For those who have not been following the Kickstarter campaign for Novus Monstrum, you have missed a bunch of exciting news.

(And for those who have not backed yet, what are you waiting for? We are almost 150% funded which means that everything is moving forward at breakneck speed. Click on the link above and you could be the person who puts us over the line for our first Stretch Goal — a free eBook from Dragon’s Roost Press’ anthology catalog!)

First up, we have announced the titles of the stories which will appear in the finished book. Keep in mind that this is a list of authors and titles, in alphabetical order by story title. Final ToC order TBA.

• A Grace of Finer Form by Sarah Hans
• Are Monsters Real? by Gabino Iglesias
• Bloomer by E.C. Dorgan
• Brother Bone by Donna J.W. Munro
• Catfish by R.A. Busby
• Critical Mass by Jonathan Maberry
• First Day Jitters at Slappy’s by Matt Brandenburg
• God Damn You To Hell John Glenn by Frank Oreto
• I Clean The Monster that Killed My Husband Every Morning by Marco
• Lizard War by Joe Lansdale
• madOddyssey by Lucy A. Snyder
• Mother Ship by Joshua Bartolome
• Sight Unseen by Amanda M. Blake
• Song of the Devil Trumpet by Gaby Triana
• The Assembled by Ramsey Campbell
• The Corpse-Door by Gemma Files
• The Path of Skulls by Jeffrey Thomas
• The Pike by Pris Sears
• The Sea Witch of the World’s Fair by Gwendolyn Kiste
• The Thirsty by Tim Pieraccini
• Unsubscribe Bird Facts by Jamie Lackey
• Wonce Was a Woman by Douglas Ford

And if you thought that was exciting, an amazing individual has written the introduction: