SILENT NIGHTMARES – Pre-Order Now Available!
Simon & Schuster officially announced today, so here we go! Silent Nightmares: Haunting Stories to Be Told on the Longest Night of the Year, co-edited by Chuck Palahniuk and Michael Bailey, is now available for pre-order everywhere books are sold.
A chilling anthology of tales centered around the longest nights of the year, paying homage to the time-honored Victorian tradition of ghost stories. Tales that promise nostalgia and dread, reminding us that sometimes the most silent nights can be the deadliest.
Coming September 29th from Saga Press in hardcover (end papers, deckled edges, the works), but available now for pre-order. Get them before they’re gone! Featuring all-new fiction by the following cast:
Foreword (by Michael Bailey)
* Father Christmas – Brian Evenson
* Cause and Effect – Alma Katsu
* Always Winter – Mari Ness
* Tidings – Ramsey Campbell
* Shine a Light – Zoje Stage
* A Season for Reflection – Wil Dalton
* Kingston – Chuck Palahniuk
* We Have Always Been Red – Annie Neugebauer
* A Life Not Lived – Joe R. Lansdale
* Circle Back – Neil Krolicki
* The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Joe Hart
* God’s Wife – Lisa Morton
* Loki’s Story – Eugen Bacon
* The Cheapest State of Loving Grace – Gary A. Braunbeck
* Rapture – Michael Bailey
* Christmas in Goblin – Josh Malerman
* Steam – Krissy Eliot
* Lost Hearts – Cynthia Pelayo
* The Singing Children – Gabino Iglesias
* Yuletide Games with the Suicide Kings – Jonathan Maberry
Afterword (by Chuck Palahniuk)
With illustrations throughout by Orion Zangara Art:
Cover and endpaper designs by Melody Newcomb (@melodynewcomb).
Cover illustration by Sam Dunn (@xsamdunnx).
Additional artwork by Ben Baldwin.
Wait . . . end papers and deckled edges? Yes. The hardback is gorgeous inside and out.
Best to pre-order now, yeah? It’s not available until September 29th, 2026, but pre-orders bring life to books, and likewise keep them alive (and also help tremendously with sales rankings and whatnot).
