 | If you’ve been paying attention to the Horror genre the last couple of years, the name Mercedes Murdock Yardley has likely come to your attention. There are few Horror authors these days who have the talent in the arena of short fiction like Yardley does, and this was made absolutely clear with her winning of the Bram Stoker Award for her novelette, Little Dead Red. We simply couldn’t resist publishing a collection of Yardley’s short fiction, and we knew we had to include her Bram Stoker winning story, Little Red Dead. This collection will, for the first time, collect her best stories for her fans, and for connoisseurs of short, horror fiction. We couldn’t be more excited to produce this Limited Edition. |
About the Book
Mercedes Murdock Yardley is known to some as Miss Murder. Known as one of the top new voices in Horror, Yardley recently won the Bram Stoker Award for her novelette Little Dead Red – it quickly became one of our favorite pieces of short, Horror fiction. The story, a gut-punch, modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, is as incredible as it is dark.
Vault Books is extremely pleased to publish a limited edition printing of the Bram Stoker winning story, Little Dead Red along with selected other short stories and essays. Little Dead Red & Other Stories will be an exclusive printing of this collection unavailable anywhere else, and will showcase Yardley’s ability to terrify us with short stories, flash-fiction, and of course, her award winning novelette.
Table of Contents
Fiction:
Little Dead Red & Other Stories will be available in two different editions. Here is what they will have in common:
Numbered Limited Edition:
Lettered Edition:
Mercedes Murdock Yardley is known to some as Miss Murder. Known as one of the top new voices in Horror, Yardley recently won the Bram Stoker Award for her novelette Little Dead Red – it quickly became one of our favorite pieces of short, Horror fiction. The story, a gut-punch, modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, is as incredible as it is dark.
Vault Books is extremely pleased to publish a limited edition printing of the Bram Stoker winning story, Little Dead Red along with selected other short stories and essays. Little Dead Red & Other Stories will be an exclusive printing of this collection unavailable anywhere else, and will showcase Yardley’s ability to terrify us with short stories, flash-fiction, and of course, her award winning novelette.
Table of Contents
Fiction:
- Little Dead Red
- Taking the Storm as a LoverCharms for the Dark Season
- Milk and Moonshine
- Deadened (Previously Unpublished)
- The Quiet Places Where Your Body Grows
- A Cypher of Spring
- Big Man Ben
- Ravenous Stars, Carnivorous Moon (Previously Unpublished)
- Black Eyes Broken
- Hide the Sickness
- A House Without Corners
- Monarchs (Previously only available in audio)
Little Dead Red & Other Stories will be available in two different editions. Here is what they will have in common:
- A new, original cover, as well as two additional full-color interior illustrations by Marcela Bolívar
- A rich and horrifying collection of Miss Murder’s short fiction, containing two brand-new, unpublished stories (“Deadened” and “Ravenous Stars, Carnivorous Moon”), as well as the exclusive print version of her essay, Monarchs.
- A new Foreword introducing the Bram Stoker Award winning novelette and the other stories
- An in-depth interview with author, Mercedes Murdock Yardley
- Brief explanations from the author discussing each story in the collection, giving readers a window into the author’s mind (safety not guaranteed)
- Printed on 60# acid-free paper
- Smyth sewn for durability
- Foil stamping on the front boards and spine
Numbered Limited Edition:
- Limited to 124 copies
- Bound in leather
- Personally signed by Mercedes Murdock Yardley
- Hand-numbered
Lettered Edition:
- Limited to up to only 26 copies
- Bound in leather
- Personally signed by Mercedes Murdock Yardley
- Hand-lettered
- Housed in a custom slipcase
- Will contain one additional art piece not in the numbered edition
