Neena Viel is a Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of supernatural and social horror books, including her acclaimed debut Listen to Your Sister and her new release, I’ll Watch Your Baby. Viel sat down with Cemetery Dance to discuss I’ll Watch Your Baby, the author’s love of horror icon and scholar Tananarive Due, looking at horror through … Continue Reading! "Interview: Neena Viel on I’ll Watch Your Baby and Social Horror"

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A Blackened Heart, A Blackened Soul is now on a 99c Kindle sale until June 19th. Now is your chance to grab Crystal Lake’s biggest release of the year to date! Get your sale HERE. Below is the description: Evil walks among us. It watches. It waits.  John Tinsley’s life was shattered as a child when he lost his mother in a tragic car accident—but that was only the beginning. From that moment, a dark entity marked him, one intent on destroying everything and everyone he loves. Haunted by visions, hunted by shadows, and carrying the scars of his childhood, John must now confront the darkness as an adult, facing a malevolent force that has followed him into every stage of his life. A Blackened Heart, A Blackened Soul is a gripping tale of supernatural horror and psychological suspense, chronicling one man’s lifelong battle against a being determined to consume his life, his love, and his very soul. Will John survive, or will the darkness finally claim him? Also available on paperback, and KU!

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Today is the release of author Chris McAuley‘s Monster Kids. Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Kids—Building Bright Futures Through Books! When the children of Monsterville fall asleep, they enter a hidden world beyond imagination. A place known as the Dream Realms. There, nightmares roam through endless forests, forgotten stories still live and breathe, and the mysterious Sandman spreads fear across the sleeping world, feeding on doubt and terror. Now a brave group of monster kids must travel deeper into the Dream Realms than anyone ever has before. Their journey will take them across ghostly oceans, enchanted kingdoms, and cities built from dreams themselves. Along the way they encounter legendary figures such as Long John Silver from Treasure Island and the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes, who help the young heroes uncover secrets about the Dream Realms and the evil growing within them. But defeating the Sandman will take more than courage. Each child must learn to face the fears hidden deep inside their own heart. Filled with spooky adventure, unforgettable creatures, humour, mystery, and powerful lessons about friendship and bravery, this magical journey is perf Continue Reading

I’ll Watch Your Baby by Neena Viel St. Martin’s Press (May 2026) Reviewed by Haley Newlin Somehow, I missed Neena Viel’s debut, and Bram Stoker-nominated novel, Listen To Your Sister. After reading Viel’s new supernatural and historical horror novel, I’ll Watch Your Baby, I can’t fathom being a horror fan and not experiencing her work. … Continue Reading! "Review: I’ll Watch Your Baby by Neena Viel"

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Twenty years later, the remaining five friends are all living very different lives. Hannah Prentice is a divorcee with two children, the youngest of whom is being badly bullied at school, and a mother who is showing the first signs of dementia; Jess Maple is a professional artist, who is just about to break into the big time; Steve Lazenby is a successful architect, whose eight-year-old daughter is suffering from delusions and nightmares; Max Bradshaw is a self-employed plumber, happily married with three children, whose fourteen-year-old son has fallen in with the wrong crowd; and Michael Vance, bohemian and charismatic at university, is now a drug-addicted vagrant, who harbours a terrible secret…

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            The Kennebec runs through the belly of town like a black vein, carrying secrets and silt, chemicals and bones. Jeff and I follow it south, tromping along the Quarry Trail as we do every August before school starts up, the blackflies buzzing in our ears. It’s that time of year when we spit in death’s eye. When I set my jaw and follow Jeff crashing down into that cold, murky water. When we defy the curse that’s plagued our family since it first landed here almost 140 years ago.             My Uncle Jonny was the last one to go. Spring of 2000. Dawn of a new century, twilight of Jonny’s short, hard run. Mum was just fourteen at the time, same age as Jeff and me now. Uncle Jonny wasn’t much older, seventeen or eighteen. Nodded off under the Two Penny Bridge with the needle still in his arm, tipped into the current like he was bowing to whatever dark, thirsty force claims a member of our family each generation.             “Why ya walkin’ so slow, shit stain?”         &# Continue Reading

Unsettled Score: A Mix Tape of Arthouse Horror by Rebecca Rowland Lethe Press (June 2026) Reviewed by Dave Simms Anyone who’s been paying attention to short horror fiction in the past decade is familiar with Rebecca Rowland. Yes, her novel, Eminence Front, was awesome, and it signals a productive path for the author, but it’s … Continue Reading! "Review: Unsettled Score by Rebecca Rowland"

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A reminder that I was one of the writers for this (specifically the Origin of Hordak).

HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, VOL. 2: ORIGINS OF ETERNIA

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HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE continues its return to comics in an all-new graphic novel!

The untold origin stories of Eternia's most prominent heroes and villains are unveiled by the best writers and artists in the industry today. Joshua Hale Fialkov (GREEN LANTERN) and Keith Giffen (LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES) mold the world of the Masters of the Univ Continue Reading

The "Old Guys" or just "The Guys"? That is the existential question as Brian, Tim Waggoner, John Langan, and Michael Cisco come to grips with where they now find themselves in their careers, and Wile E. Young gets some foreshadowing for what he can expect twenty years from now. Available on Patreon, Spotify, and Brian Keene dot com. As always, new episodes are paywalled for the first month.

On sale today in Italy is NEMESAI — a short dark fantasy novel by myself and John Urbancik, published by Plutonia Publications.

It starts with the red dreams. Everyone has them every night. But they’re just a precursor, because something deep within the bowels of the earth has awakened—something we defeated and sent back thousands of years ago. First, there are scouts which decimate cities, and the armies of humanity find their weapons impotent.Enter Atiya Destine, professional adventurer and mercenary. She and her team will venture deep into the middle of China to follow the scouts back to where they came from: a hole in earth once protected by thousands of warriors awaiting the return of humanity’s Nemesai.Enter Jane, a survivor of the destruction of Shanghai. Enter Stefan, trying to put down the unstoppable Nemesai with his fists.They’ll enter the tomb of China’s first emperor, untouched for thousands of years, with rivers of mercury and pearls as stars in its sky hiding an underground city. Somewhere in that tomb, Atiya Destine hopes to find a way of driving back the rising army Continue Reading

From cursed transformations and body horror that strips away identity to isolated landscapes where survival breeds monstrosity, each tale explores the fragile line between humanity and something far more disturbing. Gods that devour, parasites that mimic, and objects that think and control all serve as reminders that horror is not just something we face; it’s something we can become.

Blending folklore, cosmic dread, and visceral terror, this collection delivers relentless nightmares where redemption is uncertain, reality is unstable, and even love and memory may not be enough to save us.

If you're in the mood for something grim and ghastly, this horror anthology is bursting with 19 stories of madness and the macabre, sure to horrify and entertain. I have several favorites to Continue Reading

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #459 Louis Inglis Hall et al.

Issue #459 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Louis Inglis Hall and Jonathan Olfert and cover art by Anthony Avon.… More

Three Roads: Labor, Music, and Ecology Joe Uehlein

After decades organizing from within the labor establishment, Joe Uehlein realized that winning real climate and economic justice meant moving beyond the limits of traditional labor and environmentalism.

As former… More

I broke my toe in the Caribbean surf. The waves were vicious, I got knocked off balance, dug my feet into the sand to steady myself, and then another wave finished the job. I twisted around, felt something pop in my foot, and down I went. Lost my hat in the sea. Spent the rest of the week limping around Cancun, but I didn’t care. I was on vacation.

And what a vacation, folks. We spent the week by the pool. Margaritas every day, including a celebratory margarita for Daniel Kraus’s well-deserved Pulitzer Prize win for Angel Down. A sunset cruise on a catamaran and a day trip to Isla Mujeres, where a street vendor offered me roofies for “hoochie coochie.” I didn’t write a single word while I was there. Instead, I read two books (Rowland’s Eminence Front and Pell’s Cicada) and started both Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl and Malfi’s The Hive. The weeks leading up to the trip were full of stress, but all of that melted away once we arrived, and I’m happy to say that sort of relaxation followed us back home, too.

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Groves Peak, Maine, is home to a dark secret. The successful lobstering community is ready for summer, but a murder at sea changes everything. People are dying in the small coastal town, and the lobstermen are on edge.

Only one man knows the truth. His closet of skeletons is about to open, and no one is safe. Not even his daughter or her best friend. As a supernatural fury, homegrown dangers, and buried secrets coalesce into a series of real-life nightmares, friendships are tested, and heroes will fall. The Siren of Groves Peak reveals the true monsters in us all.

The residents of Groves Peak Maine, have kept a secret for generations. They know why their small coastal town flourishes and why their lobstermen always have the most bountiful catch, even when others catch next to nothing. For some, it's just the way of life. For others, the secret is more than they can bear. One man has taken it upon himself to betray The Siren of Groves Peak, and now her rage knows no bounds. 

I loved the small coastal town setting. Was I meant to feel more sympathy for the Siren than those who faced h Continue Reading