http://joelarnold.livejournal.com.

If you enjoyed the stories in this collection, please check out his novel Evelyn’s Drum, a psychological thriller.

The Kindness of Strangers originally appeared in Twilight Showcase

Bait originally appeared in the anthology Stones

Some Things Don’t Wash Off originally appeared in Weird Tales

The Starlite originally appeared in Dark Recesses Magazine

Soft Notes From a Hard Guitar originally appeared in Chimaera Serials

Scorched Earth originally appeared in the anthology Gods & Monsters

Groundskeeper Hank originally appeared in Bloody Muse

The Canoe originally appeared in Ruthless Peoples Magazine

Swallowed originally appeared in Horrorfind

Sitting Ducks originally appeared in Crimson

Mississippi Pearl originally appeared on Oceanview Publishing’s website

October Blizzard originally appeared in Doorways

A Healthy Glow originally appeared in Switch Blade

The Nurturer originally appeared in Nocturnal Ooze

The Apple Tree Man originally appeared in Gothic.Net

Mr. Blue originally appeared in Redsine

Narcissus in Links originally appeared in Late Late Show.net

Branding Day originally appeared in Dred

Night of the Cold Caller originally appeared in Flash Me Magazine

Burrow originally appeared in Burning Sky

Harvey’s Favorite Color originally appeared in The Minnesota Daily

Turista originally appeared in Crimson

Fetal Position originally appeared in Wicked Hollow

Shift originally appeared in Sinister Element

Telephone originally appeared in Dark Recesses Magazine

Turn Signal originally appeared in the anthology Hauntings

My Fear of Escalators originally appeared in Sinister Element

Cowboy Cthulhu originally appeared in Black Ink Horror

Director’s Cut originally appeared in Bloody Muse

Wicked Wire originally appeared in Strange, Weird & Wonderful

Confidence originally appeared in Meat Grinder Press

Two-Minute Warning originally appeared in Dead Letters

Rhythm of the Dead originally appeared in The Dark Krypt

Seller’s Market originally appeared in ChiZine

Pran’s Confession originally appeared in Gothic.Net