
Split Scream Volume Four
Alex Ebenstein(Editor)
Tenebrous Press
Published on 31. October 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
152 pages
978-1-959790-12-9 (ISBN)
Description
Editor Alex Ebenstein brings his Weird Horror novelette double feature series, SPLIT SCREAM, to Tenebrous Press!
Grab some popcorn, turn the lights low, and don't be afraid to scream.
Volume Four features:
Nonsense Words by D. Matthew Urban
An aging professor of ancient history strikes up a friendship with her new colleague, Dr. Paul Duncan, a scholar of undecipherable inscriptions. As she finds herself drawn into Dr. Duncan's life-his brilliant wife and mystical daughters, frightened students and uncanny associates-darker forces behind his research emerge, plunging her into a nightmare of mythical absurdity and ritualistic death. Dark academia meets cosmic horror in "Nonsense Words," where the incomprehensible is granted a conjured form-but too much imagination can be a dangerous thing. If the cosmos is nonsense, merely a divine or demonic joke, will she live to have the last laugh, or will she die a punchline?
Bone Light by Holly Lyn Walrath
An icy surf batters Bone Light as its beacon calls to weary souls at sea. This edifice built of bone and wretchedness sits atop a cursed rock, surrounded by death, watched over by the ghosts of light-keepers past. Their records tell of the inhospitable environment, but it is Mary Long's writings that show the heart. Misfortune necessitates the arrival of her dear Ida, laying bear to the obstacles that shaped their history-a husband and taboo among them. These log entries illuminate Mary's world-the banality, the heartbreak, the magic. In "Bone Light," a beacon of death might finally be the thing to give life to a long-denied romance.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
179 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-959790-12-9 (9781959790129)
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D. MATTHEW URBAN hails from Texas and lives in Queens, NY, where he reads weird books, watches weird movies, and writes weird fiction. His stories can be found in No Trouble at All (Cursed Morsels Press), The First Five Minutes of the Apocalypse (Hungry Shadow Press), and Monster Lairs (Dark Matter INK), among other venues. Find him on Twitter @breathinghead or on the web at dmatthewurban.com.