Gratia Placenti edited by Jason Sizemore & Gill Ainsworth

Format: Softcover, 194 pages

Publisher: Apex Publications, December, 2007

ISBN: 0978867652

This is the much anticipated follow up to the Stoker nominated featured writer anthology Aegri Somnia. Gratia Placenti translated means "for the sake of pleasing." Thirteen of the most sinister, darkest writers in the horror business were tasked with conveying their take on the theme of gratia placenti.

Table of Contents:

Translatio - Geoffrey Girard

Follow the Canary - Athena Workman

Crasher - Debbie Kuhn

Some Glue Never Dries - David Niall Wilson

The Cutting Room - Shane Jiraiya Cummings

Bright Red Razors - Teri Jacobs

Party Makers - Adrienne Jones

Them's Good Eats - JA Konrath

Something Wet - James Reilly

Popup Killer - Bev Vincent

Only Spirits Cry - R. Thomas Riley

The Listening - Neil Ayres

Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Mary Robinette Kowal

Cover art by Paul Bielaczyc