This week, Carson talks about everything that went into bringing THE CORPSE PRIEST to life from a publishing and marketing perspective! open.spotify.com/episode/22zq...

The H Word: Why Do We Like the Weird? - Nightmare Magazine I, like many of us, am always scared. A friend of mine once asked me why. And the first thing that came to my head was to show him Junji Ito’s “The Enigma of Amigara Fault.”

my article is up about weird fiction in weird, horrifying times, and the community that forms around people trying to wrestle their fears together! www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...

The reviews are trickling in. Thank you @erikmchatton.bsky.social

💀A death-obsessed hero on a philosophical quest
⚔️Sword and sorcery carnage
🐙Cosmic horror of reality-shattering proportions

THE CORPSE PRIEST is out now wherever you buy books. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR5SCNZ6/

The Corpse Priest releases today!Carson really outdid himself with this one. A perfect example of how to bring classic weird horror fantasies to a current audience, while innovating at the same time. Check it out.

One of the big inspirations for Rachael in Crawl Space was myself, or at least my career, but we'll get to that soon. First, I wanted to talk about archaeology. Archaeology is a big tent profession. There are lots of different disciplines that are part of archaeology 1/10

cover of Frost Zone Stories book 3 on left: black cover FROST ZONE in white, below which is a green oval shape with type, S T O R I E S. Image is black and white antique etching of woods and stream into which a troll-like figure has been added in the shadows and a tall, thin man with slouchy top hat, pirate boots, long black coat, and skeleton face and hands. He is scattering stars to the ground atop a tiny hare. On the right: SJ Townend "Going Last" Forgive my rant--please, forgive my rant-- but I think I'm about to inhale a fresh ghost. ... And what's growing in my brain, the iniquitous curse that brought me to this hospice, is also running out of room ... As over-accommodated as I am, loneliness drapes over my sloped shoulders like an oversized coat. This, I suppose, is the burden of being the last to go. Frost Zone Stories Book 3, Spring 2026

The closing story in Frost Zone Stories book 3 is "Going Last" by SJ Townend @sjtownend.bsky.social

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Carson Winter - A Spectre is Haunting Greentree - SSBA Horror Finalist Hello again! Slight schedule change on the SSBA posts. Last time, I promised 1 every Sunday, but instead I got sick and missed one. The curr...

Back with another SSBA Finalist Spotlight!

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Today, it's Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social author of A Spectre is Haunting Greentree!

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Congrats to our nominees!

@emmaemurray.bsky.social @erikmchatton.bsky.social @chazzaroo.bsky.social @robgrim.bsky.social @chloe-york.bsky.social @leonardolam.bsky.social

Glad you enjoyed it. It's definitely one of most visceral stories.

Can any of you name the band who's song this story is named after? Start the week with some free fiction from frequent CHM collaborator Erik McHatton: https://bit.ly/49vrc2y

Alright, I did the Year in Review thing. Bad year? Or good year with bad expectations? You be the judge.

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Our next submission call is right around the corner. Check out our guidelines to learn more: https://bit.ly/3FZcgMA

A drawing of shelves containing pieces of corpses, dead insects and strange taxidermy.

A collection.

There’s no better artist than nature and these fuckers gotta bastardize it with the computer.

PseudoPod 1007: The Children of the Event The first person to see the wave was a fisherman. Like most of his kind, he was strong, fond of water, and a heavy drinker; he wore rubber boots and a yellow coat slicked with salmon guts.

🦑 Episode 1007…

“The first person to see the wave was a fisherman.”

The Children of the Event, by Carson Winter

Narrator: Matt Arnold
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Graeme Dunlop

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This story was first published in the collection ‘Portraits of Decay’

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What's on your holiday wish list this year for cosmic horror and weird fiction themed stuff? I'm on the lookout for Joel Lane books and Keith Rosson's COFFIN MOON.

One of the reasons I watched it in the first place was because Final Chapter is so great. Zito was a mad man.

I think guy might be my favorite thing I’ve drawn this year

Nother cool commission today
(For Astralscholar1811 on Tumblr)

The Burning 4K

#recentlywatched (recently is doing a heavy lift here but bear w/ me it’s been quite a month) The Burning (in 4K). Come see Jason Alexander as the most 30-something teenager. The raft scene remains an all-timer though.

One of the greatest slashers ever. If you haven't, check out The Prowler, which is another classic.

CHM will be open for submissions at the beginning of the new year!

Read our guidelines here: https://bit.ly/3FZcgMA

Pre-Approved for Haunting: And Other Stories 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, t...

#buymybooks working on edits and author notes (yes this’ll have author notes) for what I hope’ll be my next collection, got me thinking about my debut collection PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING. People who’ve read it dig it. I only wish MORE people would read it…and dig it. (Also in PB, ebook, & audio)

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Thanks so much for the great review. I'm glad the collection worked for you. Little Dirt Boy seems to be a favorite for a lot of people.

Straw World and Other Echoes from the Void: Short Story Collection Review The Author Erik McHatton’s passion for horror literature began in grade school and can be credited to an early fascination with the “Terrific Triples” horror collections of Helen Hoke. He began wri…

Finally wrote my review for @erikmchatton.bsky.social 's Straw World and Other Echoes from the Void. A great weird fiction collection!

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Episode 134: The Annual Dead Languages DnD Extravaganza (Part 2) Spotify video

Part 2 of our annual DnD episode is up! Featuring @ninamiller.bsky.social @kaidelmas.bsky.social and @erikmchatton.bsky.social.

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Interview with Ben Lockwood eco-horrific, eco-surrealist, eco-weird

"Something I’ve learned is to be relentless about only writing things I want to write and not worrying about what someone else may or may not want to read. There’s no other way to write honestly."

-interview with @benlockwood.bsky.social

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What debut horror novels were your favorite this year?

Also, if you're a debut horror writer, feel free to share your book below! I want to be sure I'm reading all the horror! 🖤🖤🖤