"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 ...

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...

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...

Nat Jacobs finds herself alone and far from home in a mirror world, where she is herself . . . and not. She can remember being nightmarishly wrenched away from her child, unbearable pain, and then nothing. Traumatized and visibly scarred, dismissed as hysterical, irrational even—she finds others like her in a support group, all living lives of those wounded in terrible accidents that they can't remember, taken from those they love with no explanation.And no hope of return.Or ...

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...

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...

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)

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

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...

Art comes in many forms…As an undertaker, the human body is Harold's canvas.For Rutger and Kandy, famous porn stars from the 80s, flesh is also their preferred medium of art.When Harold's ex-lovers start arriving in body bags, the undertaker believes he's receiving a message to create a new masterpiece.Rutger and Kandi are also on a mission. Their new task will be to film the most shocking porno imaginable.Toby and Jessica are just r...

"A smart, deep, black magic carnie noir existential bloodbath" from the acclaimed author of Boon (Gemma Files, Shirley Jackson Award–winning author).In the shadow of World War II, the barren, dusty streets of Litchfield, Arkansas, are even quieter than usual, leaving hotel detective George "Jojo" Walker with too much time to struggle with his own personal demons.But everything changes when a traveling picture show comes to town. The film's purveyor...