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19/11/2023

It's about to get dark. Bram Stoker Award-winning Laird Barron's first horror collection in a decade is coming in 2024. With art by Trevor Henderson. Pre-order your copy today (comes with a signed bookplate).

It’s about to get very dark. Bram Stoker Award-winning author Laird Barron returns to the dark and dreadful with his fifth horror collection, which weaves sixteen weird tales into a mosaic of the bloody and the macabre. Bring a flashlight and a book of matches. Where we’re going, there’s not a

18/11/2023

PROUD to appear on Dorothy’s List, a database of LGBTQ2S-friendly businesses in South Dakota.

Bad Hand Books is owned and operated by Bram Stoker Award-winning and Shirley Jackson Award-winning editor Doug Murano.

16/11/2023

Have you scored your 99c Kindle copy of ROOT ROT yet? Time is running out…

Walk into the woods. Dive into the water. Make a wish. Meet your fate. Within Root Rot and Other Grim Tales, Bram Stoker Award-winning author Sarah Read delivers cautions and disturbances across 18 grim tales. Prepare to inherit stories of fossil-haunted houses, of doorways to the afterlife. In t...

14/11/2023

Here’s a sneak peek at one of J.E. Larson’s pieces for Zoje Stage’s MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST, coming from Bad Hand Books. Here’s our heroine, Pru, and her very messy bedroom (her mother does not approve). We’ve delayed the release date to ensure everything is perfect. Stay tuned.

05/11/2023

And counting. Thank you, friends!

02/11/2023

A note on MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST. Sadly, unavoidable circumstances will prevent us from releasing this book in time for the Holiday Season this year. We are bumping the date to 2024. Our apologies for this turn of events. We’ll share updated release info ASAP.

29/10/2023

27/10/2023

BIG NEWS: Master of dark fiction Laird Barron returns to horror with a new collection of stories: NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT. You can pre-order your copy and receive a signed bookplate. Expected to ship Q3 2024, but RESERVE YOURS NOW.

Cover art by Trevor Henderson.

It’s about to get very dark. Bram Stoker Award-winning author Laird Barron returns to the dark and dreadful with his fifth horror collection, which weaves sixteen weird tales into a mosaic of the bloody and the macabre. Bring a flashlight and a book of matches. Where we’re going, there’s not a

19/10/2023

The age of ROOT ROT is upon us. The good folks at Little Ghosts bookstore included Sarah Read’s collection in their October subscription package.

18/10/2023

These are really something to see in person.

16/10/2023

"Isaiah Coleridge hits back hard in this bare-knuckle novella that's equal parts Hollyweird fiction and conspiracy-laden Catskills noir." - Clay McLeod Chapman, author of WHAT KIND OF MOTHER

MORE SPOOKY SEASON SAVINGS. Get The Wind Began to Howl in Kindle format for just 99c (limited time)

The Wind Began to Howl: An Isaiah Coleridge Story

14/10/2023

Available now! Bram Stoker Award-winning author Sarah Read returns just in time for Spooky Season with ROOT ROT & Other Grim Tales.

Root Rot & Other Grim Tales

10/10/2023

TODAY.

08/10/2023

Our 99c sale continues!

“No other living author writes the weird and the uncanny with the verve and deftness of Michael Wehunt."

—Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

https://www.amazon.com/Inconsolables-Michael-Wehunt-ebook/dp/B0BZMWS4ZX

08/10/2023

DO NOT WATCH IF YOU DO NOT WANT NIGHTMARES.

It's about to get dark. Very, very dark. Find out what we mean. Soon.

01/10/2023

ROOT ROT & Other Grim Tales is launching in just a few days! Dark fairy tales and folk horror by Sarah Read. Illustrated by Thomas Brown.

27/09/2023

Today is the LAST DAY to pre-order your signed paperback. You’ll still be able to order via Amazon, but it won’t be vandalized.

26/09/2023

Tomorrow is the LAST DAY you can pre-order your signed copy of ROOT. Link in comments.

26/09/2023

Behold the back AND front covers of MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST by Zoje Stage, illustrated by J.E. Larson. Learn more about the story—then pre-order your limited hardcover. Includes signed bookplate, vinyl stickers, and a digital download of “Forest Creatures,” the book’s official theme song. Link in comments.

24/09/2023

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24/09/2023

LAST CALL FOR SIGNED PRE-ORDERS. ORDER BY 9/27. WE WILL CLOSE DOWN SIGNED PRE-ORDERS ON THAT DATE.

https://badhandbooks.com/store/root-rot-signed-paperback-pre-order

23/09/2023

Our books (so far).

23/09/2023

BOOKLIST raves about ROOT ROT & Other Grim Tales:

"Each story is original, terrifying, and compelling, but when Read pits what readers think is coming against the extremely sinister tone at the heart of each tale, it is as if she is stabbing their tender spots with a knife, twisting it, and leaving it to dangle long after the last page is turned."

COMING IN OCTOBER. PRE-ORDER TODAY.

Walk into the woods. Dive into the water. Make a wish. Meet your fate. Within Root Rot and Other Grim Tales, Bram Stoker Award-winning author Sarah Read delivers cautions and disturbances across 18 grim tales. Prepare to inherit stories of fossil-haunted houses, of doorways to the afterlife. In t...

22/09/2023

Available for pre-order NOW: My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast by Zoje Stage, author of the worldwide sensation, Baby Teeth.

First featured in Baby Teeth, My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast is available for the first time ONLY through Bad Hand Books.

Recommended for ages 7-10.

22/09/2023

Listen to the official theme song of MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST! “Forest Creatures,” by Treehouse Empire.

The official theme song of My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast by Zoje Stage.Don't miss your chance to own this charming book for younger readers (ages 7-10) based on...

22/09/2023

MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST is now available for pre-order in eBook format in addition to the limited hardcover you can purchase at the Bad Hand Online Shop! Return to the world Zoje Stage created in her international bestseller BABY TEETH.

Designed for readers 7-10.

My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast

22/09/2023

In 2018, Zoje Stage shook the horror world up with the international sensation BABY TEETH, which introduced us to Hanna and her favorite book: MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST.

Until now, this book only existed as a figment of Stage’s breathtaking imagination. Revisit the world of BABY TEETH. Pre-order your limited hardcover gift package today.

We’re producing a limited number of collectible hardcover copies of My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast by Zoje Stage, illustrated by J.E. Larson. These will be produced on high-quality paper, with Smyth sewn binding, and foil stamped. Upon the book’s release, you will recieve: One hardcover copy of M

21/09/2023

It's here!!! The cover for MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST!!

As some of you may recall, this was Hanna's favorite book (in BABY TEETH) - and it will soon be a real book, illustrated by J.E. Larson and published by Bad Hand Books!

It will be released in a limited number of collector's edition hardcovers, as well as paperback and ebook. Preorder the hardcover (+ swag) here: https://badhandbooks.com/store/my-underslumberbumblebeast-hardcover-pre-order-gift-package

15/09/2023

With new stories by Laird Barron, Ramsey Campbell, Kristi DeMeester, Andy Davidson, S.A. Cosby, Clay MacLeod Chapman and more! Lovecraftian horror meets small-town America one last time in Shadows Over Main Street, Volume 3. Brought to you by Bram Stoker Award-winning editor Doug Murano and Bram Stoker Award nominee D. Alexander Ward.

Shadows Over Main Street, Volume 3

15/09/2023

BOOKLIST raves about ROOT ROT & Other Grim Tales:

"Each story is original, terrifying, and compelling, but when Read pits what readers think is coming against the extremely sinister tone at the heart of each tale, it is as if she is stabbing their tender spots with a knife, twisting it, and leaving it to dangle long after the last page is turned."

COMING IN OCTOBER. PRE-ORDER TODAY.

13/09/2023

Evolution of cover art. Artwork by Thomas Brown. Layout & design by Todd Keisling.

ROOT ROT is coming Oct. 10.

13/09/2023

Booklist raves about Sarah Read's ROOT ROT & Other Grim Tales! Coming October 10 from Bad Hand Books. Signed pre-orders are available at the Bad Hand Online Shop.

12/09/2023

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