SHORT FICTION
Although my writing seems to stretch on into novel-length works more often than not, I deeply love short fiction writing as well. My flash fiction has appeared on Hellnotes, a compilation of many of my short works can be found in Midnight Hour, and my short fiction can be found in anthologies by Jazz House Publications and Belanger Books. As much as I adore novels, never underestimate the power of a story you can read in the amount of time it takes you to drink a cup of tea. You may forget the tea exists and find yourself making a fresh cup while you think through that ending again.
Midnight Hour
"Midnight Hour" is a compilation of short horror fiction that explores different types of darkness with each tale coming to a consensus: darkness is a thread weaving throughout our lives that we cannot deny or escape. The book includes a shudder-inducing haunted house tale, "The Wrought Iron Gate", a classic Gothic tale, "The Long Black Dress", a glimpse of modern horror in the novella "So Broken", and more.
Includes the following tales of terror: "The Wrought Iron Gate," "Burn the Boats," "Salem," "So Broken," "The Long Black Dress," "Silent Scream," "The Lonely Violin," and "The Kingdom of Grief."
Twisted Love
Anthology by Jazz House Publications
True love can have dark depths. Till death do you part might be prophetic. Beware the unrequited, shunned, and spited romantics. In Twisted Love, twelve gothic horror stories take on new depths and terrifying outcomes when happily ever after is no longer an option. These are stories of love and loss tinged with madness and cloaked in the decayed finery of gothic fiction. Twisted Love is the fifth anthology by Jazz House Publications, and it is the first to showcase the best in gothic horror from indie authors.
Includes the following by Rachel M. Martens: "The Long Black Dress"
Stranger Than Truth
Anthology by Belanger Books
Sherlock Holmes: Stranger than Truth is a collection of 13 brand new Sherlock Holmes mysteries featuring the Great Detective working side-by-side with such notable historical figures as: P.T. Barnum, Theodore Roosevelt, Annie Oakley, Nellie Bly, Lord Kitchener, John Merrick, the Elephant Man, And Many, Many More!!!
Includes the following by Rachel M. Martens: "The Other Holmes"
The Long Black Dress
"There is no greater Hell than watching a man who loves you more than his own soul, one whom you love more than your own soul, deteriorate into a monster."
"The Long Black Dress" is a short tale of gothic horror told by a young woman returning to an empty home after her husband's funeral. In the oppressive and sentient silence of the hollow house, she descends into grief-fueled memories of their relationship and its tragic end, culminating in a haunting ending.
"The Long Black Dress" has appeared in Midnight Hour and Jazz House Publications' gothic romance anthology Twisted Love. It is now available as a solo ebook and as an audiobook read by the author.
The Wrought Iron Gate
“That’s why I do this job. To find places that are seriously wrong.”
Sydney Blake has been debunking so-called "haunted houses" for ten years, but she may have finally met her match with 1366 Cumberland Street. This dilapidated manor house in Bangor, Maine has a century-old history of suspicious deaths and disappearances and when Sydney arrives looking to do what she always does, she quickly comes to realize that there is something deeply wrong with this place. As she explores the house, the past Sydney has worked so hard to forget and forgive herself for comes back to vengeful life...and this time, she might not be able to escape it.
A short haunted house story, "The Wrought Iron Gate" was originally published in Midnight Hour and is now available as a solo ebook and as an audiobook read by the author.