DEATHREALM: SPIRITS in Shortwave Publshing’s 101 HORROR STORIES Vol. 1

Shortwave Publishing is releasing a brand-new series of bundled ebooks, including the five-book set 101 Horror Stories, which features Deathrealm: Spirits! The set—which also includes the anthologies Dark Frequencies, Obsolescence, White Pages, and Shadows in the Stacks—is now available for pre-order and is scheduled for release on September 30, 2025.

Amazingly—at least to me—it's been almost two years since Deathrealm:Spirits hit the streets and became Shortwave Publishing's first official best-selling title. Just look at the fantastic authors included in this single antho...

Deathrealm: Spirits Contributors:
• Linda D. Addison
• Meghan Arcuri
• Larry Blamire
• Maurice Broaddus
• Heather D. Daughrity
• Timothy G. Huguenin
• Brian Keene
• Ronald Kelly
• Joe R. Lansdale
• Kasey Lansdale
• Eric LaRocca
• Patricia Lee Macomber
• Elizabeth Massie
• Bridgett Nelson
• Errick Nunnally
• Jeff Oliver
• Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• Richard Thomas
• Tony Tremblay
• David Niall Wilson

“Spine-tingling and sometimes stomach-churning… unflinchingly tense… Deathrealm: Spirits is a solid compilation that will satisfy avid fans of a range of horror subgenres.”—Kirkus Reviews

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Pre-Order 101 Horror Stories Volume 1, Including Deathrealm: Spirits!

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Deathrealm: Spirits — One Year Old!

Holy cows! Today, it's one year since the release of Deathrealm: Spirits from Shortwave Publishing. With 20 stories & rhymes by some of the finest authors & poets in the business, Deathrealm: Spirits was the first of a long line of best-selling titles from Shortwave. Thanks to Shortwave CEO Alan Lastufka for helping take this incredible anthology from dream to reality.

FEATURING: Linda D. Addison • Meghan Arcuri • Larry Blamire • Maurice Broaddus • Heather Daughrity • Tim Huguenin • Brian Keene • Ronald Kelly • Joe R. Lansdale • Kasey Lansdale • Eric LaRocca • Patricia Lee Macomber • Elizabeth Massie • Bridgett Nelson • Errick Nunnally • Jeffrey Oliver • Jessica Amanda Salmonson • Richard Thomas • Tony Tremblay • David Niall Wilson

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Got yours? If not, there's still one waiting for you...here!

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THE FORT — A Short Horror Film by Alan Lastufka

"Teenage best friends Erin and Tim have their own hideout in the woods. It’s an old reclaimed trailer nicknamed the Fort. And it just grew a new door…"

Writer/Publisher/Filmmaker Alan Lastufka's short horror film, The Fort, is due for release in October 2024. A Kickstarter campaign has been launched to assist with the film's funding.

Alan Lastufka is CEO of Shortwave Publishing, which released my newest anthology, Deathrealm: Spirits, this past October.

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Support The Fort — A Short Horror Film Kickstarter Campaign Here

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Deathrealm: Spirits — Joe R. Lansdale, Errick Nunnally, Bridgett Nelson, Heather Daughrity, Jessica Amanda Salmonson

WISHING YOU HAPPY HORRORDAYS...

• Joe R. Lansdale — "Ghosts in the Cells": A theoretical discussion between friends around a campfire becomes a battle for survival against the ultimate primal horror.

• Errick Nunnally — "Driving James Cole": "How did we get on this road with someone like that in the car? And what the hell is that coming up behind us...?!"

 • Bridgett Nelson — "Dying River": A mother's love is sometimes said to be the most powerful force in the universe. Is it? Is it really?

• Heather Daughrity — "A Shadow Slowly Shifting": Is that shadow on the floor? Or a shadow within a haunted mind? The distinction becomes crucial.

• Jessica Amanda Salmonson — "The Ivory Bed": She might have been Lilith’s most privileged daughter; Princess of the Esoteric Night; Goddess of ghosts in violent places...

And much, much more!

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Deathrealm: Spirits — Elizabeth Massie, Ronald Kelly, Patricia Lee Macomber, Maurice Broaddus, Richard Thomas

WISHING YOU HAPPY HORRORDAYS...

• Elizabeth Massie — "The Campsite": Geocaching is a kind of treasure hunt that frequently leads seekers into deep, remote woods to locate their quarry. Some treasures, once found, can never be forgotten...

• Ronald Kelly — "Prayers from the Mouth of Hell": There's nothing frightening under this house. Nothing there at all...

 • Patricia Lee Macomber — "Nothing Bad Can Ever Happen to You Here": This guardian will protect you for all the days of your life — however long that may be...

• Maurice Broaddus — "The Running People": How can life and love survive — and thrive — in this bleak, horrific world that we ourselves have wrought? One must run to discover the answer.

• Richard Thomas — "Ripples in a Pond": Some thoughts, words, and deeds can resonate into time and space far beyond the limits of a lifetime. But to what end?

And much, much more!

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Deathrealm: Spirits — Brian Keene, Linda D. Addison, Larry Blamire, Eric LaRocca, Timothy G. Huguenin

WISHING YOU HAPPY HORRORDAYS...

• Brian Keene — "Bloody Roots": The redoubtable Levi Stoltzfus confronts what may be his most fearsome, powerful, and heart-rending adversary...

• Linda D. Addison — "As Below, So Above": "The dream ends and begins again and again; each time a different animal consumes dreadful beliefs I cannot release..."

 • Larry Blamire — "The Murder Wagon": The ancient, shadow-haunted Callamo Mountains have seen countless horrors, and now a new menace rises to sow dread, nourished by blood and fear.

• Eric LaRocca — "Even If Our Wounds Never Close": How much blood can personal atonement ever require?

• Timothy G. Huguenin — "To Fear and To Rage": What are these hellish, eyeless things overrunning a small West Virginia community... and how the hell can they be stopped?

And much, much more!

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Deathrealm: Spirits — Meghan Arcuri, Kasey Lansdale, David Niall Wilson, Tony Tremblay, Jeff Oliver

WISHING YOU HAPPY HORRORDAYS...

• Meghan Arcuri — "Fort Lonely": Is it a safe place born of a mother's love, or the den of some unspeakable horror from somewhere else?

• Kasey Lansdale — "The Disappeared": Two young girls discover a body in a nearby creek, and the resulting dark cloud that envelops them swells into a mind-shattering storm.

 • David Niall Wilson — "I Was Going to Tell You Tonight": A pair of pest exterminators. A terrible secret. A mind-bending collision of physical and spiritual horror.

• Tony Tremblay — "Roadblock": An inexplicable gray wall appears, stopping cars on a remote, little-used road. But what of those few who are unable to pass through this mysterious barrier?

• Jeff Oliver — "The Devil's Bounty Hunter": "You can try to run, but it will always find you. You can hide in the dark, but it will always come through..."

And much, much more!

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The Brig Podcast, Featuring Kasey Lansdale and Deathrealm: Spirits

The newest edition of Steve Van Samson’s The Brig podcast features Kasey Lansdale talking about her many creative endeavors, including her new short story, “The Disappeared,” which I published in Deathrealm: Spirits from Shortwave Publishing. Check it out here:

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The Brig: Try Everything and Power Through (with Kasey Lansdale)

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Deathrealm: Spirits in the Wild!

A few of the authors of Deathrealm: Spirits displaying the incriminating evidence of the horrors they have wrought!

Left to right, top to bottom: Jeff Oliver ("The Devil's Bounty Hunter"), Kasey Lansdale ("The Disappeared"), Bridgett Nelson ("Dying River"), Elizabeth Massie("The Campsite), Heather Daughrity ("A Shadow Slowly Shifting"), Meghan Arcuri, ("Fort Lonely")

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Deathrealm: Spirits at Shortwave Publishing

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T-Minus 0: DEATHREALM: SPIRITS

Why, yes, here 'tis: the offical release day for Deathrealm: Spirits! There's a better-than-average chance I'm gonna gush insufferably over this book, so be warned. I mean, damn, it features so many of the best of the best, why the hell wouldn't I?

It's been a long, weird road getting here, but I could hardly be happier with the result.

After Deathrealm magazine retired from service, back in 1997, I would say the single most-repeated question asked of me as an author/editor was "Will you ever bring Deathrealm back?" Until relatively recent years, I said "Not a chance in hell." Back in the late 1990s, keeping that monster on a regular quarterly schedule, with distributors going bankrupt by the score and the traditional publishing realm shifting (and in some cases collapsing in spectacular fashion), I figured I didn't have it in me to attempt to resurrect the property, at least not as it was back in the day.

However, as an anthology project, the idea had some allure. A couple of times in the past, I've floated the idea, and about five years ago, I even had a publisher lined up for it. Due to extenuating circumstances, it never came about, but in hindsight, I'm glad of this. There's no way that project could have come together the way Deathrealm: Spirits has.

I hope you'll check it out — and please, whatever you think of it, reviews are most appreciated!

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Deathrealm: Spirits at Shortwave Publishing

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Less Than a Month to Deathrealm: Spirits!

I made up a little ad for Deathrealm: Spirits, primarily for the upcoming Horror Writers Association newsletter. Here 'tis. The book's release date is October 17, 2023!

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Visit Shortwave Publishing's Deathrealm: Spirits here.

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Boxing Deathrealm

Alan Lustafka at Shortwave Publishing has designed a lovely shipping box for the paperback edition of my upcoming anthology, Deathrealm: Spirits, due in October. Also available in ebook. Cover art is by J. Edward Neill.

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Preorder Deathrealm: Spirits
at Shortwave Publishing

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Deathrealm: Spirits Cover Reveal

As promised — the Deathrealm: Spirits cover reveal. Art by J Edward Neill.

From soft, dreadful whispers to high, chilling screams, a chorus of hellish voices emerges from the darkness to lure and draw you back to their hellish home — The Land Where Horror Dwells.

Deathrealm magazine was one of the most celebrated horror publications of the 20th Century, and now its creator brings you a new volume of fiction and verse for the 21st Century and beyond. Deathrealm: Spirits features 20 new ghostly stories (and poems) by some of the best to have ever written in the genre, including...

• Linda D. Addison
• Meghan Arcuri
• Larry Blamire
• Maurice Broaddus
• Heather D. Daughrity
• Timothy G. Huguenin
• Brian Keene
• Ronald Kelly
• Joe R. Lansdale
• Kasey Lansdale
• Eric LaRocca
• Patricia Lee Macomber
• Elizabeth Massie
• Bridgett Nelson
• Errick Nunnally
• Jeff Oliver
• Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• Richard Thomas
• Tony Tremblay
• David Niall Wilson

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Check out Deathrealm: Spirits (including pre-ordering) at Shortwave Publishing

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Deathrealm: Spirits: Full Author List Revealed!

Here it is — the complete author list for Deathrealm: Spirits!

Deathrealm: Spirits, a new horror anthology edited by Stephen Mark Rainey, picks up where Deathrealm magazine left off over 25 years ago. This volume features 20 new ghostly stories and poems by some of the best to have ever written in the genre.

The complete Deathrealm: Spirits author list (in alphabetical order):

• Linda D. Addison
• Meghan Arcuri
• Larry Blamire
• Maurice Broaddus
• Heather D. Daughrity
• Timothy G. Huguenin
• Brian Keene
• Ronald Kelly
• Joe R. Lansdale
• Kasey Lansdale
• Eric LaRocca
• Patricia Lee Macomber
• Elizabeth Massie
• Bridgett Nelson
• Errick Nunnally
• Jeff Oliver
• Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• Richard Thomas
• Tony Tremblay
• David Niall Wilson

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Check out Deathrealm: Spirits (including pre-ordering) at Shortwave Publishing

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A Little Deathrealm Update

It's been a hectic week of little else but working on either the house we're moving into or the house we're moving out of. Slow but very steady progress, at least.

The "else" has been copy-editing Deathrealm: Spirits. Also slow but steady progress. The final contents have been compiled, all authors contracted and paid, and it won't be long before this monster goes into production. It's coming from Shortwave Publishing in October 2023.

The table of contents will include Brian Keene, Joe R. Lansdale, Eric LaRocca, and many more. Future updates will drop additional names onto the list, for a total of twenty. This is going to be a good-sized, kick-ass anthology, I'm here to tell you. The cover reveal isn't too far off either, so please stay tuned.

Until later.

It’s Official! DEATHREALM: SPIRITS

Alan Lastufka, of Shortwave Publishing, has made the official announcement! Deathrealm: Spirits is in the works and is scheduled for release in October 2023.

From Shortwave’s news release: “Deathrealm was, for a decade, the leading small-press horror magazine in the United States. In 1995, it won the International Horror Critics Award for best horror magazine. And in the Spring of 1996, issue #27 was ‘banned’ in Canada when it was stopped by customs on the grounds the cover art (by Ian McDowell) was too ‘disturbing.’ Deathrealm was edited by Stephen Mark Rainey and published from 1987 to 1997.”

For decades — literally! — the question “Will you ever resurrect Deathrealm?” has come at me on countless occasions. Many, many times after the final issue (#31, Summer 1997), I toyed with the idea of continuing the title by way of an anthology (or series of anthologies), but I knew I would never go back to editing a magazine on a regular release schedule. A decade of that was enough. Over the years, I pitched the anthology idea a couple of times, and just a few short years ago, things were actually moving forward on that front. However, due to various circumstances, things ultimately didn’t pan out. However, fairly recently, the stars seemed to come right for another go at it, and now... it’s a-coming!

We’ll be making regular announcements regarding contributors and any relevant news all over social media. I guarantee you this: Deathrealm: Spirits features a killer line-up of authors.

This time around, I can tell you that Joe R. Lansdale, Brian Keene, and Eric LaRocca are on board. There are many more, to be revealed in time. Much like the magazine, the anthology will feature tales of deep, personal dread, whether rooted in the supernatural, the cosmic, the purely psychological, or other.

Do stay tuned...