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Review: Trade Yer Coffin for a Gun by Mer Whinery

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Trade Yer Coffin for a Gun by Mer Whinery
Jackanapes Press (June 2026)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage

Mer Whinery is a storyteller from Southeastern Oklahoma. He is married with two boys and far too many critters crawling about his century-plus-old house to count. His home is often filled with phantom smells (usually the aroma of fried chicken) and a ghost that likes to hide DVDs. Jackanapes Press presents a new edition of his Trade Yer Coffin For a Gun, which has been out of print and, of late, unobtainable.Continue Reading

Review: Obscene Folklore by Mer Whinery

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cover of Obscene FolkloreObscene Folklore by Mer Whinery
Watertower Hill Publishing (July 2024)
Reviewed by Rowan B. Minor 

Mer Whinery is a folk horror author who was born and resides in Oklahoma. He is the author of two collections of short fiction: The Little Dixie Horror Show (Literati Press, 2012) and Phantasmagoria Blues (Literati Press, 2015); as well as the weird western novel Trade Yer Coffin for a Gun (Muzzleland Press, 2018) and the coming-of-age horror novel The Country Girl’s Guide to Hexes and Haints (JournalStone, 2022). Several pieces of his short fiction have appeared in various anthologies, including the forthcoming Hospital of Haunts (Watertower Hill Publishing, 2024). Continue Reading