Spirits Unwrapped

DANIEL BRAUM writes short stories that explore the tension between the psychological and the supernatural. His debut short story collection The Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales (2016) was re-released in 2023 in a new edition from Cemetery Dance Publications with a cover by Dan Sauer. He intentionally adopts the term "strange tales" for his stories in homage to author Robert Aickman and the intentional ambiguities of his work.His short fiction can be found in his collections Underworld Dreams (2020) from Lethe Press, the illustrated chapbook Yeti Tiger Dragon (2016) from Dim Shores, and The Wish Mechanics (2017) from Independent Legions. His collection Phantom Constellations is forthcoming from Cemetery Dance Publications in Fall 2025. His stories have also appeared in places ranging from the The Best Horror of the Year Volume 12 edited by Ellen Datlow and Shivers 8 edited by Richard Chizmar to Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet and many anthologies. Braum first worked with Dan Sauer in the pages of The Audient Void: A Journal of Weird Fiction and Dark Fantasy.His novella The Serpent's Shadow was released in trade paperback by Cemetery Dance in Fall 2023. His novel Servant of the Eighth Wind is forthcoming from Lethe Press. He is the host of the New York Ghost Story Festival and the Night Time Logic reading series.Find him at bloodandstardust.wordpress.com