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    9 Days of Madness: Things Unsettled
    9 Days of Madness: Things Unsettled
    9 Days of Madness: Things Unsettled
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    9 Days of Madness: Things Unsettled

    By Chris Allinotte

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    The second volume of hair-raising tales of Madness from the pages of The Leaky Pencil. Read stories that question the unsettling borders of reality, and plumb the depths of depravity.

    In "Tap", a young girl left home alone in the house is hoping it's just the wind playing tricks. It's not.

    "Schizo Numericus" introduces a man whose obsession with numbers threatens to crack his world wide open.

    The wife of a "Bookworm" gets a frightening lesson about respecting the written word.

    All these, and much more lie within the 9 Days of Madness.

    Features new work by Amber Taitague, Richard Godwin, Jodi MacArthur, Marissa Giambelluca, R.S. Bohn, S.K. Adams, Laurita Miller, and Erin Cole.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChris Allinotte
    Release dateMar 29, 2012
    ISBN9781476471228
    9 Days of Madness: Things Unsettled
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    Chris Allinotte

    Chris Allinotte lives in Toronto with his wife and two sons. In 2008, his story The Dirt on Ronnie Wilkins won first place in the Toronto Star Short Story Contest. As a result of winning the contest, Chris got to attend the prestigious George Brown College Writer’s course, where he studied for eight months with author Tim Wynne Jones. Chris is the creator and editor of the Eight Days of Madness, and Nine Days of Madness anthologies. He is currently working on his first novel.

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      9 Days of Madness - Chris Allinotte

      9 Days of Madness: Things Unsettled

      Edited by Chris Allinotte

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Day 1: Behind These Closed Doors, by Amber Taitague

      Day 2: Schizo Numericus, by Richard Godwin

      Day 3: Tap, by Jodi MacArthur

      Day 4: Love Makes You Real, by Marissa Giambelluca

      Day 5: Recording, by R.S. Bohn

      Day 6: Bookworm, by S.K. Adams

      Day 7: A Stranger Comes to Town, by Christopher Grant

      Day 8: Extinguished, by Laurita Miller

      Day 9: Forever Behind the Walls, by Erin Cole

      Author Bios

      9 Days of Madness: Things Unsettled

      By Chris Allinotte

      Copyright © 2012 Chris Allinotte

      Smashwords Edition

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. Although this is a free book, it remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be reproduced, copied and distributed for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy at Smashwords.com, where they can also discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      All contained stories are copyright the individual contributors. None of these works may be copied or redistributed without the express written permission of the individual author.

      All stories are works of fiction. Any similarity to persons, places or events in the past or present is strictly coincidental.

      The story Behind These Closed Doors was previously published on the blog, Lily Childs Feardom. All rights retained by author.

      The story Extinguished was previously published in the Elements of Horror Anthology, Elements of Horror Press. All rights retained by author.

      Introduction

      When I started Madness in March last year, it was more or less on a whim. I’d seen other blogfests, where the host of a site invited their fellow writers to submit stories. These in turn were featured for a set amount of time, and people would visit, read, and comment. It seemed like a lot of fun, and it brought excellent exposure to both the blogger, and the writers who were featured. That’s a win-win right there, I thought.

      What I didn’t know was how one of these things comes to be. So, I put out the call and sort of hashed it out as I went. I decided on a theme of Madness as a play on the annual March Madness basketball tournament in the US, but it quickly became clear that the theme was perfect in and of itself for this group of stories.

      The result was a fantastic eight days worth of chilling stories of psychological horror, nine if you count my own. I’d written one myself as there was a very real possibility that I wasn’t going to get eight authors who were willing to give me their stories, and thereby, their coveted first publication rights. Fortunately, but close to the wire, I didn’t just get enough stories – I got exquisite, superbly crafted tales from authors I knew and respected. Then I put my own up anyway.

      Eight Days of Madness was a bigger hit than I could have planned for, so I did it again. There were nine days of stories this year for the same

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