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Carnage House

– this is your trigger warning

Chris McAuley


An Invocation of the Season...


Chris McAuley specializes in the horror, science fiction, fantasy, western and crime genres. He is the co-creator of the popular StokerVerse, along with Bram Stoker’s great-grandnephew, Dacre Stoker. He also co-created a science fiction and fantasy franchise with Babylon 5’s Claudia Christian called Dark Legacies. He is the lead writer on the latest Astroboy animated TV show, and is also currently working on The Terminator film and game series, as well as the Star Trek and the Doctor Who franchise. He is the executive producer for the upcoming sci-fi-horror film, The Tower Protocol. Chris’s work can be seen at www.dark-universes.com and www.stokerverse.com.

Sutter Kang


After accidentally murdering a friend, Earl heads to the swamp to dispose of the body and encounters something he never would have expected.


Sutter Kang lives deep in the hills of Kentucky. He crawls out of his hole to go to work to make enough money to survive. Bella, the trusty hound, watches and advises in all his writing endeavors. She’s a bit of a stickler. He plays guitar on occasion, though most would not call it musical. When not writing, he enjoys watching horror movies, listening to music, and reading.

Basile Lebret


Some moments change you.


Basile Lebret is French and lives south of Paris where the cities meet the trees. His work has been published in SlicedUp Press’s Monstroddities, Atonic Vision Press’s Strange Weeds, Bag of Bones’s Step Into the Light, Off Topic Publishing\'s Home, Underland Press’s Even Cozier Cosmic, and in France in Lufthunger Club\'s Les Feux de la Révolte. Find him on Twitter: @evoripclaw or Medium: https://basile-lebret.medium.com/.

Ewan Hollis


Beware, the beast with the twisted antlers.


Ewan Hollis is a budding writer from the quiet islands of Orkney. He lives by himself with an ocean view and two dogs. He owns sheep, which he shears and sells the wool to local crafters, but his ambition has always been to become a writer.

Tamika Thompson


When the giggling, stiletto-wearing ladies arrive uninvited to Richie’s party, he soon discovers their blood-red shoes might be hiding deadly intentions.


Tamika Thompson is a writer, producer, and journalist. She is author of Unshod, Cackling, and Naked (Unnerving Books), which is the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards winner for Horror, and which Publishers Weekly calls “powerful,” “unsettling,” and “terrifying,” as well as author of Salamander Justice (Madness Heart Press). She is co-creator of the artist collective POC United and fiction editor for the group’s Foreword INDIES Award-winning anthology, Graffiti. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in several speculative fiction anthologies as well as in Interzone, Prairie Schooner, The New York Times, Penumbric, the Creepy Podcast, and Los Angeles Review of Books, among others. Her long fiction tale, Bridget Has Disappeared, is in translation at Independent Legions’ Italian-language Molotov Magazine. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she hosts her own newsletter and blog, Tamika Talks Terror. Find her online at tamikathompson.com.

Nora B. Peevy


Verietta has a humongous problem, and it’s on her face.


Nora B. Peevy is a cat trapped in a human’s body. Please send help or tuna. She is an Olympic champion sleeper and toils away for JournalStone/Trepidatio Publishing as a submission reader and a reviewer for Hellnotes. She is reading scripts for the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival for the second year. Nora recently took on a position for the Weird Wide Web writing nonfiction articles. Her quirky tales are published by Eighth Tower Press, Carnage House, The Sudden Fictions Podcast, Unveiling Nightmares, and other places. For the Sake of Brigid, her first novelette, just came out in May 2024, and her first novel, Flesh-eating Turtles!!! debuts on Halloween 2024.

Jack Lantey


When an alleyway quickie goes south, it goes really south.


Jack Lantey was born in California but was quickly excommunicated to the wastelands of the Midwest. Growing up an asthmatic between the rows of corn, he found safety in movies, comics, and books. A former playwright, comic book writer, and filmmaker, he now works as a commercial producer by day and steals time to write at night when he’s not busy with the five dogs he sublets a room from.

Amanda Worthington


You’re fucked either way. You might as well have some fun.


Amanda Worthington is a writer of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and often finds herself blending them all together to create some new hellscape. Her favorite subgenre is cosmic horror and her least favorite is gothic—her newest work-in-process combines them both. She founded and serves as current chair for Horror in the Heartland, the Heartland chapter of the HWA, or, if you prefer, “The HWA chapter for Midwesterners outside of Chicago.” Serving members across eight states, Horror in the Heartland seeks to elevate horror in the rural outposts of the Bible Belt. Amanda has been in all but one issue of Carnage House because she’s deranged that way. She’s also had work published in Space and Time and The Sirens Call. When not writing, she’s probably playing Zelda or trying to argue with her two recalcitrant black cats, Apollo and Artemis.

Jude Irons


It’s not enough to put it out of sight.


Jude Irons is a horror author from San Diego who writes psychological thrillers to desperately convince himself he didn’t waste his time with a psychology degree. Jude had been a horror fan from his early years but only grew to appreciate it more when he realized how hard it is to write something scary. He is working on several short stories and a novel, some of which may be completed eventually, and looks forward to future horror publications.

Stephanie Smith


Sometimes pain takes on a life of its own.


Stephanie Smith is a writer and poet from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Her work has appeared in such publications as The Horror Zine, Raven Cage, The Chamber, Dark Moon Digest, The Literary Hatchet, Danse Macabre, and Illumen. She cites Clive Barker, John Skipp & Craig Spector, and the late Charlee Jacob as major influences.

Toshiya Kamei


A tale of love and sacrifice in a war-torn country.


Toshiya Kamei (they/them) takes inspiration from fairy tales, folklore, and mythology. They attempt to reimagine the past, present, and future while shifting between various perspectives and points of view. Many of their characters are outsiders living on the margins of society. (Portrait by Alena Braune.)

Vox Villalobos


What goes around comes around… wielding a hacksaw.


Vox Villalobos (they/he/she) is a writer and software engineer from San José, Costa Rica. They’ve had a passion for reading and writing since childhood, delving into many genres but with a penchant for horror fiction. Their short story, Yours Deliciously, will appear in the upcoming anthology, Tasteful: Cannibal Stories to End Hunger. In their free time, they enjoy metal music, video games, and cosplay.

Shannon Lawrence


Sometimes it’s safer not to investigate that telltale sound in the next room.


A fan of all things fantastical and frightening, Shannon Lawrence writes primarily horror and fantasy. Her short stories can be found in over sixty anthologies and magazines in addition to her collections. Her nonfiction title, The Business of Short Stories, and debut urban fantasy novel, Myth Stalker: Wendigo Nights, are available now. You can also get to know her as a co-host of the Mysteries, Monsters, & Mayhem podcast. When not writing, she’s hiking through the wilds of Colorado and photographing her magnificent surroundings, where, coincidentally, there’s always a place to hide a body or birth a monster. Find her at www.thewarriormuse.com.

Emma Rose Darcy


An angel out of the box, a demon in the sheets.


Emma Rose Darcy emerged, fully formed, five years ago and slithered snakelike down from the mountains. She writes dark fantasy and horror. Emma suffers Basilar Migraine so sometimes real life is weirder than anything she could ever write. She stumbled upon horror, discovering authors like Joe Donnelly and G. M Hague among the Kings and Rices in charity shop bookcases. It may be why she has a hunger for reading and writing body horror and transformation horror stories, hauntings and huntings.

Daniel Lidman


It could be anywhere. Watching. Planning.


Daniel Lidman writes horror and science fiction. He also works as a copywriter. When not writing, he’s usually in a bookstore, hunting for inspiration and dusting off ancient literature.

Chris W. McGuinness


A recovering addict gets more than he bargained for after adding a new item to his macabre home collection.


Chris W. McGuinness is a horror writer whose work has appeared in Lovecraftiana Magazine, Chthonic Matter Quarterly, Carnage House, Friday Cat Quarterly, and many other magazines and anthologies. He is an affiliate member of the Horror Writers Association and lives with his wife Rebecca and their dog, Buddy, on California’s Central Coast. Learn more about his writing at chriswmcguinness.wordpress.com.

Matt Scott


There’s chaos in the food court when more than churros are craved.


Matt Scott is the author of more than eighty published horror stories. He has four stand-alone collections, with one on the way as well as a volume of poetry. He lives in southern Colorado with his wife, Heather, and their ever growing gaggle of furry friends. He loves to hike, play piano, throw knives, and paint, and enjoys spending time outdoors with his family exploring the beautiful state of Colorado.

Aaron Lebold


There are only two doors to choose from. All you have to do is go through one, and salvation awaits. Or not.


Aaron Lebold is an author of psychological horror, sometimes dabbling in extreme elements. His love of the genre began at an early age with all the best slasher films. Writing has always been something of interest but he didn’t make any serious attempts at it until 2017. Since that time he has completed several novels and novellas. His work can be found with Gloom House Publishing, D&T Publishing, Shadow House Press, and Broken Brain Books. His short stories can be found in various anthologies by various publishers. Some of his short stories have been narrated for the Cryo-Pod Podcast. His novel, Born Sick, took second place at the Godless 666 awards for best novel of 2022.

Ken Hueler


Not all virgin births are to be celebrated...


Ken Hueler teaches kung fu in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he also co-chairs the local Horror Writers Association chapter. His work has appeared in Weirdbook, The Sirens Call, Weekly Mystery Magazine, Andromeda Spaceways, and anthologies such as The Cozy Cosmic and Tales for the Camp Fire. He is an assistant editor at Space & Time magazine and, with Frances Lu Pai Ippolito, co-edited the game fiction anthology, Winding Paths: A Playable Reading Experience. learn more at kenhueler.wordpress.com.

Thomas R Clark


What if John Wick met the Sawyer family?


Speculative fiction author Thomas R Clark is a two-time Splatterpunk Award nominee (Best Novella 2021 for Bella’s Boys and Best Short Story 2022 for Fireflies & Apple Pies). His most recent release is Immoral Dilemmas, a collection of extreme horror. His journalism and entertainment critiques have appeared in Rue Morgue, Stranger With Friction, House of Stitched Magazine, This Is Infamous, and miscellaneous internet outlets. He is the senior columnist for Memento Mori Ink Magazine. Tom lives in Central New York with his wife and their canine companions.

Zoltán Komor


Can you laugh and vomit at the same time?


Zoltán Komor lives in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. He writes surreal short stories and has work in Horror Sleaze and Trash, Drabblecast, The Phantom Drift, Gone Lawn, Bizarro Central, Bizarrocast, Thrice Fiction Magazine, The Missing Slate, The Gap-Toothed Madness, Wilderness House Literary Review, Kafka Review, and more. His first book in English, titled Flamingos in the Ashtray: 25 Bizarro Short Stories, was released by Burning Bulb Publishing in 2014. His second English title titled Tumour-djinn was released by Morbid Books in the same year. His third collection, Turd Mummy, was released by Strangehouse Books in 2016. His latest novel, The Radiator Boy and The Holly Country, was published by Potter’s Grove Press in 2021.