CORPSE ROAD BLUES: fifteen original and previously published stories that explore what it means to be haunted; fifteen spectres, wraiths and shades lost on the old corpse road; fifteen chances to find peace.
Praise for CORPSE ROAD BLUES:
“This is a fine collection of short dark tales. Eric Nash balances the grim with the soulful as real emotion interweaves shadows and elements as disparate as Greek mythology, marginalised community bigotry, voyeurism, body horror and rural folk creepiness.” Paul E Draper, author of Black Gate Tales.
“…so brilliantly horrible, it’s left some mental images that are going to be lingering for a very long time! I’m having to take a bit of a breather in-between each story, they really do pack a punch. But that’s no bad thing, writing this good should be savoured rather than all gobbled down in one go.” Steph Lay (author of Taking the Red Ways).
“…in his exquisite tapestry of terror, Eric Nash orchestrates an uncanny symphony that transcends the mundane, immersing readers in a realm where British sophistication and horror intertwine, making a significant impact in the context of modern dark fiction.” Rosemary Thorne, author of El Pacto de las 12 uvas.
The paperback comes with a vintage wraparound cover designed by Adrian Baldwin, illustated by Mutartis Boswell. It is published by Demain Publishing.
Bonus material – if you’re a fan of origin stories, then there’s a series of posts on the blog that discuss the inspiration for each story in the collection. There’s also a Spotify playlist dedicated to the book, and if you have your own choice of songs that fit the stories, let me know, I’ll add them to the playlist.
Corpse Road Blues is available here: Paperback / Ebook
Free Reads:
When Darkness Falls (2025) published in the online magazine, Tales from the Moonlit Path.
The Red Spot Murders reworked for 2025, originally published in Ghosts, Spirits, Specters Vol 1 (2019).
The Imposter Syndrome (2025) published on the Horror Scribes website.
Books:
Corpse Road Blues: an exploration of contemporary hauntings (pub. Demain Publishing, 2025). My debut short story collection.
Magic (pub. by Demain Publishing, 2019, reprinted 2022). A chapbook issue containing two of my folk horror stories.
Magazines & Online Journals:
Tales from the Moonlit Path (Oct 2025) features When Darkness Falls (see Free Reads for link)
Dark Horses magazine (Nov 2023) features Wounds are Lips Waiting to be Kissed (first published in Ghostlight 2019)
Bleed Error (Fall 2022) features The Body In Deer Leap Woods
Ghostlight, the Magazine of Terror, (2021) features Wounds are Lips Waiting to be Kissed
Terror Tract, (April 2020) features The Woodwose and his May Queen
Horla Horror: home of intelligent horror, (2019) features Jake
Mythic: a quarterly science fiction and fantasy magazine, Issue 3, (2017) features Holding Hands
Anthologies:
The Shadows That We Carry, pub. Black Cat Reading (2026) features Always By Your Side
Christmas House: an anthology of holiday horror, pub. Bludgeoned Girls Press (2025) features Want
Invasions of World, Home, Body, and Mind (2025) ed. L. Andrew Cooper and H. J. Dutton, pub. Horror Scribes features The Imposter Syyndrome
Horror Library, Volume 8, ed: Eric J. Guignard, pub: Dark Moon Books (2023) features Saving the World. This story made it onto Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year Volume Sixteen Recommendations
Kitchen Sink Gothic 2, ed: David & Linden Riley, pub: Parallel Universe Publications (2022) features The Christmas Tree
Call of the Wyld, ed: Mark Bilsborough, pub: Wyldblood Press (2021) features Rewilding
Aggregate: stories at the intersection between science fiction and horror, ed: Scott Grant, pub: Writerfield (2020) features April Showers
Ghosts, Spirits, Specters Vol 1, ed: Xtina Marie, pub: HellBound Books (2019) features The Red Spot Murders
Monsters Among Us, ed: Claire Fitzpatrick, pub: Oscillate Wildly Press (2017) features Hypnos
Speculative Valentine Drabbles, ed: Roy C. Booth & Jorge Salgado-Reyes (2015) pub: Indie Author Press features The Banshee’s Gift
From the Corner of Your Eye, ed: David F. Kramer, pub: Great Old Ones Publishing (2015) features Poseidon’s Standing Stones
Trysts of Fate, ed: Lee Ann Story Sikora, pub Alban Lake (August 2015) features What You Wish For
Wrapped in Black: Thirteen Tales of Witches and the Occult, ed: Jennifer L. Greene, pub: Sehkmet Press (2014) features Pigeon
The Serial Killers Quattuor, ed: James Ward Kirk, pub: JWK Fiction (2014) features The Handwritten Journal
The Rogues Gallery: The Illustrated Police News, ed: Alex Scully pub: Firbolg Publishing (2014) features Felicity Cinch
Changes, ed: Dorothy Davies, pub: Horrified Press (2014) features Bruce, Wayne and Mike
22 More Quick Shivers ed: pub: Cosmonomic Multimedia (2014) features A Persuasive Argument…
Podcasts:
Creepy Pod Podcast featured When the Sun Shines (formerly April showers)
Some kind words from readers and editors about my work:
- “[Nash’s] writing is poetic and lovely. It is also creepy and immersive, and the build up of dread is palpable.”
- “Intriguing, mystifying and deeply sinister.”
- “terribly authentic”.
- “rich in ideas and kept me riveted.”
- “A long and thought-provoking story… and one which stretches the genre.”
- “Macabre magnificence”.
While you’re here check out the Creased Spine Bookshelf for my fiction recommendations.
Thanks for stopping by.
Nash
Eric Nash 