Curbside Splendor Publishing: 44 books

Fake Fruit Factory is a stick-slapping, gut-punching comedic novel about the eccentric small town of Dyson, Ohio. When NASA determines an errant satellite will crash there, the town's young mayor uses the ensuing media circus to attract tourism and save his bankrupt rust belt community. Unless, of...

Don’t Start Me Talkin' is a comedic road novel about Brother Ben, the only remaining True Delta Bluesman, playing his final North American tour. Set in contemporary society, Brother Ben's protege Silent Sam Stamps narrates an episodic 'last ride,' laying bare America's complicated relationship with...

Reidy's debut book of fiction, Captive Audience was named an Indie Next Notable Book by the American Booksellers Association and published in French translation The Voiceover Artist is a story about coming to terms with and overcoming disability, as well as reckoning one's identity with the...

Winner of the Second Annual Wild Onion Novella Contest, judged by Lindsay Hunter A tree falls in 1955, and in its wreckage spores of poisonous mushrooms begins to grow. Nearly thirty years later, during the height of the AIDS epidemic, those fungi and the death of acclaimed choreographer Haze Morton...

From the unforgiving surf of Costa Rica to hidden vineyards in the South of France, the stories in Perfect Conditions span the globe, and the characters often struggle to find control in unrelenting circumstances: a deep sea fisherman discovers he may not be allowed to return home when his contract...

The New Black is a collection of twenty neo-noir stories exemplifying the best authors currently writing in this dark sub-genre. A mixture of horror, crime, fantasy, science fiction, magical realism, and the grotesque-all with a literary bent-these stories are the future of genre-bending fiction. Table...

In Wolf Doctors, Russ Woods' first full-length collection of poetry, we find cities that have transformed into girls, but who perhaps would like to transform back once again into cities. We find lovers in a forehead-shaped grove, next to a forehead-shaped lake, touching their foreheads together, endlessly....

Author is a member of Horror Writers of America and Thriller Writers of America Author of ten previous books A Blackfoot Native American writer Awarded Novel of the Year in 2013 by This is Horror Frequently participates in readings and festivals to promote books

When 30-something Emily Collins inherits her recently murdered Aunt's house she moves to Heartshorne, Oklahoma, to claim it and confront her family's dark past. After her dead mother begins speaking to her in dreams, Emily stumbles upon a horrible community secret that leads to terrifying revelations about the supernatural pull of Echo Lake.

Edited by Richard Thomas Foreword by Chuck Wendig Cover art by Daniele Serra Interior illustrations by Luke Spooner TABLE OF CONTENTS: Wilderness by Letitia Trent Monster Season by Joshua Blair Cat Calls by Rebecca Jones-Howe Ceremony of the White Dog by Kevin Catalano The Armadillo...

"Mr. Dixon wields a stubbornly plain-spoken style; he loves all sorts of tricky narrative effects. And he loves even more the tribulations of the fantasizing mind, ticklish in their comedy, alarming in their immediacy."-The New York Times The interlinked tales in this Late Stories...

The Doors You Make Are Your Own is the first book of the Joshua City Trilogy . Book two is scheduled for Spring 2016 and book three Fall 2017. Dynamic web site promotes community between publication dates by providing exclusive new stories, illustrations, book trailers, and a fan forum. Book Elliott...

This collection of stories will appeal to fans of short stories and collections. While maintaining a literary voice, these stories touch on a number of genres including horror, fantasy, and crime. These stories will appeal to those looking for fiction with a bit of heat, but not willing to purchase...