Under your mask, there is only decay.In Carson Winter's debut collection of social horror, characters reveal their darkest selves in the face of the insane and inexplicable.A couple finds themselves trading identities in the form of masks.A podcaster follows strange clues to a mystery that may spell his end.A child's world collapses into chaos as its dreamer awakens.Portraits of Decay poses subjects as both transgressor and ...

Some would call him a warrior, others a priest.When Corpse wanders into the city of Dross Toll, he runs afoul of a sadistic count hellbent on his destruction. But when forced to flee into the surrounding forest, he encounters threats darker than a nobleman's rage.Mixing sword and sorcery and cosmic horror, Carson Winter's The Corpse Priest is a fast-paced adventure through a world of magic, bloodshed, and unimaginable terror.

REAP WHAT YOU SOW In the wake of a series of panic attacks, isolated and introverted Carina takes a friend up on an offer: go to Greentree, Oregon, escape her abusive ex, and start a new life. But upon arrival, the town is stranger than Carina could have ever imagined. For one, they still have a video store. For two, everyone is rich. For three, what' s up with all these scarecrows? As Greentree' s secrets begin to unravel, as the autumn sun bends below the corn, as scythes sharpen in the ...

SPLIT SCREAM has a new home at Tenebrous Press! The first volume of editor Alex Ebenstein's acclaimed series is back in print, featuring two novelettes: The Guts of Myth – Carson Winter It' s 1973. British-American thug Byron is tasked with finding the occultist Allosaurus D' Ambrosere, given only handwritten instructions and two hateful associates. Where they' re going, they' ll find blood red skies, obsidian towers, and a deep thirst for violence. But will they find the man who calls him...

You know that office bromance: two of a kind, always taking their lunch together, always wearing the same sly grin. Only ever a hair away from a cold joke about how spreadsheets are a living hell; about taking a bullet if it means going home early on Friday. Sometimes in these fantasies, they' re heroes being hauled out on a stretcher. Sometimes they' re the ones pulling the trigger. Now, say these guys discover a loophole that makes some days less real than others— less permanent— and sta...

The End is Weird. In the event of cosmic fallout, it is vital that you adhere to the following: Secure your own persona, and a backup if available. A neighbor' s is acceptable. Your skin may attempt to abscond. This is normal in these situations. Ignore all notifications from your mobile devices. They are not to be trusted. Pay no mind to the details of that photograph. Yes, that one. Should your body accrue any additional limbs, please keep proper inventory; they will need to be accounted...

Skies darken. Sirens wail. Buildings tremble with each distant boom. You grasp your loved ones close to you. Any second could be your last.Howls From the Wreckage will push you to the edge of imminent disaster—and drown you in the heartbreak of its fallout.HOWL Society Press presents its thrilling anthology of disaster horror, fittingly introduced by Nick Cutter, acclaimed author of The Troop and The Deep.Foreword by Nick Cutter |...

You know that office bromance: two of a kind, always taking their lunch together, always wearing the same sly grin. Only ever a hair away from a cold joke about how spreadsheets are a living hell; about taking a bullet if it means going home early on Friday. Sometimes in these fantasies, they’re heroes being hauled out on a stretcher.Sometimes they’re the ones pulling the trigger.Now, say these guys discover a loophole that makes some days less real than others—les...

You know that office bromance: two of a kind, always taking their lunch together, always wearing the same sly grin. Only ever a hair away from a cold joke about how spreadsheets are a living hell; about taking a bullet if it means going home early on Friday. Sometimes in these fantasies, they' re heroes being hauled out on a stretcher. Sometimes they' re the ones pulling the trigger. Now, say these guys discover a loophole that makes some days less real than others— less permanent— and sta...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST EDITED ANTHOLOGY • BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANTHOLOGY • LOCUS AWARD FINALISTA bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to be un-settled?”“Never failed to surprise, delight, and shock.” —Nick Cutter, author of The Troop and Little HeavenFeaturing stories by:**Norris Black • Ambe...

Revisit this novella, inspired in the Greek myth of Persephone. Previously published in the Harvest Moon anthology by New York Times bestselling author Mercedes Lackey.There is only one thing in the way of Persephone and Hades's love: her overprotective mother, Demeter. Kidnapping Persephone in order to free her from her mother’s wing should be an easy plan, but Hades soon learns that in the Five Hundred Kingdoms, nothing’s ever simple—and the wrong blonde goddess is stolen by mist...

Alberich had spent most of his youth in the Karsite military schools training to be an officer. As the son of an impoverished mother, he had no other career choice open to him. And Alberich had risen in the ranks with almost unnatural speed. He developed expertise with many weapons and excelled in academic subjects with an ease that was the envy of his classmates. But in fact, the reclusive Alberich studied long and hard, pushing himself ruthlessly.In battle, Alberich had always ha...