08/08/2026 - New, Next, and on Deck for Uncomfortably Dark Horror!
- Danielle Yvonne
- 2 days ago
- 6 min read
Happy Saturday! I am here with what’s New, Next, and on Deck for Uncomfortably Dark Horror, where you can find all the latest and upcoming releases along with what else the UDH authors are up to whether it’s events, cover releases, a signing, or an interview, etc. We are here for it all. Enjoy!
What's New and Upcoming from the UDH authors...
Michael R. Collins is back with his long-awaited sequel to VERUM MALUM!
VISUS MALUM is coming to Godless on August 21, 2026!!
Wide release on September 8, 2026!!
VISUS MALUM
by Michel R. Collins
Jackie and Noah are still reeling from the events of one year ago. Noah is struggling with a life without his husband or his eyesight. Jackie is trying to balance her life between helping Noah, her own healing, and a growing relationship with Zora. Unbeknownst to her is despite Noah's blindness, he is plagued by nightly visions of the Verum Malum.
Meanwhile, in the Verum Malum, Marius is desperate to free himself from his eternal hell-loop. He devises a murderous plan to escape and exact his revenge. If he succeeds, no one is safe, not even the Malum itself.
Jet Lag Side Quest: An Emaciated Angel Short
After a successful tour overseas, the band arrives home to find someone has stolen some of their musical equipment. Neither jet lag nor dark of night will stop them from finding what is rightfully theirs. Even if they have to question sketchy drummers, capture demons, and try not to rip the very fabric of reality itself.
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Rebecca Cuthbert just had a new collection release with Uncomfortably Dark's Blood Moon Poetry series on July 27th. A CURSE THROWN FROM THE HANGING TREE is a collection of 21 poems inspired by folklore, fairy tales, and mythology. There's eco horror mixed in as well!
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Rebecca is also celebrating her new release with a launch party. Details on the event can be found using the link below:
M Ennenbach has a new release, and it is available now. OPERATION LOOKING GLASS is the second book the follow-up to SUBJECT A and the second book in the Wonderland series.
Once again, Alice has found herself in Wonderland and absolutely nothing is exactly as it seems. This time, she will find her answers as she tries to escape Looking Glass Keep.
UDH has a bundle deal available so you can grab both books at once. They'll also come with swag and signed book plates.
Grab the bundle pack here:
You can also grab them here:
Amazon: SUBJECT A
Amazon: OPERATION LOOKING GLASS
M Ennenbach also has a new cover reveal for his upcoming release. Cover art by Don Noble. MOLOTOV COCTAIL HOUR will release on 8/25/26.
Frank Duffy has a new release available now. WE TAKE THEM WHEN YOU'RE NOT LOOKING is receiving rave reviews from early readers and contains a wide variety of stories sure to raise the hair on the back of your neck and have you keeping the lights on long into the night!
We Take Them When You’re Not Looking contains sixteen short stories lurking on the dark periphery of the imagination.
From Polish folklore deities to subterranean Elder Gods…From serial killers hiding in plain sight to a convention of horror authors with something to hide…From the generational trauma of the Second World War to the Devil’s daughter…
These are but a taste of the horrors gestating within these pages.
Early Praise:
"Frank Duffy's prolific output of horror fiction is created from a place of knowledge of the genre with which he writes. He knows what works, along with bringing to the table his invaluable wealth of experience. Duffy writes with great effectiveness in his own unique style and manner, often to the backdrop of authentic societal issues. Like the Italian neo-realism filmmakers of the mid-twentieth century, Duffy shines a much-needed light on these pertinent topics through the medium of entertaining horror fiction."-Trevor Kennedy, editor of Phantasmagoria Magazine.
“Like prising open a creaking crypt door and slowly descending down wet mossy steps into the unknown, this collection of stories will chill you to your core. You’ll be taken on a trip to places where dark creatures dwell by your guide, the talented Frank Duffy.”- Shaun McClure, host of the Retrospective Geek Podcast
With a mortician’s meticulousness, Frank Duffy’s latest collection, We Take Them When You’re Not Looking, examines the darker threads linking human (and inhuman) relationships. One can’t help but read the author with a suspicion that, of our sordid secrets, he possesses a peculiar prescience—an unsettling awareness of how our habits
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P.M. Raymond has her new release as well!
THINGS ARE AS THEY SHOULD BE and other words to die for is an interconnected Southern gothic noir journey from Reconstruction New Orleans to a present-day landscape of terror. Each story invests the reader in a setting and characters that traverse the fringes of the Louisiana swamps, pool halls in New Orleans, and attics filled with boxes of cherished memories, each tale patinaed with desperation and death.
An exploration of greed, vengeance, and generational trauma in tales that center Louisiana and its rich history of the wicked, the haunted, and the unforgiven who refuse to rest.
Early Praise...
“Creepy, atmospheric, and jam-packed with unease, P.M. Raymond has expertly crafted worlds that made me uncomfortable in all the best ways. She had a fresh and unique voice that sings through characters and settings. These stories will haunt me for a very long time.” — Steph Nelson, author of MAKE NO MISTAKE
"THINGS ARE AS THEY SHOULD BE…is an incisive collection of Southern Gothic stories where inheritance and power often lead to violence. P.M. Raymond blends folklore, social horror and the supernatural, while exploring vengeance and the brutal cost of maintaining order. Justice is rare. Innocence does not always survive, and monsters rarely hide. Sharp and precise." — Cynthia Pelayo, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of CHILDREN OF CHICAGO
"The imaginative stories in P.M. Raymond’s THINGS ARE AS THEY SHOULD BE And Other Words to Die For slip between Southern Gothic, thriller noir, and atmospheric horror with ease, bending reality till the familiar turns treacherous. Inside these pages lurk meddling ghosts, monstrous humans, and even a Santa gone wicked. Together, these tales guide the reader through a landscape of the strange, the cursed, and the beautifully unsettling." — Andrew K. Clark, author of WHERE DARK THINGS GROW and WHERE DARK THINGS RISE
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P.M. Raymond also has a Zoom event Today, August 8th!
"Join us Saturday, August 8th for "Writing Outside Your Lived Experience" with authors P.M. Raymond and Ashley-Ruth Bernier.
Discover tools for developing a nuanced character or situation for your story that may be a part of communities or situations you have not personally experienced. Learn do's and don'ts for approaching such an endeavor, and why incorporating characters outside your own experience can spark your creativity."
Find out more information on how to join, etc. here:
What else our authors are up to...
Candace Nola's BIRTHDAY BASH Giveaway!!!
Help Candace celebrate her birthday all month-long by entering the Birthday Bash Giveaway!!
GIVEAWAY HOSTED ON INSTAGRAM BY ireadhorror_ & char.reads.and.reviews
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Send proof of Goodreads add & Substack subscription to your IG review host via DM.
Entries close August 9th.
Each Host will select 3 US winners and 3 Non-US winners on August 10th.
There is also a GOODREADS giveaway!!!
Author Millie Price will be at NecronomiCon in Providence, Rhode Island next weekend!
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