Gloom House Publishing

01/09/2026

My new book, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝, is nearly finished and will be released in 2026. In this story, Victorian noir meets cosmic horror and weird fantasy. It also sees the return of a character from one of my short stories. The following is a small excerpt of dialogue between the investigative team and their grieving hostess.

“My apologies, Mrs. Campbell,” Hastings said, his expression one of sympathy and concern. “Doctor Beck, while surpassingly brilliant, lacks a certain sensitivity.”
“I’ve heard tell of him,” she said as if a bad taste had filled her mouth. “They say he’s a soulless butcher, a man of unholy practices.”
Beck issued a derisive laugh. “Butchers, my good woman, are dumb brutes with cleavers. I’m a maestro with a scalpel. Each incision I make is a cut toward the truth. Every discovery I make potentially advances medical science so that we might extend lives and remedy conditions once thought terminal.”
“You’ll not be taking apart my Sophie. She’ll go into the ground whole and arrive in Heaven the same.”
“I don’t ask to take her apart, ma’am. I merely ask to peek inside of her.”

12/15/2025

Thank you to the fifty-some readers who downloaded the free ebook of Miracles for Masochists so far! That attention put the book at #9 in LGBTQ+ Horror eBooks. And it's still free for the next several hours, probably until midnight. So, if you're interested in getting a copy of this weird little book by Mick Collins and me, you have a little time left to do so. Thanks!

L!NK: https://www.amazon.com/Miracles-Masochists-James-G-Carlson-ebook/dp/B0BQX15YX7/

12/12/2025

For the next few days, Miracles for Masochists is free on Amazon. If you've read anything by Mick Collins or me, you probably have an idea of the horror shenanigans, weirdness, and darkness you'll encounter on these pages. If you haven't experienced our work, this book doesn't just give a glimpse of our range, but it also shows where we were in our writing careers a few years ago. Meet a newlywed couple haunted by the ghost of Elvis Presley, a lonely man tormented by whispers from another realm, and an artist whose work takes on fantastical qualities. These deranged minds also tell of a cult’s creepy-crawly ritual, a traumatized soul pursued by death across a battlefield, the terrors of an archaeological dig, and the line between reality and the impossible blurring for an aging scream queen on Halloween night.

L!NK: https://www.amazon.com/Miracles-Masochists-James-G-Carlson-ebook/dp/B0BQX15YX7/

11/28/2025

To go against this day of rabid consumerism and how it dips into your wallet, I'm offering two of my collections for free, 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 and 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿-𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲. Sadly, the free offer won't begin until tomorrow because KDP wouldn't allow me to run a same-day freebie. But as of tomorrow, you'll have a few days to get a copy of one or both books. I'll probably do another free offer soon with a different title. To those of you who take advantage of the offer, thank you for wanting to read my work. I hope you enjoy the stories.

Seven Exhumations - https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Exhumations-James-G-Carlson-ebook/dp/B09MB7KKDD/

The Ever-Descending Staircase - https://www.amazon.com/Ever-Descending-Staircase-James-G-Carlson-ebook/dp/B09MC1CL4G/

11/02/2025

Today, I'll be at 13th Child Brewery in Williamstown, NJ, selling and signing books with a bunch of cool authors.

10/28/2025

To those who hired me to edit their books in recent months, thank you for trusting me with your work. I couldn't appreciate you more. To those whose work will require edits soon, I'm booked for the rest of November. Also, I'm taking December off, as I'll be out of town for more than a week. Plus, I need to work on some writing projects. But I'll be back at it in the new year. So, if you have a project requiring edits, consider contacting me soon. My calendar fills up pretty quickly. Thanks!

10/08/2025

To motivate myself not to take on more editing gigs for several weeks and work on my writing projects, I've made the 𝚄𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚢𝚙𝚎𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛 & 𝙾𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜 ebook .99 cents and paperback $9 until I've made serious progress. I have three editing jobs at the moment. Once they're complete, I will focus solely on writing for a while. I have a novella and two collaborative books I'm really excited about. Can't wait to finish them and share them with you all.

L!nk: https://www.amazon.com/Underwater.../dp/B0FN89L22G/

10/01/2025

Christina Rangel Eleanor composed a nice little review of Underwater Typewriter & Other Tales at The Voracious Gnome!

This is a fantastic collection of stories by Carlson. These stories delve into several facets of horror including mythological and paranormal stories. A few of my favorites: Underwater Typewriter- …

09/23/2025

This coming weekend, you can find me at Killer Pride in Williamsburg, VA, where I'm sharing a table with the talented Carietta Dorsch. I'll have copies of the following titles: We're Here: An Anthology of LGBTQ+ Horror, We're Still Here, We'll Always Be Here, Underwater Typewriter & Other Tales, The Eleventh Door, Tales From the Gutter, Seven Exhumations, The Ever-Descending Staircase, Miracles for Masochists, and Midnight in the City of the Carrion Kid. And Carietta will have a selection of her books. Looking forward to seeing everyone and experiencing this new and important event.

09/12/2025

Uɴᴅᴇʀᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ Tʏᴘᴇᴡʀɪᴛᴇʀ & Oᴛʜᴇʀ Tᴀʟᴇs is on free ebook promotion starting today, September 12th, and ending on September 14th. If you're interested, feel free to grab a copy. I seldom hold free promos, but this book is a celebration of my return to writing and publishing after a very challenging year. If you get a copy and enjoy the read, a review would be appreciated. If not, it's enough that you took a chance on the book. Thank you!

L!NK: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FN89L22G/

09/05/2025

My latest collection, 𝚄𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚢𝚙𝚎𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛 & 𝙾𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜, contains some of my favorite pieces of short fiction that I've written in recent years. The title story lived in my head for years before I even started writing it. I guess that's how I knew it was a worthwhile writing project -- the idea stuck around. I wanted to explore the concept of cursed objects, otherworldly terrors, and an older writer whose fictional character finds a way into our world to wreak havoc. "Mate, Spawn, and Die" is a tale I penned under a ridiculous pseudonym created for select Godless releases, Scabs McDumpster (who also wrote such fine works as "The Drip" and "The Ballad of Dickfingers McGee"). "Mate, Spawn, and Die" just popped into my head, and although I wrote it in one day, I was surprisingly happy with how it turned out. "Here, in the Hell We've Made" is another tale I wrote for an anthology, and it's arguably the best thing I wrote in the latter half of 2025. "Kid Hazard" resulted from an invitation to appear in Uncomfortably Dark's Trapped anthology. For that one, I wrote about a young street artist who tags a heaven spot during a hurricane evacuation, and he ends up in a tense situation involving a m**h user with a pet alligator, a shuttle full of elderly folks, and a serial killer who may not be entirely human. I wrote my novella "Red Falls" for a split release with the talented Daemon Manx in 2022. I wanted to write a different kind of vampire tale, mix in some folk horror, and include the scary political and social shifts happening in the U.S. at the time. And finally, the book's closer, "Rains for Violet," is a piece of grief horror I wrote a few years ago. When it was rejected by a publisher, I revisited the story, improved it, and decided to include it in this book. This collection is my return to the world of writing and publishing after a long break. For that reason, I've kept the price low, which I prefer to do anyway. $2.99 for ebook and $11.99 for paperback. Unfortunately, I can't make it any lower than that, but I would if I could. A heartfelt thank you to each individual who buys a copy.

L!NK: https://www.amazon.com/Underwater-Typewriter-Other-Tales-Carlson-ebook/dp/B0FN89L22G/

08/24/2025

My new collection, 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿 & 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀, is now available in ebook and paperback. The book contains a novella, a novelette, and three short stories, ranging from literary horror and dark fiction to splatterpunk and bizarro. Some are new, others are previously published, but they're some of my favorites. I hope they become your favorites, too. Thanks!

𝖠 𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗍𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝖻𝗂𝗇, 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗎𝗉 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝖿𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌. 𝖠 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗎𝗇 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝖺 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗉𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖼𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝖠 𝖿𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗃𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗉 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗇 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍, 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝗋 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗄𝗌. 𝖠 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖿𝖿𝗂𝗍𝗂 𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗎𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇𝖾 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒. 𝖠 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝗍𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝖱𝖾𝖽 𝖥𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗌, 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗀𝗂𝗇𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗋𝗌. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝗀𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗆𝖻𝗋𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝗌𝗈𝗅𝗎𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗎𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀.

L!nk: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FN89L22G/