{"title":"Sonora Taylor","description":"SONORA TAYLOR (she\/her) is the award-winning author of several books and short stories. Her books include Errant Roots, Recreational Panic: Stories, Seeing Things, Little Paranoias: Stories, Without Condition, and others. She also co-edited Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology with Nico Bell. Her short stories have been published by Raw Dog Screaming Press, Rooster Republic Press, PseudoPod, Cemetery Gates Media, Tales to Terrify, Ghost Orchid Press, and others.","products":[{"product_id":"split-scream-cursed-places-cursed-places-cursed-places-paperback","title":"Split Scream: Cursed Places: Cursed Places: Cursed Places - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIS IS NOT A PLACE OF HONOR.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed SPLIT SCREAM series returns with its eight volume, featuring two CURSED novelettes!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Passing Glance\" by Sonora Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWashington, D.C.'s sprawling and storied Moore Mansion is built upon intrigue and secrecy, playing host to both political elites and the merely curious alike. 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Ben has never heard the Doe speak, and marvels at his neighbors' firsthand experiences with his new home's Protector. Fortunately his ten-year-old daughter, Lydia, doesn't share his struggles, and adapts to life in the Doe with ease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when a mysterious wasting plague attacks the local wildlife, Ben suspects he is the cause of it. 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And just what do those stick figures on the back window of a stranger's car really mean?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll the Pieces Coming Together\u003c\/em\u003e brings you fourteen of award-winning horror author Sonora Taylor's best stories over the years, plus two previously unpublished\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eones that go to darker depths than her work has ever gone before. Stories full of dread, anxiety, grisly demises, and malevolent spirits fill this nightmare-inducing collection. 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I love the range from aroused killers, crows delivering karma to conscious skeletons. There are so many more diabolical gems, but you'll have to pick it up to find out.\" V. Castro, \u003cem\u003eThe Haunting of Alejandra\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGoddess of Filth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sonora Taylor writes amazingly haunting stories that linger long after you're done. From start to finish, this is a chilling collection not to be missed.\" -Jay Bower, author of \u003cem\u003eCadaverous\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Terror of Willow Falls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"All the Pieces Coming Together\u003c\/em\u003e is a tapestry of twisted tales that leaves the reader wanting to read 'just one more'. 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