Twisted Dreams Press has had a great year in publishing! Not only have we managed to help authors re-release their books through us, but we also published our very first horror poetry collection this year! We plan to publish two more horror poetry collections in 2026. Stay tuned!
We also celebrated our first birthday this year. Yay!
The books which were re-released this year were the following titles:
Cauldhame by Bill Davidson
Death in the Cards by Susan E. Rogers
Horror Clown by Otto DeFay (with the new title: The New Adventures of Horror Clown)
Redhead Town by Deborah Sheldon
Dust and Deliverance by Benjamin DeHaan
We managed to publish 13 books this year, two of which are anthologies. Of course, there were plans to publish more books this year, but circumstances prevented this from happening.
We are thrilled by the number of books we have published since our inception in 2024! We have many more titles scheduled for publication in 2026 and beyond.
Thank you to all of our authors for trusting us with your work. You are all a valuable part of the Twisted Dreams Press family!
Here are the books published by Twisted Dreams Press in 2025:
Ruthie
By Angie Gibson
We entrust the most vulnerable among us—the youngest, the innocent—to the care of those around them: teachers, bus drivers, medical personnel. These adults serve as a daily safety net, standing watch over our most precious.
But what happens when that net breaks?
In a quiet Southern town, six-year-old Ruthie vanishes without a trace. As the town’s police and citizens scramble to find her, fear begins to settle in. Some know more than they’re letting on, tormented by guilt. The entire town is shaken. Parents clutch their children tighter, united in their vigilance.
The signs were there all along. Yet Ruthie was left in the hands of a monster—betrayed by willful ignorance and shocking incompetence.
The town prays for her safe return. But what if their prayers were answered… in a way they never expected? What if Ruthie came back… for revenge?
Be careful what you wish for, because sometimes, you might just get it.
Cauldhame
By Bill Davidson
Josh Aitken is unravelling and on the brink of losing everything—his sleek London home, his vain lover, and his career. With nothing left but regret, he is forced to return to the wilds of the Scottish Highlands and his mysterious childhood home, the crumbling cottage of Cauldhame. Abandoned and half-swallowed by ancient forest, it feels untouched by time.
But Cauldhame is not entirely deserted. Whispers move among the trees, and the forest watches.
There, in a landscape steeped in silence and secrets, Josh joins forces with Caitlin, a fiercely grounded local chef. Together, they unravel long-buried truths about his mother’s death—and the barely believable part he played. Each revelation draws him further from the rational and closer to something older than memory. It is mystical, unknowable, and anything but safe.
What begins as a search for answers becomes a terrifying reckoning. And when reason falters, only the terrible truth can guide him back.
Death in the Cards
By Susan E. Rogers
Want to get rid of that pesky someone? Have a Tarot reading with Queenie. It’s all in the cards… for a hefty fee!
Naïve Janeen signs on as apprentice to read Tarot with Queenie, her recently deceased grandmother’s life-long friend and business partner. She becomes caught up in Queenie’s dark readings, offering their clients deadly solutions to problems courtesy of the Tarot. Strange symptoms possess her and she falls prey to Queenie’s dark magic, until she finds her grandmother’s journals and stumbles across Queenie’s book of spells.
But is Janeen strong enough to protect herself against Queenie’s sorcery? The older woman is powerful and has no intention of letting herself succumb to a novice. Janeen’s bold challenge and Queenie’s unscrupulous offense finally come to a head.
There can only be one Master.
Dark Harvest: Terrifying Tales from the Poisoned Planet: A Fundraising Anthology Presented by Twisted Dreams Press
With stories by Lee Andrew Forman, Kurt Newton, Desiree Horton, Mark Mackey, Josh Gunderson, Megan Guilliams, Bray Mattheson, J. Rocky Colavito, C.S. Dixon, Dawn Colclasure and Jennifer Horgan
Within these pages lurk ten terrifying tales from talented authors around the world. When Mother Nature fights back, humanity’s assumed dominance of Earth’s ecosystems crumbles to dust.
Experience the quiet dread of forests where the trees no longer stand silent witness—but judge and exact vengeance. Dive into once-pristine waters where mutated sea creatures hunt those who poisoned their home. Walk through fields where insects organize with terrible intelligence, and gardens where beautiful blooms conceal deadly intentions.
Each story explores a different facet of our planet’s rebellion against human exploitation. These aren’t simply monsters—they are Earth’s defenders, twisted by our own arrogance into messengers of environmental doom.
All proceeds from this fundraising anthology will be donated to the National Audubon Society, an international organization dedicated to healing the very wounds that inspired these nightmares before fiction becomes reality.
Nature is awakening. And it remembers what we’ve done.
The New Adventures of Horror Clown: The Life and Good Times of a Serial Killer
By Otto DeFay
Welcome to the show!
Murder and Mayhem!
Chaos and Carnage!
Torture and Titillation!
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls!
Introducing the most committed circus performer you’ll ever meet. A clown who takes his work seriously. And his work is killing people.
Lots of them.
Arthropleura Attack!
By J. Rocky Colavito
F*** Around! Find Out!
In a small southwestern border town, illegal crossings have caught the attention of the federal government, and a shadow organization has risen to the task of developing a deterrent that embodies shock, awe, and abject terror. By mining ancient DNA and subjecting it to cutting-edge technology, the scientists succeed. But at what cost?
They’re the size of SUVs.
They leave their victims deflated and desiccated.
Their hides are impervious to gunfire.
Their appetite knows no bounds.
And now they’re loose and have disregarded their programming.
Arthropleurae have been resurrected, and they are on the attack!
Trigger Warnings:
Icky violence; animal, children, and adult deaths; physical abuse; sexual activity; torture, transphobic and racist language. If any of these are off-putting in any way, then don’t buy, sample, or read this book!
Monster Monday
With stories by Desiree Horton, J. Rocky Colavito, Andrew Buckner, Josh Gunderson, Joel Austin, Kathleen Palm, Bray Mattheson, Summer Harris, A.M. Symes and Alex Hunter
Ten Authors. Ten Monsters. One Terrifying Start to Your Week.
Step into a world where nightmares take flesh and legends walk among us. Ten masterful authors have unleashed their most terrifying creations in this spine-tingling collection that proves monsters come in every shape, size, and species imaginable.
From creatures that lurk in shadow to beings that defy comprehension, from ancient evils to modern terrors, each story delivers a unique breed of fear. These aren’t just monsters—they’re fully realized entities with their own dark appetites, twisted motivations, and horrifying abilities.
You’ll encounter forces that challenge everything you thought you knew about what goes bump in the night. Each tale is a doorway into darkness, crafted by authors who understand that the most terrifying monsters are the ones that feel utterly real.
Monster Monday kicks off a thrilling new anthology series where each day of the week unleashes its own brand of horror. This opening volume sets the bar high with creatures that will haunt your imagination long after you’ve turned the final page.
The first in the chilling “Week of Terrors” anthology series.
Dare to meet them all… if you can survive the encounter.
The One-in-the-Noose
By Susan E. Rogers
A house haunted by a centuries-old spell…
A doll animated by the spirit of her living twin…
A woman held captive inside a cursed noose…
Ursie Donovan and her father are hired to clean out the old Vansander place, but something is strange about the empty house. In the fourth-floor attic, a noose hangs from the rafters. Then, she finds an antique porcelain doll. She feels compelled to bring them home and hide them.
Thoughts of the noose and the doll obsess Ursie. She feels the rope wrapping itself around her, until she can’t tell dreams from reality. The doll sends Ursie into a trance with visions of a woman and her baby.
Ursie researches the history of the Vansander place and begins to piece the story together. She finally realizes what she must do to save herself from the curse.
But is she strong enough to overcome its supernatural power?
I Just Called to Say You Killed Me
By J. Rocky Colavito
Six politicians, different in states, experiences, and upbringing, united by their largesse toward and support of the Second Amendment, and all those who would have their guns pried from their cold, dead hands. That was their common ground.
Until now.
Six politicians receive a phone call from out of the blue on their personal cell phones; they don’t recognize the caller, but their habit of always accepting calls from anyone makes them answer.
Six politicians, puzzled by the voice on the other end, and the message being conveyed. They hang up.
Then they receive another call, and then another.
Six politicians, united by the fear of their ringing phones and the message from the caller on the other end. The message is clear, and its content is horrifying.
Six politicians are hearing from common sources who died needlessly, and the voices are from those victims.
The message for six politicians is: “I just called to say you killed me.”
The blood is on their hands, the phone calls are on their consciences, and the souls behind the voices are on their heels.
“I just called to say you killed me.”
Pray that the next call isn’t to you.
Dreadful Seasons
By Kurt Newton
Every season has its horrors.
Winter has its bone-chilling cold.
Spring brings new growth to things that once appeared dead.
Summer spawns violent storms like monsters released from the sky.
And Autumn fills the air with the lonely scent of rot and decay.
Every season has its horrors… and there are stories whispered in the wake of their passing.
Dreadful Seasons offers sixteen young adult tales of horror that wrap the reader in discomfort, like a winter blanket with a life all its own.
From dark fairy tales to nightmarish landscapes of the future, like the seasons, there is a little something for everyone, and no time of the year is safe.
Redhead Town: Dystopian/Vampire Novella
By Deborah Sheldon
LIFE IS BLOODY GOOD
In Australia, vampires are a protected class.
Twenty-two towns are picked to siphon vampires, aka “redheads,” out of capital and regional cities. When polled, most Australians agree with this strategy. But most Australians don’t live in a “designated area.” Don’t have to step over drowsing redheads during the day. Or live in terror of marauding redheads during the night.
Mark Murphy is a nightshift worker in the designated area of Oleg’s Creek. His house is now worth nothing, and he can’t afford to leave. He’s heard rumours of The Refusal. Desperate, will he risk a grab at freedom?
Written by award-winning author Deborah Sheldon, Redhead Town is a dark tale of government overreach, societal breakdown, and one man’s love for his wife and son.
WINNER of the Australasian Shadows “Paul Haines” Award for Long Fiction
Dust and Deliverance
By Benjamin DeHaan
Paulo, a father, high school counselor and recent widower, searches for his lost daughter Adriana who has become bound to the cocaine drug cartel.
Adriana, daughter of Paulo, runs away from higher education and seeks fortunes and a life of paradise.
Sam, gaming addict and divorced Denver Police officer, blames his failed marriage on his wife’s misunderstanding.
Harold, protector of Adriana and ex-opera singer of Mexico City, yearns for nothing more than to get his singing voice back.
San Isabel National Park, Colorado, a place where four broken people collide and are set free.
This is a story of the heart’s deliverance.
Vampire Verses
By LindaAnn LoSchiavo
“Vampire Verses” explores the seductive mystique of the shadow sphere and savors the forbidden allure of encounters with the supernatural — illustrated by spooky full-page artwork.
For lovers of Gothic poetry and vampire lore, this collection captures what makes these immortals irresistible: their paradoxical existence where death becomes a gateway to living more intensely.
Thank you to every one of our authors for working with us to get your books out in the world! We are excited to have your books published by us and we can’t wait to work with you all again in the new year and beyond!
And thank you to all of our authors for being so patient as we navigated many tough times we experienced this year. We will keep going strong no matter what problems, issues, or delays that we have to deal with! You are all family and we’ve got your back! We will continue to support you, advocate for you, and be there for you anytime you have questions or concerns!
Thank you for trusting us with your work. Thank you for your time. And thank you for your patience.
We have exciting plans for 2026, with new authors joining our fold. We look forward to bringing you more twisted dreams in the new year!