Meera and her twin sister Kai are among thousands of hybrid women—called Mades—bred by the Father in his Blood Temple cult. Meera is rescued by a mysterious healer and storyteller, Narn, but her sister, Kai, does not survive the Father's "unmaking." Years later, when the cult is discovered and abolished, Meera, still racked with guilt and grief, enrolls in college to take advantage of a generous new Redress Program. When Narn's conjure stories buy Meera a free ride to a notorious horror re...

"J.S. is leaving her footprints on a path blazed by luminaries such as M.R. James, Robert Aickman, Tanith Lee, Kelly Link, Charlotte Perkins Gillman, Jeff VanderMeer, Gustave Flaubert, Edgar Allan Poe, Daphne DuMaurier, Leonora Carrington and Charlotte Brontë, to name but a few." —Angela Slatter, Award-winning author of Sourdough and Other Stories, Vigil, and CorpselightA collection of twelve of J.S. Breukelaar's darkest, finest stories ...

Aletheia is part ghost story, part love story, a novel about the damage done, and the damage yet to come."Family and small town desires and secrets simmer in J. S. Breukelaar's melancholy and affecting mix of literary, noir, and horror by the lake. Aletheia is a compelling 21st century ghost story."—Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and Disappearance at Devil's Rock.Deep below the island, something monstrous lies waiti...

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editor Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes four all-new stories:"Where We Will Go On Together" by J.S. Breukelaar"Little Doors" by Clara Madrigano"A Cold Yesterday in Late July" by David Tallerman"Immortelle" by Jelena Dunato

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editor Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:"A is for Alphabet" by Steve Rasnic Tem"In the Smile Place" by Tobi Ogundiran (reprint)"Auscultation" by J.S. Breukelaar"Never Lie to Me" by Priya Chand (reprint)

Seasons have always been connected with the passing of time and the changes of life, inspiring myths, folklore, poems, and songs. In this short collection award-winning J.S. Breukelaar and Seb Doubinsky have decided to pay tribute to the old tradition of yearly almanacs, which contained short pieces of lore and traditions. Keeping with the short format, they have renewed the genre by infusing it with a modern-day setting, pushing the boundaries of the folk-horror uncanny into the borders o...

Midnight Echo 18: CURSED. The official magazine of the Australasian Horror Writers Association, featuring short fiction, poetry and non-fiction from some of Australasia's best writers of dark fiction. Issue 18 includes:Editorial J.S. BreukelaarCurses: Fact or Fiction—Australia, New Zealand, and BeyondThe Things She Carried, N. KingDrones and Dominions, Matthew R. DavisArisan, Feby IdrusThe Book Of Nature, Kaaron WarrenMoulder, Em Starr...

Aurealis Award Winner in the novella category!Three unflinching novellas of cursed objects, folk horror, and dark family secrets…The Deathplace Set by Kaaron Warren: Gloria inherits a set of cigarette cards, 24 beautifully illustrated, historically accurate cards depicting death scenes. Once she meets her future husband, they become obsessed with cards, determined to visit each of the locations, driven by a force t...

This is Writers On Writing, the fourth and final installment in the series – an Author's Guide, where your favorite authors share their secrets in the ultimate guide to becoming and being an author.Line-up:Blunt Force Trauma: How to Write Killer Poetry by Stephanie M. WytovichHappy Little Trees by Michael KnostIn Lieu of Patience Bring Diversity by Kenneth W. CainNetworking is Scary, but Essential by Doug MuranoAre You In The Mood...