Not As It Seems

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Escape into the dark mysterious world of gothic literature where nothing is as it seems.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The unnerving short stories in this gothic anthology keep true intentions hidden and reality in check behind the seemingly normal perspective of the narrator. The characters take the reader to haunted seaside manors mysterious towns and grand homes shrouded in secrets as they explore the deceitful nature of the mind and how their pasts affect their futures.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Featured stories and authors include:</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Of Sound Mind by Caroline Baccene</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sleep Sound and Wake Nane by Rosie Beech</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Owl and the Shrew by Sarah Bjork</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Wretched Children by L.M. Copeland</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Ultraviolet Night by Jesse Ramon Ferreras</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Widow of Winthrop House by Sarah Kennedy Keys</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Duskwood Hollow by Cora Laine</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Woman in the Window by Edmund McKenzie</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A Killer Dream by yesenia monique</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Everyone's Polite But No One is Nice by Derek Moreland</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Manor of Memories by Elizabeth Faye Moxen</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Marin by Katherine Rea</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Lady of the House by Constance Renfrow</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Hollowing by Grace Silva-Ortiz</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Birthday Party by Elizabeth Torres</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Remember Us by Meranda Tuttle</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Stroke of a Pen by Roxanne Werner</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Though these stories span genres including thriller horror and fantasy-both historical and contemporary-they all ask the same question: Must you confront the horrors lurking in the shadows or have they been a part of you all along?</span></p>