Dive into the cold earth, dig through the damp leaves and burrow deep to uncover true darkness...
In your hands is the 2026 expanded edition of the award nominated collection, Beneath the Ferny Tree, with 10 new original tales and additional artwork exclusive to this edition.
Live the horror of war-torn Germany, discover true monsters aboard a slaver's ship, hide in the shadows as children are stolen into the night, and face overwhelming dread as a prisoner is haunted by his past while desperately searching for a chance at redemption.
Uncover true terror along the way, and always be careful with that axe.
Horror, Short Stories, Dark Humour, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Supernatural, Poetry
About The Author
David Schembri is an *award-nominated author, artist, comic creator and poet from Australia. He is the author of Unearthly Fables (The Writing Show, 2013), *Beneath The Ferny Tree (Close-Up Books, 2018), Careful With That Axe, and the comics, Splitting Sides: Tales of Humorous Horror #1, *#2 and #3, Crowman #1 and Val the Vampire #1.
His first novella is forthcoming by Odyssey Books.
David’s short fiction has been published by Chaosium Inc, Horror World Press, Things in the Well, Black Beacon Books and Midnight Echo.
His poetry has appeared in several issues of the Hippocampus Press review, Spectral Realms, edited by S.T. Joshi. His poem, Shadow and Fire (published in the Winter issue of Spectral Realms) had made Ellen Datlaow’s longlist for best horror of 2022.
Other poetry appearances are also noted within the Anno KlarkAsh-Ton Anthology by Rainfall Books, issue 13 of Midnight Echo and Issue 55 of Silver Blade Magazine.
