Mia Dalia
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Estate Sale
It has been said that every small town has a house on a hill, the one the witch lives in.
But what if there is more to the story? The devil, after all, is in the details.
The old lady of the Koshmaroff estate is finally gone. In life, she was a mystery; in death, she leaves behind a house full of strange, yet seemingly ordinary objects. Objects, which the curiosity-driven locals rush in to buy, only to see their lives take nightmarish turns as a result.
No one knew the old lady's husband dabbled in dark magic. No one knew the two of them traversed decades and continents, hobnobbing with the most famous occultists of the 20th century and building their collection. They have acquired such terrible treasures along the way.
Come, see for yourself.
Step inside for the bargain of a lifetime.
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Haven
"Beautifully detailed characters and a subtle slide into dread . . ." --Booklist, Starred Review
"Subtle, sly, beautifully structured . . ." --Michael Marshall Smith, British Fantasy Award-winning author of Only Forward, The Straw Men, and The Intruders
What if revenge ripples and echoes through time?
You can't choose your family or your destiny or your legacy. But once upon a time, a woman named Ava St. James had tried to build happiness upon the remains of her broken heart. For better or worse. Decades later, the Bakers are headed for a perfect family vacation. A full month at a house by the lake; the house passed down from a mysterious aunt no one ever talks about. Love and good intentions aside, what begins like a relaxing vacation turns into a nightmare as each of the Bakers' nerves slowly but steadily begin to wear away at the edges. Is it their fraught family dynamics or is something more sinister at work?
The house has welcomed them, but will it ever let them leave?
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Smile So Red and Other Tales of Madness
A unique collection of dark psychological fiction, featuring novelettes and short stories that range from horror to suspense to mystery to coming-of-age to thrillers.
Smile So Red - a man down on his luck finds a strange graffitied house on his hike and a nightmare that follows him home.
Spindel - a twelve-year-old boy suspects that one of the neighbors on his paper route might be a local serial killer and sets off to investigate.
Blues for the Soul - a library worker tries to help a troubled young boy and uncovers a terrible truth about his family.
Devil's Chord - return to the world of Smile So Red with a meta journey set to the earworm tune of your worst nightmares.
Stump - a bullied young boy and a downtrodden family man from the same apartment complex unwittingly entrust their secrets to the same remnant of an old tree.
Flamingos - two sisters must confront their troubled past when a buried memory is triggered by the seemingly innocuous plastic lawn birds.
The Trunk - a first-generation immigrant from a war-torn country striving to achieve the American Dream finds something in the basement of his new home that has other ideas for him.
Reddest - another return to the world of Smile So Red, albeit from a very different perspective.
Go on. Turn the page. Pick a nightmare. I dare you.
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Arrokoth
The Earth is dying.
A generation of geniuses born to it might be its only hope. They have been chosen. They have been shunned. Loathed and praised. But the people who save you aren't always as you'd imagined.
It's time for the new kind of superheroes. The ones smart enough, driven enough, and daring enough to take us to the farthest reaches of the outer space.
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KU
Do You Know The Muffin Man?
From the Crime Writers Association's nominated author Mia Dalia comes a darkly comedic neo-noir mystery of the most delicious variety.
There’s been a murder on Drury Lane.
Mix your favorite TV crime show with your favorite baking show and bake on High heat for a tantalizingly exciting/hilarious suspense mystery unlike anything you have ever tasted ... or read.
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Discordant
From Mia Dalia, the author of Estate Sale, comes a new nightmare of rock'n'roll dreams and faustians bargains.
Your dreams don't change just because your life does. Stuck in a dead-end job with a family he never wanted, Jax still dreams of being a rock star. When a chance meeting offers him another shot at fame, he is faced with a terrible choice.
Never settle for less.
Never stop dreaming.
Never meet your heroes.
Never bargain recklessly.
Play music like your soul is on fire.
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Tell Me a Story
What if the truth is nothing but a story we tell ourselves?
Welcome to Mr. B's bookstore. A place of stories and second changes. For Jared, a young man down on his luck, it seems like a perfect refuge when he is taken in the store's elderly owner and offered a home and a job.
Only something isn't quite right. Dark secrets lurking around. Ghosts visiting at night, whispering of terrible things. Nightmares coming to life. It's enough to make Jared question his sanity, his benefactor's past, and the very fabric of reality.
Sometimes, the only thing to do is strike a match, light a candle, and see what tales the shadows hide.
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SHORT FICTION
That Darkened Doorstep
Print debut for my story Primal Scream!When faced with a darkened doorstep, think before you walk through. Feel our dread, grief, anxiety, and fear at an unopened door. A chilling collection that encompasses diverse viewpoints and a wide interpretation of the theme. This horror anthology is inspired by (reimagined) true events!
:"That Darkened Doorstep is a powerful collection of chilling stories. The uneasy wonder and visceral terror in these tales will haunt me for some time. What a range of uncanny, alluring, unsettling dark fiction."
—Richard Thomas, author of Spontaneous Human Combustion, and Bram Stoker Award® nominee
LOLcraft: A Compendium of Eldritch Humor
My story, What are the Odds? appears in this delightful collection.
Horror and Humor. Mythos and Mirth. Lovecraft and Laughter.
Each creates tension, then releases it with explosive results.
Still, Cthulhu and Comedy? Is that even possible?
We’ve collected 36 stories that answer that question with a resounding yes. Each blends an aspect of the Cthulhu Mythos and humor. Prepare to stare into the face of madness inducing situations and come out screaming with laughter. Or just screaming.
The Call of the Sea
My story, The Edge of the World, is the closing act in this exciting collection.
Take to the high seas as 16 international authors share scintillating tales of swash-buckling adventures. The twist? The mateys are taking center stage instead of the infamous captains we have all read about. Prepare for krakens, revenge, treasure hunts, and more in the previously untold stories of the surly crews of notorious scallywags.
Mystery Magazine: January 2023 (Issue 89)
Making my Noir debut with Neon City.
At the cutting edge of crime fiction, Mystery Magazine presents original short stories by the world’s best-known and emerging mystery writers. The stories we feature in our monthly issues span every imaginable subgenre, including cozy, police procedural, noir, whodunit, supernatural, hardboiled, humor, and historical mysteries. Evocative writing and a compelling story are the only certainty.
Get ready to be surprised, challenged, and entertained!
“Neon City” by Mia Dalia delivers a classic noir with a twist. Movie industry, jealously, lookalikes, and one private detective caught up in it all.
Dracula Beyond Stoker Issue 1.5
My first Dracula (or any vampire) published story!
Two stories to hold you over until the next full issue of Dracula Beyond Stoker!
Mia Dalia's In Ink, In Blood - a frightening tale about the power of books.
Jessica Gleason's Renfield in America: A Blog - a humorous and heartbreaking followup to The Night Museum from Issue 1.
Bang!: an anthology of modern noir fiction
My print anthology Noir debut, The Last Best Thing, arrives with a Bang!
In this anthology of twenty-two crime stories there are crooks and crooked cops, lost and missing persons, those running and those hiding, femme fatales, avocados, downbeat PIs, deadbeat insurance investigators, hotel detectives and unsavory gangs, those doing wrong and those done wrong by, fated lovers and failed robberies; even Inspector Maigret at the infamous château in Roissy. Why not take a shot?
Still of Winter: An Unsettling Reads Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi Anthology
My story, The Last Dance, celebrates winter in this themed collection.
In winter, there’s a stillness—a silence. As wet snowflakes fall, sounds are muffled. A hush lingers in the air. Bare trees reach upward from the frozen ground, grasping with their spindly branches. Swaying in the frigid breeze, brittle bark creaks and moans as the trees whisper ancient secrets to one another. Sentries, standing in the stillness. Watching. Learning new stories to share with each other long after we have gone.
This winter, we want to celebrate these majestic beings and what happens when the stillness is disturbed.
Kids are Hell!
Echoing King with one of my first published tales, The Dangers of Reading.
We’ve compiled 22 terrifying stories of young hellions and kids out of control to keep you wide awake in the small hours and watching over your shoulder...
Here we have echoes of John Wyndham’s Midwich Cuckoos, Stephen King’s Children of the Corn, and so many more tales of child-driven terror - all of which serve as tales so cautionary against procreating, the Catholic church might just try to ban Kids are Hell!
Heavy Metal Nightmares: A Phobica Books Anthology
For a tune to rock your work, check out my story, Metal Bones, in Phobica Books's debut anthology!
Twenty twisted and terrifying tales of headbanging heavy metal horror by the genre’s most talented writers. Stories to shock, scare, and haunt you with Heavy Metal Nightmares.
Power metal, black metal, death metal, doom metal, stoner, thrash and hard rock; within these pages you’ll find twenty short sharp shocks of frightening fiction based on every subgenre of the world’s greatest music.
So get in the mosh pit, rock your head, throw those devil horns in the air and get ready to turn your fear up to eleven!
The Nightmare Never Ends
My twisted nightmare, Monsters, Monsters Everywhere, can be found in this collection.
Step into the shadows where the boundaries between dreams and reality blur into a realm of unsettling nightmares. From twisted fantasies to haunted visions, prepare to confront the terrors that appear when the lights go out.
Moon: The Lunar Book of Horror and Dark Fiction
A lunar twist of my story, Primal Scream, appears in this rare collection.
Moon is a collection of fifteen stories that take place on and below the moon, from new authors and award-winners alike: tales of alienation, punishment, or transformation.
Tumbled Tales: An Anthology of Unconventional Stories
My first venture into WEIRD with a lovely and rather romantic tale, A Brand-New Morning, that finally answers the question: What do you do when you wake up to find your wife grew tentacles overnight?
The Best of 2023 Stories that Upend Genre Conventions
This anthology showcases 21 genre-busting stories to surprise even the most avid reader. Discover what talented authors can do with urban fantasy, westerns, romance, horror, sci-fi, mysteries, thrillers, and dystopian fiction. This collection proves that genre fiction doesn’t need to stay in one lane.
My social satire/science fiction dark comedy story, Mistakes Were Made, is featured in this issue and by NonBinary's Alphanumeric Podcast (3) Mistakes Were Made - YouTube
We've all made mistakes, but there's a yawning gulf between a mistake and epic fail. Epic fail doesn't happen in an instant - it's a series of cascading misjudgments that ultimately lead to disaster. Epic fail can be hilarious, tragic, or confusing, but it's always instructive.
Bullet Points Volume 3
My story, Forget Me Not, opens this wonderful and thoughtful collection about the dangers of war.
The Bullet Points anthology offers classic stories alongside stories from up-and-coming authors, including: Harry Turtledove, "The Phantom Tolbukhin"; George Tomkyns Chesney, "The Battle of Dorking"; Mia Dalia, "Forget Me Not"; A. P. Howell, "Used Armor Smell"; M. V. Melcer, "Ships Made of Guns"; and Marc A. Criley, "The Golden Rays of the Morning Sun." This is an anthology based on Bullet Points, an online military science fiction magazine. Bullet Point Press publishes fiction that contributes to a deeper understanding of war and warfare and builds bridges between military professionals and civilians. We believe that fiction can contribute to a more just and peaceful world.
The Monsters Next Door
If you were ever curious about what my take on the Classic Universal Monsters might be, grab this gorgeous, illustrated collection, read my tale, Midnight Deli, and wonder no more!
We all have them.
The odd one. The creepy one. The one who keeps weird hours or who engages in the obscure hobby.
Neighbors. Perhaps the one right next door to you.
But what if they're something... more?
What if they are...
THE MONSTERS NEXT DOOR?
Terrors from the Toy Box
The second collection from Phobica Books featuring my story, Uncanny.
Because let's face it: dolls are creepy!
In a dark corner of the attic lies a wooden box burgeoning with forgotten relics from bygone decades. Evil effigies of plastic, metal and wood claw their way out of their dusty confines into your very nightmares.
Devil dolls and terrifying teddies, abominable action figures and gruesome games all lying in wait for the opportunity to be free to wreak terror.
Get your fearsome fix of selected short fiction by some of the best horror authors around the globe.
If I Die Before I Wake: Tales of Death and Destruction (The Better Off Dead Series Book 9)
This awesome collection contains a rare gem: my very unique spin on a zombie story, Grin and Bear It :)
Join us for tales of Death and Destruction in this volume of If I Die Before I Wake. From wastelands to dead lands, among the dead and dying, as the world takes one last collective gasp. Death has returned from holiday, and it’s bringing hell with it.
The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!
Bigfoot Country
I've always loved a good Bigfoot story, so I went and wrote one, Unseen, Unknown can be foundit in this fun collection!
A shadow in the deep forest, a shape in a blizzard. Bigfoot stories abound. You can hear tales of Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti and their relatives from the north to the pacific north-west, to the mountains of the Himalayas. Here are stories of encounters from the scary to the mundane. They take place in isolated locations and in backyards, and none of them leave the world exactly the way it was.
Exhaustion: Limited Reserves
My story, So Happy Together, is featured in this delightful chapbook from Off Topic Publishing.
Feeling used up or worn out. Reaching the limits of our personal and collective resources. Tapping out. Laying waste to the planet. Burning fuel until there's nothing left but fumes.
Each story and poem in this book engages exhaustion anew, revealing human struggles, moments of grace, and a relentless questioning. Far from exhausting the topic, this book opens up a conversation about what it means to have limited reserves and how we can move forward under such conditions.
Two for the Show
One of my earlier and personal favorite stories, Condign Justice, is featured in this new anthology from rebellion LIT Press.
Fourteen stories, fourteen Rebellious authors on a mission to entertain. These writers have put their spin on a theme of "two" and you will love what they have to offer. “Two for the Show” is a multi-genre anthology that will keep you turning pages.
Dastardly Damsels
Edited by the wonderful Suzie Lockhart, this terrific collection features an all-star lineup and my story, The Final Girl, as the closer!
Ethereal Nightmares: The Second Sleep
My nightmare titled Summer Friends, is featured in this exciting new anthology from Dark Holme Publishing.
Should children play with dead things? Read on and find out.
Summer friendships can haunt you for a lifetime!
You survived the first book.
But now the dream goes deeper—and it’s hungry.
In Ethereal Nightmares: The Second Sleep, darkness doesn’t just stalk you—it knows who you are. These thirteen tales drag you further from reality, where grief takes shape, obsession mutates, and terror finds new disguises.
The House Built Between the Branches
One of my earlier stories, In the Woods, is featured in this new anthology from Nightshade Publishing. It's a dark and rather sweet fairy tale, because, yes, I also do that :)
The House Built Between the Branches dives into the world we find deep within the woods. What mystical, or terrifying, things do we stumble across as we tiptoe over branches and dried leaves? What is it that goes snap in the trees?
The stories and poems are arranged much like one would find themselves walking through the woods. It begins with a thin canopy overhead, the pieces are lighter in tone. Then, as you walk further and deeper into the forest, the pieces grow darker and more grim. However, we do not leave you in the dark. There will always be a light on the other side, waiting there for you to walk into it and bask in the warmth.
Vampire Survival Guide:An Anthology for Cautious Immortals (Monstrous Guidebook Book 1)
This terrific collection from WonderBird Press features an all-star lineup and my story, Stakes, as the closer!
So you survived the turning. Congratulations!
But with sunlight, stakes, and stranger terrors lurking around every corner, how will you make it through your first year, let alone century, of a vampiric existence?
VAMPIRE SURVIVAL GUIDE provides seventeen cautionary tales from your fanged fellows, hoping you won't have to make the same mistakes to learn some valuable lessons.
Arkham Institutions:
Where the Mythos Meet the Mundane
My short story, Books of the Dead, is featured in the latest Lovecraftian-themed anthology from Dragon's Roost Press.
Travel to the lands of gambrel roofs and unspeakable terror with Dragon’s Roost Press. Join us and 26 authors as we once again explore Arkham, Dunwhich, Innsmouth, and the surrounding areas to explore how the people who run these towns and their institutions deal with the eldritch abominations of Lovecraftian horror.
Take a tour of the Mythos mainstays and visit schools and libraries, morgues and museums, banks and businesses, and even the cat sanctuary and the public pool. See how the citizens of these horrifying New England towns cope with Cthulhu and the other Eldritch monstrosities which are part of their everyday lives.
Hotel Macabre Vol.1: Tales of Horror
My flash fiction story, A Clown at Midnight, is featured in this gorgeous new anthology from Crystal Lake Publishing. One reviewer said it has "tantalizing Twilight Zone vibes." Gotta love it!
Step into the halls of Hotel Macabre, where horror meets innovation. Where horror knows no bounds…
And every turn reveals a new nightmare.
Hotel Macabre Vol.1 is not your typical horror anthology. It’s an immersive experience that breaks the boundaries of conventional storytelling. This one-of-a-kind collection gathers the chilling voices of horror’s most imaginative minds, presenting a rich blend of flash fiction, short stories, poetry, a suspenseful play, a novella, and even an illustrated comic book section, guaranteeing a diverse feast for horror fans like never before. Dare to enter Hotel Macabre and discover a groundbreaking anthology that will redefine your expectations of horror.
Rescuing Curiosity: A WriteHive Anthology
My short story, Unseen, Unknown,, is featured in this lovely anthology.
It has been previously published in Bigfoot County, but this is the original, full-length, author-preferred version.
In seeking hope, we rediscover forgotten loves.
Rescuing Curiosity is love rekindled, a vibrant resurgence of what makes us human. Curiosity drives change, a desire to know, learn, and discover. As life changes, we can become trapped by the mundane, being caught in the trap of things that are. Yet when we look beyond, we can discover the things that could be. Within that realm lies the magic of change and progress. We can delve into the things that were and bring forth the beauty of the past in a new, reimagined light.
Each story explores a different situation where rediscovering forgotten loves brightens the world around us. For if we focus only on what we need to survive, we may lose the joy of what inspires us. We must remember the things that bring joy to our souls.
The Midnight Labyrinth
My short story, Midnight Library, is featured in this wonderful anthology from Grendel Press.
Step into the corridors of The Midnight Labyrinth, an anthology of strange and spellbinding stories curated by an immortal archivist. Within these pages, you’ll encounter lost souls struggling to reclaim their names, dreamers caught between memory and oblivion, and wanderers who learn that sometimes the path chooses you.
From surreal hotel hallways to forbidden libraries, from twisted time loops to forgotten towns, each tale peels back another layer of the Labyrinth’s dark mysteries. Reality bends, truths are tested, and the only guide is a being who’s seen too much—and learned just enough to realize there’s more than one way to be lost.
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