Burial Day Books is a boutique publisher of supernatural horror short stories. Once a month we feature an established or emerging horror writer. These short supernatural horror stories deal with elements of superstition, folklore or myth. We look for writers that are innovative but can also give a nod to past – classic horror. We feature scary stories with limited gore and limited extreme violence because of the belief that fear, true fear, comes from the unknown.
The Journal
Our written words leave stronger imprints than we may think. Perhaps they can leave others a clue.
Regan Keeter has been writing professionally for more than eleven years, during which time he has worked as both an author and a journalist. He is a member of the Chicago Writers Association and recently had short stories published in the Chicagoland Journal, Wordhaus, and Dark Dreams. Additionally, he scripted a short film that was released in 2003 and, in 2006, received a grant from the DeKalb Council for the Arts to author a series of stories for children. regankeeter.com (more…)
Audio version of Chuckles
The Owl
If you were followed, obsessed over, and haunted each and every day of your life how would you feel? How would you cope? Aaron Shotwell’s “The Owl” is just about that.
By: Aaron Shotwell
Aaron Shotwell is a 27-year-old student of Media Arts and Animation, an aspiring author, screenwriter and director. He currently has two large projects underway; co-authoring a screenplay to be submitted by the end of this year, and a collection of horror short stories
LOTERIA Print Edition Now Available
LOTERIA by The Gravedigger / Cynthia (cina) Pelayo is now available in print on Amazon for only $12.99.
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Macabre Latin American fairy tales come to life in LOTERIA – 54 short stories for each of the Loteria cards!
Read EL DIABLITO which appears in LOTERIA.
Campfire Stories
In this picture, from left to right
J. Weintraub, L.A. Fields, Cortney Philip, Mackenzie Wilson, Gibson Culbreth, Cynthia (cina) Pelayo, Melanie Hanson, Jordan Scrivner
This past July, Friday the 13th, Burial Day Book hosted a Campfire Reading at Uncharted Books. Many wonderful writers read their work. This is a sampling of stories from that evening.
Biographies of the Sampling
Gibson Culbreth is a girl named after a guitar. She is the editor-in-chief of a small up and coming zine called “I Feel Pretty” (http://ifeelprettyonline.com/
M. N. Hanson is a postmodern deconstructivist, an aspiring astronaut, a proponent of the Oxford comma, and a recent graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an MFA in writing. Please visit http://mnhanson.com/ to complain.
Cortney Philip writes fucked up fairy tales for grown-ups who aren’t.
Mackenzie Wilson’s work has appeared in the Logan Square Literary Review. She write flash fiction and a little bit of poetry. Her tumbler, ChicagObservations (http://chicago-observations.
Click here for a PDF of Campfire Stories.
Risk of Rain
We’ve all had that ‘one’ we loved because they made us better, but what happens when a storm isn’t really a storm and something is taken away?
By: Matthew McLachlan
Matthew McLachlan is an experienced actor from Pennsylvania. He has starred in many theatrical productions including the lead role of the demon Hurmizah in “Teibele and Her Demon.” He currently writes short horror fiction while working on his upcoming novel. Check out his website at: matthewseanmclachlan.
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The Town Pageant
Gerin is not entirely sure where he’s going, or even why he’s going there. When he arrives at a strange town he learns of an even stranger pageant.
By: Mark Slade
Mark Slade lives in Williamsburg, VA with his wife and daughter, a Pomeranian and a Chihuaha. The Town Pageant is his first published story. For more about Mark Slade visit http://bloodydreadful.
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EL DIABLITO
Cynthia (cina) Pelayo
EL DIABLITO (THE LITTLE DEVIL)
Excerpt from LOTERIA
“I can hear them scratching,” the chubby faced little boy says as he searches through a large box of Crayola Crayons.
The doctor sat directly across from him, his hands on the metal table. “What do you mean, Sebastian, that you can hear them scratching?” The doctor’s voice was cool, soothingly-hypnotic. (more…)
July Poetry Collection
Martin Gibbs writes fantasy, short fiction, and poetry. He enjoys cross-country skiing, biking, and cooking. During the day, he supports enterprise information systems and writes dry, boring drivel in the form of academic research. Fantasy and poetry are his way out of a world full of ones and zeroes. Martin lives in the snow-covered paradise of Minnesota, USA. For more information on Martin please visit: http://drunkardsjourney.blogspot.com
John Grey is an Australian born poet who works as a financial systems analyst. Recently he has been published in Poem, Spindrift, Prism International and the horror anthology What Fears Become. He has upcoming work in Potomac Review, Hurricane Review and Pinyon.
For a PDF of the July Poetry Collection click here.
The New Companions in Apt. C6
Have you ever found yourself someplace, maybe even with someone, and it all felt just a little bit off?
By: Philip Roberts
Philip Roberts lives in Nashua, New Hampshire and has been published in a variety of publications, such as the Epitaphs anthology, Midnight Echo, and The Horrorzine. A full anthology of Philip’s short stories entitled Passing Through can be found on the Amazon kindle store. More information on his works can be found at www.philipmroberts.com.
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