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  A HAUNTING OF HORRORS, VOL. 2

  A Twenty-Novel eBook Bundle of Horror and the Occult

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  Delightful Agony

  Harlan

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  Return to Darkness

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  The Demonologist

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  Legends of the Night

  Other Gods

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  The Gods of Moab

  The Last Trumpet

  The Lebo Coven

  The Monarchs

  The Nightmare Frontier

  CONTENTS

  The Convulsion Factory

  Dust of Eden

  The Weird Ones

  Scary Rednecks and Other Inbred Horrors

  Blood Samples

  Untcigahunk: The Complete Little Brothers

  Kiss Me L
ike You Love Me

  Red Dreams

  The Shadows, Kith & Kin

  Tryptych

  The Forbidden Zone

  The Last Call of Mourning

  Shadoweyes

  With Wounds Still Wet

  Black Leather Required

  Defining Moments

  Delightful Agony

  Less Than Human

  Dark Ride

  The Nightmare Frontier

  THE CONVULSION FACTORY

  By Brian Hodge

  Original Publishing Credits

  Introduction: From Out Of The Angry Ruins © Philip Nutman, 1996.

  Godflesh © Brian Hodge, 1995. First appeared in The Hot Blood Series: Stranger By Night.

  Childhood At The Lost And Found © Brian Hodge, 1990. First appeared in The Horror Show.

  Androgyny © Brian Hodge, 1991. First appeared in Borderlands 2.

  In A Roadhouse Far, Past The Edge Of Town © Brian Hodge, 1996.

  Naked Lunchmeat © Brian Hodge, 1996.

  Cancer Causes Rats © Brian Hodge, 1991. First appeared in Cold Blood.

  Mostly Cloudy, Chance Of Kurt © Brian Hodge, 1996.

  Heartsick © Brian Hodge, 1994. First appeared in South From Midnight.

  Extinctions In Paradise © Brian Hodge, 1995. First appeared in Werewolves.

  The Meat In The Machine © Brian Hodge, 1995. First appeared in Cyber-Psychos A.O.D.

  Extract © Brian Hodge, 1996. First appeared in A Horror Story A Day: 365 Scary Stories.

  Liturgical Music For Nihilists © Brian Hodge, 1996.

  Endnotes: The Ticking Of An Unfriendly Clock © Brian Hodge, 1996.

  For Doli, once more,

  for brightening the landscapes

  of both town and country;

  “Tell me what dreams may come…”

  All progressions from a higher to a lower order

  are marked by ruins and mystery and a residue

  of nameless rage.

  — Cormac McCarthy

  Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West

  CONTENTS

  Introduction: From Out Of The Angry Ruins

  Godflesh

  Childhood At The Lost And Found

  Androgyny

  In A Roadhouse Far, Past The Edge Of Town

  Naked Lunchmeat

  Cancer Causes Rats

  Mostly Cloudy, Chance Of Kurt

  Heartsick

  Extinctions In Paradise