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Dragonfly: Brian Knight’s Horror Short Story Collection

by The Undead Rat on June 19, 2010

This weekend we spotlight two horror short story collections by a pair of Brians. Tomorrow we’ll looked at Unhappy Endings by Brian Keene. Today it’s Brian Knight and his collection of horror short stories called Dragonfly.

Brian Knight is an up and coming horror author who lives and haunts in the Pacific Northwest with his family. He is the author of Broken Angel, Dark Offspring, Reservoir Gods and Feral.

Among the eBooks, he has one novel released as an ebook — Midnight Blues and several hard to find or out of print books re-released as ebooks including Hacks, Apocalypse Green and Heart of the Monster.

Remember, if you are interested in this book, click the mouse on the book cover to order it from an online bookseller through an affiliate link.

Discover a unique collection of horror short stories in Dragonfly brought to you by the warped mind of Brian Knight

Dragonfly

Editors: Knight, Brian
Cover Art: Matt Lombard
Format: Trade Paperback
Type: Horror Short Story Collection
Page Count: 176pp.
Pub. Date: October 1, 2003
Publisher: Wildside Press
Original Pub: April 2002 (Trade Paperback — Catalyst Press)

Gripping, touching, and sometimes humorous, Dragonfly deals a powerful range of emotions from love to hate, hope and loss. Knight does more than show you the blood; he lets you feel the pain.

Dragonfly, Brian Knight’s first collection quickly marked Knight as an emerging star in the crop of new genre talent. Reviewers and readers alike have praised Dragonfly, which received four honorable mentions in The Years Best Fantasy and Horror.

Another Summary:

Douglas Clegg — author of You Come When I Call You and The Hour Before Dark — says: “Brian Knight’s writing shines with a dark brilliance. Dragonfly is a chilling collection of terror.”

A collection of thirteen horror stories by Brian Knight, a fresh new voice in horror. Poignant, compelling, darkly humorous, this eclectic menagerie of horror stories offers something for everyone.

Table of Contents:

  • Baby Girl
  • God’s Bug Zapper
  • Naked Hostility
  • Lost
  • Sleeping with the Dogs
  • My Secret Lenore
  • The Enigmatic Harold Blue
  • Muddy Waters
  • Nobody Loves Me
  • Don’t Toy with Me
  • Wunderland
  • Rain
  • Dragonfly
Amazon.com October 2003 (Trade Paperback — Wildside Press)
Barnes and Noble October 2003 (Trade Paperback — Wildside Press)
Horror Mall 2010 (eBook — Darkside Digital)

You can check out an illustrated version of one of Brian Knight’s short stories “Don’t Toy with Me” to get an idea of the warped stories you’ll read in Dragonfly. You can download a PDF version (You’ll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it) of one of Brian’s favorite short stories “Toys in the Attic” which was published in Flesh & Blood #14 is not available anywhere else. These two tales might just whet your appetite for more.

Good Morning Northwest interviewed horror author Brian Knight as part of a nod to Halloween a couple of years ago. You can watch that segment here:

Dragonfly is a collection of horror short stories by Brian Knight

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