Author Description

Nat 1 Publishing’s 2025 Halloween anthology Laughter takes on a different shape in the dark. It echoes too long. It catches in the throat. It leaves you to wonder if you are amused—or only trying not to scream. Eldritch Humor invites readers into that uneasy space between a chuckle and a scream. Twenty-three stories and poems turn the familiar inside out: summonings go tenderly wrong, the sea develops a sense of humor, and even death can’t resist making conversation. Here, horror wears the grin of recognition, and humor becomes a nervous reflex against what can’t be explained. From writers both new and returning to Nat 1 Publishing, this anthology proves that madness and mirth make a frighteningly good pair and is perfect for fans of dark humor, Lovecraftian oddities, and Halloween stories with a twist of the ridiculous. If you giggle into the abyss, it just might giggle back. Included in this collection are the works: “Cute Meet,” by B.S.Roberts “The Sailor’s Knot,” by Alexis Andrade “Die a Happy Woman,” by Barbi Calusdian “EVP,” by Thomas J. Misuraca “My Favorite Demon,” by Joshua Walker “Loblolly Pines,” by T.M. Pittman “Did Toby Keller Really Disappear?” by Jessica Thornton “The Side Effect of Sinking Ships,” by Tracy Erler “A Lovecraftian Love Story,” by Angela DiLella “Minimalist Horrors,” by Mark Jones “At the Foothills of Eccentricity,” by Francis X Wiget II “Jar Wrath Snow Step 3: Eldritch House Hunting,” by Jason Willard “Remains to be Seen,” by Kimm Antell “Haunted,” by Samuel Senkowicz “Devil’s Brew,” by Christopher Frew “Dulled and Worn,” by Nergal Malham “The Changing Room,” by Joseph Cooper “The Turnover,” by K G McLeod “The Rise of Cthulhu,” by Jennifer Weigel “Learning to Haunt and Other Problems of the Recently Deceased,” by Carole Morrell “Sympathy for the Devil,” by Millie Johnson Sparks “Stake Out,” by DJ Tyrer “The Exit Interview,” by Sarah Hayden