Published Works
Sirens at Midnight
Anthology · Horror · 2019
First responders run toward the unimaginable—these stories reveal what’s waiting for them there.
Police officers facing scenes that defy logic. Firefighters confronting flames that feel alive. Paramedics answering calls that should be impossible. Sirens at Midnight collects 40 terrifying tales from 31 authors where duty collides with the supernatural, the psychological, and the damned.
E. S. Pope’s titular story, “Sirens at Midnight,” follows a recently retired veteran turned police officer whose routine missing persons call unravels into a nightmare he thought he left behind a thousand miles—and a lifetime—ago.
A Cure for Chaos
Anthology · Horror · 2018
Hospitals are meant to heal. These stories prove how easily they can harm.
From stolen newborns to procedures that harvest more than they repair, A Cure for Chaos explores what happens when trust becomes vulnerability and care turns predatory. Asylums hidden in the woods, pills that fracture the mind, and institutions that won’t let you leave—all told through the twisted visions of 30 horror authors.
E. S. Pope’s featured short story, “Bird in a Gilded Cage,” follows a woman trapped inside a reality she no longer understands, slowly realizing that the people entrusted with her care may be the true monsters.
VSS
What can be said in 280 characters? Far more than you’d expect.
From thousands of submissions, just 365 ultra-short pieces were selected—each born from a single prompt and a strict character limit. These micro-stories span love and loss, humor and despair, mortality and wonder, pushing the boundaries of storytelling in its smallest possible form. All royalties support a children’s literacy charity.
E. S. Pope is featured with a selected #VSS365 micro-story, written for last year’s submissions using the keyword #regime.