New Title Acquisition:

We are delighted to announce the acquisition of the groundbreaking debut collection BLACK MAYBE: LIMINAL TALES by Attila Veres.

It is extremely rare for an author to enter a scene which is currently as rich and furtive as Horror is right now and somehow redefine that landscape, and the boundaries of Weird Fiction with a collection so fully formed, and a literary voice so entirely unique as is presented here.

This groundbreaking collection is scheduled for pre-order early 2027 and we are honoured to be giving it the Nepenthe treatment. More information on this publication to follow in the coming months.

Praise for THE BLACK MAYBE:

"The Black Maybe is the strangest of books: one from a young writer, the Hungarian Attila Veres, fully formed. Never hesitating, his world is unique, bleak, terrifying and all his own. Whether it’s urban fables of rock music, harvests that claim souls, Aickmanesque situations or an amazing take on cosmic horror, his vision is always stunning. These stories, his debut in English, will blow you away." – Mariana Enríquez, author of Things We Lost in the Fire and Our Share of Night

"A book no horror reader should miss. The most original debut collection of weird stories I have read in years." – Lisa Tuttle, The Guardian

"The 'liminal tales' of Attila Veres are as bizarre and powerful as any since the heyday of Thomas Ligotti." – Michael Dirda, The Washington Post

"The ten macabre tales that make up Veres’s English-language debut stake their scares on their wildly unpredictable plots. All Veres’s stories begin in realistically grounded settings before veering unexpectedly into territory rife with unforeseeable and surreal menaces . . . These tales wear their resistance to conventional horror tropes and formulas as a badge of honor. Readers are sure to be impressed." – Publishers Weekly

"A profoundly unsettling collection of stories ... Each tale wraps you in the crisp concise language of the author and translator and whisks you away to horrors spanning from cosmic darkness to the traumas of childhood ... an almost perfect story collection ... startlingly unique." – Library Journal

"Every decade or so, a writer comes along who reconfigures the way we think about the Weird. First Thomas Ligotti, then Laird Barron, and now Attila Veres. An astonishing collection, really unlike anything out there, which suggests a new way forward."

– ​Brian Evenson, author of Song for the Unraveling of the World​

"[U]nnerving ... immersive and beguiling ... an original, weird, and disquieting nightmare." – Booklist

"These stories dwell in the in-between places of life and death, that place where nightmares wait to be harvested. These are your nightmares, or they soon will be, so settle in for an excursion to a horrific mental, emotional, and spiritual landscape like no other. A brilliant work." – Elizabeth Engstrom, author of When Darkness Loves Us and Black Ambrosia

"A stunning parade of terrors surreal and horrors sublime. The uncanny stories in The Black Maybe are as originally chilling and imaginatively dangerous as anything you’ll read this decade, if not your lifetime, and Attila Veres deserves the worldwide acclaim this inventive work of horror will surely bring him. His approach is genuinely fresh. No maybes about it: this book is pitch black and totally engrossing." – Michael Arnzen, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Proverbs for Monsters

"Attila Veres is fiendishly talented. Certain images in The Black Maybe caused me to glance at the darkened corners of my office as I read into the wee hours." – Laird Barron, author of Swift to Chase

"Original, brilliant, distinctive.  These masterful stories by Attila Veres are a breath of fresh air from out of the darkness." – Michael Cisco, award-winning author of The Divinity Student

"The Black Maybe, by Attila Veres, is a refreshing blast of cold cellar air. The horror is insidious and surreal, slowly chewing away what you think is real until you find yourself surrounded by a nightmare. I love this book!" – Nathan Ballingrud, author of Wounds and North American Lake Monsters

"[A] a cosmic horror collection for the modern era ... a jaw-dropping read." – Kat Clay, Interzone