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“If you only read one more horror novel this year, make sure this is it.” ―Edward Lee
If you’re a regular reader here you should already be very familiar with Jeremy Wagner. Not only are he and I co-owners and co-publishers of Dead Sky, but Jeremy is an acclaimed author with some real bangers to his name. Author of Fireproof: Memoir of a Chef, The Armageddon Chord, Rabid Heart, and now what I think is his best novel to date… Wretch.
Wretch is a relentless descent into crime, horror, and vengeance. A brutal unflinching thriller for fans of organized crime sagas, dark detective fiction, and monsters born in the shadows of science.
Chicago is choking under the hottest summer on record, but the true heat comes from the blood spilled on its streets.
Detective Donnie Lynch trails a killer who shouldn’t exist. Mob boss Tico “The Meatgrinder” Tortellio has stepped out from the shadows of his empire with a personal vendetta to avenge his daughter―and nothing short of blood will settle the score. Both men are hunting the same man― if “man” is still the right word…
The elusive killer, Derek Hoffman, is a steroid-abusing-sociopath twisted beyond recognition whose body and mind have been grotesquely transformed after his participation in a clinical trial for an experimental ED-arousal-drug called, LIBIDONAL. Hoffman has become something monstrous, a predator driven by lust, rage, and a thirst for blood.
With the city becoming a killing ground for a new apex predator, Lynch and Tortellio race toward the same target. But who will reach Hoffman first? And when they do, can bullets or brutality be enough to stop him?
Wretch is a brutal descent into crime, horror, and vengeance. A nightmare version of a city where justice wears many faces, and none of them are merciful.
Also, how cool was this of Rebecca Rowland? If you haven’t read her work yet, what are you doing?!
COMING SOON
Corvus
March 24 2026
Corvus follows Daryn Dall, a twenty-something Black gamer who’s spent most of his life carrying the grief of losing both parents―and escaping into the digital worlds he loves. He’s a nerd, a loner, and one of the best players on Earth at Quest 4 War, the planet’s most competitive war-strategy shooter. Maybe too good. His skills have drawn attention far beyond anything human. When a secretive, grassroots intergalactic resistance identifies Daryn as a strategic prodigy, their sentient ship―CORVUS―abducts him and drafts him into a war he never asked for. Their enemy: The Mare, a terrifying alien species whose psychic abilities force entire populations to relive their worst traumas on an endless loop, driving civilizations to collapse. Their only goal is annihilation. Trapped light-years from home, Daryn must confront his own buried pain while learning to fight a threat capable of turning memories into weapons. As the galaxy’s last line of defense, he’ll have to decide whether he’s willing to rise to the role others see in him―or watch humanity fall.
Vampire Missionaries
April 14 2026
A haunting blend of Gothic horror, religious satire, and supernatural thriller, this is a bold, subversive story that pits faith against fangs in a battle for redemption.
Two young Mormon missionaries, Gabriel and Luke, wake up in their apartment, dazed, blood-soaked—and sprouting fangs. Loyal to their devotion they attempt to carry on their mission, but they quickly learn their newfound thirst isn’t just metaphorical. Bound by blood to an ancient, manipulative vampire called Bishop, the boys are thrust into a spiritual crisis that threatens their faith, their morality, and the souls they vowed to save.
Each failed attempt to resist their monstrous urges pulls them deeper into a web of violence, seduction, and, at times, humorous, damnation. With Bishop’s influence spreading across the small Oregon town like a plague, Gabriel and Luke must confront the seductive power of their transformation and make a harrowing choice: serve their new master and become harbingers of death or defy him—and risk eternal suffering to reclaim their morality.
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–Steve
Dead Sky Publishing | Co-Publisher & Chief Creative Officer