Dopefoot

by Joshua Millican

When a college drop-out accepts work on a cannabis farm in the woods of Northern California, he realizes almost immediately that the harsh realities of this life won't match his naïve fantasies. He'll have to work hard-and watch his back. Dubbed "Harmless" by his cultish cohorts, the young man learns the logistics of cultivation and the dark philosophies dictating conduct in this outlaw wilderness.



The farm sits on a mountain the locals call Satan's Tumor, above a valley called The Green Cauldron, where dangerous elements have been brewing beneath the misty canopy. Overstimulated gangs of smugglers and well-funded foreign mobsters vie for control of this fertile territory, threatening to disrupt an elaborate ecosystem that predates history.

And beneath it all, in the most dismal corners of The Green Cauldron, even darker forces are stirring... angry, agitated, pushed to the brink. The forest is an explosive tinderbox on the verge of ignition. If he's going to survive, Harmless must sink to new depths before facing unimaginable horrors on a feverish journey into Hell and back.

Dopefoot is a distinctly Californian spin on dark woodland horror, a gory cryptid mystery fueled by butane, THC, and amphetamines, by Joshua Millican, author of Teleportasm and Chopping The Novelization.

226 pages, Paperback

Expected publication June 16, 2026

About the author

Joshua Millican's debut novel, DEEPER THAN HELL, was released by Encyclopocalypse Publications in 2022. He is also the author of SEPTUM (Encyclopocalypse), TELEPORTASM (Shortwave), and DOPEFOOT (Mad Axe Media).

Joshua has written film novelizations for FORBIDDEN ZONE, ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE, CIRCUS OF THE DEAD, and CHOPPING MALL. THE DREADFUL YEARS (Encyclopocalypse), is a collection of interviews he conducted during his tenure as Editor-in-Chief at Dread Central.

Reviews

[William Sterling · Rating 5 out of 5]

Millican has an unparalleled ability to take outlandish, potentially silly concepts, and to execute them with the gravitas and the brutality of a true horror maestro. First with TELEPORTASM, and now with the drug-turf-war-turned-creature-feature DOPEFOOT, I've learned there's no premise too wild for Millican to thrill me with. Believe in him just like you believe in Bigfoot and buckle the *foot* up.

[S. Martinez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dopefoot brims with colorful characters, lush environments, crazy situations, and things lurking in the woods. Millican weaves together a tight, fast-paced narrative that will keep you turning the pages and feeling like you’re on a rollercoaster combined with a dark ride; zipping along, having a blast with no idea what's going to be around the next sharp, shadowed turn waiting to surprise you.