Nightmare Press

01/14/2025

2024 was a strong comeback for Nightmare Press. We spent a good portion of the year handling the submission call, but we managed to get a few excellent reads published!

This year, we have several great releases planned. The expansion beyond horror and the paranormal continues! There are many genres planned for the future. So be watching!

Meanwhile, to check out these awesome titles, click the links below:

IN DORMANCY, THEY SLEEP by DG Sutter: https://mybook.to/IDTS
THE VERMIN SLEEP by James M. Watjen: https://mybook.to/Vermin
A CHANCE IN HELL: AN AVA EDISON HEIST by Marcus Cook: https://mybook.to/chanceinhell
DEATH AND LIPSTICK by Jenny Floyd: https://mybook.to/deathlipstick
JENNY IS THE STRANGE AND UNUSUAL by Jenny Floyd: https://mybook.to/jennystrange
AMERICAN MYSTIC: THE LIFE, DEATH, & REBIRTH OF JIMMY WONDERFUL by Coyote Wallace: https://mybook.to/amystic
HORRIFICA by Sheldon Woodbury: https://mybook.to/horrifica

12/31/2024

Congratulations to Sheldon Woodbury for this five-star review from FINAL DESTINATION creator, Jeffrey Reddick.

Be sure to pick up your own copy of HORRIFICA here: https://mybook.to/horrifica

12/16/2024

THE VERMIN SLEEP, by James M. Watjen.

Click here to get yourself a copy: https://mybook.to/Vermin

Haunted by a traumatic childhood with an abusive father and a mother's death, Alex Fulmer struggles to find his footing in life while targeting pedophiles scattered throughout Chicago.

Alex eventually lands the job of his dreams as a set builder on a children’s television show. Everything seems to be going great until he discovers a director's sinister intentions towards a child actor and becomes entangled in a dangerous game of vigilante justice – a game that could lead him into the horrors he knew as a child, and into the pit of the vermin he despises.

12/12/2024

Check out these great titles from Nightmare Press!!!

THE VERMIN SLEEP by James M. Watjen: https://mybook.to/Vermin
AMERICAN MYSTIC: THE LIFE, DEATH, & REBIRTH OF JIMMY WONDERFUL by Coyote Wallace: https://mybook.to/amystic
HORRIFICA by Sheldon Woodbury: https://mybook.to/horrifica
AMERICAN CRYPTIC by Jim Towns: https://mybook.to/AmCryptic
ALIENS OVER KENTUCKY by The Frightening Floyds: https://mybook.to/kentuckyaliens
KENTUCKY'S STRANGE AND UNUSUAL HAUNTS by The Frightening Floyds: https://mybook.to/ksauh
A CHANCE IN HELL: AN AVA EDISON HEIST by Marcus Cook: https://mybook.to/chanceinhell
BUTCHERS by Todd Sullivan: https://mybook.to/butchers
THE GRAY MAN OF SMOKE AND SHADOWS by Todd Sullivan: https://mybook.to/smokeandshadows
IN DORMANCY, THEY SLEEP by D.G. Sutter: https://mybook.to/IDTS
DEATH AND LIPSTICK by Jenny Floyd: https://mybook.to/deathlipstick
RETRO HORROR: https://mybook.to/retrohorror
THE DARK FRONTIER: https://mybook.to/DarkFrontier
HAUNTS OF HOLLYWOOD STARS AND STARLETS by The Frightening Floyds: https://mybook.to/HauntsofHollywoodStarsandStarlets
ANIMAL UPRISING!: https://mybook.to/uprising

12/10/2024

A look at the front cover of the forthcoming surrealist novel, NOIR FALLING: A BIZARRE MYSTERY OF ART AND THE MIND, by L. Andrew Cooper, from Nightmare Press.

Cover Art: “The Draw Bridge” by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (ca. 1761); used with permission from the Princeton University Art Museum

Additional Design by Christy Aldridge

12/10/2024

Check out the book that was #1 in Low Fantasy on Amazon - AMERICAN MYSTIC: THE LIFE, DEATH, & REBIRTH OF JIMMY WONDERFUL, by Coyote Wallace.

Click here to get your copy: https://mybook.to/amystic

American Mystic follows the daring exploits of gonzo journalist James Wozynski, renowned as Jimmy Wonderful, as he embarks on his final assignment: to bear witness to the fate of magic in the world of man. In a reality where magic is tangible and interwoven with everyday life, individuals with the ability to manipulate reality through The Word are known as Namebreakers. Feared and coveted in equal measure, these wielders of The Word are viewed as genetic anomalies, regarded by many as a plague to be eradicated.

Enter Roy Altenhofen, an enigmatic billionaire who has amassed his fortune by peddling the cure for magic. Now, claiming to possess the crucial elements needed to expunge the last vestiges of magic from existence, he convenes Jimmy and a select few at his compound in the desolate Salt Flats of Utah. Their mission: to make a final plea for the preservation of all that transcends the human realm.

American Mystic, narrated through Jimmy's unorthodox prose, delves into the climactic struggle for the very soul of the American ethos. As society hurtles towards a future stripped of wonder, where the peculiar is outlawed and the extraordinary hunted to extinction, Jimmy finds himself joined by Tek - a fierce Native American activist determined to thwart Altenhofen's machinations - and Moxley Allerton - a young, defiantly gay Namebreaker whose command of The Word may surpass all others in history. Their journey, rooted in the gonzo tradition, seamlessly merges with a contemporary fantasy landscape, offering a unique blend of irreverent storytelling and surreal imagination.

12/09/2024

Check out the occult crime novel, A CHANCE IN HELL: AN AVA EDISON HEIST, by Marcus Cook.

Get your copy here: https://mybook.to/chanceinhell

Many words can describe Ava Edison: ex-Navy Seal, guilt-ridden widow, fiercely overprotective mother, and professional thief. Whether it's submitting herself to time spent in a women's prison, or fending off foreign goons en route to the Gates of Hell, Ava and her cocky ghostly partner, Mary, believe no heist is too small. The question is, can Ava utilize past experiences in order to help her return from a place no one has ever escaped to steal a mysterious item?

12/07/2024

Nightmare Press author James Watjen set up at the Knox County Public Library.

12/02/2024

A little bit true crime, a little bit paranormal, somewhat biographical, and all the way exciting.

Pick yourself up a copy of DEATH AND LIPSTICK by Jenny Floyd here: https://mybook.to/deathlipstick

11/22/2024

AMERICAN MYSTIC: THE LIFE, DEATH, & REBIRTH OF JIMMY WONDERFUL, by Coyote Wallace, is now available at From the Ground Up Books and Resources in Shepherdsville, KY, along with other Nightmare Press titles.

11/21/2024

New blog post up. This one is about Afrofuturism and what it means to author G.E. Moore.

Pops pulled over to the curb, put on the emergency flashers and told us to sit tight. It was a fairly busy street and he was definitely parking illegally, but something had caught his eye and had c…

11/20/2024

Join us as we talk to Nightmare Press author Todd Sullivan about the Vampire Series of Extreme Horror, the Windshine Chronicles, what it's like living and teaching English in South Korea, and much more!

11/18/2024

Check out the Nightmare Press Podcast this Wednesday at 6pm EST!

Host Jacob Floyd will be talking to the first author signed to Nightmare Press, Todd Sullivan, who has published two books with the press--BUTCHERS and THE GRAY MAN OF SMOKE SHADOWS-- and edited one anthology--TODD SULLIVAN PRESENTS: THE VAMPIRE CONNOISSEUR.

Todd discusses his Vampire Series of Extreme Horror, his low fantasy series The Windshine Chronicles, living and teaching English in South Korea, and other topics.

You can check out the interview here, or on the Oracle Talk Radio Network.

11/17/2024

Here are the great Nightmare Press titles released this year! Links below.

American Mystic: The Life, Death, & Rebirth of Jimmy Wonderful, by Coyote Wallace: https://mybook.to/amystic

The Vermin Sleep, by James M. Watjen: https://mybook.to/Vermin

Horrifica, by Sheldon Woodbury: https://mybook.to/horrifica

In Dormancy, They Sleep, by D.G. Sutter: https://mybook.to/IDTS

Jenny is the Strange and Unusual, by Jenny Floyd: https://mybook.to/jennystrange

A Chance in Hell: An Ava Edison Heist, by Marcus Cook: https://mybook.to/chanceinhell

Death and Lipstick, by Jenny Floyd: https://mybook.to/deathlipstick

To view more titles, visit nightmarepress.net

11/17/2024

This is actually the first book we published on our own, but it was under Anubis Press. Nightmare Press came next. Now, we have it all under one umbrella.

To be technical, this was the first book we published on our own. This one was under our original imprint, Anubis Press. That is our paranormal and nonfiction imprint. Technically, it still exists,…

11/15/2024

Obviously, we're going to list all the Nightmare Press books on the blog. We're starting in order, that way the oldest are further down the list, and the newer titles are up front.

The first release from Nightmare Press was the horror novel written by owner Jacob Floyd: Night of the Possums. About the book: The night of the possums began on a chilly autumn morning around 2am …