WE PUBLISH DARK FICTION FOR ADULTS OF ALL AGES.

WE PUBLISH DARK FICTION FOR ADULTS OF ALL AGES.

Constant Dread is dedicated to bringing you the strangest, most provocative new literature and dark fiction. Between 3-4 select works will be released each year. We publish titles exclusively in limited print editions, giving you the opportunity to "collect before they're gone".

Constant Dread
is the exclusive home
of C. Paul Wiggins, author of
DISORDER and GOODS AND SERVICES, and EXCAVATION.
There are few places more sacred than the grave - that final home where everything is revealed, laid bare, torn apart by the elements and, sometimes, by our own hands. Do we explore the cold, dark home of the dead because we long to be among them? What greater reward can there be for a meaningless, futile existence? It's only right that we dig deep, turn out the remains of those grinning corpses, to learn all that awaits us in the splendor of the long night.
This shocking collection features eleven stories about death, the grave, and what comes after. A man whose sole function is to quiet down the countryside with his trusty hatchet-hammer. A woman with a strange, grisly vocation for tending the dead. A town that's scheduled for destruction in the most violent and savage terms imaginable.
These are just a few of the gruesome stories contained within the pages of EXCAVATION.
There are no more highways or interstates. No more farmlands. No more cars or trains or commercial airliners. No more tailors or bread makers, no more writers or plumbers—no more small business or owner/operators. No more investors or homeowners or real estate magnates. No private ownership of any kind, except for a few essential goods and services.
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Diseases of the mind and body are not always what they appear nor do they come in the form we might expect. But it would be a mistake to assume that such afflictions are without purpose. The most unique disorders can result in the most meaningful progress for their victims, even if the end result is death.
This is the focus of DISORDER, a collection of stories about individuals who must contend with bizarre illnesses and extraordinary circumstances. A man who wants nothing more than a little time alone. A husband and wife experiencing a disgusting yet welcome transmutation. A woman whose most dangerous adversary turns out be her own right arm.
These are just a few of the twisted stories that populate DISORDER.
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