Welcome to My Worlds
Delve into the darker side of human nature with these sixteen stories by William Holden. As darkness enters the mind through revenge, jealousy, paranoia, or the uncanny operations of a supernatural force, these stories lead you onto new heights of fear… and arousal. In "Felonious Behavior," Jack Stevens takes matters into his own hands when the police can't or won't do anything about the driver who ran him down. In "The Other Man," a sex doll named Joey finds life through jealousy over his owner’s new boyfriend. "Fear #2 – Hierophobia, The Fear of Priests" tells of Gian, who returns home to confront his childhood fear—only to find that the priest who once terrified him isn't human, and that his destiny is to follow in the priest’s dark footsteps. The human mind is fragile. How much fear one person can handle depends on how deep the darkness runs.
Bold Strokes Books, March 2012
"William Holden has a masterful voice and a stunning imagination. From short, sharp shocks of flash fiction, to layered and emotionally charged longer tales, WORDS TO DIE BY is a sexy and scary collection of erotic horror. Highly recommended." Lee Thomas, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of THE GERMAN
Read the Bold Strokes Books Interview with me.
Lambda Literary Award Finalist
The stories that delighted us as boys, now told with a sensual edge for us as men! The Glass Coffin. The Elves. Fitcher's Bird. Old fairy tales that might provoke a wistful grin at their magical storytelling. Author William Holden has breathed new life into such stories in A Twist of Grimm--his retellings strike true, like Eros's arrow: below the belt. Herein are such tales as Wicked Little Tongues -- a shoemaker discovers new lust brought on by a pair of diminutive trolls -- and The Flaccid Cock that Sang -- sibling rivalry, a magic sword, and, of course, a lifeless prick that needs rescuing. Randy princes, well-hung knights, and fairies in every sense of the word await you.
Lethe Press, October 2010
