The darkness of winter is officially over and WLW Press has emerged from our chrysalis of reading, editing, and preparing for the next year of publishing at Weird Little Worlds Press. This year promises to be a very exciting one, with 8 new books set to be published over the next 12 months.
Playlist of the Damned: Soundtrack to Your Worst Nightmare
Deals with the devil, secret songs, and captivating chords are only part of the wicked fun in this anthology of more than 30 stories about the danger and beauty of music. Featuring new fiction by Bram Stoker Award®-winners Mercedes M. Yardley, Lisa Morton, Tim Waggoner and more. Each “track” of this musical journey will entrance, infect, and transport you to a dimension where music is more than sound…it’s a language spoken by the unspeakable.
Preorders open March 1, 2024
Available for general release on June 4, 2024
ISBN: 978-1-7378918-6-4
So You Want to Be a Mermaid…
This full-color fantasy takes readers of all ages on an adventure of imagination to the bottom of the ocean. Explore what it would be like to be a mermaid in this charming story about learning to separate imagination from reality and the value of loving the body you were born with. A perfect beach read for kids and kids at heart!
Preorders open April 1, 2024
Available for general release July 6, 2024
ISBN: 978-1-7378918-4-0
Things Below: Four Dark Fiction Novellas
What lies behind the wall, beneath the mountain, between earth and space, and beyond time? These four dark fiction novellas from J.D. Parenti, Yarrow Syskine, Mike Morgan, and Kerrigan Slaughter represent the best in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Adventure for the publishing year. With engaging, fast-paced storytelling, beautiful prose, and unsettling content, you will be hypnotized by all the things you didn’t know lurked…below.
Preorders open May 1, 2024
Available for general release August 15, 2024
ISBN: 978-1-7378918-9-5
Come Sing for the Harrowing: Stories by Dan Coxon
Strange rituals, analog rockers gone missing, an old woman large with child…this collection of the dark, strange, and macabre is the perfect way to spend the short days of October. Featuring six brand new stories from the award-winning editor and author Dan Coxon, this collection has been described by Bram Stoker Award®-nominated Eric LaRocca as, “Sinister and deeply affecting, Coxon’s remarkable collection is too compelling, too inventive to miss.”
Preorders open July 1, 2024
Available for general release September 5, 2024
ISBN: 978-1-7378918-1-9
Leto’s Legacy: Book 2 of the Leto Trilogy
When Ezrie discovers a plot to infect Earth with the same alien virus that killed her crew on Leto, she must enlist the help of an old friend and a group of radical hackers in order to stop the Living Waters cult from turning Earth into their doomsday paradise. But nothing is what it seems, and she finds herself trapped in machinations that are far more complex than any human could design.
Preorders open August 1, 2024
Available November 14, 2024
ISBN: 978-1-7378918-5-7
The Robots Were Right: Tales of Unstoppable Technology
With over 20 new tales of tech gone wrong, this anthology of science fiction, horror, and fantasy puts the future in the hands of the most compelling new voices in short fiction. From the award-nominated editors of Humans are the Problem: A Monster’s Anthology. Kickstarter opens April 18th. Submissions open May 1, 2024.
Preorders open December 1, 2024
Available March 6, 2025
ISBN: 978-1-7378918-7-1
Willow Dawn Becker is an author, voice personality, marketing maven, and entrepreneur. She co-founded Weird Little Worlds Press in 2020 despite a raging pandemic and huge personal losses. Her work can be found at Black Fox Literary Magazine and Space and Time Magazine. She lives in Utah with her family and pug-huahua, Indiana Bones.
