Harry Meyers is ill-equipped to handle funeral planning of any sort. If he had a goldfish and that goldfish died, he would probably find a way to bungle the flushing. But when Harry's mother passes away without having made any arrangements, and he's the only surviving next of kin, Harry is called on to navigate a grimly hilarious, half-real world of morgues, morticians, fetishes, and cosmic disaster. Transgressive and bleakly funny, terrifying but surprisingly humane, The Half-Freaks showcases Nicole Cushing's ever-evolving take on the Weird.

The Half-Freaks

Literature & Fiction

Cushing, Nicole

Genre Fiction

Grimscribe Press

A literary tribute to a true visionary. David Tibet has been a poet, artist, and musician for over 30 years and has influenced countless other musicians, artists, and authors. In this anthology, those who have been influenced by Tibet and Current 93 try to repay this debt in literary form. Authors include Thomas Ligotti, Joseph Pulver Sr., Daniel Mills, Michael Griffin, Robert M. Price and lots more.

Mighty in Sorrow: A Tribute to David Tibet & Current 93

Price, Robert M.

Krall, Jordan

Mills, Daniel

Pulver, Sr. Joseph S.

Ligotti, Thomas

Short Stories & Anthologies

Dynatox Ministries International

Debut collection of chilling stories by author Nicole Cushing (MR. SUICIDE). Cushing is a Shirley Jackson Award nominee.

The Mirrors

Cycatrix Press

Stories for Christmas, authors for the New Year! Find within this magical tome 14 NEW original holiday-themed stories of fantasy, horror and science fiction by a talented group of authors--plus one holiday essay. The tales from our Magi vary from the light and satirical to the dark and serious, and we've shuffled the deck to keep you guessing.   • A time guardian may have to choose between preserving reality or destroying the man she loves. • A snowman comes to life, but he's not a happy soul.  • Santa makes a terrible bargain in order to save Christmas.  • On Christmas Eve, a furious fairy princess attacks a double-decker bus. • Two secret agents attend an exclusive Christmas party with an unusual price of admission. • Soldiers in the midst of the zombie apocalypse try to find the Christmas spirit. • A boy and his father confront an alien creature on the Longest Night. • A mercenary packing magical pistols battles a monster while Christmas shopping for her werewolf boyfriend. • Steampunk detectives find themselves fending off Christmas "elves." • Humans exiled to an alternate world blend alien and human holiday traditions.  • A banished prince with a magic chicken finds a nearly drowned soldier--so says the storyteller. • A bounty hunter searches for a rogue elf. • A traumatized punk girl confronts the spirits from the worst night of her life. • In a dystopian future, Christmas is outlawed. • ...And Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author Nicole Cushing reveals the holiday specials that she feels deserve "lumps of coal." 100% of all proceeds from this book benefit Indy Reads. Indy Reads is a not-for-profit organization that relies on volunteers to provide basic literacy tutoring to illiterate and semi-literate adults. Indy Reads operates a bookstore in downtown Indianapolis. Learn more at www.indyreads.org.

Gifts of the Magi: A Speculative Holiday Collection

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Holland, Debra

Roland, A.D.

Garrison, E. Chris

Raymer, Herika R

Noordeloos, Chantal

Allen, John F.

French, Katina

Sullivan, R.J.

Sandridge, Scott M.

Roddey, S. H.

Jobe, David

Bastin, J. P.

Allen, Marian

Matthew Barron

Fantasy

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Plastic Priest

Humor & Entertainment

Publications, Cemetery Dance

Humor

Cemetery Dance Publications

Winner of the 2015 Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a First Novel Like everyone else in the world, you've wanted to do things people say you shouldn't do.How many times in your life have you wanted to slap someone? Really, literally strike them? You can't even begin to count the times. Hundreds. Thousands. You're not exaggerating. You're not engaging in... whatchamacallit? Hyperbole? You're not engaging in hyperbole.Maybe the impulse flashed through your brain for only a moment, like lightning, when someone tried to skip ahead of you in line at the cafeteria. Hell, at more than one point in your life you've wanted to kill someone; really, literally kill someone. That's not just an expression. Not hyperbole. Then it was gone and replaced by the civilized thought: You can't do that. Not out in public.But you've had the thought...

Mr. Suicide

Word Horde

From Bram Stoker Award-winning author Nicole Cushing comes a novel about family, grief, aliens, mental illness, trauma, sexism, the Mothman legend, Covid, and the encroachment of unreality into American political life. Mothwoman combines the style and playful dark satire of A Sick Gray Laugh with the grimness and relatively quick pace of Mr. Suicide.

Mothwoman

Sadism, nihilism, poverty, wealth, screams, whimpers, sanity and madness collide in Nowhere, Indiana. For Thomas Krieg, Nowhere is a miles-long, pitch-black underground maze in which he's imprisoned dozens of boys for the past ten years -- all in the name of art. For two brothers, Nowhere is the only place they clearly remember living. A world unto itself, in which they must stay alert to stay alive. A world from which the only escape is death. But for an English occultist known only as Mr. No One, Nowhere is much more...and much less: the perfect place in which to perform a ritual to unleash the grandest of eldritch deities, the God of Nothingness, the Great Dark Mouth.Shirley Jackson Award Nominee for Novella (Finalist) (2013)“The confidence and expertise so blatantly evident in Nicole Cushing’s writing is astonishing.”– Thomas Ligotti

Children of No One

Independent Legions Publishing

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