· 2024
A voyeur becomes the one being watched, terrifying beasts are stitched together, strange new insects appear, ancient sex gods rise, and an island on the brink of madness falls apart. Betty Rocksteady's debut collection blends surrealism and horror, tearing apart tropes as words bleed and transform down unexpected avenues of nightmare logic. These stories run the gamut from splatterpunk to somber. They're hot and wet and nasty, guaranteed to leave you with an unspeakable sense of dread.
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· 2016
Kzine is a magazine of original SF, Horror, Fantasy and Crime stories. It is published three times a year and this issue contains fiction from Betty Rocksteady, Ian Whates, Kit Power, K. McGee, Rhoads Brazos, Martin Donnelly, Nestor Delfino, Goran Sedlar and John Sies.
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18 + For Mature Audiences Only! Doom and Gloom, two nasty storm clouds, have been raining very unpleasant things upon the land of Euphoria. At first it was just inconvenient and gross, but now it has become dangerous. When the clouds graduated from piss and vinegar to bullets and razor blades, Princess Cherrypop decides it's time for a holiday. Find out if she is willing to pay the price to stop the storms in this tale by Berti Walker. When your predictable life has lost its flavor, sometimes it takes a wolf to spice things up as he takes you on an adventure that will leave you hungry for more. If Lewis Carrol and Little Red Riding Hood had sex, you would get "These New Appetites," by Betty Rocksteady. "The Perils of Princess Cherrypop," by Alex S. Johnson, begin the ultimate battle for power when the Baroness of Cuntingham tries to gain control of the Pussy of Power. Will Cherrypop be able to resist?
Since 2009, the Bards and Sages Quarterly has brought fans of speculative fiction an amazing variety of short stories from both new and established authors. Each issue sets out to introduce readers to the wealth of talent found in the horror, fantasy and science fiction genres. In this issue: Janie Brunson, Mark William Chase, Craig Comer, Milo James Fowler, Michelle Ann King, Jason Lairamore, Guy T Martland, George Nikolopoulos, Betty Rocksteady, Jeff Suwak, Ned Thimmayya, James Zahardis, and Richard Zwicker.
· 2017
"The guys following her home are bad enough, but when Jacalyn's Poppa comes to the rescue, things only get worse. After all, he's been dead for six years. There's no time to be relieved, because when she ends up back at Poppa's new apartment, nothing feels right. The food here doesn't taste how food should taste. The doors don't work how doors are supposed to work. And something's not right with Poppa. Guilt and sickness spiral Jacalyn into a nightmarish new reality of Lynchian hallucinations and grotesque body horror."--Back cover.
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· 2021
From the editors of Lost Signals comes the new volume in technological horror. Nineteen authors, both respected and new to the genre, team up to deliver a collection of terrifying, eclectic stories guaranteed to unsettle its readers. In Lost Films, a deranged group of lunatics hold an annual film festival, the lost series finale of The Simpsons corrupts a young boy's sanity, and a VCR threatens to destroy reality. All of that and much more, with fiction from Brian Evenson, Gemma Files, Kelby Losack, Bob Pastorella, Brian Asman, Leigh Harlen, Dustin Katz, Andrew Novak, Betty Rocksteady, John C. Foster, Ashlee Scheuerman, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Kev Harrison, Thomas Joyce, Jessica McHugh, Kristi DeMeester, Izzy Lee, Chad Stroup, and David James Keaton.
· 2018
THE SKY IS HUNGRY Glowing lights and figures in tattered robes force Sarah from her apartment. Outside, phosphorescent creatures infiltrate her every orifice. They want to know everything, especially the things she would rather forget. Featuring 20 black and white illustrations.
The first volume of a new journal of weird/horror fiction. Featuring fiction from Jason A Wyckoff, Lucy A Snyder, Betty Rocksteady, Michael Kelly, C C Adams, Tim Jeffreys, Terence Hannum, Andrew Wilmot, Adrian Ludens, Matt Thompson, Alana I Capria, J Daniel Stone, and Jordan Kurella. Non-fiction from Jose Cruz and James Newman. An interview with filmmaker Philip Gelatt. Interior art by Lee Harrington, Christian Weiland, and Matt Andrew. Cover painting by Matt Tisdale. Edited by Benjamin Holesapple.
· 2022
Soft Places is a novella / graphic novel hybrid. Johnna is found naked, wandering the streets with a mysterious head injury. Seemingly psychotic, she's forced into the care of perverted psychiatrist Dr. Gonne. She must escape his clutches and return to a strange place she only half-remembers. suggested for mature audiences