FOUND: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories
FOUND: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories
Edited by Gabino Iglesias and Andrew Cull
Reader caution is advised. Advance readers of this anthology have reported nausea, feelings of anxiety, paranoia and hallucinations after reading the texts included.
FOUND is an anthology that traffics heavily in nostalgia. This is made clear by the cover, a brilliant design by Ann Shetelia, via which the book is made to look like a stained and faded VHS cover. The title doesn’t even appear on the front but on the “label” (aka the book’s spine): FOUND: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories.
The book contains eighteen stories which are a mix of those told through “found” media and others told in a traditional first- or third-person voice. Early on, there are two stories that vibe with the cover’s throwback aesthetic: “Face Down Death Volume VIII” by Josh Rountree and “Junk Pickup” by Fred Fischer IV. Both of them have that holy grail of found footage, the VHS tape, as the central plot device.
Contents:
- Two Months Too Long • short story by Holly Rae Garcia
- Face Down Death Volume III • short story by Josh Rountree
- Junk Pickup • short story by Fred Fischer, IV.
- Disappearances at Coal Hill • short story by Nick Kolakowski
- The Veiled Lady • short story by Angela Sylvaine
- Spew of News • short story by Clay McLeod Chapman
- Ghost Town Adventures • short story by Joe Butler
- Regular Saint • short story by Donna Lynch
- Walls and Floors and Bricks and Stone • short story by Georgia Cook
- Summons • short story by Ally Wilkes
- Green Magnetic Tape • short story by Tim McGregor
- Accidents, of a Sort • short story by Kurt Fawver
- A Grave Issue • short story by Bev Vincent
- The Novak Roadhouse Massacre • short story by Alan Baxter
- This Video Is Unavailable • short story by Robert Levy
- Dear Penny • short story by Jeremy Helper
- The Pall • short story by Aristo Couvaras
- A Small Hand-Built House • short story by Ali Seay