Joseph Hirsch
Joseph Hirsch (he/him) is the author of several published novels and novellas and many short stories, articles, and essays. His work has most recently been featured in Not One of Us and is forthcoming in The Bleeding Margin. His horror novel Church of the Last Lamb is available in print and eBook from Underground Voices. His nonfiction has appeared in Fight Hype and Film International. He holds an MA in German Studies from the University of Cincinnati. He is online at www.joeyhirsch.com
Read Hirsch’s short story “Red in Tooth” in Horrific Scribes, June 2025.
Description: James Parkworth has waited almost a decade to get revenge on disgraced dentist Herbert Goss for what he did to his wife and countless other women. But just because James has the drill doesn’t mean he has the upper hand, as Goss has one last crime to reveal.
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Read Hirsch’s short story “Mama Bear” in Horrific Scribes, August 2025.
Description: Grace is still grieving over the death of her son, Josh, by heroin overdose. Among the things he left behind is a stuffed teddy bear intended as a gift to his nephew for his upcoming birthday. Mom, rather than passing the gift on to its rightful recipient, keeps it for herself as a last memento of her deceased son. Soon, though, the gift reveals its malignant side. Or perhaps Grace is slowly losing her mind…
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Read Hirsch’s short story “Teufelsrad” in Horrific Scribes, February 2026.
Description: Two young women from America are deep in Bavaria, seeking out the origin of the “Teufelsrad” (“Devil’s Wheel”), a ride popular on modern fairgrounds but with much deeper roots. The girls are about to find out just how deep those roots go.
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Read Hirsch’s short story “The Look on Your Face” in Horrific Scribes July 2026.
Description: A wizened and eccentric billionaire in Las Vegas has taken up painting portraits of subjects wearing horrified expressions on their faces. His method for coaxing such reactions from models is both memorable and more than a little unsettling.