Alistair Rey

Alistair Rey is a writer of dark speculative fiction and the new weird. He is the author of the fiction collection The Art of Ghost Writing (Dark Owl Books, 2023). His work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies over the years, including Juked, The Berkeley Fiction Review, The Ghastling, and Weirdbook. His short fiction received honorary mention in Ellen Datlow’s annual Best Horror of the Year anthology in 2020 and 2021. He currently resides in Cardiff, Wales.

Read Rey’s short story “Snails” in Horrific Scribes.

Description: When a medical examiner is called to inspect a strange creature found beneath the city, he uncovers a discovery that defies anatomy… and sanity. In the flicker of fluorescent light, the walls seem to breathe, and what’s dead refuses to stay still. A story of decay, obsession, and the slow horror of what hides beneath the shell.