Introducing DARKNESS MOST FOWL anthology and readings!
Sometimes birdsong is dangerous.
If you love 34 Orchard and you want a volume full of tales that carry our vibe, don’t miss Darkness Most Fowl from The Godmother of Horror Press!
This anthology was invitation only, and so writers we’ve recommended and several 34 Orchard alums build terrifying nests in this bird horror anthology! Edited by #7 “The Last Days”’s Elaine Pascale and featuring stunning art by Michael Takeda (#11, “Kintsugi”), others are Zachary Kellian (#6, “Shrike Song”), Die Booth (#1, “A Murder”), Ernest Ògúnyẹmí (#7, “The Flute”), Leen Raats (#8, “The Solitary Man”), Nicola Kapron (#3, “The Bodies We Should Forget”), Selah Janel (#5, “Mister Skinandbones”), Rob Frances (#4, “Everything Fits If You Push Hard Enough”), Robert Mayette (#8, “The Milestones on That Path”), L.E. Daniels (#8/“Weird Witness”), and ten other popular voices. From grackles and creepers to magpies and nightjars, these flights of dark fancy will claw your heart every time you hear beating wings.
In the mood to be read to? Elaine has set up online readings! Schedule and days/times (with who’s reading so if you’ve got a favorite from a past 34O issue it’s easier to find them). Readings should be available at the YouTube link after the fact in case you miss the moment.
Wednesday, November 12 – 8 pm
Kiyomi Appleton Gaines “Flight and Fawn”
Lee Andrew Forman “Old Ways”
Hideki Nakazono “The Heavens Demand”
Holley Cornetto “Guilded Cage” (34 Orchard recommends her book We Haunt These Woods)
Nikki Kallio “The Cardinal” (34 Orchard recommends her collection Finding the Bones)
C.O. Davidson “A Parliament in the Woods”
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfoqUGjaJZs
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3972255883024644
Friday, November 14 – 7 pm
Nicola Kapron “Dirt and Ashes”
Robert Mayette “To Even Look at Me”
Ernest Ògúnyẹmí “Christmas Chicken”
V. Castro “Witches of Winchester”
Geneve Flynn “I Am Not Myself Today”
L. E. Daniels “Stomata”
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1DnNac4kme/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aTNA0KiITk
Sunday, November 23 – 1 pm
Kristy Park Kulski “Magpie Teeth”
Leen Raats “Flock”
Selah Janel “Invasive”
Rob Francis “Skinflint’s Flock”
Die Booth “Little Gibbet”
Zachary Kellian “Predators of Paradise”
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3ofVc4NK9w
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1453335772391314
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