Peeling Back The Skin now available

Peeling Back The Skin, Winners of the 2025 2K Terrors Competition is now available!

Find it in paperback or e-book via Amazon: https://a.co/d/00q2jAzU

From grim everyday dread to barely contained panic, and finally to the completely bizarre, Peeling Back The Skin is a collection of 25 astonishing tales of horror. The proceeds from the book benefit Scares That Care, a 501(c)(3) charity that has raised and donated over $300,000 to organizations and families with women and children affected by illnesses such as breast cancer.

It continues to impress the contest judges just how unbelievably creative the entries for this contest were. Seeing so many different types of stories–and some downright disturbing innovative ways of tapping into our deepest fears–makes our job both challenging and wonderful. Many thanks to all who entered, and to the #tldrwriters and #tldrterrors communities for their support. We hope everyone enjoys these stories as much as we did.

Thanks and congratulations to our winners:
Alex Atkins: Tinnitus Irritatus, in Eggshell. Or Maybe Ecru
Jack Lennon: Sigma
W. M. Chan: Second Shot
Stella Jay: Rat King
Sam Logan: Space Junk
Alyssa Beatty: B Ward
Heather Santo: A Star That Bites Back
Jay Remmick: The Collection
Charlie Rogers: Improviser
Ash Egan: In the Pines
Gavin Rankin: Executive Function
Jane Stecyk: Flight Delay
MM Schreier: Hand-Picked, Hand-Delivered
Steven Huff: Katabasis
Arwyn Sherman: Deals Such as These
Madeleine Pelletier: Hungry Eyes
MJ McElhaney: One Person’s Trash Is Another’s Treasure
Rory Clark: Just a Job
Anne Wilkins: Developing Images in a Dark Room
Martini Lynne: Tales From Mars
Ryan Walraven: Corrupted Data
Linda M. Bayley: The Ghost in the Glass
J.I. Locatelli: Don’t Shoot the Dog
Stephen James: The Average Human Lives 28,950 Days
Natalie Minaker: First Man

And a huge thank you to our judges, Callum Rowland, Joe Butler, Penfold, Jenna Harvie, Mia V. Moss, Hannah Hulbert, Alex Laurel Lanz, and our overseer, Marie Kelly.