Bedtime Stories for Carrion Beetles

In this debut collection of dark short fiction, Adrian Ludens has revised nineteen of his favorite previously published stories. A horde of insects invade one unfortunate man's stomach and make it their home, a blind woman guards a cavern full of Civil War-era zombies, and a troubled teen digs up her father's corpse, hoping to get some closure. Visit a macabre secret museum where taxidermy and classic literature combine, discover what a desperate mortuary assistant will do for love, and learn the sympathetic 'true' story of one of the most infamous assassins in the Old West. From steampunk mystery to harrowing horror, this collection will please aficionados of dark fiction. "Adrian Ludens...will scare the hell outta you in Bedtime Stories for Carrion Beetles. I highly recommend anything Ludens writes!" -Ty Schwamberger (The Fields, Deep Dark Woods).