Ghoulish Books is an award-winning small press based in Minneapolis, MN specializing in weirdo transgressive horror fiction for perverts.

First established in 2012 as Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, we eventually rebranded as Ghoulish Books in 2022 in an effort to embrace our horror roots. Additionally, 2021

From 2023-2026 we also operated a physical bookstore in San Antonio, TX.

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ACCOLADES

The Tears of Isis by James Dorr – Nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in Best Fiction Collection (2013)

Tales from the Holy Land by Rafael Alvarez – Selected for the PEN/Faulkner Foundation’s Writers in Schools Program (2014)

The Writhing Skies by Betty Rocksteady – Winner of the This is Horror Award in Novella of the Year (2018)

The Forest by Lisa Quigley – Nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in Best First Novel (2021)

Jurassichrist by Michael Allen Rose – Winner of the Wonderland Award in Best Novel (2022)

Below by Laurel Hightower – Nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in Best Long Fiction (2022)

Moonfellows by Danger Slater – Nominated for the Wonderland Award in Best Novel (2023)

Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror edited by Sofia Ajram – Winner of the British Fantasy Award in Best Anthology; Nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in Best Anthology; Nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award in Best Anthology; Nominated for the Aurora Award in Best Related Work (2025)

Issues with Authority by Nadia Bulkin – Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award in Best Single-Author Collection (2025)

OUR FULL BIBLIOGRAPHY

(*out of print)

2013

• Cruel by Eli Wilde (1/20/2013)*
• The Ritalin Orgy by Matthew Dexter (2/14/2013)*
• So it Goes: A Tribute to Kurt Vonnegut edited by Max Booth III (3/31/2013)*
• Sirens by Kurt Reichenbaugh (4/20/2013)*
• The Tears of Isis by James Dorr (5/15/2013)*
• Four Days by Eli Wilde and ’Anna DeVine (7/24/2013)*
• The Perpetual Motion Club by Sue Lange (8/15/2013)*
• Bleed edited by Lori Michelle (8/16/2013)*
• Time Eaters by Jay Wilburn (8/25/2013)*
• Another Happy Ending by E.E. King (10/5/2013)*

2014

• Tales From the Holy Land by Rafael Alvarez (1/5/2014)*
• Long Distance Drunks: A Tribute to Charles Bukowski edited by Max Booth III (3/8/2014)*
• Gory Hole: A Horror Triple Bill by Craig Wallwork (4/26/2014)*
• The Green Kangaroos by Jessica McHugh (8/19/2014)*
• Truth or Dare? edited by Max Booth III (10/31/2014)*

2015

• Vampire Strippers from Saturn by Vincenzo Bilof (3/30/2015)*
• Last Dance in Phoenix by Kurt Reichenbaugh (5/26/2015)*
• Dead Men by John C. Foster (7/20/2015)*
• Stealing Propeller Hats from the Dead by David James Keaton (9/1/2015)*
• Destroying the Tangible Illusion of Reality by T. Fox Dunham (11/24/2015)*
• Crabtown, USA by Rafael Alvarez (12/6/2015)*

2016

• The Violators by Vincenzo Bilof (2/23/2016)*
• Mojo Rising by Bob Pastorella (3/22/2016)*
• The Train Derails in Boston by Jessica McHugh (6/9/2016)*
• The Ruin Season by Kristopher Triana (6/23/2016)*
• Live On No Evil by Jeremiah Israel (7/25/2017)*
• Lost Signals edited by Max Booth III and Lori Michelle (7/29/2016)*

2017

• Baby Powder and Other Terrifying Substances by John C. Foster (2/3/2017)*
• Invasion of the Weirdos by Andrew Hilbert (4/4/2017)*
• Like Jagged Teeth by Betty Rocksteady (4/4/2017)*
• Gods on the Lam by Christopher David Rosales (6/20/2017)*
• The Nightly Disease by Max Booth III (9/15/2017)*
• Quizzleboon by John Oliver Hodges (9/18/2017)*
• Night Roads by John C. Foster (11/10/2017)*

2018

• Speculations by Joe McKinney (1/23/2018)*
• The Detained by Kristopher Triana (3/6/2018)*
• Bone Saw by Patrick Lacey (5/15/2018)*
• Lost Films edited by Max Booth III and Lori Michelle (8/21/2018)*
• The Writhing Skies by Betty Rocksteady (9/25/2018)*

2019

• Born in Blood Volume One by George Daniel Lea (2/12/2019)*
• Tales from the Crust edited by David James Keaton and Max Booth III (8/27/2019)*
• The Eight Eyes That Watch You Die by W.P. Johnson (10/22/2019)*

2020

• The Girl in the Video by Michael David Wilson (4/28/2020)*
• We Need to Do Something by Max Booth III (5/8/2020)*
• Touch the Night by Max Booth III (6/16/2020)*
• Standalone by Paul MIchael Anderson (9/14/2020)*
• Antioch by Jessica Leonard (10/27/2020)*

2021

• Jurassichrist by Michael Allen Rose (4/6/2021)*
• Scanlines by Todd Keisling (5/11/2021) (reprint)*
• The Flying None by Cody Goodfellow (5/25/2021)*
• She Was Found in a Guitar Case by David James Keaton (7/6/2021)*
• Born in Blood Volume Two by George Daniel Lea (8/10/2021)*
• Lost Contact edited by Max Booth III and Lori Michelle (9/7/2021)*
• The Forest by Lisa Quigley (10/5/2021)*
• Beneath the Salton Sea by Michael Paul Gonzalez (11/16/2021)*

2022

• Below by Laurel Hightower (3/29/2022)
• Maggots Screaming! by Max Booth III (4/12/2022)
• Leech by John C. Foster (4/26/2022)
• All These Subtle Deceits by C. S. Humble (5/10/2022)*
• Moonfellows by Danger Slater (7/20/2022)*
• Rabbits in the Garden by Jessica McHugh (9/13/2022)
• Soft Places by Betty Rocksteady (10/25/2022)
• Perfect Union by Cody Goodfellow (11/11/2022) (reprint)
• Hares in the Hedgerow by Jessica McHugh (11/15/2022)

2023

• Like Real by Shelly Lyons (2/14/2023)
• XCRMNTMNTN by Andrew Hilbert (3/7/2023)
• Bound in Flesh: An Anthology of Trans Body Horror edited by Lor Gislason (4/18/2023)
• Conjuring the Witch by Jessica Leonard (5/2/2023)
• What Happened Was Impossible by E. F. Schraeder (5/16/2023)
• The Screaming Child by Scott Adlerberg (7/11/2023)
• Ghoulish Tales Issue #1 (July)
• The Only Safe Place Left is the Dark by Warren Wagner (8/29/2023)
• Rainbow Filth by Tim Meyer (9/5/2023)
• Let the Woods Keep Our Bodies by E. M. Roy (10/10/2023)
• In Dreams We Rot by Betty Rocksteady (11/10/2023) (reprint)
• Saint Grit by Kayli Scholz (11/14/2023)

2024

• Ghoulish Tales Issue #2 (February)
• Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror edited by Sofia Ajram (March)
• Starlet by Danger Slater (March)
• The Day of the Door by Laurel Hightower (April)
• Give Unto Us by Justin Lutz (May)
• Pocketknife Kitty by Shannon Riley (June)
• The Flesh Inherent by Perry Meester (July)
• Witches in the Warren by Jessica McHugh (August)
• Familiar by Jeremy C. Shipp (September)
• Haunted Hearts by Lucas Mangum (October)
• Decrepit Ritual by Valkyrie Loughcrewe (November)
• Ghoulish Tales Issue #3 (November)

2025

• A Feast of Putrid Delights by Valentina Rojas (March)
• Say Uncle by Ryan C. Bradley (April)
• The Small Hours by Bob Pastorella (September)
• Ghoulish Tales Issue #4 (September)
• Issues with Authority by Nadia Bulkin (September)
• Mother-Eating by Jess Hagemann (October)

2026

• Cosmic Dyke Patrol by Lor Gislason (February)
• Touch the Night by Max Booth III (September) (reprint)
• We Need to Do Something by Max Booth III (September) (reprint)
• Ghoulish Tales Issue #5 (September)
• Penitents by Madeline Blondeau (October)
• Indiana Death Song by Max Booth III (October)
• Home Sick Home by Adam Michael Kozak (November)

2027

• Witness Marks by Sunny Moraine (March)
• Decay Chain by Emma E. Murray (April)
• Witches in the Warren by Jessica McHugh (TBA)
• Ghoulish Tales Volume One (TBA)
• Inside Out by Lor Gislason (TBA) (reprint)
• Bad Dogs by Nate Southard (TBA) (reprint)
• Transmuted by Eve Harms (TBA) (reprint)
• Chasers by Mariah Darling and Eve Harms (TBA) (reprint)
• Antioch by Jessica Leonard (reprint)
• The Train Derails in Boston by Jessica McHugh (TBA) (reprint)
• The Green Kangaroos by Jessica McHugh (TBA) (reprint)
• The Nightly Disease by Max Booth III (TBA) (reprint)
• Like Jagged Teeth by Betty Rocksteady (TBA) (reprint)
• The Writhing Skies by Betty Rocksteady (TBA) (reprint)