Short Story Collection

The Roots Run Deep is Here!

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The Evil Grows.

A young couple, enjoying a day in paradise, make a horrifying discovery on the beach after a terrible storm. A cable repairman must descend into the very earth itself to answer a call he may never come back from. A single dad loses his child in the neon guts of a fast food playland. The midnight shift at a county greenhouse turns violent thanks to some especially aggressive moths. A criminal from Detroit tries to rob the wrong donut shop. Children on their way to summer camp find a new mother in the unforgiving woods. A woman, lost in her own grief, must face her sorrow before it devours her. Fifteen stories of horror, fear, and dread that proves the roots of evil run deep.

“The Roots Run Deep is a hard-hitting collection of cosmic, weird, and fresh short horror fiction. C.M. Forest really brings it with one—a welcome sucker-punch of a book I never saw coming.”

CALEB STEPHENS

Award-winning author of

The Girls in the Cabin and Feeders

“I’m not sure I’ve ever read a collection that taps into such sheer variety of fears. He showed his talent with Infested, and it’s clear he’s taking his writing to the next level. Forest is one of the most imaginative writers in horror today.”

DREW STARLING

Bestselling author of

Sentinel, Nothus, and After

“The Roots Run Deep is a horror snack in all the best ways, Bite-sized, incredibly addictive short stories that’ll have you promising yourself that you’ll only indulge in one, only to find you’ve devoured the whole thing in a single sitting. Each tale was unique, engaging, and deliciously twisted. Not only that, they showed Forest’s evolution into the fantastic horror author he’s become. This collection was a treat.”

SHELLY CAMPBELL

Author of

Gulf and Breach

“This collection is an unsettling and evocative cornucopia of fears, some familiar, along with many brand new. Thanks to these stories, I have added quite a few items to my list of “hell no” places, creatures, and occurrences. The most noteworthy: moths, donut glaze, disappearing from existence, black slime covering the earth, and McDonald’s playland. If you’re looking for something refreshing in horror, just in time for spooky season, add this one to the TBR.”

BEN YOUNG

Author of Stuck

The Roots Run Deep is available now!

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New Short Story!

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I’m thrilled to have my story, The House in the Ground, included in this collection. The Emerald Edition is the 7th entry in the Horror Collection series, and features some great talent!

Available now as an e-book, and coming soon in print. If you would like to get a copy of your own, follow this link: The Emerald Edition.

-Christian

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The Space Between Houses cover reveal!

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Cover reveal

A little over five years ago, my first book, The Space Between Houses, was unleashed upon the world. The initial run was limited, and as such, the book has been out of print for a couple of years now. And it would have probably stayed there as well, if not for all of you. I am constantly being asked if, or when, Space will be available again. And since the book will always have a special place in my heart, coupled with the demand, I decided it was indeed the time to bring it back.

For this second edition of the book, I have gone through and cleaned it up a tad. Fixed some minor mistakes, and gave the whole thing a new coat of paint. Beyond that, I have also added three short stories that were not included in the original edition, but were written around the same time.

So, without further ado, I present the cover for the second edition of The Space Between Houses, published by Adventure Worlds Press, which will be available for purchase this April.

-Christian

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The Space Between Houses 2nd edition Update!

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So, as is wont to happen in the publishing world, things change.

I announced that my first book, The Space Between Houses, would be getting a second edition through a small press local to where I live. This agreement, done the old-fashioned way—a conversation and a handshake—has, unfortunately, fell through.

The good news is, The Space Between Houses 2nd edition is still going to come out…just not until next year. A lot of you have been asking for this book to go back into print, and as it is my first literary baby, I’m all too keen to make it happen.

More news on this in the coming months, including the brand new (and quite rad, if I do say so myself) cover art.

-Christian

Update!

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It’s been a while since I’ve done an update on my projects. So, hey, why not now?
First, I did finally finish* my novel. I need to put an asterisk next to that because It is not actually finished (possibly far from it), but it is more finished than ever before. Basically, I finished it enough to submit it to a publisher. I’ve had really good feedback on the book and think it is quite scary. Hopefully I’ll have some publishing news sooner rather than later to share.

Next up, and I already did a post about this, but what the heck, it’s my site so I can do what I want, is the re-release of The Space Between Houses. I’m crazy excited about getting this book back into print. I went through and cleaned up a few of the things that always bugged me about the book (don’t worry, I didn’t go full George Lucas on it or anything), and was also able to add in three short stories that I had written around the same time (or just after) TSBH but were published elsewhere. This means that between TSBH and No Light Tomorrow, almost every short story I’ve ever written that has been published will be in print. Fear not though, I’m not expecting those who already own the book to buy it again. As I said, the three stories have been published online previously, and can still be found over at Adventure Worlds Press.com (you might have to do some scrolling though). And, like the rest of the stories in the book, I was able to give those three stories some added shine for this upcoming second edition.

There is a tentative release date of the fall for the newest incarnation of The Space Between Houses, but an exact date has not been announced. And it will be coming out through Urban Farmhouse Press. I’ve read a number of UFP books, and they are always quality.

On the subject of short fiction, I have a few NEW short stories I’ve put together recently. One is a leftover for an anthology I was going to submit to last year, but didn’t have the time to finish it before the deadline. Another is for an upcoming anthology, but I won’t know if it makes that book or not until at least October, and the third is a short story for a rainy day. I figure it is good to start stockpiling some short stories in case of unexpected opportunities.

And, lastly, I’ve started a new novel (horror, of course). I won’t tell you what it is about because it is in its embryonic stage, but I can say that it is an idea I had about a year ago (maybe less), and as soon as I did, I knew it was the next book I was going to write.

Besides the above stuff, I’ve been doing a few interviews, and will be teaching a workshop on horror and Sci-Fi writing with Ben Van Dongen (co-author of a couple of my books, as well as full author of a couple of his own) in Sept. And then there’s been PlayStation. That sweet, awful source of endless distraction. While on the subject, if you haven’t played the Resident Evil 2 remake yet, do so. It is amazing!

-Christian

Four Years of The Space Between Houses

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Distressed cover finalSo, this coming September will mark the four-year anniversary of my first book, The Space Between Houses. I’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of this book, and like having it available in my back catalogue…but, it is currently out of print.

Now, here’s the dilemma. I can get more made under my own press (Adventure Worlds Press), but since I don’t have any of the final files (the original publisher does), I would have to go through the book and literally retype it. This is not a completely bad thing, as there are a few minor things I’d like to change (mostly all grammatical), and this would allow me the chance to do so. The down side is, I’d have to retype the whole fucking thing.

Sigh.

I’m leaning towards doing it, if for no other reason then my next solo book (the long in development novel) will probably not be out for quite some time. I still have No Light Tomorrow and All These Crooked Streets but neither of those are horror, and they are both co-authored.

Double sigh.

I guess I need to think about it some more. I’ll give an update in a week or two once I’ve made up my mind. I just really don’t want to retype the damn thing.

Triple sigh.

Later ‘gators,

Christian