The Apocalypse Chapters - free flash fiction for subscribers
Plus some updates for Halloween
I dislike having to be my own vendor. The only real thing I can offer in these ‘newsletters’ are promos, recommendations, and, when I can, free e-books - and this newsletter has one! The Apocalypse Chapters is free for Substack subscribers - scroll down for the link.
First up, vol. 2 of Wyrd Door Tales, entitled The Dirt in Which We Are Buried, came out a few months back. Ebook is only .99c and physical copies are a bit more. Go here for storefronts: https://mybook.to/wyrddoor
TOC:
*Crow Boy
-Heel on the Shovel
-The Vegetable Garden Stole My Face (originally published by The Dark Corner)
-Six Days a Soulless Drink
*Honey, I'm Gone
-Of Worms and Whispers
* designates flash fiction of 1,000 words or less
- designates a short story of more than 2,000 words
Cover art done by Michał Teliga, who is also responsible for the covers of my novels Blessed Skeletons (cover and interior) and Five Suns Over Somerset (cover and interior), as well as the interior art of Ride Upon Midnight and Harvest. He has also done all the covers thus far for Wyrd Door Tales.
What people are saying about The Dirt in Which We Are Buried:
The Dirt In Which We Are Buried is a fitting Part 2 to the Wyrd Door Tales umbrella, but I would have to say this one tops Part 1. Part 1 was sinister and strange. Part 2 turns up the volume and goes all out on the darkness and the mysterious.- Alexander Michael, author of Home and The Galleria.
The second volume of Wyrd Door Tales […] delivers exactly what it promises: a grubby handful of horror stories that bloom from muck and death and stay with you like dirt under your nails. The storytelling is sharp and sinewy, almost folkloric in its insistence on rhythm and ritual, but also confident enough to get weird, to get intimate, and to get gruesome. - Miguel Gonçalves, author of The Scarecrow Man, Nightmare Tales, School’s Night Out.
This is insidious horror. It crawls into your brain and festers quietly. Robert writes with such sinister subtlety and these 6 tales of unease, tales of the wyrd, are no exception. - Goodreads review.
A horror collection of flash fiction & short stories that I found to be peculiar, dark, and mind-boggling. The stories are outside comprehension and the norm with Twilight Zone vibes. - Goodreads review.
Next up is The Apocalypse Chapters, a short collection of flash fiction set around a zombie apocalypse. Ebook comes out October 1st, paperback September 19th. But Substack subscribers can get the ebook for free right now.
MUSIC RECOMMENDATION
This one is for the metal lovers. In Mourning’s new album, The Immortal, is fantastic and is more than worth checking out. From Wikipedia:
In Mourning is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Vansbro. They are currently signed to Dalapop. They have released seven full-length albums with their latest The Immortal, released in August 2025.
That’s it for now. I expect to be having a Halloween sale in October, for which I’ll send out another newsletter.
Until then, be safe.
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