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'Sol Nox' on Walpurgisnacht

 

Recently I was invited to participate in a rousing conversation on the always fascinating Sol Nox Podcast. Facilitated by the show's host Karl Haikira, the talk also features my friend, musician Naas Alcameth. The three of us explore sacred horror, the great god Pan, daemonic Nature, spirits, and much more. The episode can be found here as well as on your podcast platform of choice. 

I hope you all enjoy this newest installment of Sol Nox, which has appropriately dropped on this most auspicious date. May the vital shadows of Walpurgisnacht find & enthrall you....

Gestalt Review Image Gallery

The inimitable D.F. Lewis has created a series of images based on his unique "gestalt reviews" of my fiction collections. 

The gallery is available for viewing here. My thanks to Des for this wonderful evocation of imagery from my stories!  

LOOMING LOW Volume II - "The Intercessor"

 

I was very happy to receive my contributor's copies of the beautiful new anthology Looming Low Volume II, edited by Sam Cowan and Justin Steele. The initial volume featured by story "Banishments", which went on to be chosen by Stephen Jones for Best New Horror #29, and to be included in my 2020 collection grotesquerie (Undertow Publications). 

The newest installment of Looming Low (which I hope will eventually become an ongoing series of dark fiction anthologies...) includes my story "The Intercessor", a tale of which I am extremely proud. Once again, Sam and Justin have assembled a tremendous roster of authors, making Looming Low Volume II an essential new release for connoisseurs of the macabre and the fantastic. 

Copies of the book can be ordered here. 

New Story: "Upon an Iron Bed, Under the Eyes of Chaos"

 A very happy 2023 to you all! My year is off to a very pleasant start with a new story:

Aaron J. French has edited a new anthology centered around the Lovecraftian entity Azathoth. Ordo ab Chao will include a brand new story by me, entitled "Upon an Iron Bed, Under the Eyes of Chaos."

 Here is the book's complete Table of Contents:

Ordo ab Chao: Toward That Endlessness (Poem) by Maxwell I. Gold

Expatriate by Jamieson Ridenhour

Making a Difference by Brian Evenson

Agent of Chaos by Ursula Vernon

The Recreationist by Kaaron Warren

The Root King by Lauri Taneli Lassila

The Blind God’s Game by Matthew Cheney

Church of the Void by Donald Tyson

Upon an Iron Bed, Under the Eyes of Chaos by Richard Gavin

…And Peer Aloft to Glimpse Some Fragment by Ruthanna Emrys

In The Grove by Erica Ruppert

The Infinite Beat by Nathan Carson

The Door at 21 bis rue Xavier Privas by R. B. Payne

An Unusual Pedigree by Richard Thomas

The Revelations of Azathoth by Lena Ng

Dust-Clotted Eyes by Samuel Marzioli

Primordial Jack by Akis Linardos

Respect Your Elders by Adam L. G. Nevill

Ordo ab Chao will be published in May 2023 by JournalStone.

Spanish language edition of AT FEAR'S ALTAR

 

I'm truly pleased to share details of EN EL ALTAR DEL MIEDO, the Spanish edition of my 2012 fiction collection AT FEAR'S ALTAR. I'm grateful to everyone at Dilatando Mentes Editorial in Spain for all their efforts toward bringing my Horror fiction into the Spanish reading world.

Pre-orders can be placed here. 

Guest on 'Sitting Now' Podcast

The fine folks at the Sitting Now podcast were kind enough to have me on as a guest. We discussed The Benighted Path, The Infernal Masque, Horror fiction, the perennial Mystery, and more.

The episode is now available for streaming and downloading. Just in time for Samhain:

Toronto FanExpo Appearance

On Saturday, August 27th I will be a guest author at Toronto's FanExpo. I will be participating in the panel discussion entitled Horror's Deep Roots: Folklore and the Supernatural. This panel will be taking place at 2:00pm at the Horror Stage in the North Building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (255 Front Street West).

Afterwards I will be signing books, and then at 4:00pm I will be giving a brief story reading. 

I hope to see you there.

Guest on Thoth-Hermes Podcast - "Nocturnal Art"

 

I was pleased to be a returning guest on the excellent Thoth Hermes Podcast. Host Rudolf Berger and I delve into The Infernal Masque. 

The episode is available on your favourite podcast platform or can be listened to at the Thoth Hermes Podcast website by clicking here.

Copies of The Infernal Masque can be ordered here.

You are invited to THE INFERNAL MASQUE

I am delighted to confirm that The Infernal Masque is now in stock and shipping from Theion Publishing. 

Copies can be ordered by clicking here.

May The Infernal Masque stoke the darkly glowing embers that nest deep in the soul. May it stir the ecstatic tempest!

 

THE INFERNAL MASQUE shipping update

 

The wait is nearly over. Theion Publishing has confirmed that the standard clothbound edition of my brand new book of esotericism, The Infernal Masque, will begin shipping on Monday, June 27th! 

The Auric Deluxe edition is sold out, but standard hardcovers can be ordered here. 

I wish to express my appreciation to David Beth and Jessica Grote of Theion for lending their amazing talents and enthusiasm to this project. To those who have purchased the book, your support is deeply felt by me. Lastly, I offer gramercy to the Daemonic Current that inspired and informed The Infernal Masque.