We Are All Monsters Here (preorder)

(preorder—to be published in Spring)

Dust jacket and signature page artwork by François Vaillancourt.

From cabins in the woods to post-apocalyptic cities, monsters lurk everywhere. Discover the sinister secret of a traveling carnival, spend a holiday with masked mummers, and visit a small town with unusual traditions and a penchant for gargoyles.

We Are All Monsters Here collects nineteen of Kelley Armstrong’s eeriest short stories published over the past two decades. Each tale features a cast of colorful—if at times unsettling—characters, including a physics student haunted by their past, an elderly author plotting a murder mystery, a young boy troubled by the screams of dragons, a reluctant preacher challenged by a stranger who can resurrect the dead, and survivors of the apocalypse searching for a safe place to call home.

Ghosts, vampires, werewolves, zombies, and other classic creatures are portrayed in refreshingly unique ways. A master of paranormal mystery, Armstrong subverts reader expectations with clever twists and turns; for while a monster is at the heart of every story, not all have claws or fangs or a thirst for blood—the most terrifying are the seemingly average people driven to monstrous acts.

Limited: 750 signed numbered hardcover copies

Table of Contents:

• Absinthe & Angels
• A Haunted House of Her Own
• Nos Galan Gaeaf
• Last Stand
• The Girl in the Carnival Gown
• One Last Story
• The Way Lost
• Tarot in the Town Square
• Time Out
• Dead Flowers by a Roadside
• Drunk Physics
• Suffer the Children
• The Ghost in the Glade
• New Chicago
• Shadow Sight
• The Price You Pay
• Invitation to the Game
• The Screams of Dragons
• We Are All Monsters Here