On the π Day of Tenebrous-mas, the Cultists gave to me...
…Weird Horror holiday-themed postcards, designed by Editor-in-Chief Alex Woodroe for your amusement as she convalesces somewhere deep within the bowels of this nightmare world:
Ho Ho Ho, Tenebrous Cult-o.
If you follow us on Twitter, you’ve no doubt seen Alex allude to minor health issues. There’s nothing of any long-term concern, all her limbs and organs are still in the general vicinity of where they’re supposed to be, and everyone has been very kind in their well-wishes (seriously, knock it off, it’s very unbecoming for a bunch of horror heathens!) but Tenebrous is making some minor scheduling shifts in the meantime.
Of note, we’re kicking the can just a hair down the road on all things BRAVE NEW WEIRD Volume Two. The shortlist of winners, final Table of Contents, and release date will all be announced soon…just not yet.
We will whet your appetite with the wraparound cover art for BNWv2 though:
Joshua Hull has a MOUTH and it must scream
All this means is that the first brand spankin’ new 10p release of 2024 will most likely be Joshua Hull’s MOUTH, which will be stealth-released at Scarelastic Book Fair 2—a free-to-attend event hosted by Joshua and Scarlet Brewing, and featuring some of the biggest names in Horror Fiction (Clay McLeod Chapman? Eric LaRocca? Hailey Piper? Daniel Kraus? Cina Pelayo? And us? WTF?!)—before releasing worldwide a couple weeks later.
Our friends over at Daily Dead will have the exclusive cover art reveal for MOUTH on January 10th; preorders will open that same day so keep your eyes peeled. I promise you, Halil Karasu’s art for this one is a knockout.
Alex Ebenstein did the SPLITs and he must SCREAM
…hey all my puns can’t be winners.
Anyway: mark Wednesday, January 17th on your calendars while you’re at it: that’s the day that the entire SPLIT SCREAM series to date gets rereleased under the Tenebrous banner:
The horrible mutant offspring of former Dread Stone Press honcho Alex Ebenstein are finally all settled into their new home…just in time for two brand new volumes to join their ranks in 2024! Keep your eyes peeled for some too good to pass up welcome-to-your-new-home sales on all of these once they’re loose.
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We’ve known Michael Bettendorf for awhile now, and he pitched Alex and me an idea at StokerCon this past year that we just couldn’t say no to. The announcement was made formal this week:
We’ve never attempted something like TRVE CVLT before. We’re not reinventing the wheel or anything, but there aren’t a lot of publishers in the Weird Horror realm that are barking up this tree right now and all three of us are stoked beyond words to see how this turns out.
We’ll also have news on that unannounced mystery title as soon as we get the contracts all sorted out.
I doubt we’ll talk again before Christmas, but we’ll try to drop some news on you before the New Year…including about that quarterly magazine that we’ve been threatening for a bit now.
I know the holidays are great for some and rough for others. Whether you’re white-knuckling them or White Christmas-ing them, the Tenebrous Cult is here for you. Come find us and say hey if you need some non-denominational Weirdos to hang out with.
Happy Holidays, you glorious freaks.
Hail Indie Horror.
Hail the Tenebrous Cult.
Alex and Matt