“Lot” and “Lot’s Daughter” – Ward Moore
In the aftermath of nuclear war, a man named Jimmon sees all his built-up middle-class resentment explode in civilization’s twilight. Yet Jimmon reaps what he sows…
Tag Archives: novella
X’s for Eyes – Laird Barron
A pulp-adventure yarn with a strong Lovecraftian theme, with disciples of black gods and rival corporations chasing after industrialist scions Mac and Dred Tooms.
Final Girls – Mira Grant
An investigative journalist known for debunking pseudoscience tests a VR system that treats its patients through scenarios based on horror movies. Nothing bad could come of that, right?
Agents of Dreamland – Caitlín R. Kiernan
A government agent known as the Signalman embarks on an information exchange to learn more about an apocalyptic cult and the deadly fungoid it has unleashed…
Infernal Parade – Clive Barker
A collection of short stories that forms a novella, a surreal tapestry of dark fantastique as only Clive Barker could tell.
Coco Butternut – Joe R. Lansdale
Hap and Leonard are hired to exchange a sack full of money for a mummified dog corpse; things go wildly amiss from there as the job flops and the duo unearth age-old murders…
Gorel and the Pot-Bellied God – Lavie Tidhar
Gunslinger and drug-addict Gorel of Goliris partners with a motley crew of ner-do-wells to steal a magical artifact in a retro swords-and-sorcery adventure.
Borderline – Lawrence Block
Four tales from Lawrence Block’s early days, living on the border between sleaze and crime: south-o-the-border short novel Border Lust, two short stories, and the detective novella “Stag Party Girl.”
Resume Speed – Lawrence Block
“He got on the Trailways bus in Galbraith, North Dakota, booked all the way through to Spokane. But the Help Wanted sign at the diner in Cross Creek was calling his name.”
Five Stories High – Jonathan Oliver, ed.
“One House, Five Hauntings, Five Chilling Stories” is the tagline for this anthology of five novellas, each one set in the same nefarious house – Irongrove Lodge
The Harlequin – Nina Allan
Dennis Beaumont returns home to London after the Great War ends, lost in a haze of memories and trauma, haunted by his attempt to save a wounded soldier in the fields of France.
Battered, Tattered, Yellowed, & Creased 