A Free Magazine in Your Inbox For One Day: Happy Halloween!
Dark Matter Magazine Special Halloween 2023 & More Publishing Announcements
Hey Ghoul, hey!
Happy Halloween! Yesterday I mentioned in my newsletter that my short story, “God’s Watchful Eyes,” would be available online for free TODAY ONLY. My weird coastal horror can be read here.
“ If man was made in God’s image, then it could only be true that God, too, was a monster.”- excerpt from God’s Watchful Eyes
Not only can you read my story for free; you can also read the entire magazine along with an interview from Paul Tremblay. I’m happy to appear alongside some of my friends in this issue like Victoria Nations, whose short story, “Ghoul,” can be read here.
Publishing Announcements
The Magpie Messenger Halloween Edition: Haunted Mansion
Happy pub day to the Halloween edition of The Magpie Messenger from Curious Corvid Publishing. This year’s theme is “Haunted Mansion,” and features a collection of short stories and poetry from thirteen authors, including friends
, , and . You can purchase a copy of the issue, here.My story, “A Burning Sentiment,” follows Vivienne Delaroux, a vampire who revisits a place she once called home in search of closure. It’s my first time writing a story about a vampire, and I enjoyed exploring the tragically romantic existence of these paranormal beings. I wanted to play with atmosphere and dialogue to capture the tension, love, grief, and forgiveness between my characters. Gothic romance is my jam, and there is a happy ending of sorts.
“There is dust everywhere. It gathers on fabric meant to protect the Queen Anne dining room set, but I know better. If I were to pull the cover off this table, I would find a marred, varnished surface of scratches. Gashes. Evidence of my maleficence. My fingertips graze the motif above the dado, careful not to leave my mark.”- excerpt from A Burning Sentiment
Curious Corvid Publishing is also having an online sale for 15% off all purchases. Use the code SPOOKY today 10/31 and tomorrow 11/1. If you’re a sucker for fancy book mail, I promise you this publisher delivers in their presentation.
The Pleasure in Pain: A Queer Horrotica Anthology
I’m delighted to share my queer Lilith and Baphomet debridement-core flash fiction, “Regina di Satana,” will appear next February in THE PLEASURE IN PAIN: A Queer Horrotica Anthology from Dragon’s Roost Press edited by
. Check out this killer TOC!“Two hands. One bow. A ribbon of sinew pulls from muscle with every strum of the cello between our thighs. This is our exposition. This is the last movement of our sonata, a concerto of love, lust, pain, and ecstasy. A corps de ballet of lost souls that will end in blood.
We were made for this.” - excerpt from Regina di Satana
A thousand thank yous to author Azzurra Nox for their assistance with the Italian translations in this one!
I love exploring the idea of beauty in destruction, and have complex feelings about pleasure and pain, and have married these concepts before in my work. It’s something I think the horror genre and dark romance genres do rather well, and I was more than excited to dive into this religious horrotica. I hope readers enjoy it, too!
Happy Halloween! Stay safe, stay spooky, and try not to mess around with a Ouija board tonight.
-G