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Frost Zone Stories, Book #4. AUTUMN 2026 – New Story by Lawrence Dagstine

I’m pleased to announce that I have a brand new paranormal story set in my hometown in BOOK 4 of Frost Zone Stories. I don’t know whether to describe this as a book or a journal. It’s really nice. Contents put together professionally. Quality. So I’ll throw it up in both Books-Anthos & Magazines. Frost Zone Stories describe themselves as a publisher of ghostly/supernatural fiction they like to call “Quiet Horror.” And boy oh boy, do I have a haunting, atmospheric tale for you. It takes place in the heart of Times Square soon after the Nixon/Watergate scandal. High crime levels. The Son of Sam. The NYC Blackout. Yes, the 1970s! And everything in this tale, the businesses and places mentioned… These are real establishments. I grew up not too far from here. The age of Triple X movie theaters and drug-dealing pubs and arcades, long before it became the Disneyland that it is today. This is all real history here (well, minus the ghosts). I’ll leave all pics and essential links below, like I usually do. Read my “New York Horror” story: “The Bar that Remembered.”

FROST ZONE STORIES, BOOK #4 – Autumn 2026 Edition

Featuring New Dagstine Tale: “The Bar that Remembered.”

Set in 1970s New York City

SAMPLE ON AMAZON – BUY IT FOR KINDLE:

BUY IT AT BARNES & NOBLE (click link, be redirected):

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/frost-zone-stories-book-4-m-m-macleod/1150817750?ean=9781069454867

BUY IT ON KOBO – For Kobo eReaders:

https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/frost-zone-stories-book-4

FOR PRINT COPIES – FROST ZONE WEBSITE – MASTHEAD:

https://www.frostzonestories.com

FOR TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Other New Entries: “Books & Anthos” and “Magazines”

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Dark Horses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction No. 53, June 2026 – Hobb’s End Press!

Some of you might remember a couple of months back I had a time-traveling western tale featured in a genre publication on Amazon. That magazine made it to the number one spot overnight (Mobius Blvd). Well, my story The Missouri Man is back! It’s been reprinted in the current issue of Dark Horses Magazine. From Hobb’s End Press. It is edited and compiled by Wayne Kyle Spitzer. The tale is about a lawyer who one day finds a hole in back of his refrigerator. And that hole is a time tunnel, leading back to a frontier era in which he must become an unlikely hero. I’ll leave the usual pics and links below. Check it out in case you missed it the first time around. The June issue is a whopping 352 pages! It is available in print and Kindle formats.

Hobb’s End Press presents…

Dark Horses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction – June 2026 Issue

Featuring Dagstine reprint: “The Missouri Man”

AUTHOR LINE-UP:

Join us for a monthly tour of writers who give as good as they get. From hard science-fiction to stark, melancholic apocalypses; from Lovecraftian horror to zombies and horror comedy; from whimsical interludes to tales of unlikely compassion–whatever it is, if it’s weird, it’s here. So grab a seat before the starting gun fires, pour yourself a glass of strange wine, and get ready for the running of the dark horses!

In this issue:

BEYOND THE BEATEN PATH
Jenny Morelli

BEYOND THE BREAKERS
Chris McGinley

GORE
Andrew Albritton

THUNDER ROAD
Wayne Kyle Spitzer

HOW NAVIGATION WORKS
Griffith Pound

THAT TIME WAS THE PLACE WHERE I EXIST
Robert Pettus

THE GATHERING OF THE DRAGONS
Matias Travieso-Diaz

THE SILVER FRONT
George P. Cross

THE WORLD BEYOND THE WATER
Daniel Burnbridge

GHOST INQUISITOR
Bill Walthall

CHILD OF CENTAURUS
R.A. Daunton

DRAINS
David Castlewitz

FIVE SOFT FINGERS
Sophia Krich-Brinton

LISL
Lisa Marie Miller

NEURAL CRUCIBLE
Ernesto Sanchez

THE GROMSKIN
Mark Nuzzi

THE MISSOURI MAN
Lawrence Dagstine

A TASTE OF TRUTH
Bill Diamond

PLUNGE
Anuel Rodriguez

Buy or SAMPLE the publication on Amazon now!

DARK HORSES MAGAZINE/HOBB’S END PRESS MAIN WEBSITE:

https://darkhorsesmagazine.mystrikingly.com

And I’ll be seeing you on the next one!

Other New Entries: “Magazines”

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Alien Buddha Press: “The Alien Buddha’s Got Beef…” – new Lawrence Dagstine story!

Hello, fellow readers. I’ve got a brand new “pulp sci-fi” story to greet you with this month. And it’s being showcased at the long-running Alien Buddha Press. They publish a lot of short story collections and poetry chapbooks, along with a monthly zine. This particular acceptance comes to a themed edition: The Alien Buddha’s Got Beef. What this means is all stories or poems contained within the book has some sort of character or scenario where a BEEF is involved. I’m appearing beside some familiar small press names, like Christopher Dabrowksi, J. Rocky Colavito, and Jacek Wilkos. And Bram Stoker nominee, James Dorr. I’ve appeared with these guys about a dozen times, shared tables of contents before. My story takes place in an interplanetary bar with some interesting regulars, and the beef is in regards to a very important “space race.” A competitive beef. The name of my story is: “The Drinking Man’s Race.” I’ll leave all the necessary photos and clickable links below, along with a pic of the lineup. If you’re into leisurely reading and pulp sf or horror, the Alien Buddha’s got some enjoyable stuff. Great poetry too! 231 beefy pages!

Alien Buddha Press presents…

THE ALIEN BUDDHA’S GOT BEEF!

Featuring pulp Dagstine story: “The Drinking Man’s Race”

Check out the book here on Amazon – (click, sample below):

Alien Buddha Press Main Website/Blog:

https://alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/blog/

Alien Buddha Press on Facebook:

https://facebook.com/alienbuddhapress

I was also in a special themed “New Year’s Edition” a few years back. You can find that on Amazon too.

Other New Entries: “Books & Anthos”

Stygian Lepus Magazine: Spring 2026, Issue #33 – new story by Lawrence Dagstine

I have a new story in Issue #33 (April/Early Spring) of Stygian Lepus Magazine. This would be my third credit with them, third time gracing the journal’s pages these last few years. They are a monthly primarily focused on speculative fiction that is “beyond dark.” Even somewhat cosmic. This time around I have a tale which is one part religious horror, the other part medical horror. Think Robin Cook meets Ira Levin meets T.M. Wright (I used to know him 20+ years ago on a place called Shocklines). What happens when a doctor takes up residency in a rural hospital mysteriously funded by the local church? Who are these cardinals coming in the middle of the night with garbage bags, donning gold crosses? Why are there hundreds of pregnant women lined up outside the hospital’s emergency room all hours of the day? What’s going on in this medical facility? And what exactly is being born in the basement, which requires a special keycard to access? Check out my story in the latest issue of Stygian Lepus: “The Jesus Engine.”

Stygian Lepus Magazine – Issue #33

Available for Amazon Kindle (300+ page ebook) – and a MASSIVE paperback!

STYGIAN LEPUS ON AMAZON – Sample Now, Click Below

STYGIAN LEPUS MAGAZINE HOMEPAGE

(subscriptions, submissions, where to buy, etc)

CLICK LINK, BE REDIRECTED: https://www.stygianlepus.com/

Edited to Add: I’m pleased to announce that, as of this website post, the print version of Stygian Lepus No. #33 has cracked the TOP 100 spot (in preorders, for April 8th 2026). At Number 29 in Psychological Horror. It’s a biggie. I do recommend checking it out.

Other New Entries: “Magazines”

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