Down these paths lie madness

Welcome to Terror Stories from the Territories, from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, who’s traveled the world to hear stories from the underside of existence, and from the dark and weird corners of the Earth.

Each volume’s theme drives the stories inside it, and each volume is its own collection of special adventures. Themes include special locations (desert, ocean, arctic, space, etc.), or special themes (Lovecraftian, end of the world, creature feature, etc.)

In each volume are ten or more compelling stories of dark mystery and horror.

From the author: “For each and every story in this collection, if it didn’t freak me out or send a shiver down my spine, or leave me disturbed, then it’s not in this collection. I’ve tried to create the best experience possible with each book.”

Find each volume below, more details about it, its release date, and links to add it to your collection!

Volume 1: Humanity is Such Easy Prey

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“Humans are not the top of the food chain…”
Volume 1 goes live June 2026!
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No matter where humans may go, there exist those which prey on them. From ocean shores to subway stations to forests to nightclubs, and even luxurious hotel rooms, nowhere is safe, and everywhere hides dangers.

Beware of teeth and claws, and beware of silky-soft, beguiling words. Behind every safe and warm space, things creep that may or may not be of this world, but all of whom pose the gravest threat.

In volume one of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover twelve unsettling tales of creatures and other horrors all sharing a unique taste: the taste of hunting humans, as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: Humanity is Such Easy Prey includes the following tales:

  • Christmas Gifts – Malls are complicated places.
  • Prints – Might be good to reconsider what you’re trailing.
  • Ring Around the Ravenous – No child was left behind.
  • Maturation – Don’t restart a process until you know what it does.
  • High Hide – The little apes are the worst.
  • Drone – Few of us understand the layers of war going on all the time.
  • The Lure of Friendship – Being helpful is great, but be careful.
  • The Trail – Beaches can hide ancient dangers.
  • The Date – First dates can be interesting.
  • …And Counting – Terrors hidden in plain sight.
  • Honeypot – Don’t get trapped.
  • First Morning with Poppa – A family adventure.

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Volume 2: Horror Under the Green

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“The woods may be dark and deep, but…”
Volume 2 goes live July 2026!
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The leaves may seem cheerful and the happy sunlight dappling the path may seem inviting, but don’t be fooled. The green spaces carry dark anger in their every niche. They seethe barely-contained hatred of those who tear into the forest, who remove the trees and the shadows, without first understanding what those shadows hide.

The dangers hiding under the green might be hiding from human beings, but it’s probably best to let them stay hidden.

In volume two of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover thirteen unsettling tales from beneath the brooding trees and whispering leaves of the darkest forests, as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: Horror Under the Green includes the following tales:

  • Adrenaline – Keep running.
  • A Little Lost – Best to leave the wild things alone.
  • Watching – The woods are hungry, and also full of prey.
  • The Cost – Always ask permission.
  • Beating Wings – If you can’t listen to the trees…
  • Spotter – In lost paths, the hunter and the hunted often switch places.
  • I Saw a Pony – A small future to consider.
  • Bonecasting – Trespassing can getcha.
  • Songs of Freedom, Songs of Loss – Ghosts pile up.
  • Watchers – They are quiet, and they are behind you.
  • Crazy Wall – Disaster at the end of a thread.
  • The Chakatong – Seeing is believing, and believing is seeing.
  • End Oh End – The cry of the loam.

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Volume 3: Beneath the Waves

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“Wave upon wave of seething danger…”
Volume 3 goes live August 2026!
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The reason there is no “Bermuda Triangle” on land is because the land doesn’t have the capacity, ability, or willingness to hide dark and deadly secrets as well as the ocean waves.

The eternal oceans constantly lay claim to the land they surround. Earth belongs to the oceans and its hungry secrets, but only strokes of luck result in dry areas upon which we perch in fear of those relentless blue depths.

In volume three of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover fourteen unsettling tales from under the rolling breakers of the angrier seven-tenths of the planet, as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: Beneath the Waves includes the following tales:

  • Lady Ghost – Legends are worth listening to.
  • The Fine Print – You can’t run from some curses.
  • Gods of the Deep – Gods and ghosts, crossing paths across time.
  • The Mist House – Things have been started that will never end.
  • Beach Day – Play all you like, but it’s still heading for you.
  • The Deepest Pearl – If a treasure is juuuust out of reach, then good.
  • Descent – Holding your breath won’t help you underwater.
  • The Parting – It’s rarely a decision for only you.
  • Flotsam – You don’t have to pick up every little thing.
  • Blackwater – In the dark waters, dark things swim.
  • The Hagstone – Seeing something means knowing something.
  • Fluid – Solidity is transitory.
  • True Love – The world can wear you down so.
  • Sometimes They Know What They’re Talking About – Watch what the children say.

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Volume 4: Between the City’s Shadows

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“In a city, anything can – and will be – prey”
Volume 4 goes live September 2026!
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Humans claim they built cities for community, to be close to each other, to share resources, and because it’s more efficient. But humans aren’t the only things that think of cities as “more efficient.”

In narrow alleys between buildings, in sub-basements long forgotten, in long-trodden sewers under busy streets, crouch hungry threats that have no name in our tongue, though we have a name in theirs. That name is “food.”

In volume four of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover twelve unsettling tales of horrors lurking beneath the streets of every city, and between the tallest skyscrapers, as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: Between the City’s Shadows includes the following tales:

  • House Hungry – A house needs a family as much as a family needs a house.
  • Seeker – A game for the centuries.
  • Eyes of Prophecy – Maybe “crazy” just means they see farther.
  • Tacos – Sometimes you do something purely for luck.
  • The Dance – Everything is hunting, just not always for the same meal.
  • Mourning – When a city shrieks, everyone listens.
  • The Score – No one likes to be alone. No thing likes to, either.
  • Brickwork – Watch your feet.
  • Just Business – We like to presume businesses make logical decisions.
  • Fingers – An ancient tale of the far future.
  • The Club – It’s all fun, until it’s a plan.
  • Walking the Strip – Some horrors never end.

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Volume 5: Mayhem, Death, and Fresh Air

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“In the liminal space between wild and tame…”
Volume 5 goes live October 2026!
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Civilizing the wild is a violent and suppressive act. If there were no such things as spirits, elementals, and shaggy-toothed things, then humans could spread as they wished, but instead, the wild has its own way of pushing back.

If we’re going to try claiming their homes as ours, we get what we deserve. Watch out for those spirits of trees, of earth, of loam and land. Watch out for their hunger, and watch out for their vengeance.

In volume five of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover eleven unsettling tales of terrors lurking at the edge of the wild spaces, each waiting for night, or simply the blink of an eye, as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: Mayhem, Death, and Fresh Air includes the following tales:

  • Sliders – The turtles are the indicator.
  • Roadside – Always check the car carefully.
  • Bugs – The cutest things are the ones you get too close to.
  • Cryptozoology – The trouble with hunting imaginary monsters is finding real ones.
  • Rattled – writeup.
  • Suicide Point – Sometimes, your friends are the enemy.
  • The Silver in the Dark – The quiet night hides a silent terror.
  • Best Mother Ever – Parenthood is all about sacrifice. Or so they say.
  • Bigfoot – Highest hopes can be dashed by the most ordinary thing.
  • The Carnival – A carnival can really change your outlook.
  • Seeds – Best wishes, but how many times are needed?

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Volume 6: A Fear-Filled Vacuum

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“Terror has a limit on Earth, but in space…”
Volume 6 goes live November 2026!
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There are those who think the highest goal of humanity is to reach for the stars, as if the stars are a distant challenge. In fact, the stars want humans to reach for them. They want humans to cross those vast distances. They want humans closer. Humans are delicious.

While terrors stalk our world, they are restrained by size. Out there, however, there is no sense of scale, and there is no limit to the horrors.

In volume six of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover eleven unsettling tales of the infinite depths of non-empty and undeniably ferocious deep space, as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: A Fear-Filled Vacuum includes the following tales:

  • The Wake – It’s up to you to fix your mistakes – no matter how long it takes.
  • For Space is Deep and Hungry – Make sure the pets are taken care of.
  • Priorities – If we can’t act like adults, then someone else will.
  • Salvage – If you can catch it, you can keep it, unless it gets away again.
  • X – Memory is plastic, and littered with terror.
  • The Conspiracy – What you don’t know could most definitely hurt you.
  • A Cycle of Echoes – Lost in time, space, and mind.
  • Harbinger – The best gift you can offer others is yourself.
  • Underbelly – Most things are simply a matter of good timing – including murder.
  • Eventuality – Gravity bends spacetime, though you hardly notice at first.
  • Fossils – When replacing the bad with good, make sure the bad is really bad.

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Volume 7: Terror from the Ice

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“Go out in the snow, but you won’t return…”
Volume 7 goes live December 2026!
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People fear monsters and beasts. They think evil hides in the darkness and around the corners. It never occurs to them to beware of the things that are bright and cold and crisp. It never occurs to them that even the light of the sun can’t slake the hunger of the cold. It never occurs to them that snow and ice have teeth that are sharp enough to slide beneath the skin and freeze a body solid.

The cold is hungry and it doesn’t hide in shadows. The cold is bright and crisp and draws away a soul as fast as it draws away a shuddering breath. Don’t even look for footprints. There will be nothing left after the cold is finished with you.

In volume seven of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover eleven unsettling tales of the terror from the only places on Earth colder than a dark icy heart, as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: Terror from the Ice includes the following tales:

  • Buried in White – Leave trouble buried.
  • Surviving – Even alone, or worse, humans try.
  • Acclimatization – Leave students better than you found them.
  • Growth Mindset – When ice keeps things under control.
  • NPC – Not your circus, but you’re still one of the monkeys.
  • His Great Power – A tale of ancient evil, coming out to see the world.
  • Of Ice – Sometimes beauty is simply a lure.
  • The Christmas Pad – Artists have a responsibility.
  • The Measure of as Man – Dig up ancient secrets at your own peril.
  • Lightfoot – In brightest light, an unseen danger lurks.
  • The Lost Eye – It calls across light years.

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Volume 8: The Deadliest Enemy

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“Beware the beast called man…”
Volume 8 goes live January 2027!
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No matter how terrifying a creature we can invent, there’s always something scarier, always something more deadly. But all creatures of our imaginations have weaknesses, things that ultimately save us from them. Except for one. There is a creature not only terrifying and deadly, but for which there is no known cure. No protection.

Once a human being has decided that you are its target, you are dead. There is no stopping these relentless persistence hunters. Their tenacity is matched only by their cruelty. Beware of this beast.

In volume eight of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover ten unsettling tales of horror, casting a sickly light upon the deadliest creature of all – human beings – as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: The Deadliest Enemy includes the following tales:

  • Adversarial Input – The quiet ones are the sneakiest.
  • Diggers – Underground, all bets are off.
  • Facets – Be careful to only steal things you can use.
  • Hearing – Final thoughts from a dark day.
  • Garage Game – There is no winning a cursed game.
  • Just a Shimmer, Just a Gleam – They told us it was okay to trust doctors. They told us.
  • The Intrusion – Who’s the tiger and who’s the lamb?
  • Love, She is Blind – Don’t wait too long for revenge or you may find things more complicated.
  • Cursed – Humanity can advance, or humanity can perish. No more hovering.
  • The Lamb – When everyone has been hunted, there are still good targets.

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Volume 9: Death in the Drylands

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“The restless sands cover and reveal…”
Volume 9 goes live February 2027!
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Contrary to popular belief, the desert teems with life. During the unimaginable baking of the open sun, life hides in shadows and burrows, but at night, when the land releases heat into the icy air, that which creepeth unto the earth creepeth out.

Life in a desert forgives nothing, and the darkest of life, the most secret of life, even less so. Beware the things with no eyes, beware the things with wide eyes, and most of all, beware the mysteries of the deserts, for those mysteries have teeth, hunger, and a deep, deep thirst.

In volume 9 of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover eleven unsettling tales of terror, borne from the restless timeless sands that gnaw at reality, as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: Death in the Drylands includes the following tales:

  • Old Bones – The music of the desert calls.
  • Always Sleepy from Red House – In the distant future, wars still rage.
  • Dark Hour – Curses are the absolute worst.
  • Making the Deal – If one supernatural thing exists, then others must.
  • Dawn of the Deal – Sometimes family needs to resort to tough love to make a point.
  • Appetite – The ancient books can lie as well.
  • Soul Crows – The deeper you dig, the more danger you uncover.
  • The Light – Dark things avoid the light, but not in this case.
  • The Picture of Myself – Something wants out of its cave.
  • Hourglass – Every wish comes with a sharp darkness to taint it.
  • Words of the Wind – The desert always has the last word.

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Volume 10: The Clock’s Final Tick

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“It’s the End of the World and We Know It…”
Volume 10 goes live March 2027!
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The end of the world is too great a concept for most minds. The smallest creatures with no sense of time may experience it as a simple end. But even for those of us with a grasp of time and space, it’s still too much. We simplify it conceptually, but it’s impossible to be part of the world and still grasp the concept of it ending.

Well, maybe impossible. But not without going mad.

In volume 10 of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover twelve unsettling tales of the one existential fear possessed by all creatures great and small – the end of the world – as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: The Clock’s Final Tick includes the following tales:

  • Out of the Black – Keep your friends close – and also keep an eye on them.
  • The Adjuster – Always remember to ask more questions.
  • Sunset on the Rails – Even the end of the world needs time to simmer.
  • The Gift – Love is a give-and-take proposition.
  • War Machines – From the smallest of creatures…
  • The Baron – One step at a time brings you here.
  • Shock Troops – It ain’t the gods, it’s the foot soldiers.
  • The Spin – Street preachers are the worst… or the best.
  • The Invasion of Earth – Which side of an “Alien Invasion” do you wanna be on?
  • The Wheel – Making do at the end of the world.
  • Trade Deals – Negotiating is a tricky business.
  • Ashes – Everything burns at the end.

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Volume 11: Through Folds of Space and Time

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“X, Y, Z, and then the very bad things next…”
Volume 11 goes live April 2027!
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No matter how far we travel, or where we go, we are always within the Universe. Our position can be established with coordinates. We are around things we understand.

But there are depths and angles and corners around which nothing is normal. There are nooks and crannies outside of known space. Those nooks and crannies hide terrors we can’t even understand, much less name. It’s best we don’t go looking for them.

In volume 11 of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover ten unsettling tales of unknown dimensions and places of the mind, body, and soul, and what horrors they carry, as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: Through Folds of Time and Space includes the following tales:

  • Moving Day – Stop while you’re ahead.
  • Shimmer – Don’t just touch things!
  • Curtains – Other worlds have other problems.
  • Existence – You might never know it all went wrong.
  • Pendulum – Once you start the swinging, it won’t stop.
  • The Knot – Even proving your innocence can come at a price.
  • Missed Connection – Grownup work is for grownups.
  • A Progression of Eyes – If you don’t look at them, they won’t look at you.
  • Theater Curtains – When movies become reality.
  • The Ringing of the Abyss – Careful of the songs you sing.

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Volume 12: …Whither Comes Great Destruction

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“Little Gods Lead to Greater Gods…”
Volume 12 goes live May 2027!
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In human history, it was the little gods that mattered. The gods of the hearth kept us safe, the gods of the harvest kept us fed, the gods of vengeance kept our blood from spilling at home. We’ve allowed the little gods to fall away and become long-lost, and that has been a mistake.

Those gods never left. They are still here. They are just as strong as they always have been. And they are angry at being forgotten.

In volume 12 of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover eleven unsettling tales of gods walking among us, and what such touches cost us all, as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: …Whither Comes Great Destruction includes the following tales:

  • Chess – Every game means more than it seems.
  • Bodiless – The less you have, the better.
  • The Talk – Every parent needs to be ready.
  • Call to Action – You can probably solve your own problems.
  • Don’t Swim in the Lagoon – Gods where you never expected.
  • Music – Home can be the safest place.
  • The Dream House – Sometimes, it’s best to not ask for help.
  • Father – How to be a good dad.
  • Lane – Read the room before painting it a new color.
  • Trapped in Amber– Freedom’s worth the cost.
  • Moonsong – The night contains thirsty things.

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Volume 13: Providential Pandemonium

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“This is an island of sanity, in chaotic seas…”
Volume 13 goes live June 2027!
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It’s easy to think of Lovecraftian tales as simply weird, and stopping there would be safe. But in the basements and ancient places of this world, there writhes terrors without form, screaming without voices, and rending the fabric of spacetime without thinking.

Not in dreams alone do such horrors visit us. Be wary, for they may hide in the most innocent of places, and we should be so lucky if all they chose to do when faced with a human mind is to simply feed.

In volume 13 of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover thirteen unsettling tales of gibbering unspeakable horrors with shapes and forms to drive one to madness, as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: Providential Pandemonium includes the following tales:

  • Wall of Masks – We all wear masks — and for some of us, it’s mission-critical.
  • Blood of my Blood – No matter where you go, your family is part of you.
  • Call of the Needle – Repeat visitors are the worst!
  • No Talkies – Needing entertainment is a mark of high intelligence.
  • Devotion – No matter where life takes you, love can be your guide.
  • Adventure – Books take us places. Terrible places.
  • On the Beach – Children can be so adaptable.
  • Book of Vengeance – Sometimes, it’s best to not ask for help.
  • Expansion Joint – What you see might see you.
  • Best Intentions – Librarians can be frustratingly helpful.
  • The Theory of String – Your brother’s footsteps might not be worth following in.
  • Identity – Steal with care.
  • Come to Us – A siren song.

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Volume 14: Incantations of Finality

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“Believing is seeing…”
Volume 14 goes live July 2027!
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In all of human history, the most common belief is a belief in magic. From stone-age sympathetic magic to modern-day stage illusionists, we open our hearts to the unexpected and magical things in the world. By and large, this is fine, but it is not wise to rest for long too close to magic. In the hands of a kind person, magic casts light on life. But…

…in the hands of someone evil, magic makes everything much worse. Unstoppably worse. Magic is a sword with many edges, and most cut deeply through all we know and love

In volume 14 of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover eleven unsettling tales of terror invoked by voice, by movement, by will and by power, as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: Incarnations of Finality includes the following tales:

  • The Emerald – If you don’t know the spell well, don’t cast it.
  • Inside Out – Stealing is wrong. Sometimes very wrong.
  • Phaedra Kaye was Crying – Above us all may lurk a higher purpose.
  • The Summoning – Movies are a lot like real life. Or vice versa.
  • The Circle – Reality can be deeply warped.
  • Sixteen Measures – The most terrifying drums.
  • February Eighth – All wishes have consequences.
  • Devil of the Sky – Revenge can be tricky at scale.
  • Puppets – Quiet people have a lot going on.
  • Vows – Stick to your promises.
  • Carousel – Memory can guide you places you never thought possible.

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Volume 15: Voices of Skin and Bone

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“The greatest horrors are under the skin…”
Volume 15 goes live August 2027!
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Think of a human body. Air moves in and out. Food slops inside a hole, waste slops out. Sweat oozes from every surface. Blood pulses from every cut and slit. Air pushes across valleys of moist flesh, whistling in just such a way we agree is language. Eating is mashing food until such time as it is ready to be digested by a reservoir of hydrochloric acid.

The body is a horror in and of itself. The more you know, the worse!

In volume 15 of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover thirteen unsettling tales of flesh, bone, and soul gone wrong so deeply that it questions the nature of humanity, as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: Voices of Skin and Bone includes the following tales:

  • Revival – Welcome back.
  • Lowercase “g,” But Still Worth Keeping an Eye On – A bloody tale.
  • Ink – If you got nothing, at least you can fill it in.
  • That Time of the Curse – Sometimes you’re the one to pay the price.
  • Inside Voice – Friends and also benefits.
  • Cycle of Ages – The secret to long life can be sneaky.
  • No Trouble – Revivication can suck.
  • The Age of Eating – The answer’s right in your face sometimes.
  • Freedom’s Cost – Inside voices matter.
  • Group Effort – Research needs helpers.
  • There Was Record of its Passing – Trust your feelings.
  • Scales – With great sacrifice comes great irresponsibility.
  • Today’s Specials – We all enjoy sweet treats.

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Volume 16: The Eyes of the Overlords

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“Above us Watch Eyes Unblinking and Cold…”
Volume 16 goes live September 2027!
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Safety lies underground. We all know this. That’s why when we “go to ground,” we are safe. That’s why when we are not underground, we are “exposed.” Humanity has always understood that no matter how weird and scary the world might be, the genuine terrors are the things that move above the world. To those lofty things, we don’t even exist.

As we consider lesser beings “beneath us,” it is without question that there are inscrutible beings who consider us “beneath them” and on those occasions we make our presence known to them, inevitably, they treat us the same way we treat those creatures beneath us. In other words, squashed without a second thought. Or even a first thought.

In volume 16 of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover eleven unsettling tales of the horrors that lord themselves over us all, and are beholden to no one, as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: The Eyes of the Overlords includes the following tales:

  • Smoke Test – When you end up seeing what you shouldn’t have seen.
  • The Collector, Part 1: Appetizer – Don’t confuse being welcomed for being welcome.
  • Raising a Kid is Tricky – There’s rarely a good time for the truth.
  • The Collector, Part 2: Entrée – Revenge can be musical.
  • Eye in the Sky – Radio skills can be helpful… or not.
  • The Collector, Part 3: Dessert – Sometimes taking over is the best plan.
  • Demon’s Door – Take the time to learn the important things.
  • All Consuming – It’s all about the point-of-view.
  • The Azure Eye – Let sleeping gods lie.
  • The Revelation of Dogs – A horrible history coming home to roost.
  • Lament – Beware the great eyes above.

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Volume 17: The Eyes of a Child

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“They may be children, but they see so much…”
Volume 17 goes live October 2027!
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A child will tell of a thing so terrifying that they must lower their voice, lest they invoke it by speaking of it. And then an adult will laugh and declare that children tell the most outrageous stories. We all laugh along, pretending to be of a certain mind. Except the child.

The child knows the adult is wrong. And, as adults, we want the child to be wrong. But that’s wishful thinking. What children see and know is the dark unmasked truths of the world, and if we continue to ignore their hushed warnings, then we deserve what we get.

In volume 17 of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover fourteen unsettling tales of terror, from the eyes of those among us most vulnerable to terror, as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: The Eyes of a Child includes the following tales:

  • Fresh Eyes – Babies have a certain… unique perspective on the world.
  • Toaster – Parenting is tricky — read the manual.
  • The Bed – Don’t be afraid.
  • Halloween – Parents occasionally offer good advice.
  • Masked – Sharing makes the world go ’round.
  • Protection – Avoiding bullies can introduce far more complicated situations.
  • Neighborhood Toy Share – Be willing. Be flexible.
  • Skin Deep – It’s often best to not see all the details.
  • Best Friends – It’s good to have friends.
  • Cult of Plastic – We all want to belong, but what are we willing to do?
  • Pareidolia – Watch for the faces, and where they’re looking.
  • Scooter and His Peanuts – That’s what friends are for!
  • Toys – Some people are impossible to shop for.
  • Sliding Home – Everybody deserves a warm home.

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Volume 18: Talismanic Shapes

Coming soon!
“In Your Hand Lies the Answer…”
Volume 18 goes live November 2027!
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No matter what place or time we have known in the world, we all know talismans are the deepest of magics, the most primitive, and deadliest. The ancients carved totems of wood and stone, and we use other material, but it’s all the same thing. Talismans are power.

We lay awake at night, clutching our blankets, and those blankets we hope will be a talisman against the creatures of the night. It doesn’t always work, but we do it anyway. Humans are created with a need for talismans. Maybe talismans are all we have against the dark.

In volume 18 of Terror Stories from the Territories, discover eleven unsettling tales of terror, born from and serving coldly those fearful symbols from beyond our understanding, as transcribed from the lost journals of Jack Harlowe, an enigmatic traveler, an adventurous man whose face is as trustworthy as his pen is eager, and an observer of the human condition we know as terror.

Terror Stories from the Territories: Talismanic Shapes includes the following tales:

  • Irrational Polyhedra – Shiny can still be dangerous.
  • In the Mirrors – Horror upon reflection.
  • A Leaf in the Wind – Grief can be overwhelming.
  • A Singularity of Vision – Advantage comes at cost.
  • Li’l Slips – Always treat the ones you love with respect.
  • The Myriad Shuffling – Multiverses get complicated fast.
  • Magic Penny – Pick up with care.
  • Pearlescent Dreams – Innocence can still be trouble.
  • A Promise of Stone – Hands off what ain’t yours.
  • Lizard Ball – Words matter.
  • Life and Death and Life in Red Seal Bay – Going home is a mixed bag.

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