This really is a mixed book, covering two holidays, St. Patrick’s Day and Easter, which sometimes land close together, and sometimes happen almost a month apart. I believe it is also a pioneering work as Easter horror motifs appear still to be in development. Instead of discussing them all, I am going to just highlight a few of my favourites. Risen by Brianna Witte speculates about the possibility of resurrection of evil, the very opposite of the Christian mythos. My own three: In from the Rain is about carnivorous little people, The God Killers notes the developing secularization of modern society and decline in spirituality, while The Last Supper is mildly post-apocalyptic. No to Hugs by Galina Trefil deals with issues of pedophilia. Easter Planet by J. Askew is respectable science fiction. The Easter Speech by Joshua E. Borgmann creates effective horror. The Luck Particle by Kyle Harrison once again uses science fiction and provokes conjecture. Last Call at O’Donnell’s by Lamont Turner is a clever ghost story. It’s Always Three by Micah Castle is a cleverly written folk tale. Goddess of Many Names also by Micah Castle, plays with pre-Christian mythology.
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The Leprechaun Caves by Alanna
Robertson-Webb |
Last Call at
O’Donnell’s by
Lamont Turner |
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Petunia by Alanna
Robertson-Webb |
Easter Peeps by Lisa
Acerbo |
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Cream by Amber Keener |
The Boggins
Family Tradition and Recipes by Marcus Cook |
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Till Dawn Do We Part by Amber Keener |
The Boggins
Family Tradition and Recipes by Marcus Cook |
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Offerings by Andrea Allison |
The Dearg Due Come Pay a Visit by Mark
Mackey |
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The Thirteenth Egg by Andrew Kurtz |
Be Careful What You Wish For by Matthew A. Clarke |
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Ashes, Ashes by Ariana Ferrante |
The Easter Hunt by Matthew A. Clarke |
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Don't Mess with the Chick by Aurora Lewis |
Love, The Easter
Bunny by Melody Grace |
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Fatal Fortune by Brianna
Witte |
It’s Always Three by Micah Castle |
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Risen by Brianna
Witte |
That Twenty-First
Day by
Micah Castle |
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It's a Long Road
That Has No Turns In by
Danny Nicholas |
Goddess of Many Names by Micah Castle |
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Sinistrous Lepus by Buck
Weiss |
Easter Egg by Michael Jess Alexander |
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Leprechaun Stew by C.L.
Williams |
Hopping Along by Nicole Henning |
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Ostara’s Revenge by C.L.
Williams |
Traditions by Nicole Henning |
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In from the Rain by Cecelia
Hopkins - Drewer |
The Fate of Denys Barry by R.C.Mulhare |
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The God Killers by Cecelia
Hopkins-Drewer |
The Horror at the Garden by R.C. Mulhare |
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The Last Supper by Cecelia
Hopkins-Drewer |
The Pink Bunny Man by Ravyn Blackhurst |
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New Easter Rising
by Charlotte
O'Farrell |
3 Gold Coins by Ravyn Blackhurst |
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Mama's Easter
Lilies by N.M.
Brown |
Herbert by Richard Prime |
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Mr. Scratch by Destiny
Pifer |
True Believer by Robert Allen Lupton |
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Green Beer by Donna
Cuttress |
The Wicker Woman by Steven Stacy |
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No to Hugs by Galina
Trefil |
Luck Be a Lady by Tiffany Michelle Brown |
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Pysanky by Galina
Trefil |
Merrabbit by Tina Piney |
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Selections from
the History of the Little Meat Eaters Easter Rising of 1916 by Garvin
Giltinan |
Dawn of the
Easter by Thomas
Baker
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The Hideous Thing
I Made by
John Kujawski |
An Easter Guest by Thomas Baker |
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Easter Planet by J.
Askew |
North of Helsinki by Vonnie
Winslow Crist |
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The Great
Southern Leprechaun |
St. Patrick’s Day Card by Vonnie Winslow Crist |
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Heist by Joshua
E. Borgmann |
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The Pooka by Joshua
E. Borgmann |
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The Easter Speech
by Joshua
E. Borgmann |
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Snakeslayer by Katy
Lohman |
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The Easter Bunny
Vs. The Leprechaun by
Kevin J. Kennedy |
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Poisoned Rainbow by
Kyle Harrison |
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The Luck Particle
by Kyle
Harrison |
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The Easter
Machine by
Kyle Harrison |
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