Dark Recesses Press is very excited to be heading back out to conventions, starting with the amazing Scares That Care Charity Weekend Williamsburg, July 29 – 31st, 2022 in Williamsburg, VA. Of all the cons out there, this one makes…
BLANK by Richard S. Crawford “You won’t remember this,” the hitchhiker said. He delivered the statement with a yawn, as if were old news. Jack Parker jumped, startled, splashing cold coffee from his travel mug onto his leg. He’d driven…
By James Newman Claire Holt and the always-likeable Mandy Moore play sisters cage-diving in Mexico. The winch that holds their cage suddenly breaks and they plummet to the ocean floor . . . where they’re surrounded by ravenous sharks, their…
“By the pricking of my thumb, something Wednesday this way comes. That’s right, it’s another AfterRotting good time to be had. 9PM EST tonight, Wednesday, June the 15th – be there, or be… dessert! Bring cookies, there will be a…
THE BONK HOUSE by LH Michael The thing started with a letter from my father, an unwelcomed letter left unopened for three weeks. We hadn’t spoken in two years. I opened it; more chicken scratch. The man’s handwriting had become…
by James Newman John Carpenter’s adaptation of Stephen King’s thirteenth novel holds a special place in this aging nerd’s heart. Like its main character, Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon, who works behind the camera these days, directing episodes of shows like…
SAZHAAKby J. Herrera Kamin At night the rats scurry under the floorboards, above the rafters and behind the peeling plaster. Little claws click-click-clicking against our skulls. I can see them. Knots of darkness clothed in mangy fur. Black marble eyes.…
by James Newman Trick r’ Treat is a love letter to every horror fan’s favorite holiday. You can almost smell the autumn leaves and the mouth-watering aroma of caramel apples in the October air. The film’s non-linear narrative is constructed…
“There’s a Wednesday upon the horizon, reaching past the ecliptic, towards the void. Sight, sound, cookies that frequently abound, many things that stir the pot of imagination, especially of things that burst from the ground. This week, we will have…
MACK’S MORALITY by Barry Yedvobnick “Mack, I’m a dead man. They’ve got my DNA. I’m gonna get ID’d for sure.” Mackenzie awoke instantaneously in the bar and recalled it was where she met Ethan, whenever he needed to talk. Nobody…
