by Joe Mynhardt | May 6, 2025 | Crystal Lake Kids, New Releases, Updates
Join Clara Cogsworth, a bold young inventor with a heart full of imagination and a satchel full of gears, as she defies the odds to enter the world’s most prestigious invention competition—The Great Monster Maker Championship.Set in a steam-powered castle brimming...
by Joe Mynhardt | May 2, 2025 | New Releases, Torrid Waters, Updates
In a paranormal tale that blends time travel, reincarnation, and historical horror fiction, you’re too late to save the love of your life from being murdered. This tragic history repeats itself every forty years, but now it’s only been thirty-five years and it’s time...
by Joe Mynhardt | May 2, 2025 | Open Submissions
Author J.M. Heluk won Crystal Lake’s most recent flash contest and has agreed to host. Here is the new theme: “Satanic Panic”“Bring me back to the “bad” old days of unclean spirits, screamin’ demons, evil entities, Ouija boards, and of...
by Joe Mynhardt | May 1, 2025 | Interviews, Updates
Tell us a bit more about you and where you’re from. Manteufel: I’m a native Minnesotan (you betcha) currently living in eastern Washington. c What inspired your winning story? Why did that particular theme resonate with you? Manteufel: Old school horror is one of my...
by Joe Mynhardt | May 1, 2025 | Crystal Lake Comics, Updates
Crystal Lake Publishing is launching a joint Kickstarter with Monstrous Books for a special comic book anthology series called DARKEST DEPTHS. We started work on this project more than two years ago with our friend Taylor Grant being an integral part of its formation...
