Author Archives: David Peak

The latest benefit anthology from Dim Shores, Suffering the Other, which includes my story “Crawling Out of Black Sun,” is now available for preorder.

Here’s the full lineup (reprints are indicated with **):

Kurt Fawver – The KnowQuest AI Chatbot Answers All Your Questions About Britemol C
A. J. Sharpe – Sore Thumb
Marigold Rowell – Salt Blossoms
A.C. Wise – Sea Wives
Cheyenne Shaffer – Ursula the Powerful **
Bitter Karella – The Divine Feminine
Clint Smith – January Sick
David Peak – Crawling Out of Black Sun
Erica Ruppert – Nor Stone, Nor Earth, Nor Boundless Sea
Gwendolyn Kiste – My Sister, The Abyss
Matthew Cheney – Queer Horror, and Other Stories
Jeffrey Thomas – Song of the Loved
J. J. Steinfeld – The Suicide Inspector **
Alexander Hay – LEAD **
Pamela Weis – An Abomination
Jonathan Lees – To Those That Have Lost Hope
Laura Mauro – Ptichka **
Bogi Takács – A Technical Term, Like Privilege **
Lee Thomas – Kisses from the Pain Chamber
Lisa Cai – The Eighth Cigarette **
Robin Rose Graves – Her True Face
Nadia Bulkin – Infested **
Wen Wen Yang – Ghost Festival in the Desert **
Jennifer DeLeskie – You Shall Love Your Crooked Neighbor with Your Crooked Heart

All proceeds from this book go to the National Immigration Project and the Transgender Law Center. Please check it out and support if you can.

The Spanish translation of The Spectacle of the Void is now available from Materia Oscura Editorial. The life of this book continues to amaze me. When I first wrote it, I never expected more than a handful of people would read it, and now it seems like a lot of readers find my fiction through my nonfiction. You just never know. I’m super grateful for everyone involved, Gary J. Shipley most of all.

My latest story, “Foreword to Occult Methods of Investigation,” which originally appeared in Weird Horror #11, has been published online. I’m really proud of this one, please check it out.

The Spanish translation of The World Below is now available from Dilatando Mentes Editorial, which also previously published a translation of Corpsepaint. Both are beautifully designed books. Being translated into another language is arguably the biggest achievement for a writer, and I could not be more proud. Thank you so much to everyone involved, especially Jose Angel De Dios Garcia, who has long been a champion of my writing. You are the best. Thank you.

Issue #11 of Weird Horror, which contains my story “Foreword to Occult Methods of Investigation,” is out now. This is a dream publication. Thank you, Michael Kelly!

Thank you, Ellen Datlow, for including “All the Faithful Departed” on your list of recommendations for The Best Horror of the Year Volume Sixteen (2023). I’m proud to be included along so many of my favorite writers.

“All the Faithful Departed” was originally published in Come October and edited by C. M. Muller.

Super stoked to announce that Luxul had me on the Creative Labyrinths podcast to talk about The World Below, Corpsepaint, and The Spectacle of the Void. Dude really did his homework, and I’m grateful for the opportunity. Please check it out!

I’m very excited to be writing poetry again. Thank you, Sam Moss, for publishing two new ones in ergot.

First, I’m happy to announce that my autumnal story “All the Faithful Departed” was published in C.M. Muller’s latest themed anthology, Come October.

And second, Paul K. and David Leo Rice were nice enough to have me on Wake Island to talk about The World Below. We covered everything from Mandy to psychedelics to the West Memphis Three, and I’m really happy with how it turned out. Please check it out!

My friend Chris Heavener interviewed me about The World Below for Vol. 1 Brooklyn. We discuss metaphysics, AI, cosmic horror, Christian nationalism, witches, and other fun stuff. Many thanks to Tobias Carroll for running it.