S.G. Browne

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Short Stories

Shooting Monkeys in a Barrel: Ten Twisted Tales

An ebook collection of ten dark and humorous tales by S.G. Browne. Available March 27.

This original collection includes stories about professional guinea pigs, extraterrestrial sex toys, luck poachers,a reality TV show starring the Seven Deadly Sins, and a zombie gigolo.

Fun Fact: Each tale is followed by an author’s note with information about the story’s origins.

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Amazing Stories of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

Includes the short story “Inside the Monsters Studio.”

This collection of Bizarro fiction from Eraserhead Press brings you tales of the Flying Spaghetti Monster from the minds of John Skipp, Cody Goodfellow, Mykle Hansen, and more.

Fun Fact: “Inside the Monsters Studio” is a parody of the TV series Inside the Actors Studio.

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Swallowed by the Cracks

Includes “Lower Slaughter,” “The Lord of Words,” “Dream Girls,” and “Dr. Lullaby.”

Published in 2011, this collection of dark fiction also contains short stories from Lee Thomas, Gary McMahon, and Michael Marshall Smith.

Fun Fact: “Lower Slaughter” and “The Lord of Words” are Stephen King-inspired supernatural horror stories written in 1998 and 2000.

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The Living Dead 2

Includes the short story “Zombie Gigolo.”

This collection of forty-four zombie stories, published in 2010,  includes fiction from Max Brooks, Robert Kirkman, Jonathan Maberry, David Wellington, Carrie Ryan and more.

Fun Fact: “Zombie Gigolo” debuted at the 2008 World Horror Convention, where it took 3rd Place in the annual Gross Out Contest.

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Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead

Includes the short story “A Zombie’s Lament.”

An anthology of thirty-two short stories about the living dead from the likes of Stephen King, Robert Bloch, Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury, and Robert McCammon. (Published in 2009).

Fun Fact: Originally written in 2001, “A Zombie’s Lament” is the short story upon which my novel Breathers is based.

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