Books
This list describes books published by Horrific Scribblings and provides links for you to buy them.
Extremely Weird Splatter
Coming October 13! Available for Pre-Order!
SPLATTER THE NORMAL. It’s time to renew splatter by giving its weird roots fresh blood. Splatter fiction started out weird but has grown a bias toward (twisted) realism, and weird fiction has gotten too quiet and respectable. This book fuses the extreme and splattery with all kinds of new weirdness. Includes works from acknowledged masters of horror as well as rising greats.
Stories by Nick Badot, L. Andrew Cooper, JB Corso, Suvajeet Duttagupta, JG Faherty, Angelique Fawns, Tom Johnstone, Leonardo J. Lamanna, Thomas C. Mavroudis, Christine Morgan, Jason Nickey Monica J. O’Rourke, J. Rohr, C.M. Saunders, Dan Scamell, Steve Rasnic Tem, Vox Villalobos, Maxim Volk, and Etta Wynn!
“I myself had to take a serious breather after each part, feeling a strange amalgamation of disgust and pleasure. Each story is well-crafted. and each climax is well-earned, so you can’t help but wonder, ‘What the hell is wrong with me?’ or ‘Did I really just enjoy reading that?’”
5/5 RAVENS —Luc Dantes, Epeolatry Book Review, The Horror Tree
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Miasma
NOWHERE TO GO BUT UP
June and Michael, already tense from the problems in their marriage boiling over during a trip out, return home and find a strange smell in their house, which they trace to something yellow, fog-like, and rising in the basement. Whatever it is, it makes them lose consciousness, and when they wake, their world has become different. Threatening. Violent hallucinations tap into marital tensions and blend imperceptibly with the real world, which becomes more nightmarish as others in the house—first Frank, their ex-military basement tenant, and then their children, teenage Rachel and eight-year-old Anson—show signs of mental derangement along with grotesque physical reactions to the gaseous invader, which is not only rising in the house but surrounding it. The strained couple wants to grab the kids and flee, but the task becomes more and more difficult as they must move higher and higher in the house to stay out of the corrosive miasma. Scarier, perhaps, than the aspects of their situation that don’t make sense are the ones that do—Frank’s conspiratorial rambling, a mysterious package that arrives. They near mental breaking points as they not only must cope with an impossible situation but must also face the unanswerable: who might do such things to them and why.
Based on the award-winning screenplay, finalist for Best Horror Feature at Austin After Dark, semi-finalist at the Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards, and nominee for Best Feature Script at the Independent Horror Movie Awards.
Advance praise on Goodreads…
”The book has an interesting concept and makes you second guess everything you know as you flip though the pages.”
“The writing was well paced and addictive.”
“Overall, Miasma is a fast-paced novella with some strong body and psychological horror elements, and I enjoyed my time with it.”
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Available November 17, 2026! Pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and Kobo!
Noir Falling: A Bizarre Mystery of Art and the Mind
COME SWIM WITH THE WEIRD FISH
Daniel Lowe, a presence but not a student at the prestigious University, keeps finding himself in strange situations, not sure how he got there. Color whorls devour people and places, a beautiful woman in a null space called The Blank asks him to save her from her corporate magnate husband, and dozens of missing students might somehow relate to these calamities. With companions such as Chuck Adair, a member of a philosophical Society that crams his head full of big ideas early on, and Voice, a young woman sprung from his head, he traverses hallucinatory landscapes, the interiors of famous paintings, and more on his quest to figure out where a growing mass of “clues” will lead.
Noir Falling is a horror story with doppelgangers, living statues, relentless stalkers, and an unstable reality that could betray Daniel at any moment. Noir Falling is noir, a dark, pulpy mystery like novels and films from the 1930s and 40s, with a femme fatale and clues that lead from small events to a dark, international corporate conspiracy, and Daniel is a detective—sort of—asked to unravel the affair. Noir Falling is an adventure, a quest, and Daniel is a hero who must face many adversaries on his path not only to save the damsel in distress and others, but to uncover truths about existence and, ultimately, himself. Noir Falling is a surreal mindbender that might make your head explode.
“Noir Falling is a fever dream of philosophical quandaries, wrapped in delicious writing that kept me eagerly reading until the last page. Brilliant.” —M Ennenbach, author of Cuckoo
“I really enjoyed L. Andrew Cooper’s new novel! Mix a fast-paced adventure with elements of cosmic horror, spice it up with memorable characters and great humor, then serve it with a glass of the finest art history, philosophy, and aesthetic theory and you get the gourmet literary meal that is Noir Falling. Cooper masterfully mixes the intellectual with the bizarre in ways that are thought provoking while never slowing down the action. I loved the book and kept thinking it would make a great film or television series.” —Kendall Phillips, author of No One Can Save Us
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Horrific Scribes Presents: Anthologies!
BOOK ONE: INVASIONS (So many boundaries to violate): Invaders threaten us from above, below, within, and beyond. Not scared enough yet? This anthology will help!
BOOK TWO: RULEMAKERS AND RULEBREAKERS (Order and chaos): Which is more terrifying, the imposition of order that might involve stifling limitations and repugnant values, or spiraling into chaos as order splinters or disappears?
BOOK THREE: WORLDS COLLIDE (Your reality shatters): The occult world collides with the everyday. The underworld runs over. Wild “nature” smashes assumptions about “civilization.” Old Worlds prey on the New. But some of the most devastating collisions occur between worlds within worlds…
See the Horrific Scribes Presents series page for more information!
Descending Lines: Revised Second Edition
THE ONLY WAY OUT IS DOWN
Carter and Megan Anderson’s six-year-old daughter Caitlin is dying from bone cancer that has spread throughout her body. Medical science can’t save their little girl—but they know something that can. When they were in college, they discovered a book of rituals, The Alchemy of Will by Dr. Allen Fincher, that enables people to do almost anything when they combine the power of will with the right sacrifice. Carter and Megan can save Caitlin if they sacrifice their second-born. But Caitlin is an only child. How far would you go to save your child? They decide to get pregnant and begin nine months of hell, preparing for the unthinkable. Their urban apartment becomes a domestic nightmare as their relationship and sanity erode. The dark secrets of their past point toward a darker future, and as they get closer and closer to saving their daughter, they descend deeper and deeper into unimaginable horror.
The revised second edition of Descending Lines significantly expands and alters the first published edition, returning to the author’s original, more twisted vision of the story.
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“The fine, complicated line between ethical and moral decision-making plays heavily at the very heart, pulped and raw, of Cooper’s Descending Lines, beginning with a question that has no easy answers: How far is a parent willing to go to save their child from certain death? From its opening scene where its protagonists ponder this dilemma all the way to its heartbreaking, final gasp, Cooper’s novel rips the reader back and forth in time, tracing the supernatural catalyst for the couple’s decision and the violent peril it will put its users through. Cooper’s tale meticulously weaves domestic, occult, monstrous, and extreme horrors into a phantasmagoric tapestry of unearthly suspense and thrills. Be warned, however: this is most assuredly NOT for the faint of heart.” —Kenzie Jennings, author of Reception and A Woman Like Jo
“I don’t scare easily… But this book is scary, not due to how extreme it is (which it is), rather because of how it resonates… Cooper explores the human experience through horror, making even the most fantastical elements feel authentic… Descending Lines will make your skin crawl as Cooper expertly guides you through the madness and mayhem.” —Luc Dantes, The Horror Tree (read the full review)
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Crazy Time: A Bizarre Battle with Darkness and the Divine
WHAT IF OMNIPOTENT FORCES SOUGHT YOUR DESTRUCTION?
WHAT IF YOU COULD FIGHT BACK?
SECOND EDITION! On a dark urban highway, bright, introspective thirtysomething Lily Henshaw survives a brutal attack by men who announce that “It’s Crazy Time!” and kill her friends. Months later, still crushed by survivor’s guilt, Lily suffers another serious trauma—and another, and another, and another. Deaths, especially suicides, surround her, as do strange occurrences that, despite her agnosticism, seem to have Biblical import. She becomes convinced she is cursed like Job from the Bible, but unlike Job, she doesn’t assume God is the good guy. While intense stresses foster an unlikely romance with her boss, she goes on a quest for answers that involves a psychic, a Satanist, a Protestant preacher, and others, gaining resolve and a destination: the skyscraper where she might confront the supernatural forces aligned in a conspiracy to destroy her life.
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“What would happen if the battle between the forces of good and evil became corporate? While navigating a series of tragedies that seem cherry-picked to destroy her, Lily Henshaw is about to find out. In a chaotic adventure that includes a scintillating cast of morally gray characters, L. Andrew Cooper takes us along for a weird, crazy ride as we bear witness to Lily’s trials and tribulations … and, ultimately, her fate. In equal parts thought-provoking and entertaining, Cooper will challenge what you thought you believed.” —Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar, author of Darkness There but Something More and Keeper of Corpses
“…a sophisticated blend of surreal horror and dark urban fantasy written as a gruesome psychological thriller… a gruesome and deep story that will make you think and make you feel and keep you up at night contemplating pain, tragedy, darkness, divinity, choice, and perspective… The imagery is astounding and often unsettling, more a part of the story itself than just setting and visuals. Crazy Time is a profound and poignant reading experience, highly recommended for aficionados of intelligent horror.” —Lisa Lee Tone, Bibliophilia Templum (Read the full review!)
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The Skinner Effect
After university authorities observe a gruesome experiment that psychologist Dr. Stanley Burrows performs on rats, an experiment during which one of his graduate student assistants is injured, Dr. Burrows and his only loyal assistant, Edward Pine, accept exile from the academic world and embrace new supporters who want them to do different sorts of experiments on human subjects. Dr. Burrows has limitless resources to develop innovative processes for behavioral conditioning that achieve extreme outcomes. He programs his subjects with violence so they will commit violence. Spurred by conclusions drawn from the thinking of radical behaviorist B.F. Skinner, he will use his subjects to demonstrate not only the bloody extremes for which he can program a “human” but also a new understanding of “the human” susceptible to programming.
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“The Skinner Effect by L. Andrew Cooper is not for the faint of heart… a complex psychological experiment wrapped in an extreme horror disguise… fans of extreme horror will love this book.” –JG Faherty, author of Hellrider and The Malthusian Correction
“This novella is 84 pages of pure blood-soaked madness… I loved how the characters changed… I enjoyed this one and will never look at a plate of meaty sauce the same way again! Be ready for the blood parade on this one!” –Christina Rangel Eleanor, The Voracious Gnome (Read the full review!)
“The Skinner Effect by L. Andrew Cooper is an enthralling and brutal tale of dark psychological experimentation gone horrifically as intended. Cooper’s use of language is absolutely exquisite. The combination of sophisticated writing and graphic brutality makes for immersive and impactful reading… a must-read for splatterpunk aficionados, especially those looking for something outside the norm.” –Lisa Lee Tone, Bibliophilia Templum (Read the full review!)
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Father Is Pleased
After a bloody rite of passage, Felix becomes a True Son, one of Father’s chosen inner circle, someone with a special vantage on the secluded society of the Settlement of Passing in the Nothing Lands, where all brothers and sisters revere Father. Father is life, and Father is death, and Father governs rituals that guide his followers on their journeys to meet the void, as death is the greatest good and the only worthy desire. Felix witnesses and participates in many rituals: the violence and death linked to childbirth, the gut-ripping orgies that serve as theatre, the initiation of another young man in the art of sacrificing an outsider in a manner that will please Father, and more. Nothing pleases Felix like pleasing Father, and when Father takes notice, he points Felix toward a special destiny in the coming days when threats to their ways of honoring death will come from within.
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“Father Is Pleased is a harrowing plunge into the very marrow of madness, delving into the society of a cult led by the titular Father. This story is intelligent and brutal, with prose and storytelling prowess that are as sharp as they are disturbing. We are forced as a reader to confront the terrifying ways in which ideology can replace identity and erode moral discretion. Even aside from the incredibly uncomfortable and horrifying scenes of violence, this novel left a deep and lasting impression: disturbing, intellectually provocative, and emotionally intense in a way that’s hard to shake.” — Megan Stockton, author of Lovely, Dark & Deep and Bluejay
“Cooper brings us a twisted novella with a mix of spice, violence, and depravity. A breath of fresh air for anyone in a reading slump. Father is definitely pleased!” —Jason Nickey, author of Rural Decay and Wreckage
Read the review on Beauty in Ruins.
Read the review on Horror Tree.
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The Middle Reaches
What is The Middle Reaches?
The Middle Reaches is a four-cycle epic of weird horror and dark fantasy.
What begins with a group of friends seeking the truth about an old disappearance leads into a dark and increasingly expansive journey through a dark realm called “The Middle Reaches” and beyond. As new characters and mysteries emerge, the paths established in earlier cycles continue to intersect, gradually revealing a larger story.
Combining horror, dark fantasy, strange worlds, monsters, mystery, and cosmic/weird elements, The Middle Reaches is designed for readers who enjoy ambitious stories that expand in scope as their deeper connections emerge.
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Alex’s Escape
Fourteen-year-old psychopath Alex Packard has his own house, a shadow version of his parents’ house that they helped him build. He takes people there to kill them in the most entertaining ways he can imagine. After murdering his parents, he moves to Los Angeles to live with his married gay uncles, Bruce and Aaron. Alex bonds with his uncles immediately, coming out as gay, too. His bond with Aaron, a documentary filmmaker, tightens as he shares in Aaron’s passion for the camera, and he toys with both uncles, trying to ignite other passions. Meanwhile, he starts bringing beautiful boys and girls from school back to his house, staging more and more elaborate and violent scenarios with them to entertain himself as well as them… but his uncles have suspicions, and Alex leaves clues… and Alex might not understand the enormity of the forces that allow him to slaughter innocents in a shadow world.
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“Alex’s Escape is pitch-black coming-of-age nastiness that delights in every transgression a hardcore horror fan could dream… and several more besides!” —Ryan Harding, Splatterpunk Award-winning author of Transcendental Mutilation and Genital Grinder
“A queer phantasmagoria of torturous horror, taboo sex, and supernatural cruelty. Alex’s Escape penetrates deep — in all manner of ways.” —Jonathan Butcher, author of What Good Girls Do and co-author of Motel Styx
“The most twisted and disturbing book I’ve ever read, in the vein of Barker’s best.” —David-Jack Fletcher, award-winning author of Raven’s Creek
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