From Sam Richard, the award-winning author of Grief Rituals, comes a new chapter in the canon of horror. Carrying the influences of Thomas Ligotti, Bentley Little, and Kathe Koja, All Will Writhe is four stories of weird horror fiction tackling grief, employment, identity, sacrifice, and the true terror of corporate onboarding videos. The universe isn’t merely indifferent, it has plans for us. And you’re not going to like them.
First edition zine. Signed and numbered in a run of 150.
Sam Richard is the author of several books including The Still Beating Heart of a Dead God and the award-winning To Wallow in Ash & Other Sorrows. He has edited ten anthologies, including the cult hits Profane Altars: Weird Sword & Sorcery and The New Flesh, and his short fiction has appeared in over forty publications. Widowed in 2017, he slowly rots in Minneapolis where he runs Weirdpunk Books. You can stalk him @SammyTotep across most socials or at weirdpunkbooks.com
Quick read, done in a night, a variety of types of tales told with a defined, distinct voice.
The first tale set the tone and unnerved, the second was too real in its painting of arbitrary obsession. The third story drew great sadness from me, the fourth left an impression that haunted me after reading, for a few days at least (time will tell.)
Richard reminds us why he remains a pillar of bleak grief fiction. I loved each story here and all I can say is that I immediately need a longer work of [REDACTED].