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Patrick Barb is an author of weird, dark, and spooky tales, currently living (and trying not to freeze to death) in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His published works include the dark fiction collections The Children’s Horror and Pre-Approved for Haunting, the novellas Gargantuana's Ghost, Turn, and JK-LOL, as well as the novelette Helicopter Parenting in the Age of Drone Warfare. He is the editor and publisher of the anthology And One Day We Will Die: Strange Stories Inspired by the Music of Neutral Milk Hotel. His forthcoming works include the Killer VHS novella Night of the Witch-Hunter from Shortwave Publishing and his debut sci-fi/horror novel Abducted from Dark Matter Ink. His 2023 short story "The Scare Groom" was selected for Best Horror of ...more

Average rating: 3.9 · 3,132 ratings · 928 reviews · 71 distinct worksSimilar authors
Night of the Witch-Hunter (...

3.75 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions
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Pre-Approved for Haunting by Patrick Barb
"Well-written and entertaining. My favorite story was A Portrait of the Artist as an Angry God. Found myself wishing the monster would go berserk on everyone in the hotel. 😂"
And One Day We Will Die by Patrick Barb
"I was promised strange and it delivered. Some of the stories stood out more than others, but all of them being based on Neutral Milk Hotel songs was a fun concept! Recommend for any NMH fans looking for something to read. "
And One Day We Will Die by Patrick Barb
"This is an odd little collection of stories that are equal parts surreal, sad, and grotesque. I went in never having listened to Neutral Milk Hotel, and I think that shaped my experience. Some parts in most stories clearly nod to lyrics or references" Read more of this review »
And One Day We Will Die by Patrick Barb
"This is a rare beast in my experience. I am used to finding three, four at most stories in a single anthology that appeal to me. A lot of themed anthologies are put together on short timelines, and filled in great part with stories by names that were" Read more of this review »
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The Monsters Among Us by Kent Priore
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THE MONSTERS AMONG US is a transgressive tale of supernatural pulp phantasmagoria, written by an author with Biblical-sized storytelling ambitions. Kent Priore provides a Weird Tales, dark fantasy take on Testaments Old and New, crafting a tale as sh ...more
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Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine by Kristina Ten
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A powerhouse of a debut collection. Ten weaves themes of the immigrant experience, of the experience of growing up as a girl/woman, and the experience of moving beyond the past to find the new “you” at the end of the transformative journey, coalescin ...more
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I am the author. The cover of the book has been updated a while back. I would like an alternative cover edition created for that one and to have
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