Margins
Pre-Approved for Haunting book cover
Pre-Approved for Haunting
And Other Stories
2023
First Published
3.89
Average Rating
256
Number of Pages
A collection of weird, dark stories and millennial anxieties. In this new collection, Patrick Barb explores themes of family found and lost, media consumption and the dangers of runaway nostalgia, the supernatural in our lives, and the impact of violence in both the long- and short-term. From rural backwoods to Park Slope brownstones, Barb's characters face impossible, awful situations, testing their inner strength and understanding of reality. Covering quiet horror, weird fiction, supernatural horror, slasher horror, topical dark fiction, and more, these stories spotlight supposedly familiar terrors and fears in new and unexpected ways.
Avg Rating
3.89
Number of Ratings
82
5 STARS
28%
4 STARS
45%
3 STARS
17%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
2%
goodreads

Author

Patrick Barb
Patrick Barb
Author · 9 books
Patrick Barb is an author of weird, dark, and horrifying tales, currently living (and trying not to freeze to death) in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of Gargantuana's Ghost (Grey Matter Press), The Nut House (currently serialized in Cosmic Horror Monthly), and the collection Pre-Approved for Haunting (forthcoming, Keylight Books/Turner Publishing, Summer 2023). In addition, he is an Active Member of the HWA and a Full Member of the SFWA.
548 Market St PMB 65688, San Francisco California 94104-5401 USA
© 2025 Paratext Inc. All rights reserved