A huge thank you to @tamikathompson.bsky.social for reading @comptonwrites.bsky.social's CHIMERA SKIN early and providing this fantastic blurb. Chimera Skin is out this November. Pre-orders are available now everywhere books are sold. shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/chim...

Full wrap reveal for @pfracassi.bsky.social's new collection TRAPS AND SPECTERS, coming in September! Traps and Specters includes 14 short stories and novelettes, alongside an introduction from @mattdinniman.bsky.social. Traps and Specters is now available to pre-order everywhere books are sold!

Currently reviewing the final proof edits on CHIMERA SKIN, the new sci-fi/horror book from @comptonwrites.bsky.social, coming this November. Who Among You Is Ready to Know More? Pre-orders are now available everywhere books are sold! shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/chim...

THE SUNDOWNER'S DANCE is out for the first time in paperback today! @toddkeisling.com's latest novel, selected as one of the Best Books of 2025 by Library Journal, "is an unforgettable journey of grief, cosmic horror, and making the most of the time we’ve got left" (Gwendolyn Kiste).

This September we're bringing @gemmafiles.bsky.social's first two collections, KISSING CARRION and THE WORM IN EVERY HEART, back to bookstore shelves! These collections have been out of print for years. Now's your chance to own them again, now with new full-page art by the author for every story!

Just received the first print proof for the new Killer VHS branding. This is going to be a great looking series! TRACKING DEATH by @spinetinglers.bsky.social, the 8th book in the series, is out August 25th! shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/trac...

The 12th Killer VHS book will be... NIGHTLIGHTS FOR EYES by @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social! Best described as THE EVIL DEAD by way of Dario Argento, NIGHTLIGHTS FOR EYES is an affectionate throwback to the horror films of the '80s by Bram Stoker Award-winning author Kealan Patrick Burke.

New Deal Announcement! 🎉 KILL ME WITH FIRE, a new novel by @scribeofhades.bsky.social in which two women fall victim to a dormant curse, transforming them into feral witches. One resists, the other... doesn't. 👀 This one is 🔥🔥🔥.

Shortwave will have a table at StokerCon this year, for the first time! We'll have 13 titles stocked, including all of our new 2026 books to date (and an early release for The Other!). Alan will not be able to attend, but our table will be run by our friends at @clashbooks.bsky.social!

Time for a new YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR'S FAVORITE AUTHOR! This month @patrickbarb.bsky.social chats with @acwise.bsky.social about @silviamg.bsky.social! You can read the interview for free now here: shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...

I KNOW A PLACE is an instant USA TODAY Bestseller! Huge congrats to @natcassidy.bsky.social! This is his second USA Today Bestselling title after last year's WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME. And this is our first USA Today Bestselling title as a publisher! It's been a huge week for this huge book. 🎉

JUST ANNOUNCED: Nat Cassidy's REST STOP is coming to the big screen! The film rights have been optioned and @natcassidy.bsky.social himself is attached to write the screenplay. Huge congrats to Nat! And if you haven't read REST STOP yet, well, I KNOW A PLACE where you can do that right now...

COVER REVEAL for @tjoneswriter.bsky.social's DEPTH CHARGE! Coming this November... Art world darling Julian Le Sang paints with passion, with abandon, and with his own blood. Inside these blood paintings, Julian sees more than art... he sees the future. Cover design by @alandistro.bsky.social.

I KNOW A PLACE: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours is out today! Pick up @natcassidy.bsky.social's first collection in standard paperback, B&N Exclusive paperback (with two new bonus stories!), eBook, or audio. shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/i-kn...

COVER REVEAL for Maisie Culver's OF MONSTERS AND MENSES, her debut book coming this October! Cover illustration by Drew Huff. Maisie Culver is the screenwriter of Peacock's '80s satanic panic tv show HYSTERIA! Of Monsters and Menses includes an introduction by Jamie Flanagan.

THE LAST HOUSE ON EARTH / DEATH WALK SOUTH BOSTON is now available on NetGalley! Aliens return to a desolate Earth with enslaved humans to enter a haunted house, and a mummy wakes up in South Boston with only drug dealers and a YouTube film snob to stop it... www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

COVER REVEAL for the 8th book in our Killer VHS Series, @spinetinglers.bsky.social's TRACKING DEATH! Pitched as FINAL DESTINATION x SINISTER. Illustration by Marc Vuletich. Design by @alandistro.bsky.social Available to pre-order everywhere books are sold. Out this August!

New Deal Announcement! 🎉 GOOD GIRL, a new erotic thriller novel by @zojestage.bsky.social Soon after joining a local BDSM community, a homicide detective's professional and personal lives come crashing together when someone within her kink circle dies under suspicious circumstances. Summer 2027.

Men, you know what's good for your health? Reading @natcassidy.bsky.social's I KNOW A PLACE, apparently! Men's Health just listed us as one of the 30 Best and Most Anticipated Horror Books of 2026! Read the full list here: www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...

CROSSROADS is out today! Our edition of @laurelhightower.bsky.social's award-winning novella CROSSROADS is now available in paperback and eBook everywhere books are sold! 🎉 How far would you go to bring back someone you love? www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crossr...

We're packing up our first 2026 Subscription Book Boxes! Subscribers receive copies of all new books we release each year, and all extras (bookplates, etc) that come with those books. Our Subscription Book Boxes for this year are sold out, but keep an eye out for 2027 Subscriptions this fall.

Early readers are *loving* THE OTHER, the second book in @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's Outsiders Sequence. A couple meet their doppelgangers on a hiking trail while camping and are soon tested on how well they truly know the other... THE OTHER is out June 9th everywhere books are sold!

Your Favorite Author's Favorite Author is back today with @johnlangan.bsky.social on Salman Rushdie. Read @patrickbarb.bsky.social's interview with John for free in Shortwave Magazine: shortwavepublishing.com/magazine/you...

THE OTHER by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social is now available to request on NetGalley! A couple meet their doppelgangers on a hiking trail while camping and are soon tested on how well they truly know the other. 👀 www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Our two upcoming April releases sure do look good on shelves! On April 7th we have @cybergodwrites.bsky.social's new poetry collection, NEUROTICA. Then on April 21st, we're publishing a new edition of @laurelhightower.bsky.social's CROSSROADS! shop.shortwavepublishing.com/collections/...

I KNOW A PLACE bookplate design reveal! Hand-signed by @natcassidy.bsky.social in two colors! These large 4" x 4" bookplates were designed by @alandistro.bsky.social and incorporate elements of both the standard edition cover and the B&N Exclusive Edition cover. Included with all direct orders ↓

THE EXTRA Second Edition glow up is out today! Annie Neugebauer's debut novella thrilled and won over readers last year. Today, we're releasing a new edition featuring a preview of the second book in the series, THE OTHER! shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-...

THE SUNDOWNER'S DANCE by @toddkeisling.com is coming to paperback for the first time this July! This "pitch-perfect blend of horror and heart" (Library Journal, starred) is now available to pre-order in paperback everywhere books are sold.

Our Spring titles are getting a lot of love right now (which is fantastic!) but I want to end this week with a shout out for a few of our upcoming Summer and Fall titles! All titles included here are now available for pre-order everywhere books are sold!

Happy release day to @jawmccarthy.bsky.social! Our first release of 2026, SLEEP ALONE, is out today. This Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award-nominated novella returns in an all-new edition, including the bonus story "With Animals". shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/slee...