Some horrors were never meant to be unearthed. Evil lurks within the pages of Dead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror... A video game walkthrough harbors sinister secrets. A grieving sister’s letters blur the line between alive and dead (and alive again). A chain of frightening emails are the only evidence that a young woman ever walked the earth. And a series of journals pursue a dwindling wagon train marching into Hell—or someplace worse. Haunting podcast transcripts. Blood-soaked police reports. Bewildering court findings. Brace yourself for an anthology that resurrects the chilling power of epistolary fiction—where ordinary documents transform into vessels of absolute terror. Spanning 21 original tales blending the classic gothic horror of Stoker’s Dracula with the contemporary dread of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca, Dead Letters contains both short sharp shocks and prolonged sojourns into the macabre—and promises to haunt your sleepless nights. Featuring thrilling contributions from Gemma Files, Ai Jiang, Gordon B. White, J.A.W. McCarthy, and Red Lagoe, and curated with precision by Jacob Steven Mohr (The Unwelcome and Nightfall and Other Dangers) Dead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror solidifies its place among the pantheon of must-read horror anthologies. Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths.
Authors
Autora de livros de viagens, Sandra Henriques estreou-se na ficção em 2021, ano em que ganhou o prémio europeu no concurso de microcontos da EACWP com «A Encarregada», uma história de terror contada em 100 palavras. Desde aí, para além dos livros de viagens em que colabora ocasionalmente, integrou as antologias «Sangue Novo» (2021), com o conto «Praga», «Sangue» (2022), com o conto «Equilíbrio», e «Dead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror» (2023), com o conto «Next of Kin.» Em março de 2022, cofundou a Fábrica do Terror, onde desempenha a função de editora-chefe. *** I’m an author of travel books who debuted in fiction in 2021, the year I won the European prize in the EACWP Flash Fiction competition with «The Caretaker,» a 100-word horror story. Since then, in addition to the travel books in which I continue to collaborate, I have been a part of the Portuguese anthologies «Sangue Novo» (2021), with the short story «Praga», «Sangue» (2022), with the short story «Equilíbrio», and «Dead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror» (2023), with the short story «Next of Kin.» In March 2022, I co-founded Fábrica do Terror, where I act as editor-in-chief. Occasionally, I collaborate with local magazines and non-fiction books with articles on Portuguese horror.
Amanda M. Blake is a cat-loving daydreamer who enjoys geekery of all sorts, from superheroes to horror movies, urban fantasy to unconventional romance. Born and raised in Texas, Blake attended Trinity University in San Antonio and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English. Amid dipping tentacles into the sea of gothic and horror short stories and poetry, Blake is also the author of horror novels Question Not My Salt and Deep Down and the fairy tale mash-up Thorns series.
