American Cannibal
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to (rep)eat it.
A mother and daughter negotiate the Oregon Trail with grisly results; an elementary teacher watches the carnage of The Challenger explosion spill over into her own classroom. A possible prospector traveling west is drawn to an isolated inn where no one walks away hungry; a 1950s housewife shares the gruesome repertoire of behavior expected of a proper lady. Prohibition and women’s suffrage, the Civil War and the Vietnam War, the JFK assassination conspiracy and the Y2K hysteria: the annals of American history are reimagined with a side order of cannibalism by twenty of the biggest names writing horror fiction today.
Forget what you read in the textbooks.
Everything you were taught about the Land of Liberty is about to be history.
"Gory and relentless, American Cannibal tears across centuries with an insatiable appetite. This blood-slick gathering drags history through a toothy gauntlet, picking the bones in every way from careful social dissections to moments of absolute carnage."
- Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth and Benny Rose the Cannibal King
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Mike Rankin, Horror Bookworm Reviews
Mike Rankin, Horror Bookworm Reviews
"I’m not one for gore and this anthology, again, focuses on the true horror: human behavior and the awful acts people inflict on each other before the blood begins to spill...There’s not a clunker in here."
Mike Rankin, Horror Bookworm Reviews
Mike Rankin, Horror Bookworm Reviews
Mike Rankin, Horror Bookworm Reviews
“[A] 20 story beauty that provides the biggest bang for your buck…American Cannibal is easily a five-star Horror Bookworm Recommendation”
Horror DNA
Mike Rankin, Horror Bookworm Reviews
Erica Robyn Reads
“A fantastically curated anthology of terror that devours the reader from the inside out”
Erica Robyn Reads
Austrian Spencer, author
Erica Robyn Reads
“This whole collection is an amazingly difficult read, each author brings the terror and highlights the darkest elements of humans "
The Nerdy Narrative
Austrian Spencer, author
Austrian Spencer, author
“A big part of why I enjoyed this collection that lead to my excitement of continuing through the stories was the prose. I'd be writing down gorgeous or impactful quotes one minute, while wrinkling my nose at the actions of a character or characters the next. It is beautifully written - even when it's disgusting"
Austrian Spencer, author
Austrian Spencer, author
Austrian Spencer, author
“Every single story here approached the overlying theme from a different angle. Some were bizarre, some funny, some slasher-esque. There aren't two shorts alike, and every voice stands out as individual, confident, and competent."
The Coycaterpillar Reads
“This anthology has moved up my list of favourite horror anthologies ever...The writing and editing of this collection is exquisite."
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The World According to J Book Tube
The World According to J Book Tube
The Authors of Anthropophagy
Brian Asman
Daniel Braum
Daniel Braum
“Texas is the Reason”
After getting called to the scene of a bizarre motel murder, a young Dallas police officer finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy involving a wealthy and powerful Texas family.
Daniel Braum
Daniel Braum
Daniel Braum
“Tiki Bar at the Edge of Forever”
High school seniors Ihaka and Mel’s struggle with Ihaka’s Hawaiian heritage and to find their place in a changing world becomes stranger and more complex when they learn that there are terrible killings happening in their suburban realm.
V. Castro
Daniel Braum
Douglas Ford
“Gold Rush”
The West never offered promises, and Death was never far away. The Gold Rush brought destruction, fortune, and flesh; Maria Violetta is a woman who lives on the fringes of this world at The Bellows Inn, where no one walks away hungry and some never leave.
Douglas Ford
Daniel Braum
Douglas Ford
“Papa’s Night
(or The Short, Happy Life of Elena de Hoyos)”
In 1930s Key West, a famous author is lured by the island’s most infamous resident to witness his latest attempt at resurrecting a lost love.
Jeffrey Ford
Holly Rae Garcia
Holly Rae Garcia
“Seasons Out of Time”
In 1974, against the backdrop of a recession and gas shortage, a suburban cannibal entices his first victim, and in parallel to his contemporaries Bundy, Gacey, and BTK, begins a reign of terror.
Holly Rae Garcia
Holly Rae Garcia
Holly Rae Garcia
“Flesh Communion”
A woman is interrogated regarding her involvement in a deadly stand-off between the FBI and a cult in Waco, Texas.
Owl Goingback
Holly Rae Garcia
Owl Goingback
“Wendigo Dreams”
A Cree Indian braves the Canadian wilderness in search of food for his family, only to discover he is on the menu.
CV Hunt
Holly Rae Garcia
Owl Goingback
“Tender Farm”
John joins two hippie women to have dinner at their home, a self-sufficient commune.
Gwendolyn Kiste
Elizabeth Massie
Gwendolyn Kiste
“The Hungry Wives of Bleak Street”
It's sunny 1950s California, and the well-coiffed wives on Bleak Street are expected to put a special ingredient in every meal: a slice of their own flesh.
EV Knight
Elizabeth Massie
Gwendolyn Kiste
“The Flannigan Cure”
For a physician in a state embroiled in the fire of Prohibition teetotalers, sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.
Ronald Malfi
Elizabeth Massie
Elizabeth Massie
“Go at Throttle Up”
On January 28, 1986, the country watched in horror as the Challenger exploded 73 seconds into its flight. Meanwhile, at the Shadwell Day School, a different sort of horror was unfolding.
Elizabeth Massie
Elizabeth Massie
Elizabeth Massie
“And the Window Was Boarded Shut”
The women of the suffrage movement encountered relentless misogyny and grim obstacles, and after she is arrested for picketing, Becky faces both. This time, however, the outcome will be unexpectedly dreadful.
Clay McLeod Chapman
Clay McLeod Chapman
Clay McLeod Chapman
“All Ears”
When a soldier returns home from the Vietnam War, his friends and family fear he may have come home with a drug addiction, but his seven-year-old son knows it's something much, much worse.
Jeremy Megargee
Clay McLeod Chapman
Clay McLeod Chapman
“Carnivore”
A mother and daughter become lost in the wilderness, and the darker side of maternal instinct manifests as they both struggle to survive the unforgiving conditions of the frontier.
Bridgett Nelson
Clay McLeod Chapman
Bridgett Nelson
“Let’s Hear It for the Boy”
During the rise of the 1980s AIDS epidemic, a sick and heartbroken man is part of a sinister experiment, while a fearful and homophobic nation looks on.
Candace Nola
Clay McLeod Chapman
Bridgett Nelson
“The Lost Diary”
In 1587, the entire colony of Roanoke vanished into thin air. When Governor John White returned three years later, all that remained were mysterious carvings in two trees and a diary telling a horrific tale, tucked among a chest of the governor's belongings.
Clint Smith
L. Stephenson
Jon Steffens
“Mastication Station”
In the aftermath of the catastrophic Johnstown Flood of 1889, a survivor endeavors to prevent an act of revenge which would certainly result in further violence and bloodshed, but once arriving at the mountaintop source of the deluge, confronts an unforeseen horror.
Jon Steffens
L. Stephenson
Jon Steffens
“Ozark Devil Cult Blues”
A former captain in the Union army travels back to his Ozark home years after the war to make amends with an old rival, only to encounter horrors so depraved that the war seems like a pleasant spring afternoon by comparison.
L. Stephenson
L. Stephenson
L. Stephenson
“When a Stranger Bites”
A mother and daughter's plans to watch the Apollo moon landing are spoiled by an uninvited guest.
Jeff Strand
L. Stephenson
L. Stephenson
“Y2K Feast”
As a family awaits the collapse of civilization at the turn of the millennium, the father considers the potential upside.