The Ghoulish Times | 03.07.25
Hello and welcome to the latest issue of The Ghoulish Times. My name is Max Booth and OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT—
ANNOUNCING THE PROGRAMMING FOR GHOULISH BOOK FESTIVAL 2025
Ghouls, the 2025 Ghoulish Book Festival in San Antonio, TX is one week away, and we are exhausted & excited to finally reveal our programming for Friday March 14th & Saturday March 15th. We have panels, readings, storytelling contests, live music (Ak’chamel!), doom metal yoga, a mass author signing, and so, so much more. Click HERE to browse the full program. Click HERE to buy a badge. Click HERE for an unrelated public service announcement.
LAST CHANCE TO SNAG A 2025 GHOULISH MEMBERSHIP
Due to reasons, we extended our annual membership drive last week, and now you have less than 24 hours to secure your 2025 Ghoulish Membership. Subscribing to a Ghoulish Books Membership allows you to pre-order our 2025 publication line-up at a 10% discount from retail prices. We have three subscription options available this year: ULTIMATE GHOUL, TRUE GHOUL and DIGITAL GHOUL. Here’s what you get:
DIGITAL GHOUL MEMBERSHIPS (EBOOKS)
A Feast of Putrid Delights by Valentina Rojas
The Best Trans Horror of the Year, Volume One
Say Uncle by Ryan C. Bradley
The Small Hours by Bob Pastorella
Issues with Authority by Nadia Bulkin
Mother-Eating by Jess Hagemann
Ghoulish Tales Issue #5
Cosmic Dyke Patrol by Lor Gislason
TRUE GHOUL MEMBERSHIPS (PAPERBACKS + EBOOKS)
include the above titles in paperback as well as ebook
signed author bookplates
bookmarks, stickers, other fun goodies
ULTIMATE GHOUL MEMBERSHIPS – ALL OF THE ABOVE PLUS…
Inside Out by Lor Gislason (Reprint)
Bad Dogs by Nate Southard (Reprint)
Sick! Stories from the Goop Troop by Lor Gislason, Shelley Lavigne, and Eric Raglin (Reprint)
Laminated Discount Card for 10% off anything else in the store throughout 2025
Ghoulish patch
Metal bookmark
Other fun stuff we haven’t decided on yet
Books will ship as they become available throughout the year. Unless otherwise noted in the Order Notes, Say Uncle, The Small Hours, Mother-Eating, and Bad Dogs will be personalized & signed to the listed customer name by the authors instead of receiving a signature sticker.
The subscription order page will be deleted tomorrow, Saturday, March 8th, at 11am CST.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY REVIEWS “A FEAST OF PUTRID DELIGHTS"
Publishers Weekly called Valentina Rojas's A FEAST OF PUTRID DELIGHTS "wonderfully disgusting" with "gorgeous, visceral prose." Read the full review HERE or just read the graphic below:
Pre-order FEAST from our webstore HERE or by securing a Ghoulish membership. All pre-ordered paperbacks will receive a signed sticker from the author!
PASTE MAGAZINE SAYS UNCLE
We were ecstatic to recently reveal the cover for Ryan C. Bradley’s Say Uncle and drop an exclusive excerpt over on Paste Magazine’s website. Read the excerpt HERE. Check out the cover below:
Pre-order the book directly through the Ghoulish webstore HERE or secure a Ghoulish membership HERE (reminder: membership opportunities expire March 8th, at 11am CST). All paperback pre-orders before April 11th will be signed & personalized by the author.
Here is a photo of publisher (me) and author (Ryan) holding the very first physical copy in existence:
I hate most pictures of myself (this one included) but this is the level of dedication I give our authors. Never let anyone say that I haven’t made significant sacrifices as a small press publisher of horror fiction. (Ryan, I am joking, it’s a good picture and I’m glad we took it, please do not panic.)
THE SCARES THAT SHAPED MAX BOOTH
I was on the Scares that Shaped Us podcast to talk about The Gate, along with a bunch of other stuff.
It’s a fun conversation! Listen to it HERE.
Since I don’t post links publicly too often anymore as a way to combat spambots, if you want to join our (very active) horror discord, click HERE. We also have a Ghoulish subreddit now, although it’s not exactly bursting with activity yet. You could change that, however! YOU!
Okay goodbye.
-max (booth (iii))