Dive into the darkest depths of the human heart, into the places where we keep ghosts and grief, obsession and revenge, and monsters-both otherworldly and human.
The heart rots with every trauma, with every wrongdoing. And if we're not careful, the necrosis invades. It has spread across these fifteen tales of horror, ranging from sci-fi to supernatural, psychological to body horror. None of which are for the faint of heart.
Follow a lonely astronomer with a heart condition as he navigates a world on the brink of apocalypse.
Palpate the grief of a father, clinging to hope as he follows an apparition into the woods.
Cringe as beasts crawl from the chest of a young girl, seeking vengeance on those who've wronged her.
Check your pulse before jumping into these horrors of the heart.

Red Lagoe grew up on 80s horror and carried her paranoia of slashers and sewer creatures into adulthood. She is the author of the forthcoming novel, Bloodstains by Gaslight (Brigids Gate Press 2024). She has authored three horror collections including Impulses of a Necrotic Heart, Lucid Screams, and Dismal Dreams.Red is the editor of the anthology Nightmare Sky: Stories of Astronomical Horror. As a staff writer for Crystal Lake Publishing's Still Water Bay series, she authored several contributing stories, and dozens of her other short stories have been published in various anthologies.When Red is not creating, you may find her falling into a pit of despair, enveloped by an all-consuming darkness. Or she may be kayaking with her family, walking her dog, or lounging beneath a starry sky with a telescope.