It is with great delight today that I reveal the contents of Nightscript Volume II. This year I have chosen to include twenty-one tales, a number that might very well have been tripled due to the high quality of stories received and reluctantly turned away. I would like to extend a big note of thanks to everyone who submitted their work. It made for quite the exhilarating reading period.

Here, then, are the “nightscripters” of 2016:

“The Carnival Arrives in Darkness” — Michael Griffin

“In the Dark, Quiet Places” — Kristi DeMeester

“Phantom Airfields” — Christopher Slatsky

“En Plein Air” — J.T. Glover

“The Inveterate Establishment of Daddano & Co.” — Eric J. Guignard

“White Elephants” — Malcolm Devlin

“Reasons I Hate My Big Sister” — Gwendolyn Kiste

“Nearness” — Ralph Robert Moore

“This Lonely Hecatomb” — Christopher Ropes

“Apartment B” — Steve Rasnic Tem

“Understairs” — Jason A. Wyckoff

“As Summer’s Mask Slips” — Gordon White

“And Elm Do Hate” — Nina Shepardson

“A Silence of Starlings” — Kurt Fawver

“Aycayia” — Rowley Amato

“The White Kisses” — Charles Wilkinson

“Down by the River” — H.V. Chao

“Arena” — Daniel Mills

“From the Fertile Dark” — Rebecca J. Allred

“No Abiding Place on Earth” — Matthew M. Bartlett

“Pause for Laughter” — José Cruz

As you can well imagine, I am more than a little eager to get this volume into your hands come grand October. Until then, I hope you’ll check out the inaugural edition of Nightscript.

Thank you for your patronage and support!