SONGS OF SHADOW, WORDS OF WOE

“A f**king beauty of a book, every story brilliant.” —Kaaron Warren, award-winning author of The Underhistory

The beach where his teenage sister disappeared / Time and dream melt in the mouth of deep weird—

An open mic night bears witness to a fury / A life-changing performance before a dread jury—

A truck stop photo by a touring punk bassist / A chase across the country and her most personal places—

Seven friends mourn a beloved queer icon / A final bequest unleashes the deepest dark of an eidolon…

Songs of shadow, words of woe!

A lonely film student attends a free indie screening / Will this obscure flick bring the end he’s dreaming?

Two wilful women climb a hill to watch a storm / And learn their town’s history of racism and scorn—

Grotesque gangsters in a burlesque club dive / Trouble erupts when a new player arrives—

Invited to experience true terror, not a relic / A horror film fan runs through a theatre derelict…

Songs of shadow, words of woe!

Thirteen morbidly melodic deep cuts from Matthew R. Davis, including the Australasian Shadows Award-winning “Steadfast Shadowsong” and the Shirley Jackson Award-nominated novelette “Heritage Hill.”

“Elegant, frightening, and so delightfully strange, this isn’t just a collection—it’s a cabal.” —Aaron Dries, author of Dirty Heads and A Place for Sinners

“A powerhouse collection filled with rock and roll, the uncanny, the unsettling and the all-out terrifying. A few stories had me looking over my shoulder to see what was lurking in the dark corners of my room.” —Jo Kaplan, Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of When the Night Bells Ring

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Product Details:

Author: Matthew R. Davis

Publication Date: September 19, 2025

Price:

Paperback: $18.95 plus $3.00 shipping, handling and sales tax. Total price: $21.95

Electronic: $5.95

Print Length: 248 pages

Publisher: JournalStone