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Ghost Box IV
You didn’t really think it was dead, did you? After years of demand, Patton Oswalt’s horror anthology returns with a jump scare—turn around, you fool, there’s a new Ghost Box hiding behind that door!
Ghost Box IV includes:
Bob Leman, “Window”
Mathilda Zeller, “Kushtuka”
Ruby Cowling, “Eliminate Toxins and Increase Blood Flow”
L.D. Lewis, “Flicker”
Lord Dunsany, “The Three Infernal Jokes”
Michael Shea, “Brief Scenes of a Noxious Nativity”
Gabino Iglesias, “Don’t Go Into the Woods Alone”
Edith Wharton, “The Lady’s Maid’s Bell”
Gahan Wilson, “The Sea Was Wet As Wet Could Be”
Francis Stevens, “Unseen—Unfeared”
Christian Bök, “The Extremophile”
Ghost Box IV includes:
Bob Leman, “Window”
Mathilda Zeller, “Kushtuka”
Ruby Cowling, “Eliminate Toxins and Increase Blood Flow”
L.D. Lewis, “Flicker”
Lord Dunsany, “The Three Infernal Jokes”
Michael Shea, “Brief Scenes of a Noxious Nativity”
Gabino Iglesias, “Don’t Go Into the Woods Alone”
Edith Wharton, “The Lady’s Maid’s Bell”
Gahan Wilson, “The Sea Was Wet As Wet Could Be”
Francis Stevens, “Unseen—Unfeared”
Christian Bök, “The Extremophile”
- GenresShort Stories
176 pages, Chapbooks in slipcase
Published October 1, 2025
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October 26, 2025So, I enjoyed this - it's basically the perfect premise for me (individual ghost stories? yes please), and it was well curated.
With some exceptions.
Mostly, I'm just a bit dismayed. The stories included by Lord Dunsany and Francis Stevens/Gertrude Barrows Bennett were _fine_, but not worth the price of the shitty, throwaway racist lines within them that were common to the times in which they were written (but in no way a universal feature!). I would have much rather read another contemporary story than one that made confusing reference to how "an Oriental [debases] his body in the presence of a superior," or how some people of different races were "unkempt and generally unhygienic".
Personal standout stories were The Window, Flicker, and Don't Go Into the Woods Alone.
With some exceptions.
Mostly, I'm just a bit dismayed. The stories included by Lord Dunsany and Francis Stevens/Gertrude Barrows Bennett were _fine_, but not worth the price of the shitty, throwaway racist lines within them that were common to the times in which they were written (but in no way a universal feature!). I would have much rather read another contemporary story than one that made confusing reference to how "an Oriental [debases] his body in the presence of a superior," or how some people of different races were "unkempt and generally unhygienic".
Personal standout stories were The Window, Flicker, and Don't Go Into the Woods Alone.
December 6, 2025
Enjoyed this edition of The Ghost Box! My faves:
-“Eliminate Toxins and Increase Blood Flow” by Ruby Cowling
-“Flicker” by L.D. Lewis
-“Don’t Go Into the Woods Alone” by Gabino Iglesias
-“The Lady Maid’s Bell” by Edith Wharton
-“The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be” by Gahan Wilson - my ultimate favourite of this year’s stories
-“Unseen-Unfeared” by Francis Stevens
Not a fan of the excerpts, though. :(
-“Eliminate Toxins and Increase Blood Flow” by Ruby Cowling
-“Flicker” by L.D. Lewis
-“Don’t Go Into the Woods Alone” by Gabino Iglesias
-“The Lady Maid’s Bell” by Edith Wharton
-“The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be” by Gahan Wilson - my ultimate favourite of this year’s stories
-“Unseen-Unfeared” by Francis Stevens
Not a fan of the excerpts, though. :(
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