NIGHTMARE ABBEY NO. 9 NOW SHIPPING

Those of you who visit my companion site, FEAR IN FOUR COLORS will know that I have the sixth installment of my series, "Fear in Four Colors: The Hideous History of American Comic Books" in the newly-published NIGHTMARE ABBEY #9, available from Thomas English's Dead Letter Press. "Indictments and Indignities" discusses the fallout after the Senate Subcommittee Hearings on Juvenile Delinquency and how it turned the comic book industry into a near-barren wasteland.

Also included is a look at the classic suspense film, HANGOVER SQUARE, lots more quality fiction and another parcel of art from Allen Koswzoski, as well as the Abbey's house artist, Natu Shabbey.

From the publisher:

• 9th gigantic volume of this critically-acclaimed horror magazine/book.
• Creepy GHOST STORIES & other weird tales!
• Horror Comics on Trial! (History of American Horror Comics, part 6)
• Horror Delve's list of great HALLOWEEN HORRORS
• Classic horror movie: Hangover Square
• 11 terrifying tales by today's top writers!
• A new Magnus Supernatural Dog Tale
• Another chilling visit to Bone Street!
• Indy (the Horror Husky) makes the cover of Time!
• Art by World Fantasy Award-winner Allen Koszowski
• Heavily illustrated: movie stills, comic book covers, cool facts!

Publication date: October 12, 2025

146 pages

Single copy price: $16.95

Order HERE.

BLACK INFINITY IS #1!

Good news from Bud's Art Books where word just came out in his recent newsletter that Dead Letter Press' latest issue of BLACK INFINITY is the #1 best seller in his catalog's "Pulps & Fiction" category at the half-way point in 2025.

Plant wrote:

"Looking at the first half of 2025, here are the most popular items--in case any have passed you by. We've broken them into categories which reveal the top 60 or so sellers. As always, we've combined the units sold for hardcovers and softcovers, as well as variant covers, to create one bestselling item.

I’ve added my personal comments to nearly all the items. I find many of these are my own favorites. I try to offer some perspective on why it’s done so well as well as more details." Bud

Editor and publisher Tom English has assembled another super issue with the theme "Survive - Or Die".

Here are the details from the listing in his catalog:

Recommended. Edited by Tom English. New format with a spectacular wrap-around cover! The 11th big volume of the popular retro Science Fiction journal: heavily illustrated with art and movie stills, featuring articles on SF survival films, George Pal’s Conquest of Space, Hammer’s One Million Years B.C., Byron Haskin’s Robinson Crusoe on Mars, plus 7 SF survival classics by Robert Silverberg, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, Manly Wade Wellman, and others. Also: Frank Frazetta’s Origin of Thun’da in black and white. Special illustrations by World Fantasy Award-winner Allen Koszowski and more. Very handsome, we love the new cover that is by pioneering dinosaur artist Charles Knight!! Dead Letter Press, 2025. 

I'm proud to be a part of this best-seller that includes my article, "Survival in a Prehistoric World: One Million Years, B.C."

You can purchase a copy of BLACK INFINITY #11 at Bud's site HERE. As of this writing, there's only a limited supply left, so hurry on over!