First published 2026
The dead refuse to stay silent in Philip Fracassi's collection of fourteen dark tales. Corpses speak their final words while exorcists battle forces beyond their understanding. Prison walls run red as riots consume everything in their path. Ancient tombs claim new victims and technology turns against its creators. Vengeful spirits inhabit everyday objects, transforming the familiar into instruments of terror. Each story pulls readers deeper into a world where the supernatural bleeds into reality. Fracassi crafts scenarios where characters face horrors both human and otherworldly, from blood-soaked violence to encounters with the undead. The collection explores how ordinary people respond when confronted with forces that defy explanation, revealing the fragility of sanity when reality itself becomes unreliable.
Genres: fiction, short-stories, anthologies, horror, supernatural, dark
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, eerie, suspenseful, unsettling, visceral
Tropes: body-horror, haunted-objects, unreliable-reality
376 pages · Paperback · Shortwave
Content warnings: death, gore, graphic-violence