Featuring an impressive line-up of speculative fiction luminaries—Mario Acevedo, Jason Heller, Jeanne C. Stein, Steve Rasnic Tem, Warren Hammond, etc.—this stellar collection of twenty nightmare-inducing short stories is appropriately titled: it's a check-underneath-the-bed-before-you-go-to-sleep kind of anthology.

Poe, Lovecraft, King—step aside for the new kids on the block who bring goose bump horror and pit-of-the-stomach dread to stories of the modern world and the future. Ebola in the heartland, an Iraq veteran with a problem, a high school bully who gets his due, a librarian with an exclusive clientele, a far-future alien race that delights in cruelty–the stories in Nightmares Unhinged deliver creepy surprises, sweat-inducing fear and chilling revulsion. These are stories by masters at their peak, stories you will still be thinking about long after you've laid down the book.

What is fear? It is many different things for each individual. What Joshua Viola has done in this anthology is touch on every exposed nerve one might have. Like a master chef in his kitchen, Viola manages to put together a delicious dish of 'Macabre Under Glass.' Some of the dishes may be challenging and new to your palette, but it is a many splendored meal with each course displaying its own variety of flavors. It was truly satisfying and yet, now, I am hungry for more even though I have a terrible time sleeping with such a full belly.

The sheep you so desperately count into slumber are about to sharpen their teeth, burrow into your brain and infest your dreams.

With a delicious story for seemingly every fear, Nightmares Unhinged features a treasure of writers—both established and rising—who know how to peel away all layers of protection and dig into your deepest phobias. These stories will leave you fascinated, vulnerable, and truly considering leaving your bedroom light on at night. If you are looking for short story horror at its creative peak, Nightmares Unhinged is a must-read.

This collection of chills by Colorado authors takes a retro, Twilight Zone approach to horror and offers it in a distinctly Western mood. There's a nostalgia to this book's type of creepy; fans of old-fashioned, midnight horror will enjoy. Best read after dark.

Get ready for blood, terror and the unexpected in Nightmares Unhinged, a devilish anthology from a cast of superb writers.

Recommended doses of terrific and terrifying tales, Nightmares Unhinged is the perfect remedy for feeling just a little too cozy and secure.

Less a collection of stories and more a warning list of places never to be—the library, fields with scarecrows, Mexican bars, the dentist, work parties, your neighbour's house, and if you’re male and play golf, don't you ever, ever go looking for your balls under a bridge. A lot safer to just stay at home and read this book.

From the moment you open Nightmares Unhinged, it chokes the air from the room and leaves you holding your breath until you finally close its pages. Unfortunately, no matter how hard you try, you'll never get rid of that sinking feeling it will leave with you.

Nightmares Unhinged has stories that will frighten even the most thick-skinned reader.