THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOTHTwenty-five women and non-binary writers from the worlds of Horror Fiction and Illustration drag the blackened heart of Classic Gothic Horror out into the open, sculpting a sleeker, fiercer beast and recasting the legacy of our original Gothmothers in a chilling contemporary light.Within the walls of an arcane modern art gallery…into the blackest burrows of the animal kingdom…tableside at the world’s last restaurant on the eve of the apocalypse…from the deep American South to the depths of a hostile sea, a cornucopia of nightmares awaits.In Somnio features eighteen vibrant, unique stories; each brings a new perspective to our inherent love of Gothic Horror and what those vital elements of terror still have to tell us today.Table of ContentsIntroduction by Antonia Rachel WardJ.A. Bryson - SenescenceMary Rajotte - The Blight of Black CreekAster S. Monroe - TrespassS.E. Zeller - Wild ThingJulie Hutchings - The BeachHelen Whistberry - Needs MustTaylor Jordan Pitts - What We SowA.P. Howell - Always an AfterElou Carroll - Ghost LightBarbara A. Barnett - Self StorageHarklin Ashe - Nude in Repose #37Lauren Bolger - Junk SoulRachel Unger - We Named You After HerJessica Lévai - Silver Hands Against the DevilM. Lopes da Silva - A House Without GhostsVictoria Nations - The Reaching SeaBriana Una McGuckin - After the ApplesLin Darrow - The Burning of Langston Flare’s Haunted Masquerade and Seafood Restaurant Experience (For Love) Illustrated by:Sally Cantirino - cover artistDaniella BatshevaMarisa BrunoEcho EchoClaire L. SmithTammsleEdited by Alex Woodroe.
