Discoveries: Best of Horror & Dark Fantasy represents a culmination of a small press journey. Former Dark Discoveries Publisher and Editor-in-Chief James R. Beach and Managing Editor & Designer Jason V Brock collect ten years of award nominees, best of stories, fan favorites and honorable mention tales from the life of DDP (including the magazine, newsletter and the anthologies NW Horrors and Darker Discoveries).

Featuring stories by: Paul Bens Jr., Ray Bradbury, Jason V Brock, Kealan Patrick Burke, Elizabeth Engstrom, Paul Finch, Bill Gauthier, Cody Goodfellow, Gerard Houarner, Richard Laymon, Tim Lebbon, John R. Little, Nick Mamatas, Brett McBean, Michael McBride, James Newman, William F. Nolan, Gene O’Neill, Weston Ochse, Wilum H. Pugmire, Stephen Mark Rainey, David A. Riley, Michelle Scalise, John Shirley, Steve Rasnic Tem, Jeffrey Thomas, Tim Waggoner, Matthew Warner.

Table of Contents

A Long, Strange Trip - James R. Beach (Introduction)

Unrequited Loss - Elizabeth Engstrom

The Umbrella People - Bill Gauthier

Amanda’s Gift - Brett McBean

Dirty Black Summer - James Newman

The Dance of Ugghiutu - Jeffrey Thomas

Down in the Dying Rooms - Paul Finch

Backwards Man - Matthew Warner

Three Floors Down We Cleanse the Soul - Michelle Scalise

The Meaning of Existence - Michael McBride

The Last Laugh - Kealan Patrick Burke

Extern - Tim Waggoner

Making Room - Tim Lebbon

What Isn’t There - Gerard Houarner

Stabbed By Rob - William F. Nolan

Megan - Stephen Mark Rainey

The Oasis - John R. Little

Show Night - Steve Rasnic Tem

Some Bacchante of Irem - Wilum Pugmire

Rapture of the Deep - Cody Goodfellow

The Fragile Mask on His Face - David A. Riley

Big Rock Candy Mountain - Weston Ochse

The Beheld - Paul Bens Jr.

The Shop of Mechanical Insects - Ray Bradbury

Raise Your Hand if You’re Dead - John Shirley

The Big Dark - Nick Mamatas

Graffiti Sonata - Gene O’Neill

What the Dead’s Eyes Behold - Jason V Brock

The Mirror - Richard Laymon

Discovering a Light in the Darkness - Jason V Brock (Afterword)