Apex Book Company, a small press publisher specializing in the science fiction, horror and fantasy genres, has announced that Dark Faith, a horror anthology edited by Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon, is their best-selling title of 2010.
Published in May 2010, Dark Faith is a themed anthology designed by Maurice Broaddus that explores the concept of what faith means. Over two dozen authors in the horror, science fiction and fantasy genres penned stories for this anthology including: Jay Lake, Lavie Tidhar, Matt Cardin, Nick Mamatas, Jennifer Pelland, Richard Dansky, Mary Robinette Kowal, Chesya Burke, Lucien Soulban, Gary A. Braunbeck and others.
The line-up:
- “The Story of Belief-Non” by Linda D. Addison (poem)
- “Ghosts of New York” by Jennifer Pelland
- “I Sing a New Psalm” by Brian Keene
- “He Who Would Not Bow” by Wrath James White
- “Zen and the Art of Gordon Dratch’s Damnation” by Douglas F. Warrick
- “Go and Tell It on the Mountain” by Kyle S. Johnson
- “Different from Other Nights” by Eliyanna Kaiser
- “Lilith” by Rain Graves (poem)
- “The Last Words of Dutch Schultz Jesus Christ” by Nick Mamatas
- “To the Jerusalem Crater” by Lavie Tidhar
- “Chimeras & Grotesqueries” by Matt Cardin
- “You Dream” by Ekaterina Sedia
- “Mother Urban’s Booke of Dayes” by Jay Lake
- “The Mad Eyes of the Heron King” by Richard Dansky
- “Paint Box, Puzzle Box” by D.T. Friedman
- “A Loss For Words” by J. C. Hay
- “Scrawl” by Tom Piccirilli
- “C{her}ry Carvings” by Jennifer Baumgartner (poem)
- “Good Enough” by Kelli Dunlap
- “First Communions” by Geoffrey Girard
- “The God of Last Moments” by Alethea Kontis
- “Ring Road” by Mary Robinette Kowal
- “The Unremembered” by Chesya Burke
- “Desperata” by Lon Prater (poem)
- “The Choir” by Lucien Soulban
- “Days of Flaming Motorcycles” by Catherynne M. Valente
- “Miz Ruthie Pays Her Respects” by Lucy A. Snyder
- “Paranoia” by Kurt Dinan (poem)
- “Hush” by Kelly Barnhill
- “Sandboys” by Richard Wright
- “For My Next Trick I’ll Need a Volunteer” by Gary A. Braunbeck
Maurice Broaddus, the co-editor for the anthology, said that: “My goal was to do something different with a themed horror anthology. I’m glad (and relieved!) to know that Dark Faith has found an audience.”
To celebrate the success of Dark Faith, Apex Book Company is offering the e-book on sale at DriveThruHorror.com for $1.99, which is over fifty percent off the cover price.
