Snicker-Snack — Createspace

Talaria Press knows that some of your favorite characters will always be monsters. Be they friendly or fearsome, dear or deadly, they fascinate humanity and call to a primal element of our nature. Inspired by their power to terrorize and captivate, we present Snicker-Snack, Monster Stories to Cower By. Within these pages, you'll meet werewolves and vampires, and monsters that lurk under the bed-- or sometimes lie in them. Curious readers may find out just what moved in the corner of their vision, or where their nightmares come from. Lured into the light by the magic of Talaria's writers, Snicker-Snack introduces some of the monsters that lurk in our imaginations: In The Reconquista, Martin Schiller shows us what happens when the monsters we drove out find a way back into our world. They Always Come by Garth Reasby forces us to face our childhood fears when they leave us nowhere to run. Quiana Kirkland introduces us to a very special guardian monster in Old Things and New. Skinwalker takes us back to the world of Sekhmet's Light to explore two of its most popular secondary characters, Special Agents Bailey and Weber. And finally, we're pleased to share a Talaria Press first: the first contribution by Friend of Talaria Press, Aaron Douglas. Douglas' Under the Bed shows that sometimes going home again is the most hazardous thing you can do. Also included in this anthology are samples of other works by the Talaria Press founders and Associate Author, Martin Schiller. As you read these stories, we invite you to consider the words of David Mamet, "When we fear things I think that we wish for them ... every fear hides a wish."