Nightmare Yearnings

The new short story collection from author Eric Raglin, Nightmare Yearnings will be released on September 4th.

About the Book

A thrill-seeker studies a language learned through close encounters with death. A flock of extinct birds haunt a grieving woman for reasons unknown. A boy participates in a public access cannibal cooking show to win his family's love. A couple panics when Mothman shows up to their slice of rural paradise with omens in tow.

In his debut short story collection, Eric Raglin presents sixteen queer and weird horror stories.

What Others Are Saying

"Eric Raglin's marvelous debut short story collection is a precious gift--a treasure trove of strangeness--that will beguile, mystify, and astound even the most discerning reader of weird fiction." -Eric LaRocca, Author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

"Nightmare Yearnings is a dark and propulsive book of mind-splinters. From page one you'll be hooked on the voice, the images, and the uneasy sense that these really are nightmares, dictated from a place just beyond dreaming." -Tyler Jones, Author of Criterium and Almost Ruth

"Nightmare Yearnings is a suspenseful snake, luring you in with humanity and enthralling you with oddity, only for humanity to coil around again and sink its teeth in when you least expect it." -Hailey Piper, Author of The Worm and His Kings

About the Author

Eric Raglin (he/him) is a Nebraskan speculative fiction writer, horror literature teacher, and podcaster for Cursed Morsels. He frequently writes about queer issues, the terrors of capitalism, and body horror. His work has been published in Novel Noctule, Dread Stone Press, and Shiver. His debut short story collection is Nightmare Yearnings, and he co-edited the anti-capitalist horror anthology ProleSCARYet: Tales of Horror and Class Warfare. Find him at ericraglin.com or on Twitter @ericraglin1992.