My (slightly) erotic horror story "The Engine of Desire" will be published in Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet through Dark Scribe Press this fall. Dark Scribe also has an interesting blog, Anatomy of an Anthology, which will go into some of the details of how the book is coming together, as well as publication and publicity info and updates.
FYI, "Engine" is the first story where I finally was able to use the Harold Pinteresque technique of reversing the scenes (a la his play "Betrayal") - as the story unfolds, the reader realizes that they're viewing events in reverse chronological order. I think it very successfully adds a bit of bittersweet melancholy to the last paragraphs of the story, where the reader knows everything that is about to and will ever happen to the young female protagonist - and she knows nothing of what is to come. Well, I think it's successful, and so do the editors of the anthology. Hopefully, readers will think so, too.
FYI, "Engine" is the first story where I finally was able to use the Harold Pinteresque technique of reversing the scenes (a la his play "Betrayal") - as the story unfolds, the reader realizes that they're viewing events in reverse chronological order. I think it very successfully adds a bit of bittersweet melancholy to the last paragraphs of the story, where the reader knows everything that is about to and will ever happen to the young female protagonist - and she knows nothing of what is to come. Well, I think it's successful, and so do the editors of the anthology. Hopefully, readers will think so, too.
