Flash Fiction Anthologies: “Flash of the Flesh” – Wicked Shadow Press!

Posted on February 8, 2026

I’m back again at Wicked Shadow Press in one of their themed flash fiction anthologies. They release a couple of these volumes per year, and the theme is usually different each time, so long as it has its fair share of horror and speculative fiction. Not only that, they sell well in India. So if you’re looking to get read abroad, you might want to look them up. They also produce nice looking books (layout and design). And this in turn has led to me nabbing a few commercial writing gigs (print publishing clips). This time they’ve come out with Flash of the Flesh. This is all extreme horror. As in Rated R scares and up to 1500 words in length. My piece is about a serial killer in my hometown (Brooklyn), who collects the faces of his victims. And sometimes, these visages speak back to him. Introducing my latest flash fiction story: “Whispers from the Mantle.” Pictures and clickable links down below.

Wicked Shadow Press presents…

FLASH OF THE FLESH Extreme Horror Flash Anthology

Edited by Parth Sarathi Chakraborty

Featuring new Dagstine piece: “Whispers from the Mantle”

There’s a LOT of great interior art this time around. Check out some of the illos.

WHERE TO ORDER THE BOOK – (click links, be redirected):

Paperback: https://www.lulu.com/shop/parth-sarathi-chakraborty/flash-of-the-flesh/paperback/product-nv6rpk6.html

ePub: https://www.lulu.com/shop/parth-sarathi-chakraborty/flash-of-the-flesh/ebook/product-rmwkdj9.html

Wicked Shadow Press on Social Media – (click links, be redirected):

WSP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedshadowpress

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NEW CRIME ANTHOLOGY: “Unspeakable…Volumes 1 & 2” – Tales of Unspeakable Crimes!

Posted on September 25, 2022

I’m pleased to announce that I am in yet another genre anthology for 2022. Keep them coming. This time it’s not horror, or even body horror, but hard crime and whodunits. Tales of unspeakable crimes and unforgettable ones, from the eyes of detectives AND murderers. There was such a good reception with this one, it actually garnered TWO thick volumes, rather than one. UNSPEAKABLE: Volumes 1 & 2. From Culture Cult Press. Edited by Jay Chakravarti, and available in the US, UK, and even India. My short story features Detective Harry Folsom, whose character underwent many edits over the years, and was originally called Ted Wolgast. I had written a series of stories on Ted Wolgast, even a novel on this futuristic Kolchak the Night Stalker character in the 2000s, but it never panned out to anything. Now Ted Wolgast has become Detective Harry Folsom in this day and age.

My UNSPEAKABLE story has elements of cyberpunk, but I wouldn’t really call it that. I would call this tale “futuristic noir.” That is the best way to describe it. The name of the tale is: “The Curious Case of the Gene Pool Victim.” It takes place in a rather dark, grim unlikely future. One where a grizzly murder takes place. I am in Volume 1. Remember, there are two books, two volumes. I’m in the first one. Promotional material and pics down below.