A collection of weird, dark stories and millennial anxieties.In this new collection, Patrick Barb explores themes of family found and lost, media consumption and the dangers of runaway nostalgia, the supernatural in our lives, and the impact of violence in both the long- and short-term.A young couple's reunited with their lost son whose favorite fuzzy bear suit connects him to the ghost of a vengeful mama bear while he's alone in the forest....

"Daddy's coming home."That's the promise Hank, a widowed ambulance driver finishing up his shift in San Francisco, makes to his two kids who are trapped in the ruins of their destroyed apartment building across the Bay in Oakland, after the mother of all earthquakes-the fabled "Big One"-hits California.Hank and two of his fellow EMTs commandeer the rescue vehicle, racing through the decimated streets in search of a way across the water to save his kids. But as the journey t...

SPLIT SCREAM has a new home at Tenebrous Press! The third volume of editor Alex Ebenstein's acclaimed series is back in print, featuring two novelettes: So Quiet, So White – Patrick Barb Roger Grimsby, a small-town curmudgeon known for his ' 80s horror paperback cover art, believes an ancient, bloodthirsty entity with ties to his family may have reemerged. But how does this connect to his wayward grandson, who prying police detectives and grieving parents blame for a recent knife attack ma...

Celebrate the Strangeness of Being Anything at AllSpotlighting the bizarrely beautiful and beautifully bizarre music and lyrics of indie folk rock band Neutral Milk Hotel, And One Day We Will Die features 22 short stories from the realms of weird, phantasmagoric, and speculative fiction, all inspired by the cult classic songs written and performed by Jeff Mangum and company. From alternate histories where happy endings are allowed and mythological re-imagi...

Uncover the secret annals of untold history in these eighteen medieval manuscripts. Each tortured scribe will bring you face to face with ancient horrors lurking in cursed castles, wild woodlands, haunted hamlets, and mysterious monasteries.Including a lineup of authors both established and emerging, HOWL Society Press presents the first-ever anthology of historical horror from the medieval period, fittingly introduced by the writer who arguably started it all: Christopher Buehlman...

In this new collection, Patrick Barb explores themes of family found and lost, media consumption and the dangers of runaway nostalgia, the supernatural in our lives, and the impact of violence in both the long- and short-term.A young couple is reunited with their lost son whose favorite fuzzy bear suit connects him to the ghost of a vengeful mama bear while he's alone in the forest.A jaded screenwriter can’t escape the haunted screenplay that’s ruined his career.

2022 Governor General's Literary Award Shortlist * 2022 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry FinalistA brilliant poetic debut about gender-based violence that dismantles received definitions of both gender and violence, Horrible Dance is an accomplished addition to transfeminist thought and theory.By turns darkly comic, emotionally connected, playful, incisive, lyrical and irreverent, Lake’s poems navigate a harrowing personal and political terrain ...

"In lines that remind me of the way William Carlos Williams insisted that only the imagination gives us access to reality, Lasky's poems evoke a practice of living, as bloody and awful and lovely as living can ever be."-Julia Bloch, Bitch"The beautiful thing about Lasky, in all her work, but particularly here, is her ability to create that same sense of earnestness, the sense that she is telling you a secret."-InDigest Magazine, InDigest PicksGo, brave and gentle r...

Haunted by starlings in the dark, a young woman spirals into an altered state of consciousness.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Looming Low Volume I is the first anthology from Dim Shores. 26 brand-new stories in different shades of weird, all with a dark soul.Table of Contents:Kurt Fawver — “The Convexity of Our Youth”A.C. Wise — “The Stories We Tell About Ghosts”Michael Wehunt — “In Canada”Brian Evenson — “The Second Door”Daniel Mills — “The Christiansen Deaths”Betty Rocksteady — “Dusk Urchin”Livia Llewellyn — “The Gin Ho...

She’s a target and he’s her only hope chance at survival in this classic book of suspense by New York Times bestselling author Linda CastilloShe has no name, no memory, nothing but the knowledge that she’s pregnant and someone wants her dead. Her only hope is John—the rescue medic who saved her life, the Good Samaritan who vowed to keep her safe, the sexy stranger who’s stealing her heart. Her hero.Saving lives is ...

love comes in many colors.this is a storyof breaking and healing,of forgiving but not forgetting,of understanding and balance.it is not only something to enjoy,but something to learn from.here are the things i did right,and the many things i did wrong.i give them to you,so that when love comes knocking,you will have a sense of what to dowhen you open the door.Explore the experience ...