Celebrated weird writer Peter Rawlik returns to his highly entertaining world of Lovecraft-inspired, silver screen-infused fiction with a standalone follow-up to his 2016 novel, Reanimatrix.
ARKHAM, 1928
Halsey, Peaslee, & Lydecker, Consulting Detectives
Arkham’s newest detective agency doesn’t handle philandering spouses, missing relatives, kidnappings or even murders. Even so, they aren’t looking for work-if anything, they would appreciate some time off, to rest and recuperate.
The Miskatonic University Spiritualism Club
Dilettantes playing at ghost hunting-but the university knows better. If the club wants to borrow university equipment, they’ll need someone to chaperone them-someone that can handle themselves against the living, the dead-and whatever else the universe might throw at them.
The Krag
The crumbling mansion squats abandoned on a New England cliff, overlooking the cold, dark sea. They say its owner, a professor broken by tragedy, had spent years trying to contact the dead-only to vanish from behind the locked doors of the house itself. Nearly a decade later, the place remains untouched, and the caretaker won’t spend the night.
THESE ARE THE PLAYERS. THIS IS THE PLACE.
IT’S CHRISTMAS.
AND A GHOST STORY IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
Illustrated by Dan Sauer
About the author
DAN SAUER is a graphic designer and artist living in Oregon. In 2016, he co-founded (with editor/publisher Obadiah Baird) The Audient Void: A Journal of Weird Fiction and Dark Fantasy, which features his design and illustration work. Since 2017, he has worked extensively on book covers, interior art and custom typography for Hippocampus Press, Centipede Press, and other publishers. His art often takes the form of surreal collage and photomontage, as pioneered by artists such as Max Ernst, Wilfried Sätty, J. K. Potter and Harry O. Morris.