JEFFERY X MARTIN's SHORT STORIES ABOUT YOU and PAUL LUBACZEWSKI's I NEVER EAT CHEESESTEAK live on GODLESS HORRORS! And More!

"The new owner of a home that holds a terrible surprise. An insomniac whose quest for sleep leads you to a horrifying discovery. The parent of a little girl who holds the keys of damnation and salvation in her tiny hands. You are all these people, and more. In this brave collection, author Jeffery X Martin makes the reader the main character in fifteen nerve-grinding new stories, filled with horror, humor and jagged pieces of human nature."

"They say life is what happens when you're making other plans. It is also what happens when you need cash to record a demo, but that isn't as catchy in a song, or a meme. Al was coasting through life without a plan or a clue when he was offered a way to make quick cash without doing anything illegal, mainly because killing vampires is not technically against any laws. If he agrees he jump starts his musical career, but on the downside, he has to combat the forces of undead evil, including their horrific fashion sense. Will Al survive? Will his punk rocker sister Angie finally dump her loser boyfriend? Will Al's girlfriend come to her senses and dump him? Will Al's gruff partner Abdiel become "woke"? (Depends on your definition) Will the citizens of Philadelphia discover the dark festering evil that lurks in their very city?(other than Eagles fans) Will anyone eat an actual cheesesteak? The only way to find out is to read this book, because there will probably never be a Cliff Notes for this one!"

Both books are available on the excellent and revolutionary Godless Horror app, which is a must have for horror fans who prefer e-readers over paperbacks. For you physical media fans, Cheesesteak is available right now and Short Stories About You should be live within the next couple of days.

In Other News...

Starting in issue six of Stranger With Friction, we are excited to announce we will be serializing the new novella by Carter Johnson called Tales from Behind the Counter!

Dropping next month, April 21st, on Godless and Amazon, St Rooster Books is proud to present Saint's Blood by Ryan Bradley! Want a reason to be excited? Check out what Owen King, author of Double Feature: A Novel and Sleeping Beauties (with Stephen King) has to say about it;

"Miracles do happen in Ryan Bradley's dark and unrelenting Saint's Blood, but be warned; they come at no small price. Saint's Blood is an impressive debut. I enjoyed it and I'm excited to see what Ryan Bradley writes next." 

There's just over a month left to get your submissions in to us for No One Likes a Tourist: An Anthology of Dark Tourism. What is Dark Tourism? It's going to the site of tragedy, disaster, murder, or other dark events rather than going to Disney World for your vacation. I'm talking about touring Chernobyl or taking the Jeffery Dahmer serial killer tour. For this anthology, I'm asking you to take this concept and create your own dark tourism scenario. People going to bad places and having bad things happen to them. As always; no sexist, racist, homophobic, or transphobic material. I really don't like the rape-revenge sub-genre either, and I'm unlikely to accept such a story. Otherwise, go nuts! 

Word count: 3-5 thousand words

Payment: $20 and a contributor copy or the equivalent of $20 worth of contributor copies

Deadline: May 1st, 2022

Send to: Holyrooster76@gmail.com

NEW SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES to ST ROOSTER BOOKS!

We're starting two subscription services at St Rooster Books! 

The first is for Stranger With Friction, our literary/horror/punk rock magazine, which drops four times a year. Our first three issues have come out really well and have received some solid reviews. We have a December issue coming to close out 2021 and then the first issue of 2022 should drop late February.

 Our second subscription service will be a lot more comprehensive; every book we release in 2022, including four issues of Stranger With Friction. We've had an amazing 2021 with the books we've released and the positive reactions from critics and readers. Subscribers will get exclusive goodies, early previews of releases, chances to win exclusive merch, and more. Part of this subscription will include seven books that I can't reveal the details on, but we're releasing six new editions of some books by one author that I LOVE and those reprints will be followed by a brand new seventh book. At this point, we have about 4-6 other new releases dropping as well, including our new anthology, which we'll be announcing an open call for in January! 

St Rooster Books 2022 releases plus a year of SWF: $130 

St Rooster Books 2022 releases: $100 

One year subscription: $40. 

Two year subscription: $70.

For details and to sign up or order any of our current and past releases direct from St Rooster, contact me at Holyrooster76@gmail.com.

COMING FEBRUARY 28TH from ST ROOSTER BOOKS; 3 HITS FROM THE HOLLER by PAUL LUBACZEWSKI

St Rooster Books is proud to present our second partnership with author Paul Lubaczewski, following last year's Basketball Diaries meets Clive Barker novella, A New Life. This month's release is a collection of three novellas of Appalachian horror called 3 Hits from the Holler and Paul continues to kick our ass with his brilliant heartfelt and intelligent narratives. Steph Murr did another amazing cover, that perfectly compliments the stories within. The book will be available in paperback and on the Kindle and you can order through your local book shops or online on February 28th. 

Before deciding to take writing seriously Paul had done many things, printer, caving, the SCA, Brew-master, punk singer, music critic etc. Since then he has appeared in numerous science fiction, and horror magazines and anthologies. Born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, he moved to Appalachia in his 30s for the peace and adventure found there. He has three children, two who live in his native Pennsylvania, and one interrupting his writing constantly at home. Married to his lovely wife Leslie for twenty years, they live in a fairy tale town in nestled in a valley by a river. Author of over 50 published stories, his debut novel “I Never Eat…Cheesesteak” came out in2019, and his A New Life and Cult of the Gator God both dropped in 2020.

STRANGER WITH FRICTION IS NOW A PHYSICAL MAGAZINE AND ISSUE ONE IS OUT NOW!

"Published four times a year, Stranger With Friction is a magazine that reaches outside of St Rooster Books’ publishing orbit to artists, writers and musicians who we admire and/or are inspired by. It encompasses outsider literature, punk rock, and horror movies which have informed St Rooster Books’ mission statement from the start. Featuring essays and reviews, interviews, fiction and poetry, and artwork, Stranger With Friction is printed as an oversized, perfect bound book-zine through a print-on-demand service and available to e-readers. St Rooster Books seeks to create a unique reading experience by mixing an eclectic group of writers and artists in an entertaining and collectible riot of a combination of Slash Magazine, Rue Morgue, and the Evergreen Review."

Get your copy HERE.

Issue One features; editor/BORN IN THE WINTER

WAXWORK RECORDS’ TOP FIVE RELEASES BY MARK PIDGEON

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT/AN INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR IZZY LEE

fiction/WHAT IS LEFT BY PAUL LUBACZEWSKI

MUSIC IN HORROR: RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD BY CHRIS CAVORETTO

fiction/CRAMPS BY LAMONT A TURNER

TEXAS IS THE REASON: LOOKING BACK AT THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

AMERICAN JESUS 2020 BY ERIK STEWART

fiction/NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH BY CARTER JOHNSON

NOW LET US PRAISE NOISE; CLASSIC LURCHING DEATH OF 1984

poetry/ERIK STEWART

PUBLISHER SPOTLIGHT: WEIRDPUNK BOOKS

MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MONSTERS: CABAL and NIGHTBREED

fiction/MACHO INSECURITY BY JEREMY LOWE

poetry/MARCELLINE BLOCK

AVAILABLE NOW FROM ST ROOSTER BOOKS; THE GRAY MAN and KIDS OF THE BLACK HOLE

It's alive! ALIVE! Kids of the Black Hole; A Punksploitation Anthology is live! Featuring Paul Lubaczewski (I Never Eat...Cheesesteak), Jeremy Lowe (Daily Grindhouse, The Modern Rippers), Chris Hallock (Diabolique, Boston Underground Film Fest), Sarah Miner, and myself (Neon Sabbath, Motel On Fire, etc). With another gorgeous cover by Stephanie Murr!

There was just something special about channel surfing and coming across Class of 1984 or Repo Man on cable. How many times have you rented Suburbia and Return of the Living Dead? Do you have The Green Room and The Ranger on Blu-ray? For some of us, Punksploitation holds a special place in our hearts. Especially for those of us who came from the sticks or small towns where there was no punk scene and our only connection was the music and the movies. St Rooster Books is proud to present five tales inspired by Punksploitation; “Urchins” by Chris Hallock, “Black Thunder” by Sarah Miner, “I Love Livin’ in the City” by Paul Lubaczewski, “Skate or Die” by Jeremy Lowe, and “What We Do is Secret” by Tim Murr. The stories run the gamut from B-movie sci-fi, to weird, to funny, to splatter, to straight horror. All are written from a place of love for punk rock and the movies it inspired.

Get Your copy HERE!

What do you do when your family becomes your prison? Tim Murr, the author of Neon Sabbath, Motel on Fire, and City Long Suffering, takes you to a small town in East Tennessee, where a young family move into a home where a predatory spirit lies in wait with generations of tragic secrets pulsating just under the surface. THE GRAY MAN is Murr's most personal work to date and also his most horrifying.

My new novella, The Gray Man, is now live on both e and paperback formats, fiends! Featuring a gorgeous cover by Stephanie Murr, who also did the covers for Motel on Fire, Neon Sabbath, Conspiracy of Birds, and To Be One With You.

Becky Narron from Deadman's Tome Publishing said The Gray Man is "a wild, tense ride you won't forget...brilliantly written..."

Order your copy HERE.