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Corpse Road Blues

Corpse Road Blues, my first short story collection, is available in both paperback and ebook formats.

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.

“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).

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

Corpse Road Blues – ebook available now

My first collection of short stories published by the amazing team at Demain Publishing is now available as an e-book. The paperback edition complete with a wraparound cover is due out in April.

Corpse Road Blues features 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. It highlights social issues including homelessness, domestic abuse, hate crime, and the rise of Nationalism, philosophical viewpoints such as free thought, while discussing themes of grief and loss.

Take the Corpse Road to find someone’s daughter lost in a puddle; a young artist struggling with their inability to feel pain; a niece resorting to an unusual form of exorcism; and a Christmas tree helping the dead with terrifying results for the living.

The damn creepy cover? Illustration is by the man, Mutartis Boswell, cover design by Adrian Baldwin, kind words courtesy of the wonderful Rosemary Thorne.

It’s time to join the Corpse Road.