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TH Sterling\u2019s short stories slip beneath the surface of normalcy to expose the rot underneath. Blending speculative fiction and horror, each tale begins with a simple \u201cwhat if\u201d and spirals toward the unsettling truths we try not to see.<\/p>\n

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The worst part wasn’t the taste.
The sin eater consumes what the dying can’t carry. Penance is a small price when you\u2019re hungry.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A kiss from the Death Mouth Plague.
In 1647, a plague doctor collected more than souls. Centuries later, his devotion spreads again.<\/p>\n

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A late-night delivery pulls a desperate driver deep into the backwoods. The rural house has been waiting. Whoever lives there left only one instruction.<\/span><\/p>\n

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[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_css_free_form=”selector {|| display: flex;|| flex-direction: column;|| justify-content: flex-start;|| align-items: flex-start;||}” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Supernatural, Urban Legend Horror” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/thsterling.com\/staging\/5319\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Count-Like-The-Dead-compressed.webp” alt=”Count Like The Dead Cover Image” image_icon_width=”65%” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|on||||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ header_font_size=”14px” body_text_color=”#000000″ background_color=”#FFFFFF” min_height_tablet=”620px” min_height_phone=”620px” min_height_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_margin=”0px|0px|0px||false|false” custom_padding=”8px||0px||false|false” animation=”off” link_option_url_new_window=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ border_radii=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” border_width_all=”10px” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” border_radii_image=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]At midnight, Cloverland Cemetery hums. From its dark heart rise the Hundred Steps, where the caretaker\u2019s ghost awaits to reveal your death. Are you ready to climb?<\/p>\n

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[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_css_free_form=”selector {|| display: flex;|| flex-direction: column;|| justify-content: flex-start;|| align-items: flex-start;||}” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Supernatural Body Horror” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/thsterling.com\/staging\/5319\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Inked-Cover-Compressed.webp” alt=”Inked Cover Image” image_icon_width=”65%” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|on||||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ header_font_size=”14px” body_text_color=”#000000″ background_color=”#ffffff” min_height_tablet=”620px” min_height_phone=”620px” min_height_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_margin=”0px|0px|0px||false|false” custom_padding=”8px||0px||false|false” animation=”off” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_radii=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” border_width_all=”10px” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” border_radii_image=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}”]Bowie\u2019s new tattoo is unlike anything anyone has seen. He loves the design\u2014until the ink glows and crawls off his skin to feed. Escape demands a brutal price.<\/p>\n

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Some gardens feed the living. This one welcomes the dead. Karen, a new expat to Mexico, will learn some things should never be uprooted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In a land of ice and ancient rites, Milaya\u2019s only friend is marked for sacrifice. When the ritual calls, childhood ends\u2014and something else begins.<\/span><\/p>\n

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[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_css_free_form=”selector {|| display: flex;|| flex-direction: column;|| justify-content: flex-start;|| align-items: flex-start;||}” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Psychological Folk Horror” image=”https:\/\/thsterling.com\/staging\/5319\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Whispering-Shadows-Cover-Optimized-for-Web.jpg” alt=”Whispering Shadows Cover” image_icon_width=”65%” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|on||||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ header_font_size=”14px” body_text_color=”#000000″ background_color=”#FFFFFF” min_height_tablet=”610px” min_height_phone=”610px” min_height_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_margin=”|0px|||false|false” custom_padding=”8px||4px||false|false” animation=”off” border_radii=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” border_width_all=”10px” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” border_radii_image=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}”]When Nina returns home to say goodbye to her dying grandfather, the forest calls to her. Something ancient is watching\u2014and it\u2019s hungry.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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After 40 years, Hardware\u2019s finally free of his braces. Unfortunately, so are his teeth. And they have a taste for world domination. Beware the molars are coming.<\/p>\n

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