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Horror that piledrives you into the abyss
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Today is an incredible milestone: NEGATIVE SPACE by B.R. Yeager has officially reached 10,000 copies sold. The passion that readers have for this book is absolutely extraordinary, and we can’t thank you all enough for the support! It’s been quite a wonderful and surreal journey.
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Very excited to share the cover for ABNORMAL STATISTICS, the debut story collection from
@GiveMeYourTeeth
.
It’s a dread-inducing book of familial horror and suburban rot, featuring a new novella, Indiana Death Song, which is one of Max’s most powerful and personal works to date.
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B.R. Yeager’s debut story collection, BURN YOU THE FUCK ALIVE, is coming very soon. It’s an all-timer by any measure, but easily one of my favorite horror books of the last decade, and we couldn’t be more excited to share it with you.
Keep your eyes peeled!!
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Last December, NEGATIVE SPACE by B.R. Yeager hit 10,000 copies sold after being out for 3 years, a milestone that staggered us. But in 2023 he doubled that number, currently surpassing 22,000 copies. Unbelievable. Thank you all for diving through this literary black hole with us.
Today is an incredible milestone: NEGATIVE SPACE by B.R. Yeager has officially reached 10,000 copies sold. The passion that readers have for this book is absolutely extraordinary, and we can’t thank you all enough for the support! It’s been quite a wonderful and surreal journey.
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CONVULSIVE by
@horrorsong
is out today!
Featuring 15 horror stories of religion, abuse, desire, and gender, CONVULSIVE is a masterfully crafted collection of nightmarish dreamscapes, where the language demands the reader to be transformed.
We can’t wait for you to read it!
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COVER REVEAL!
We are excited to unveil the cover for I BELIEVE IN MISTER BONES by
@fuckmaxbooth
, a harrowing exploration of indie horror publishing, internet curses, and the universal terror of the human skeleton.
Illustration & design by
@slimyswampghost
.
Coming this October!
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It’s official, Apocalypse Party has infiltrated the shelves of Barnes & Noble! And apparently, we already sold a few books in the first day or so, which is incredible. f you’re in the Philly area, come check us out!
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We’re very excited to announce AANNEX by
@blakebutler
is coming this July!
Aannex is a future-hacker’s maze-map meant to have already been mass-burned, a post-Joycean neo-slipstream sci-fi cult dream encyclopedia composed as algorithmic code compiled in-soul.
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We’re starting to feel those spooky vibes as fall creeps in, so here’s a reminder that we have the books that your dark heart desires. If you like uniquely nightmarish reads that are guaranteed to cause some sleepless nights, look no further!
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We’re dangerously close to hitting 30,000 copies sold of B.R. Yeager’s NEGATIVE SPACE, so how about this. If we reach that milestone by the end of summer, we’ll give one lucky winner 15 Apocalypse Party horror titles. To enter, all you have to do is retweet and spread the word!
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People should redirect the energy they spend on writing community drama and channel it toward exercising, caring for their families, learning new skills, nurturing romantic relationships, engaging in volunteer work, cultivating a garden, enjoying leisure, or, you know, writing.
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Just realized that Apocalypse Party will reach the 30 book milestone very soon! It’s been an unbelievable journey so far, and I feel so lucky to have worked with every one of these authors. We’ve got a few more heavy hitters set to drop before the end of the year, so stay tuned!
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Yooo Dennis Cooper was interviewed by The Guardian and talked about Gary J. Shipley’s SO BEAUTIFUL AND ELASTIC + casually mentioned Apocalypse Party and said, “In the US there's this incredible renaissance of independent publishers. Books by those are basically all I read.”
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The fact that NEGATIVE SPACE by B.R. Yeager has received more than 5,000 ratings on Goodreads is astounding. Whether you consider it a masterpiece or absolutely despise it, it's clear that this book sparks very strong opinions. Either way, we love to hear all of your thoughts!
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I’ve been really craving more grotesque & unsettling horror this month, so if you have a manuscript or pitch, I’d love to read it. The books below will hopefully give you an idea of the vibe I’m seeking.
My email inbox is open. Ruin me with your fiction.
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Happy New Year everyone!
Big news to start. We’re very excited to announce that we are publishing a new edition of BONDING by
@maggiecsiebert
in February 2022!
It’s a truly formidable collection of unnerving horror, and we can’t wait to give it new life!
Cover by
@steakmtn
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This year we published collections by two of my all-time favorite horror writers: B.R. Yeager & Max Booth III.
People say that the bleakest art is often created by the most kind and awesome people, and that is very much the case with these two. Honored to have worked with them.
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You might describe us as a heavy metal acid trip via literature. Our books are hallucinogens suffused with emotion, feeling, and sensation. They wobble in the frame of reality and dissect the prism of surreality. Next year will be our biggest yet. Prepare to enter the void.
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BONDING by
@maggiecsiebert
is out today!
It’s a riveting collection of poignant and grotesque horror, with unsettling stories that will keep their gore-slicked grip on you long after you finish reading.
More info:
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It's fascinating how people request that books be clear and unambiguous. "I feel like I didn't understand the plot, therefore this novel is unworthy." Do you also feel that life itself should be condemned for being a chaotic mess? To demand logic from literature is masochism.
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So excited to announce that we are publishing CONVULSIVE, an incredible and utterly terrifying collection by Joanna Koch (
@horrorsong
) in April 2022!
These stories explore religion, abuse, desire, and gender, all through Joe’s pristinely rendered prose. More details soon!
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Currently, we have six books lined up for our 2024 calendar, each of which falls under the banner of bleak and challenging fiction. We still have room for one or two more releases, so if you have a manuscript or pitch that you think will unsettle us, now is the time to send it!
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Four teens in a New Hampshire mill town abuse a bizarre hallucinogen called WHORL in order to cope with a devastating suicide epidemic.
@StephenKing
this book is right up your alley, you should check it out.
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Next week we’re releasing one of the best collections of transgressive fiction that I’ve ever read, and I’m not talking about that fake transgressive gore for the sake of gore. This book is not for those who are seeking cheap thrills, it’s for those with the soul to withstand it.
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Since the influx of horror submissions has reached new levels, I just want to say that we primarily publish profoundly bleak, cognitively demanding, often ambiguous, emotionally poignant day ruiners. Nothing against horror that’s humorous or fun, that’s just not our direction.
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It's okay to trust your reader to interpret your character's experiences and the events unfolding without explicitly detailing everything. It's okay to obscure or partially reveal your character's inner lives and motivations, leading to a sense of ambiguity about their intentions
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Henry Rollins telling an audience not to be awed, but to be inspired. If there was a message I would give to young people trying to create something, this is it. Do not idolize any artist because their work wasn’t created in a vacuum. You can do it too, if you allow yourself.
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ABNORMAL STATISTICS, the debut story collection from
@GiveMeYourTeeth
, is out today!
Bad times are waiting for you in this devastating book of familial horror and suburban rot, which includes Indiana Death Song, a brand new novella and one of Max’s most bleak and powerful works.
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We’re very excited to announce RAINBEAR!!!!!!!!! by Never Angeline Nørth (
@ratdaughtr
) is coming this November!
It’s one of the most fun, most insightful, and most unique novellas we’ve had the opportunity to publish, and we can’t wait to share it with you!
Preorder link below!
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BONDING by
@maggiecsiebert
is now available for pre-order!
It’s a formidable collection of unnerving horror that abounds in emotional intensity and razor sharp prose. So excited to get it back out into the world!
Resurrecting on February 8th
More info:
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I’m obsessed with making ugly collages that showcase our aesthetic
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We are very excited to announce the forthcoming collection NO TIGER by MIKA (
@tokyo_vamp
)! NO TIGER is sending urgent transmissions from the infinite battlefield. It wants to communicate something to you. Standby.
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We are proud to present SO BEAUTIFUL AND ELASTIC, a new novel by Gary J. Shipley.
This book is a visceral and psychological portrait of disguise. One of the best-worst nightmares you’ll ever have. You won't even realize its cursed magic until it has already swallowed you whole.
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Whoever came into the flagship Barnes & Noble in center city Philadelphia asking them to carry B.R. Yeager and
@ElsbyCharlene
, thank you very much! We just got out of a meeting and a number of Apocalypse Party titles will be on their shelves very soon!
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POKING HOLES by Juan Valencia is out today!
POKING HOLES is a collection seeking to explore the emptiness, the volatile monstrosity and dangerous hunger that prevails through our encounters and self-destructions.
It’s also one of my favorite books of transgressive fiction.
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Apocalypse Party has only published multiple books by a handful of authors, each of whom ranks among the most distinct and gifted writers living today. If you haven't delved into the works of Charlene Elsby, Gary J. Shipley, Troy James Weaver, or B.R. Yeager, you're missing out.
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Many authors believe that reviews drive sales. When it comes to books, it’s all about word of mouth. Nothing else comes close. As a press with an outsider aesthetic that mainstream horror outlets somewhat ignore, it’s reader support that built us, not prestigious reviews.
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Not only do we publish some of the most unique and exciting horror fiction in the world, but we also make it clear to our authors that their vision is paramount, value their feedback during every step of the process, and pay royalties on a monthly basis. Recipe for success.
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Please welcome back to the world
@SaraTantlinger
’s Stoker-nominated novella, TO BE DEVOURED, which is out today!
We’re so happy that this hypnotic, erotic, and gory book is once again available, and excited for it to continue searing itself into the minds of readers everywhere!
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Out of curiosity, how many of you were inspired to write your first book because of a title you read on a small press? And if so, what book was it? This was mine, read it for the first time almost a decade ago and still think about it all the time:
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One of my biggest rage generators is when I see publishers make promises to authors only to do the bare minimum (sometimes nothing) and hang them out to dry. When a writer puts so much of themselves into a book, carrying it with them for so long, you owe them your best. Period.
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The fact that someone owns this many of our books is like the coolest thing ever.
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AANNEX by
@blakebutler
is out today!
Spanning innumerable locations and billions of years, AANNEX is a future-hacker’s maze-map meant to have already been mass-burned.
It’s an incredible and bizarre sci-fi epic, and we can’t wait for you to experience it!
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Exactly 2 years have passed since we released BONDING, a truly special collection. This is horror with its vivisected heart on its sleeve. Like internet gore videos shone through a literary gauze. Wounded human abstractions in shifting genre skins. There’s nothing quite like it.
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You hear about those cult musicians that never achieved mainstream popularity, but everyone who listened to them started a band. I don’t know how popular we’ll become, but I know people who decided to write a book because they read one we published, and that’s pretty beautiful.
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From B.R. Yeager’s insta, pre-final edits before we dig into the final edits and design. Coming this spring.
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We’re spending the rest of the week reading submissions and taking pitches. I said previously that we’re primarily into profoundly bleak, cognitively demanding, often ambiguous, emotionally poignant day ruiners, but here is a bit more information that might be helpful. Hit us up!
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I believe that NEGATIVE SPACE by B.R. Yeager, THE DEVIL THINKS I’M PRETTY by Charlene Elsby, BONDING by Maggie Siebert, TERMINAL PARK by Gary J. Shipley, POKING HOLES by Juan Valencia, and CRUSHING SNAILS by Emma E. Murray are among the best horror books ever written.
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RAINBEAR!!!!!!!!! by
@ratdaughtr
is out today!
It’s a novel in which narratives eat each other and turn inside out as adventures are told by rainbow bears that are also mountains and pages of journals are found inside the nests of vomitbirds.
We can’t wait for you to read it!
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Just throwing this out there, but if a wealthy benefactor would like to donate to the press so that we can offer Brian Evenson a 10k advance to write a novel for Apocalypse Party, we think that would be pretty awesome.
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So thankful for each one of these books. This is only the beginning.
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To make it simple, we prize style and voice over everything. This should not be unique. We should all strive to publish distinct authors that are unencumbered by traditional framework. It’s not about falling in line, it’s about writing what only you can write, and doing it well.
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Everyone is talking about the eclipse, but have you ever heard of a tidal disruption event? It is a rare astronomical phenomenon that occurs when a star gets disrupted by a strong tidal force centered in a supermassive black hole.
Negative Space is that book-shaped black hole.
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We may publish some of the bleakest books in the world, but when it comes to making art and following your dreams, we couldn’t be more hopeful. So don’t you stop.
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It's official: B.R. Yeager and I are running a table at STOKERCON in 2025! We can't wait to represent Apocalypse Party and showcase our unique corner of the transgressive horror scene.
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@BRYeager
’s debut story collection, BURN YOU THE FUCK ALIVE, is out today!
It’s an all-timer by any measure, one of the most bleak, dizzying, and unnerving collections of horror that you’ll find. Brace yourselves, because this book doesn’t let up!
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The ebook version of ABNORMAL STATISTICS by
@GiveMeYourTeeth
is now available for pre-order!
You can find links to the paperback pre-order here:
And here for a link to the ebook:
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SURPRISE BOOK RELEASE:
Something Gross, a novel by Big Bruiser Dope Boy. Available now! No ARCs or pre-orders.
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Send us manuscripts with comps to these films:
Hausu
Climax
Martyrs
Cruising
Antichrist
The Devils
L'Humanité
Perfect Blue
Lilya 4-Ever
Lost Highway
La Ceremonie
The Vanishing
Sympathy for Mr Vengeance
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
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After sharing this, I received a couple of exceptionally disquieting manuscripts, filled with uniquely grim and immersive storytelling that left me utterly haunted. I'm looking forward to more, so please keep the good times coming (keep ruining my day with your brutal prose)!
Since the influx of horror submissions has reached new levels, I just want to say that we primarily publish profoundly bleak, cognitively demanding, often ambiguous, emotionally poignant day ruiners. Nothing against horror that’s humorous or fun, that’s just not our direction.
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From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone who reads our books. For real, you're the lifeblood that sustains us. We have some of the most avid readers out there, and your willingness to wrestle with the darkness is what drives us to continue pushing boundaries.
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Introducing Gary J. Shipley’s TERMINAL PARK. It‘s truly an experience like no other. Unnerving, apocalyptic arthouse horror at its finest.
Coming September 30th!
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We are proud to present the cover reveal for
@CarsonWinter3
’s novel, THE PSYCHOGRAPHIST!
It’s a transgressive horror romp lying at the intersection of THE AUCTIONEER and LORD OF THE FLIES with the absurdity of Thomas Ligotti.
Pre-orders are now open. Get ready to be wrecked.
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We are so excited to officially reveal the cover for NO TIGER by MIKA (
@tokyo_vamp
). Coming very soon! Big thanks to
@ShmikeShmorrao
for putting together this incredible design.
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The pre-order is now live for
@blakebutler
’s sci-fi epic, AANNEX!
Incorporating hundreds of characters and cultural entities, spanning innumerable locations and billions of years, AANNEX is a future-hacker’s maze-map meant to have already been mass-burned.
Coming July 19th!
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Let’s go!!! Very excited to announce that we are publishing I BELIEVE IN MISTER BONES, a new novel by
@GiveMeYourTeeth
, pitched as Kathe Koja’s THE CIPHER meets John Carpenter’s IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS. Need I say more?
Coming in October 2024!
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Big news y’all! B.R. Yeager is running an official Apocalypse Party table at this year’s RPM Fest. We’re on a mission to introduce the world to our corner of the transgressive horror scene, and a metal festival seems like the perfect place to start.
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This book made me want to start my own press. I’ll never forget Brian Evenson’s blurb because it’s one of the best ever: “Beautifully sparse and precise, like someone tapping softly on your skull with a ball-peen hammer trying to feel out the perfect place to crack it open.”
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So excited to announce that CONVULSIVE by Joe Koch (
@horrorsong
) is officially available for pre-order! It’s a haunting, poetic, and masterfully crafted collection of horror, and we can’t wait to share it with you!
Coming April 19th! More info here:
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We value mood, atmosphere, and altered states of perception as much as we value story.
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“A brilliant and flayed slice of Midwest gothic. Peak laces the classic premise of feuding, cursed families with high-potency LSD, forming something fresh, potent, and filled with ache.”
—B.R. Yeager, author of Negative Space
Forget Dark Academia, you know what we need? Dark Townies. Fucked-up kids doing weird rituals whilst working awful retail jobs, or lurking behind the bars in ancient pubs...
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We are thrilled to announce
@vikhinao
’s WAITING FOR GOD will be published on January 6, 2022! This is AP’s first play, and we’re very excited to share it with you.
So please welcome WAITING FOR GOD, a realm where the laws of literature are superseded by apocrypha's fever dream.
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Our first release of 2024 is coming at the end of the month, and a torrent of day ruiners will follow soon after. It’s going to be relentless. We’re bringing the pain this year, swinging for the fences, no let-up. You’ve been warned.
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Amazing news!!!
We are so excited to announce CRUSHING SNAILS,
@EMurrayAuthor
's debut novel, pitched as an exploration of the internal world of a teenage serial killer, in which an abused young girl descends into madness when she accidentally kills a baby.
Coming summer 2024!
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This is the year of transgressive radiance. We’re breathing new life into a genre that has become insipid and banal. Our books push beyond the facade of violence to connect with a depth of human suffering that most turn away from. We believe it’s an experience to be immersed in.
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Very excited to announce that we are publishing THE WORLD BELOW, a cosmic horror novel by David Peak in March 2022.
Witches, LSD psychosis, and the slippery nature of truth. THE WORLD BELOW is about the limitless horror of grief and the unbreakable bonds of blood. Be prepared!
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Very excited to announce that we are publishing
@EMurrayAuthor
’s SHOOT ME IN THE FACE ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY, an incredibly suspenseful horror novel that looks brutality and gray morality in the eye without shying away from the uncomfortable truths lurking beneath.
Coming in 2025!
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Send us books with a vibe that feels like:
Frail hands
Broken wings
Snake venom
Hallowed ground
Biblical violence
Organ theft
Bites on the neck
Dead skin cells
Cries & Whispers
Hennessy & Sailor Moon
Bleach baths
Acid prayers
Burying yourself alive
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BURN YOU THE FUCK ALIVE by B.R. Yeager isn’t showing up in the search results on Amazon (guessing this is because of the ‘FUCK’ in the title), so wanted to share the link for those who’ve been trying to find it.
Don’t sleep on this one!
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If you’re a fan of NEGATIVE SPACE or have been interested in checking it out, Anda Kent did a deep dive in her latest video.
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Apocalypse Party isn’t solely a horror press, but we’ve been lucky to publish some utterly terrifying novels, and with autumn looming, I’m dying to read more. If you’re looking to place a horror novel or collection, consider sending it our way. You’ll be in formidable company.
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We are very excited to share the full cover for ABNORMAL STATISTICS, the debut story collection from
@GiveMeYourTeeth
, and to announce that pre-orders are live!
Prepare yourself for familial horror and suburban decay, as well as Max’s incredible new novella, INDIANA DEATH SONG!
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It’s B.R. Yeager’s first day slinging books at RPM Fest! Our mission to introduce the world to our corner of the transgressive horror scene continues!
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Very excited to reveal the cover for CRUSHING SNAILS, the debut novel from
@EMurrayAuthor
!
It’s an utterly harrowing exploration of the internal world of a teenage serial killer, which draws you into complicity as you witness one girl’s spiral into obsession and depravity.
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Extremely excited share the full cover spread of TORTURE WORKS by
@xrafstarguts
. Easily one of my favorite covers we’ve ever done, with gorgeous artwork by
@JblenV
. This collection is going to blow your minds. Coming very, very soon.
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Apocalypse Party officially supports Blake Butler, an artist who has always had the courage to reckon with the darkness in beautiful and insightful ways, which we are truly grateful for.
Muumuu House officially supports Blake Butler in the Molly controversy.
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I urge publishers that sleep on the job & act in bad faith to do every author a favor and just retire. Whether you abandon your authors through radio silence or employ more organized and deceitful tactics, the best option is to relinquish the control you never truly possessed.
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OUT TODAY!
NO TIGER, a collection by Mika (
@tokyo_vamp
). Available now!
NO TIGER is sending urgent transmissions from the infinite battlefield. It wants to communicate something to you. Standby.
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It’s been a wild year, and we’re so grateful to have been able to publish nine books by an extraordinary group of incredibly talented writers. Thank you to everyone who continues to support us. It means so much, and I can guarantee that we’re bringing nothing but heat in 2023.
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