Headless Launch Party

Join us next Wednesday for a double(!) book release, and readings from some of horror's most exciting authors!

About the books:

THE BUTCHER OF NAZARETH

GOODREADS #1 HORROR TO READ IN 2026

“The New Testament à la Cormac McCarthy.” – Kirkus Reviews

Haunting visions drive a grieving butcher to hunt down an obese, pre-ministry Jesus to prevent an age of fire and ash. But when the Butcher ‘adopts’ a dead newborn, his hunt for the son of Nazareth takes a personal and horrific turn. How does one choose between personal redemption and world-wide salvation?

From Bethlehem to Jerusalem to Nazareth, familiar events and figures are reimagined with a modern sensibility, building to a gut-wrenching conclusion.

A heart of darkness story that explores: fathers and sons, grief, zealotry, and choice. Foreword by Dave Fitzgerald (author of Troll – Kirkus Reviews Top Indie Books of 2023)

Connoisseur Volume 1: Feast

Connoisseur Vol 1. FEAST boasts 25 recent short stories from horror’s top and rising stars. Includes an introduction by Sadie Hartmann and features a killer design, painting, and logo from artist Liam Callahan that mimics a double vinyl import album format!

Contributors: Pedro Iniguez, Eric LaRocca, Emma Louise Gill, Kay Vaindal, TJ Cimfel, Tananarive Due, David Anaxagoras, Gillian King-Cargile, Clay McLeod Chapman, Patrick Barb, Hailey Piper, Carson Winter, R.A. Busby, Anna Dickson James, Cynthia Zhang, Alex Gonzalez, Rae Wilde, Charlene Elsby, Joe Koch, James Bennett, Michael Paul Gonzalez, Marguerite Sheffer, Laurel Hightower, Marisca Pichette, Nikky Lee.

Featured Authors:

Clay McLeod Chapman is the author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes, K*ll Your Darling, Stay on the Line, What Kind of Mother, Ghost Eaters, Whisper Down the Lane, The Remaking, and miss corpus, story collections nothing untoward, commencement and rest area, as well as The Tribe middlegrade series: Homeroom Headhunters, Camp Cannibal and Academic Assassins.

Alex Gonzalez is a WGA screenwriter and horror fiction writer. Born and raised in Florida, he now lives in Brooklyn and is the co-founder of the horror zine You Are Not Alone. His screenplays have been optioned, and a feature of his is in development with Ulladulla Pictures and Extra A Productions (Little Woods, The Giant). He currently teaches horror writing workshops with Catapult.co., and his most recent short story “Die Cuban” was published on the Catapult website.

David Scott Hay is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and novelist; hailed by the Chicago Sun-Times as a new generation Albee-Mamet-Shepard. As a novelist, he is a 2x Kirkus Prize Nominee. He is Managing Editor of Whiskey Tit's new horror imprint HEADLESS, and currently lives with his wife and son and dog and a dozen typewriters in a valley between the ocean, the mountains, and the desert.

Anna Dickson James earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte, NC and teaches English at Garrett College in Deep Creek, Maryland. Her work has appeared in Anthology of Appalachian Writers, she was a two-time finalist for the West Virginia Fiction Prize, and has won numerous awards from WV Writers, Inc.

Meg Ripley was born in Ontario and raised in Newfoundland, Canada, surrounded by whales and icebergs. After a BFA from the University of Western Ontario with a focus in drawing and an interest in women’s studies, she won a stint as a fry-cook at the local diner. She set her sights on NYC and an MFA in illustration from The School of Visual Arts. These days, she writes horror and dark fantasy from her family’s Brooklyn apartment while ceaselessly singing the praises of both boredom and the outdoors to her two sons.

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