D. William Graves

04/26/2026

Browse horror titles at the Lacandon Jungle Press web page. Trending titles don't interest me. I aim to put you onto some things the mainstream horror fan might consider "too much for me". This is my wheelhouse.

04/01/2026

Most horror asks, “What’s out there?”

Cosmic horror asks something worse:

What if something is out there…
and it’s already aware of us?

Not watching us nor hunting us.

Just… aware.

And that awareness doesn’t need a reason.

That's what my book 'Seams of the Infinite' splices into my favorite pastime while weaving in a real event that happened in 1970. I hope you'll read it.

Comment 'Seams' for a link.

03/26/2026

Comment 'Seams' for the link to get your signed copy.

03/24/2026

The very first book that I wrote was Tico Goes to School. I didn't know whether I wanted to write this in multiple languages, at least the ones that I know, but I knew that I couldn't use my real name. Knowing that I would lean more into dark fiction, I didn't want children asking for the latest D. William Graves book only for parents to look up the name and find scary stories. Flaco has always been my nickname among my spanish-speaking friends, and Sol means "sun". And when I think of the sun, I think of being outside, maybe on a beach, maybe playing with friends, and that makes me happy. Flaco Sol seemed like a good name.

Leave a comment if you'd like the link to the English or Spanish versions of Tico's first tale. I wrote this one for kids between the ages of four and seven, or really just any child starting something new.

03/16/2026

If you prefer your morning reads brief, my latest short story - The Debt Beneath the Hawthorn

from the Dark Archives of D. William Graves

03/15/2026

Seams of the Infinite began with a question I couldn’t shake: what if Dock Ellis’s legendary 1970 no-hitter wasn’t just a game… but a moment where reality itself started to fray?

The story draws creatively from the mood of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone and the social bite of John Carpenter’s They Live. I couldn’t recreate Roddy Piper and Keith David ’s legendary alley fight, but I was interested in the same idea—that sometimes the truth about the world is hiding just beneath the surface.

As a white writer telling a story rooted in the experiences of Black/minority ballplayers like Dock Ellis, Roberto Clemente, and Willie Stargell, I knew there was a real risk of speaking over voices that deserved to be heard directly. That mattered to me. So I reached out to the Dock Ellis Foundation before moving forward. Their encouragement meant more than I can properly put into words, and their support continues.

What I ultimately tried to write was a fictional lens on that night in 1970—one where the pressures Black players faced on the field and in America itself begin to intersect with something older, stranger, and cosmic. A baseball game becomes a kind of fault line. The strike zone bends. History presses in. And something unseen starts keeping score.

Thank you in advance to anyone who decides to read the story and support the project.

Seams of the Infinite
by D. William Graves
Available now from
🔗 https://ljpbooks.com/ljp-used-books/ols/categories/from-the-dark-archives-of-d-william-graves

03/14/2026

Figured it was time to dust this page off.

Most of you have been seeing my work through the Lacandon Jungle Press page, but this one is meant for my writing under **D. William Graves**. So I’m bringing it back to life.

This is where I’ll share stories, dark fiction, and updates about my work… including **Seams of the Infinite** and whatever strange ideas come next.

If you’ve been reading along already, I appreciate it. If you’re new here, welcome.

03/19/2025

Big news! 🎉

I’m excited to announce Lacandon Jungle Press, my official publishing imprint! 📖✨

This is where all of my books will be published—whether it’s the magical adventures of Tico & Bruno (by Flaco Sol) or the chilling horrors of The Dark Archives of D. William Graves.

📚 Coming Soon:
🐯 Tico Goes to School (Flaco Sol) – A children’s book about bravery & embracing differences.
😱 Seams of the Infinite – A cosmic horror novella from The Dark Archives of D. William Graves.
🕵️‍♂️ As well as the southern noir whodunnit series featuring detective Calhoun Mercer.

Lacandon Jungle Press is the home for all my stories, no matter the genre. Follow along for updates, sneak peeks, and future releases!

03/06/2025

🎬 On This Day in Horror History: Diary of a Madman (1963) Released!

Just watched this again, and Vincent Price proves once more why he’s the king of Gothic horror. A body-hopping evil spirit manipulates its victims into murder, and Price’s descent into madness is phenomenal.

🌀 Why You Should Watch It:
🔥 A psychological horror twist on possession.
👁️ An evil spirit that jumps from body to body.
📖 Based on Guy de Maupassant’s eerie short story The Horla.
🌕 Pure slow-burn horror with an unsettling, gothic feel.

It’s creepy, it’s underrated, and it’s perfect if you love horror that plays with paranoia and unseen terror.

📺 Watch it if you enjoy: The Haunting, Fallen, Repulsion, The Innocents.

02/28/2025

In 1970, Dock Ellis stepped onto the mound high on LSD—and threw a no-hitter. A wild baseball legend. But what if that game wasn’t just baseball?
What if, pitch by pitch, he was unraveling reality itself?
👁️ Seams of the Infinite is my upcoming cosmic horror novella.
Follow for horror, mystery, and stories that blur the line between real and unreal.