Gothic Blue Book III

A collection of short stories and poems resurrect the spirit of the Gothic Blue Book.

Gothic Blue Books were short fictions popular in the 18th and 19th century. They were descendants of the chap book trade-slim, affordable volumes filled with haunted castles, restless spirits, witches, crypts, and death.

Burial Day Books presents its third Gothic Blue Book: The Graveyard Edition.

This chilling anthology features a haunting collection of short stories and poems that honor the Gothic tradition while breathing new life into it for modern readers. Within these pages, misery, fear, despair, regret, and dread rise from the grave, stirring old ghosts, summoning witches, and awakening death itself.

The anthology brings together both new and established horror authors, weaving together tales that celebrate the legacy of Gothic storytelling while offering new nightmares for a contemporary audience. From cursed graveyards to hidden diaries of madness, each entry delivers terror, atmosphere, and timeless Gothic dread.

• Meg Belviso - Must Love Children and Cats

• Die Booth - The Ghost Bride

• Melissa J. Davies - Ezabell Frowned

• Lance Davis - The Viewing

• Nicole DeGennaro - The Keeper

• Mathias Jansson - Dear Madame Insane

• K. Trap Jones - The Basement

• Michael Kellar - That Which Remains

• Edward J. McFadden III - Sins of Our Mother

• Jessica McHugh - Auntie Grave

• Georgina Morales - A Diary of Madness

• Cortney Philip - Diary of a Door Mouse

• Jennifer A. Smith - And All the Trimmings

• K. R. Smith - The Ballad of Drunken Jack

• Peter Adam Salomon - The Questioner's Apprentice

• Jay Wilburn - Rest

Editors: Cynthia (cina) Pelayo & Gerardo Pelayo
Cover Art: Abigail Larson
Publisher: Burial Day Books

• A true revival of the classic Gothic Blue Books with modern horror voices.

• Stories steeped in graveyard dread, spectral hauntings, witches, and lingering death.

• Perfect for fans of Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Ann Radcliffe, and Mary Shelley.

• An anthology that mixes dark poetry, chilling short stories, and Gothic atmosphere.

• Ideal for readers who enjoy graveyard settings, ghost stories, Gothic anthologies, and supernatural horror.

If you crave Gothic horror anthologies, haunted graveyard stories, supernatural poems, and timeless tales of dread, The Graveyard Edition will not disappoint.

Step through the gates of the graveyard... but beware. Once you enter, you may never leave.