Undertaker Books

11/06/2024

ARE YOU READY??? Undertaker Books' first anthology is coming June 28th. And the price tag? $0.00 - Yup. That is correct. Zero. Zilch. Nada.

Each one of our authors have been paid... but we are handing this special eBook over to you for FREE. Why? Because we can!!!!

These tales promise to deliver more scares than any ghost story Scooby-Doo could conjure. After all, it’s not the dead you should fear—it’s the living!!!!

Pass this along... Share. Share with the world. There are no limits to the amount of eBooks we are giving away. These are stories to take to your grave!

11/06/2024

Yes!! We are excited to be part of this multi-press project!

11/06/2024

Undertaker Books is going “nuts” for our newly signed author, Patrick Barb !

We are thrilled to announce that Barb’s novella, The Nut House, will be published in June of 2025, along with an accompanying novelette prequel, The Acorn Run, and interior illustrations by J.C. Amberlyn.
A Spanish language edition will also be published in 2025 by Dimensiones Ocultas!

Read more at: https://www.undertakerbooks.com/go-nuts-for-our-newly-signed-author-patrick-barb/

10/06/2024

A note from Anthology Editor D.L. Wi******er:

I'm seeing a lot of submissions for "Wandering Souls" where the story's twist is that the main character is dead and didn't know it. While these stories are great, I can only accept so many of them to maintain a balanced anthology. So if you want your submission to stand out, going a different direction will help!

10/06/2024

Need a book? We can help with that!
-D.L.

It's Monday. Drop Everything And Read, D.E.A.R.! Avoid those distractions and grab a great book at your local public library.

10/06/2024

AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER: A Terrible Place and Other Flashes of Darkness by D.L. Wi******er.

The slightly demented mind of a writer and a splash or two of horror.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D559ZJRJ

10/06/2024

As of today, we've received a total of 36 submissions between our two open calls! Most have been for "Stories to Take To Your Grave: Wandering Souls Edition," but "Judicial Homicide" is seeing a respectable number as well.

Thank you for submitting, and keep the stories coming! Submissions for both calls are open until July 15, 2024!

More details can be found at www.undertakerbooks.com/submit

09/06/2024

"Ink Vine is a lush and deliciously q***r Southern Gothic romance about desire and the things we will do to sate it. Broadbent's richly drawn characters and smart, evocative prose give new meaning to the phrase "blossoming love." Emerald's longing--for acceptance, for love, for something more--haunts every word and sets the stage for a beautiful narrative about acceptance, self-discovery, and the power of connection."
–Jolie Toomajan, Editor of Aseptic and Faintly Sadistic

OUT NOW... Order your copy today!
https://books.bookfunnel.com/undertakerbooksstore

08/06/2024

Now my head hurts...
-D.L.

07/06/2024

This week’s Weekend Reading Assignment is from D.L. Wi******er, recommending Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels. Find out why...

https://www.undertakerbooks.com/weekend-reading-assignment-3/

06/06/2024

Rebecca here. Recently, after I gave an author their manuscript back after my first round of edits, they said something like "Whoa, I was not expecting so much red." (I'm paraphrasing.) Lots of red? Baby, when I edit, it's a bloodbath.

Read more... https://www.undertakerbooks.com/when-i-edit-its-an-ffe/

06/06/2024

DEBORAH SHELDON is a multi-award-winning author and anthology editor from Melbourne, Australia. She writes across the darker spectrum of horror, crime and noir.

Award-nominated titles include the novels Cretaceous Canyon, Body Farm Z, Contrition and Devil Dragon; the novella Thylacines; and collections Figments and Fragments: Dark Stories and Liminal Spaces: Dark Stories. Her latest title is the novella, Redhead Town. Forthcoming is her crime-thriller and psychological-horror novel, Bodily Harm.
Her collection Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories won the Australian Shadows “Best Collected Work” Award.

Her short fiction has been widely published, shortlisted for numerous awards, translated, and included in various “best of” anthologies. She has won the Australian Shadows “Best Edited Work” Award twice: for Midnight Echo 14 and Spawn.
✒️

05/06/2024

Undertaker Books is hard at work preparing our first anthology. It's an amazing group of stories that will be available for all our readers... FREE. Yup. That is correct. On June 28th, UB will be giving away "Stories To Take To Your Grave Volume 1" to everyone. We look forward to sharing this collection of short stories with everyone.

Are you ready for it???

05/06/2024

When submitting to Undertaker Books, please use modern Shunn format. Please take a moment to understand why we like to be shunned!

https://www.undertakerbooks.com/writer-wednesday-we-encourage-you-to-shunn-us/

04/06/2024

Undertaker Books is excited to announce that an agreement has been reached with Nadia Steven Rysing to publish her horror novella, Wilder Creatures, in November of this year. Wilder Creatures tells the story of Ruth MacGowan, a haunted young woman called back home to the frozen landscape of Grey County when her estranged brother, David, is found dead — but not just dead. Torn apart.

Find out more at: https://www.undertakerbooks.com/undertaker-books-adds-another-rysing-star-to-the-roster/

04/06/2024

Please remember when submitting your stories to "Wandering Souls" or "Judicial Homicide" to use our requested format for the subject line of your email.

For "Wandering Souls"
SOULS - (Story Name) - (Author Last Name)

For "Judicial Homicide"
JUDICIAL - (Story Name) - (Author Last Name)

With two calls open, these subjects help me tell at a glance which call you're submitting to, and to find what I need in my inbox.

-D.L.

03/06/2024

Responses are going out for "Wandering Souls Edition" and "Judicial Homicide" submissions. If you don't see an email from us, please be sure to check your spam folders and make sure [email protected] is whitelisted for your email account!

03/06/2024

As publishers and authors ourselves, we know how important early reviews are, so we are building our ARC reviewer list! If you would like to be added to it, please our sign-up page here.

subscribepage.io/UndertakerARCs

Thanks very much!

03/06/2024

NOW AVAILABLE - From her transition from girl to cannibal to the obsessive and torrid love affair with none other than the woman who ate her family, Cora Sweeney dishes out the details of her bizarre romance while serving up a buffet of twisted recipes. She’ll guide readers through the unique art of living as a human-loving foodie and becoming an aficionado of the most elusive ingredient—women.

Get ready to devour a tale that is both spicy and sweet, in a book that takes the art of female cookery to a whole new level.

PURCHASE YOUR COPY TODAY OR DOWNLOAD ON KINDLE UNLIMITED
https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Female-Cookery-Cyan-LeBlanc-ebook/dp/B0CW1FVB9P

03/06/2024

Banned book lists are my recommended reading list!
-D.L.

03/06/2024

https://www.thesinisterscoop.com/post/writing-101-cover-letters

Our friend Cat Velour has quietly put together a kick-ass series of advice for beginning writers, publishers, and reviewers over at The Sinister Scoop. You should definitely go check it out!

Basics on how to write a cover letter when submitting work to a press.

02/06/2024

High praise from
Cemetery Dance Online! https://cemeterydance.com/extras/review-ink-vine/

02/06/2024

Congratulations to Ai Jiang, contributing author of the upcoming Undertaker Books release ODD JOBS, and now a winner of the Bram Stoker Award for her book LINGHUN!!!!

02/06/2024

NOW AVAILABLE - From the sins of those in power to the desperation of being forgotten, from the heart-wrenching loss of a child to the confrontation of facing one’s own death. Author D.L. Wi******er takes you on a journey into the unknown, where reality and nightmare blur, and the truest of horrors are those that lie within ourselves.

ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY
https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Appalachia-Short-Story-Chapbook-ebook/dp/B0CZ6KCTDZ

01/06/2024

OPEN SUBMISSION CALL
An anthology about ex*****on methods around the world, both past and present. This anthology will benefit Witness to Innocence, an organization that works to identify wrongly condemned men and women on America’s death row and give them resources for when their convictions are overturned.

“Judicial Homicide,” a horror anthology featuring ex*****on methods from around the world, past and present. Undertaker Press is looking for stories that will haunt and horrify the reader long after they close the book.

FOR MORE DETAILS:
https://www.undertakerbooks.com/open-submission-call-judicial-homicide/

01/06/2024

Undertaker Books is looking for the best in horror short stories to feature in our bi-weekly newsletter. Every six months, the stories will be compiled into a special-edition hardcover anthology!

The theme for the second half of 2024 is “Wandering Souls.” We’re looking for horror stories of all subgenres about souls wandering the earth after being separated from their body, but before arriving at their final destination (though part of the story may take place pre-death or post-arrival).

For more details visit our website: https://www.undertakerbooks.com/?p=689

01/06/2024

Weekend Reading Assignment posts feature book recommendations from Undertaker Books staff. These books are short enough to be read in a weekend, but give strong examples of how to execute important skills in writing.

This week’s Weekend Reading Assignment is from Rebecca Cuthbert, recommending Holley Cornetto’s We Haunt These Woods. Find out why...

https://www.undertakerbooks.com/weekend-reading-assignment-2/