by Joe Mynhardt | Aug 15, 2025 | Updates
Crystal Lake Publishing signs author Staci Layne Wilson. Staci is an L.A. native who enjoys traffic, wildfires, and earthquakes—but since her move to Las Vegas, she’s learned to love 110-degree summers, drive-thru wedding chapels, and casinos that still reek of the...
by Joe Mynhardt | Aug 7, 2025 | Crystal Cove Press, Updates
Big News from Crystal Cove Press, Crystal Lake’s YA imprint. We’re thrilled to welcome Jim D’Andrea to the Crystal Cove Press family! His chilling debut novel, THE HAUNTING OF ASHLEY HALL SCHOOL, will be published later this year — and it’s a gothic horror...
by Joe Mynhardt | Aug 7, 2025 | Updates
Here are Nate Atkins’ finalists for the Eco-Horror theme: “The Cailleach Bhéara” by Tracy Fahey“Dial 1-800-HIVE-MELT” by Matt Bray“Seven Ways to Die in the Woods” by Josh Schlossberg“Survival” by Rebecca Besser“O₂ Debt” by Father Nocturnal“Growing Things” by Amanda M....
by Joe Mynhardt | Aug 7, 2025 | Updates
This last book in The Exorcist’s House series will be released September 12, 2025, and the Kindle pre-order is live! Cover art by Matt Seth Barnes. The Resurrection by Nick Roberts. Christmas Eve,1999: A brutal tragedy occurs during Midnight Mass at the newly...
by Joe Mynhardt | Aug 5, 2025 | Crystal Lake Academy, Open Submissions
Author A.K. McCarthy won Crystal Lake’s most recent flash contest and has agreed to host. Here is the new theme: Music Horror: “Whether it’s the thundering of a church organ or the warbling of a lone violin in the night, the right combination of musical notes...
by Joe Mynhardt | Jul 18, 2025 | Updates
THE EXORCIST’S HOUSE: GENESIS will now also be translated into German by Festa Verlag. The trilogy ends this September with THE EXORCIST’S HOUSE: RESSURECTION. You ready for this? Get the 1st two books in the series...
