Dread Stone Press presents SPLIT SCREAM, a new Horror Novelette Double Feature. This is Volume One. Grab some popcorn, turn the lights low, and don't be afraid to scream.\nFEATURING: “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 himself the Golden King? “The Guts of Myth” is Weird horror that snaps like hardboiled noir with vistas lifted straight from Beksinski.\n“The Mourner Across the Flames” – Scott J. Moses 
The world is a salt-ridden dystopia. Bharath, an exile given to hallucinations, is ordered to escort an emaciated mourner across the barren flats. The journey reveals the existence of a monster, evolved to live in the After among the remaining humans. But which is worse—the monster new to Bharath, or the humans who robbed him of his love? “The Mourner Across the Flames” is a grief-stricken tale of spiraling delusion held afloat by enduring love.

Split Scream Volume One

Literature & Fiction

Moses, Scott J.

Winter, Carson

Genre Fiction

Dread Stone Press

The Hoyers are an American family. Two parents, two kids, a house they can't afford, and a deep desire for more. When the black-clad, seemingly omniscient Mr. Cormorant comes to town, it seems that they might finally be able to cash in on their American Dream. You see, Mr. Cormorant is a psychographist-an expert in consumer personas. And Mr. Cormorant is testing a Product. And Mr. Cormorant has selected the Hoyers for a simple task-test the Product. Live with it. Breathe it in. Abide by its demands. In return? Riches. The cost? Immeasurable. The Psychographist is a disturbing novel of consumption, advertising, focus groups, and the decisions that define us.

The Psychographist

United States

Apocalypse Party

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 night—a violent revolution stirs. 
Cover art by Stefan Koidl. 
Interior illustrations by Matt Blairstone. 
"Winter masterfully weaves creeping dread into every page of this nightmarish journey, blending the real horrors of domestic violence and power imbalances with surreal, supernatural terror." Emma E. Murray, author of Crushing Snails and When the Devil

A Spectre is Haunting Greentree

Tenebrous Press

SPLIT SCREAM has a new home at Tenebrous Press! Editor Alex Ebenstein brings his acclaimed split-novelette series back, featuring: "The Guts of Myth" - Carson WinterIt'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 himself the Golden King? "The Guts of Myth" is Weird horror that snaps like hardboiled noir with vistas lifted straight from Beksinski."The Mourner Across the Flames" - Scott J. MosesThe world is a salt-ridden dystopia. Bharath, an exile given to hallucinations, is ordered to escort an emaciated mourner across the barren flats. The journey reveals the existence of a monster, evolved to live in the After among the remaining humans. But which is worse-the monster new to Bharath, or the humans who robbed him of his love? "The Mourner Across the Flames" is a grief-stricken tale of spiraling delusion held afloat by enduring love.

NEVER TRUST A HOUSE WITH A NAME 
Everyone has a story about Posthaste Manor. 
None of the stories end well, but that doesn’t stop the hopeful from hoping and the desperate from trying. 
This composite novel stands as both history and eulogy of one very haunted house, as recounted by artists, real estate agents, and beloved family pets; by the debauched, the dead and the dying, and anyone looking for one last chance. 
Raise a glass in celebration. Just don't linger within its walls for long\nCover art by Trevor Henderson. 
Interior illustrations by Alex Woodroe.\nAbout the Authors: 
Jolie Toomajan is a PhD candidate, writer, editor, and all-around ghoul. Her dissertation in progress is focused on the women who wrote for Weird Tales and her work has appeared in Upon a Thrice Time, Death in the Mouth, and Black Static, among others. She is editor of Aseptic and Faintly Sadistic: An Anthology of Hysteria Fiction. Despite all of this, she would investigate a clown hanging out in a sewer grate. Carson Winter is an award-winning author, punker, and raw nerve. His fiction has been featured in Apex, Vastarien, and Tales to Terrify. “The Guts of Myth” was published in Volume One of Dread Stone Press’ Split Scream series. His novella, Soft Targets, is out now from Tenebrous Press. He lives in the Pacific Northwest. 
“Un-builds a mosaic narrative from the exquisitely deconstructed corpse of Gothic fiction. Toomajan and Winter kick our expectations out like delinquents smashing windows, then remodel the old bones of the haunted house story to entrap the reader in a joyfully wicked architectural beast.” Joe Koch, author of The Wingspan of Severed Hands and Convulsive 
“Disturbing, yet often tender, thanks to imagery that stuns and creeps and never forgets that a haunted house needs humans inside of it. A refreshing and evil spin on a classic trope by two fierce talents.” Michael Wehunt, author of The Inconsolables

Posthaste Manor

Toomajan, Jolie

Chthonic Matter Quarterly: Winter 2023

Major, Tim

Nogle, Christi

Muller, C.M.

Surface, David

Kauffman, Harris

Stevenson, C. W.

Summerling, R.L.

Rosenberg, Zachary

Independently published

The Darkness Beyond The Stars: An Anthology of Space Horror

McMillan, P.L.

Barb, Patrick

Peter, Jessica

Ketterer, Ryan Marie

Searcey, Rachel

Brave, Bridget D.

Vickerson, Dana

Thomas, Joseph Andre

Gill, Emma Louise

Salt Heart Press

between doorways: explorations into liminal space

Sylvaine, Angela

Wolfgang, Alex

Stephens, Caleb

Cuthbert, Rebecca

Price, TJ

Grimes, Ivy

Blackburn, Demi-Louise

Caroll, Elou

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