Weird ecohorror fans are in for a treat with our newest release, The Writhing, Verdant End, which features stories by Corey Farrenkopf (author of Haunted Ecologies), Tiffany Morris (Green Fuse Burning), and Eric Raglin (Extinction Hymns)! This anthology explores the awe, terror, and strangeness of the natural world in dire times. Here’s what a few early readers said:

• “Corey Farrenkopf, Tiffany Morris, and Eric Raglin have built a shared apocalypse that feels as if Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation and Clive Barker’s Books of Blood made unsettling, chlorophyll-stained offspring.” -sPaCeCoYoTe on Goodreads

• “Farrenkopf brings the weirdness, an eco-horror bordering on the cosmic. Morris has multiple short stories of eco-horror that never go where you think. Raglin caps the collection with a tale of vengeance from an unexpected source. Easily a five star read!” - Elford Alley on Goodreads

• “The stories themselves grow, decay and writhe on the page…” -Sam on Goodreads
  

Treat yourself to an ecohorror nightmare and pick up a paperback or ebook from our store! Remember: buying directly from Cursed Morsels is the best way to support us and our authors!

February Zine Submission Call

Submissions are open February 1st through 7th, 2026 for our next zine bundle. The themes are as follows

• Cunty Horrors (cunty horror microfiction and mini-essays about cunty horror)

• Cursed Concerts (fiction and nonfiction)

• Monstrous Dating Profiles

• Batshit LinkedIn Posts

• Nightmare Grifters (horror/weird fiction about nightmarish grifters)

Interested in writing something? Want to get paid 10 cents per word? Read more about our submission call here.

Gore Poetics Coming Soon

In April 2026, we’re publishing Gore Poetics, a horror and Weird fiction short story collection by Samir Sirk Morató. Here’s a sneak peek:

A fraternity massacre births rewritten history, a supernatural entity, and a survivor obsessed with both. Two bog bodies ponder their star-crossed love. A chronically ill house consumes its unwilling, equally unwell tenant. A housewife discovers she's made of several million ticks—but only after they leak from her new nipple piercings.

The stories in Gore Poetics explore intimacy and annihilation through visceral, wet prose. Samir Sirk Morató makes a name for themself as a master of strange, erotic, and transgressive horror in this stunning debut collection.

This collection will also be our first to feature art for each story—all by Samir, whose talents are innumerable! Below is one of my favorites. It accompanies “sharp house,” a story you can read for free in Nightmare Magazine:

More details coming soon!

My Favorite Books I Read This Year

This year often sucked, but I also read a bunch of great books. Here were my faves, in no particular order:

Sound Museum by poupeh missaghi is unlike any book I’ve ever read. It’s structured as a speech delivered by the curator of a torture sounds museum. It’s dark, challenging, funny, bizarre, and did I mention dark? I loved it.

Gretchen Felker-Martin is 3/3 for me. I’ve loved all of her books, but Cuckoo is my favorite so far. It’s nasty and strange, sexy and scary, fucked-up and inspiring!

Charlene Elsby’s fiction is frequently challenging, and god, do I love the challenge. The Organization is Here to Support You is the weird philosophical corporate horror I didn’t know I needed. I eagerly await Elsby’s next book!

Max Booth III’s I Believe in Mr. Bones creeped me the hell out and made me laugh my ass off in equal measure. I tore through this book and felt genuinely bummed when it was over. It’s so good!

Very different from any other entry on my list is Sonora Reyes’ The Broposal. One complaint I’ve had about some romance books is that they don’t have enough narrative tension, but holy shit, Reyes puts their characters through the wringer. This book had me on the edge of my seat with both real-world horror and sexy tension.