Deep Fried Horror August Edition

Literature & Fiction

Raven, Richard

Davis, Dusty

Barb, Patrick

Brady, Belinda

Bradley, Duane

Nye, Michael D.

Ford, Jason Constantine

Genre Fiction

Independently published

Pre-Approved for Haunting: And Other Stories

A collection of weird, dark stories and millennial anxieties.\nIn 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. A jaded screenwriter can’t escape the haunted screenplay that’s ruined his career. A man returns to his small hometown, where the people are gone and the trees have taken over. A Slasher and Final Girl brother-sister duo match wits and blades against a sentient, dimension-hopping apocalypse at a never-ending summer camp.\nFrom rural backwoods to Park Slope brownstones, Barb's characters face impossible, awful situations, testing their inner strength and understanding of reality. Covering quiet horror, weird fiction, supernatural horror, slasher horror, topical dark fiction, and more, these stories spotlight supposedly familiar terrors and fears in new and unexpected ways.

Literary

Keylight Books

A collection of weird, dark stories and millennial anxieties.\nIn 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. A man returns to his small hometown, where the people are gone and the trees have taken over. A Slasher and Final Girl brother-sister duo match wits and blades against a sentient, dimension-hopping apocalypse at a never-ending summer camp.\nFrom rural backwoods to Park Slope brownstones, Barb's characters face impossible, awful situations, testing their inner strength and understanding of reality. Covering quiet horror, weird fiction, supernatural horror, slasher horror, topical dark fiction, and more, these stories spotlight supposedly familiar terrors and fears in new and unexpected ways.

When you see everything your children do, what are you still missing? And what will it cost you? In a near-future United States, surveillance technology's the hottest trend in high-tech parenting. Children have their every move monitored from birth, thanks to repurposed military drones and contact lens digital cameras that show life from your child's perspective. But in the aftermath of a tragedy at his son's high school, one father must contend with the dark side of his reliance on these innovations. Putting a Black Mirror spin on We Need To Talk About Kevin, Patrick Barb's Helicopter Parenting in the Age of Drone Warfare captures every parent's worst nightmare as reimagined for the digital age. This lean, propulsive novelette examines the duality of technology-how it brings everyone closer, but also creates artificial barriers between us all. From its mysterious beginning to its inevitable, tragic ending, this tale of horror enabled by technology unveils secret after secret.

Helicopter Parenting in the Age of Drone Warfare

Spooky House Press LLC

Dread Stone Press presents SPLIT SCREAM, a Horror Novelette Double Feature. This is Volume Three. Grab some popcorn, turn the lights low, and don't be afraid to scream.\nFEATURING: “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 massacre at a nearby summer camp? “So Quiet, So White” is cosmic folk horror that balances the act of creation through destructive forces, with the Grimsby family at the fulcrum. Prepare for bloodshed, and the beauty found within.\n“Imago Expulsio (The Red Animal of Our Blood” – J.A.W. McCarthy 
Shauna’s infatuation with the enigmatic painter she meets at art school escalates into unwavering devotion when she learns about the mercilessly brutal cat and mouse game that has consumed Elise’s life. She vows to protect her, to keep her safe—but how far will she go to keep her promise? A self-portrait vomits viscera and the sinister secrets that lie at the heart of the decadently deranged “Imago Expulsio (The Red Animal of Our Blood),” where body parts and gore become fine art.

Split Scream Volume Three

McCarthy, J a W

Dread Stone Press

EVIL LURKS BETWEEN THESE PAGES A video game walkthrough harbors a sinister secret. A grieving sister's letters cross the barrier between alive and dead (and alive again). A chain of frightening emails is the only evidence a young woman ever existed. And a series of journals follow a dwindling wagon train marching straight into Hell-or someplace worse. Haunted podcast transcripts. Blood soaked police reports. Bewildering court findings. Brace yourself for Dead Letters, an anthology that resurrects the chilling power of epistolary fiction-where ordinary documents become hidden records of our darkest fantasies and bleakest nightmares. Across 21 all-original tales from talents like Gemma Files, Ai Jiang, Gordon B. White, J.A.W. McCarthy, and Red Lagoe, and curated with precision by Jacob Steven Mohr, Dead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror serves up a prolonged sojourn into the macabre-and promises to haunt your sleepless nights.

Dead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror

Files, Gemma

Publishing, Crystal Lake

Henriques, Sandra

Jiang, Ai

Toucher, Kyle

Stewart, Gregg

Allec, Justin

Miranda, G. Nicholas

Crystal Lake Publishing

The Abducted

Dark Matter Ink

It's 1999 and Fallen Church, New Hampshire is ready for Y2K. But they never planned for Goodman Pryce. 
As the new millennium approaches, outcast teen Josey's school video project for history class inadvertently leads to the resurrection of Pryce, a demonic witch-hunter from the 1600s. As he unleashes puritanical Hell on Earth in her small New England town, Josey must rely on her best friend, an ancestor accused of witchcraft, and the mystical powers inside herself to put an end to the Night of the Witch-Hunter once and for all. 
"The modern day Goosebumps for adults." -Horror Obsessive

The Night of the Witch-Hunter (Killer Vhs)

Shortwave Media

SPLIT SCREAM has a new home at Tenebrous Press! Editor Alex Ebenstein brings his acclaimed split-novelette series back featuring: "So Quiet, So White" - Patrick BarbRoger 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 massacre at a nearby summer camp? "So Quiet, So White" is cosmic folk horror that balances the act of creation through destructive forces, with the Grimsby family at the fulcrum. Prepare for bloodshed, and the beauty found within."Imago Expulsio (The Red Animal of Our Blood)" - J.A.W. McCarthyShauna's infatuation with the enigmatic painter she meets at art school escalates into unwavering devotion when she learns about the mercilessly brutal cat and mouse game that has consumed Elise's life. She vows to protect her, to keep her safe-but how far will she go to keep her promise? A self-portrait vomits viscera and the sinister secrets that lie at the heart of the decadently deranged "Imago Expulsio (The Red Animal of Our Blood)," where body parts and gore become fine art.

United States

Tenebrous Press

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