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Special Coronavirus Sale: All Terror House Books on Sale for 19% Off Through April 3

Coronavirus (also known as Wuhan Flu, Chinese Flu, or COVID-19) is currently rampaging across the globe, with thousands of people killed and many…


The Dystopian Genre is Dead

One of the inspirations for my upcoming novella The Pilgrim’s Digress was the realization that the time of the dystopian genre in the West has come…


Terror House Radio, Episode #11: Don’t Drive Drunk Tonight (with Bo)

On this episode of Terror House Radio, Matt Forney and Bryden Proctor welcome Bo to the show to discuss Soviet homosexuality, the coronavirus…


Charlie

Charlie’s career hit the skids. One day, he was 28 years old, playing the teenaged older brother to a Miley Cyrus-type on a hit Disney Channel tween…


These Holy Wounds

“Have you ever experienced what real pain feels like?” I looked up from my mug of coffee. The steam had covered my face in a shallow film of water…


In the Shadow of the Belt, Chapter 11: Basketball

I have always loved sports. As a preschooler, I ran with my small friends in hole-hole, in the ninth grade I began to seriously engage in basketball,…


“Proserpina,” “Five Thousand Cancers,” “Damocles,” and “Two Cannibals in a Blackout”

Proserpina The blood of old idioms climb my suffering like ivy / feral words that slide from my mouth sound just like you, impersonating the…


The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 17: Late-Night Work

When Ethan Rathbone was at his wit’s end, work helped to calm the upheaval of his recent feeling of hopelessness. The phone on his desk beeped.…


“Fish Head,” “The Bone Balloon,” “Appellation D’Origine Contrôlée,” and Other Poems

Fish Head The two halves of one face zipped Together, coccyx to C1 Hold pensively taut as a dried leaf Fish hanging from a clothes horse outside A…


My Ex

Now I realize that it was nice of her to let me come over. At the time, I didn’t think of that at all. I thought we are old friends. She has to let…