In January 2014, State of Horror: New Jersey became the first rereleased anthology to be selected as part of the State of Horror series relaunch. State of Horror: New Jersey  was previously released by Rymfire Books and contained seven stories. In the relaunch, it once again opened for submissions adding six new stories, and a brand new story from series creator Armand Rosamilia, to the previous stories. The original release contained horrific tales from authors Scott M. Goriscak, Diane Arrelle, T. Fox Dunham, C.I. Kemp, Christina Jensen , and Blaze McRob .  In the new release, we will be adding several great authors to the list.

The selection process was difficult. So many well written terrifying stories were submitted. The challenge was finding the stories that blended well with the previous stories to create a well-paced collection of tales. As I look through the list at each of the selected authors…