Chimera Skin
Will be published approx. on 3. November 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
979-8-89732-028-8 (ISBN)
Description
Who Among You Is Ready to Know More?
Chimera Skin is a new apocalyptic sci-fi short novel from Johnny Compton, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of The Spite House, Devils Kill Devils, and Dead First.
Swanson, a mutated man struggling to maintain his sanity, is civilization's last hope. Our world has been decimated after a messianic alien unleashes hell on Earth during its failed attempt to “uplift” humanity. But Swanson may have figured out how to fight back, even if his plan forces him to leave the only planet he's ever known.
Chimera Skin is a short science-fiction horror novel in the vein of The Fly, The Thing, and I am Legend.
Chimera Skin is a new apocalyptic sci-fi short novel from Johnny Compton, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of The Spite House, Devils Kill Devils, and Dead First.
Swanson, a mutated man struggling to maintain his sanity, is civilization's last hope. Our world has been decimated after a messianic alien unleashes hell on Earth during its failed attempt to “uplift” humanity. But Swanson may have figured out how to fight back, even if his plan forces him to leave the only planet he's ever known.
Chimera Skin is a short science-fiction horror novel in the vein of The Fly, The Thing, and I am Legend.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
209 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-89732-028-8 (9798897320288)
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Johnny Compton is a Stoker Award nominated author whose short stories have appeared in Pseudopod, Strange Horizons, The No Sleep Podcast and several other publications. His fascination with frightening fiction started when he was introduced to the ghost story “The Golden Arm” as a child. He is the author of The Spite House, Devils Kill Devils, and Dead First, as well as the short story collection, Midnight Somewhere.