Books

Filth Kiss

Released November 24th 2007, “Filth Kiss” is the first full-length novel by C.J. Lines. Set against the backdrop of rural England in the 1980s, it is a dizzying plunge into the nightmarish heart of depravity.
A man’s body is found in the river Severn. Two brothers return to the village of their childhood to pay last respects to a father they barely knew. Broadoak never changes. The same shops sell the same homemade trinkets. The same tongues wag behind the same closed doors. The same souls seek salvation at the bottom of the same pint glasses. The same shadows move along the same streets after closing time. The same malevolence waits to awaken once more. As they fight off their own demons, the brothers discover that the evil within is nothing to be afraid of; what’s coming for them is far, far worse. You can buy “Filth Kiss” from YPD or Amazon.co.uk

Unspeakable Horror From the Shadows of the Closet

C.J. Lines’ “Emmeline” opens this excellent anthology of gay and lesbian themed horror stories. It appears alongside works by Sarah Langan, Rick Reed, Lee Thomas and Jameson Currier, to name but a few of the other authors involved with this unusual and successful project. Buy this from Amazon.com or, if you’re in the US, all good booksellers.

Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes

Dubbed “Zany Zombie Poetry for the Undead Head”, this self-explanatory collection of verse ranges from the humourous to the deeply macabre. C.J. Lines’s poem, “Love in the Time of Zombification” (with all apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez) is included and is sure to make you smile and make you sick in equal measure. Buy from Amazon.com or all good sources, online or off.

Tiny Terrors Vol. 1

The first volume of the popular anthology series from Hadesgate publications. C.J. Lines provides the cover story, “Lambkin”, a historical tale of the supernatural. First published in 2006 and launched at the 2006 FantasyCon in Nottingham, UK. You can buy “Tiny Terrors” direct from Hadesgate or from Amazon.co.uk or from all good UK booksellers.

Graveyard Rendezvous #31: The ‘Wicked’ Issue

The C.J. Lines short story “Duplicity” appears in Guy N. Smith’s legendary, long-running magazine. This romantic tale of relationship woes in 21st Century London won the Graveyard Rendezvous short story competition. First published in 2006. You can buy this issue of “Graveyard Rendezvous” direct from the official Guy N. Smith website.