One Hand Screaming

Sure to bring a delicious shiver to fans of The Twilight Zone, Amazing Stories, and Black Mirror.

Available at: Canadian Indie Bookstores

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  • EVENTS

    A list of events where you can get your hands on a copy of ONE HAND SCREAMING and connect with the author Mark Leslie. Scroll down to check out events planned for Oct & Nov 2024. Don’t miss your chance to learn the answer to the question: “What is the sound of one hand screaming?”…

  • Custom Art

    This special 20th Anniversary edition features custom artwork. The regular trade paperback and eBook editions will include single page art for each book section, while the hardcover and Deluxe (available only through Kickstarter) editions will feature two-page spreads.

  • 20 Haunting Years

    In 2004 Mark Leslie put together a collection of horror stories called One Hand Screaming. It was not only his first book, but it was also an experiment in self-publishing, almost a decade before digital technically allowed for a huge wave of indie-authored books to take the world by storm. Now, 20 years after the…

  • Exclusive Content Unlocked

    I’m running a Kickstarter in August/Sept 2024 both to offer exclusive content to readers and as a way to help support and fund the expenses involved in this project. Check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/markleslie/one-hand-screaming-20-haunting-years

  • The Art of Connection

    When I first released ONE HAND SCREAMING in 2004 I added a special section at the end of the book where I offered a bit of a behind-the-scenes look at each of the stories and poems. I’ve continued to do that in the various mini story collections I have published over the years, such as…

  • Pushing The Boundaries

    I’ve long enjoyed pushing the boundaries of publishing. When the original edition of ONE HAND SCREAMING came out in 2004 it was self-published, but set up in a way that the book was available to bookstores with a full “trade” discount and also returnable. It was self-publishing almost 10 years before that aspect of digital…

  • Table of Contents

    Here are the contents from the October 2024 edition of ONE HAND SCREAMING. Silent Screams: A Note from the Author The Sound of One Man Screaming: Stories Curt Cries in the Night: Shorts & Poems The Sound of Actual Clapping: The Echoes of Old Applause Do You Want To Build An Anthropomorphic Snow Creature? Wind…