New Moon on the Water

Winner of the 2012 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Collection tying Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates



In a smoky, after hours jazz joint where almost nobody ever dies, or the ranch house next door owned by a monster, or a high rise elevator in which raging terror awaits the next passenger, these brilliant stories discover a world you thought you knew--and a darker one you will never forget. With 13 stories never before collected, NEW MOON ON THE WATER is Mort Castle's first new collection in a decade, presenting the best short fiction of the writer deemed a "horror doyen," "the Charles Dickens of horror," and "the master of contemporary horror."



"Mort Castle is one of the best short story writers in the horror field today. More than that, he's one of the best short story writers around, period. . He writes short stories that make a point, stick in your memory, remain with you long after you've put down the book in which they appear." – Robert Weinberg, Novelist, Editor World Fantasy and Bram Stoker awards HWA Lifetime Achievement Award



"Castle's stories are frightening trips inside the dark psyche of common people ... (He is) a must read for the fans of both Stephen King and the fans of Raymond Carver." – Newsweek.pl



"... funny, moving, surprising and dark. Mort Castle is a writer who loves word play, but like every writer worth his salt remembers that even for kids, play is a serious business." – Jack Ketchum, Novelist, author of The Girl Next Door, Bram Stoker Award winner

"Mort Castle's stories ... give a full sense of what life-can be like in our time. His world stretches from Crete, Illinois to anywhere in the U.S.A. painting a vivid sense of goings-on light and dark." - Lucien Stryk, Poet, Editor, Translator, National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council Literary Award, Illinois Governor`s Award for the Arts, Illinois Author of the Year