An absolute triumph, a masterpiece of suspense, emotion, and flat-out terror … It’s one of this year’s can’t-miss books, and a journey you won’t soon forget.”—Paste Magazine

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM 20TH CENTURY FOX

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER

Named a Best Book of 2023 by Book Riot, Shelf Awareness, and NPR

The Martian meets 127 Hours in this “astoundingly great” (Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and scientifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who’s been swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out.

Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool’s errand—to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Monastery Beach. He knows it’s a long shot, but Jay feels it’s the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has carried since his dad’s death by suicide the previous year.

The dive begins well enough, but the sudden appearance of a giant squid puts Jay in very real jeopardy, made infinitely worse by the arrival of a sperm whale looking to feed. Suddenly, Jay is caught in the squid’s tentacles and drawn into the whale’s mouth where he is pulled into the first of its four stomachs. He quickly realizes he has only one hour before his oxygen tanks run out—one hour to defeat his demons and escape the belly of a whale.

Suspenseful and cinematic, Whalefall is a “powerfully humane” (Owen King, New York Times bestselling author) thriller about a young man who has given up on life … only to find a reason to live in the most dangerous and unlikely of places.

Signed Limited Hardcover Edition:

Limited to only 500 signed and hand-numbered copies

Signed by Daniel Kraus and Vincent Sammy on a specially designed full-colour illustrated signature page

6.14” x 9.21” trim size

472 pages

Offset printed on 100gsm Munken Print Cream

Bound in full cloth

Head and tail bands

Hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine

Full-colour endpapers

Sewn binding

Ribbon page marker

Dust jacket artwork by Vincent Sammy

Naked artwork on reverse dust jacket

Featuring six full colour interior illustrations by Vincent Sammy printed on a special silk art stock & tipped into the book

Housed in custom two-piece enclosure

Covered in a deluxe material

Hot foil stamping on the front and back

Ribbon lifter

Lividian Publications is proud to be publishing a deluxe signed and slipcased Limited Edition hardcover of Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature edited by Becky Siegel Spratford, the most recent Bram Stoker Award winner for Superior Achievement in Long Non-Fiction.

We don’t publish nonfiction often, but this is exactly the kind of special project that deserves a Limited Edition. Becky Siegel Spratford gathered an incredible group for this insightful look into why horror matters: Grady Hendrix, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Tananarive Due, Victor LaValle, Alma Katsu, Rachel Harrison, Gabino Iglesias, Brian Keene, John Langan, and so many other terrific writers.

This special edition includes exclusive full-color wrap-around dust jacket artwork by François Vaillancourt, along with our signature slipcase design with the custom die-cut window, making this production a true work of art.

Retail Price: $125
Publication Date: December 2026
Page Count: 248 pages
Status: Forthcoming

Deluxe Production Features:
• Full-color wrap-around artwork by François Vaillancourt
• Offset printed on an acid-free archival quality paper stock
• A fine cloth binding
• Hot foil stamping on the front cover and spine
• Smyth-sewn to create a more durable binding
• Twine head and tail bands
• High-quality endpapers
• Sewn-in satin ribbon page marker
• Custom-made slipcase stamped with hot foil and featuring a unique die-cut window
• Limited to 600 copies signed by Becky Siegel Spratford and François Vaillancourt

About the Book:
For twenty-five years, Becky Siegel Spratford has worked as a librarian in Reader Advisory, training library workers all over the world on how to engage their patrons and readers, and to use her place as a horror expert and critic to get the word out to others; to bring even more readers into the horror fold.

Why I Love Horror is a love letter to the horror genre from many of the most influential and bestselling authors in the industry. A captivating anthology and heartfelt tribute to the horror genre featuring essays from several of the most celebrated contemporary horror writers including, Grady Hendrix, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Josh Malerman, Victor LaValle, Tananarive Due, and Rachel Harrison.

For devoted horror readers, Why I Love Horror is a celebration of the books, fears, monsters, and midnight obsessions that shaped them. For the horror-curious, this very special edition is an open door into the genre’s bloody, beating heart, guided by the writers who know exactly why we keep coming back to the dark.

Table of Contents:
"Introduction" by Sadie Hartmann
"Why Ask Why" by Becky Siegel Spratford
"Brian Keene’s Giant-Size Man-Thing" by Brian Keene
"The Giant Footprint of Horror" by Hailey Piper
"In the Bermuda Triangle with Sasquatch, Flesh Smoldering" by John Langan
"What You Can Learn from Horror: Don’t Run from Darkness; It’s Trying to Teach You a Lesson" by Alma Katsu
"Horror Is Life: A Blood-Soaked Love Letter" by Gabino Iglesias
"My Long Road to Horror" by Tananarive Due
"Monster Girl: How Horror Gave Me a Place to Belong" by Jennifer McMahon
"On the Amtrak, Heading Home" by Josh Malerman
"Why Horror?" by Paul Tremblay (Drawings by Emma Tremblay)
"Why I Love Horror" by Grady Hendrix
"My Mother Was Margaret White" by Cynthia Pelayo
"Why I Am Horror" by Clay McLeod Chapman
"A Day in My Psychedelic World" by Nuzo Onoh
"Permission to Scream" by Rachel Harrison
"Horror Saved My Life" by Victor LaValle
"Tales from My Crypt" by Mary SanGiovanni
"Of Men and Monsters" by David Demchuk
"Why Horror" by Stephen Graham Jones
About the Authors
Acknowledgments

Reviews:
“Spratford, well-known in the library world as a horror expert, has gathered the most important voices in the genre today…The results are illuminating, moving, and inspiring.”
— Booklist, starred review

"A big, squishy blood-soaked love letter to horror that fans of the macabre and the dark should devour."
— Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of Mexican Gothic

Hendrix’s genius as a horror writer is his ability to develop complex, human-scale emotional arcs . . . Never before has one of his books so aptly met the moment . . . at turns frightening, anxiety-producing, infuriating, beautiful and sad.”—The New York Times

They were never girls, they were witches . . . .

They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to the Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, to give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened.

Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970, pregnant, frightened, and alone. Under the watchful eye of the stern Miss Wellwood, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament. There’s Rose, a hippie who insists she’s going to find a way to keep her baby and escape to a commune. And Zinnia, a budding musician who plans to marry her baby’s father. And Holly, a wisp of a girl, barely fourteen, mute and pregnant by no-one-knows-who.

Everything the girls eat, every moment of their waking day, and everything they’re allowed to talk about is strictly controlled by the adults who claim they know what’s best for them. Then Fern meets a librarian who gives her an occult book about witchcraft, and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in their lives. But power can destroy as easily as it creates, and it’s never given freely. There’s always a price to be paid . . . and it’s usually paid in blood.

Signed Limited Hardcover Edition:

Limited to only 600 signed and hand-numbered copies

Signed by Grady Hendrix and Babs Webb on a specially designed illustrated signature page

6.14” x 9.21” trim size

560 pages

Offset printed on 100gsm Munken Print Cream

Quarter bound in an imitation leather with a matte leather look over Dubletta cloth

Head and tail bands

Featuring five interior illustrations printed on a special silk art stock & tipped into the book

Hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine

Full-colour endpapers

Sewn binding

Ribbon page marker

Dust jacket and interior artwork by Babs Webb

Housed in a custom handmade slipcase

Covered in an imitation leather with a matte leather look

Hot foil stamping on the front, back and spine

Includes a hand-numbered limited edition bookmark

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians comes a gripping high-speed chase novel pitting a runaway teen and her unsuspecting friends against a relentless serial killer on a dangerous road trip where survival is anything but guaranteed.

Sixteen-year-old Harper has decided to run away from home after she has another blow-out argument with her mother.

Her two best friends, little sister, and ex-boyfriend stage an intervention disguised as a road trip to stop her from hitchhiking her way up Route 80 in Wyoming. What they don’t realize is that Harper has been marked by a unique serial killer who’s been trolling the highway for the past three years.

Now the killer is after all of them, and they are thrust into an explosive, pulse-pounding and terrifying race for survival down the interstate. As the body-count rises, Harper will break all the limits to bring the killer down.

Signed Limited Hardcover Edition:

Limited to only 600 signed and hand-numbered copies

Signed by Stephen Graham Jones and Francois Vaillancourt on a specially designed full-colour illustrated signature page

6.14” x 9.21” trim size

312 pages

Offset printed on 100gsm Munken Print Cream

Quarter bound in an imitation leather with a matte leather look over Dubletta cloth

Head and tail bands

Featuring six full colour interior illustrations printed on a special silk art stock & tipped into the book

Hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine

Full-colour endpapers

Sewn binding

Ribbon page marker

Dust jacket and interior artwork by Francois Vaillancourt

Housed in a custom handmade slipcase

Covered in an imitation leather with a matte leather look

Hot foil stamping on the front and spine

Includes a hand-numbered limited edition bookmark

Author: Stephen Graham Jones

Artist: Francois Vaillancourt

Publication Date: Est. September 2026

Edition: Signed & Numbered Slipcased Limited Hardcover

Praise for The Babysitter Lives

“I enjoyed The Babysitter Lives very much. It's perfect for audio, as really scary stories always are, and this one is really scary. Perfect for a long car ride . . . especially when you're almost out of gas and you start wondering if maybe someone has gotten into the backseat and will lurch into the rearview mirror.”

—Stephen King

“A mind-bending haunted house tale from the Jordan Peele of horror literature.”

—Dread Central

“It's a story full of so many frightening twists and turns that you'll be checking every nook and cranny of your own house by the end, just to make sure something terrifying isn't about to creep out from the dark.”

—Paste

“Put simply, at this point every new Stephen Graham Jones release is an event.”

—Popverse

“The tale isn't merely told—it is vividly breathed to life, each emotion palpable, each twist tangible . . . A testament to the fact that horror is not just about scares but can be a mirror to society's deepest anxieties and suppressed histories.”

—Nightmare

Praise for The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

“For me and vampires, there is Stoker, there is Rice, and now there is Jones. It's harrowing, agonizing, nuanced, and downright philosophical. Very likely Jones's masterpiece.”

—Daniel Kraus, New York Times bestselling author of Whalefall

“Stephen Graham Jones tears into the flesh of vampire lore, transforming it into something raw and feral. Jones crafts a stark, unnervingly poetic narrative. This is vampire horror reimagined in the sharp glare of a history America cannot escape.”

—Shane Hawk, co-editor of Never Whistle At Night

“Stephen Graham Jones has lit a slow-burning candle that grows into a forest fire, illuminating the life of a Pikuni vampire and everyone he has touched, the pain of being a victim and perpetrator of violent history, and how memory serves to keep us who we are despite it all. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is beautiful, terrifying, sad, funny, and grotesque — everything I want in a novel.”

—Jessica Johns, author of Bad Cree

“A master at blending horror, suspense, and culturally rich stories that are as thought-provoking as they are spine-tingling. Jones’s singular voice and exploration of identity, of trauma and survival, make every page pulse with kinetic urgency.”

—David Robertson, author of The Theory of Crows

“A riveting story of heartbreak, death, and revenge, this remarkable work of American fiction, a thought-provoking tale filled with existential terror, unease, and a high body count, transforms, in Jones’ deft hands, from the unapologetic horror novel it most certainly is into a critique of the entire idea of the United States—a critique that, despite the horrors, both real and supernatural, is forcefully infused with both heart and hope.”

—Booklist, starred review

“It’s as much an autopsy of institutionalized treachery as a demonization of its tragic and terrifying 'villain.' A weirdly satisfying and bloody reckoning with some of America’s most shameful history.”

—Kirkus, starred review

“A remarkably well-wrought work of historical horror that will captivate Jones’s fans and newcomers alike.”

—Publisher's Weekly, starred review

“While this is a unique vampire story, it is also grief horror, portraying the mourning of a land and a people, inscribing profound sorrow for what was and what can never be again.”

—Library Journal, starred review

“(A) gruesome joyride of a novel.”

—The New York Times

Like new, direct from the publisher. Only 100 copies of this particular edition.

A brand new radioactive collection from the master of horror!

A total of 25 color pages and illustrations! Wrap around cover and 14 interior color illustrations by K. L. Turner

Definitely, one of our best and most exciting books of the year! Don’t miss out on this one!

Nobody gets out alive!

The warheads have come down.

The reign of mankind ends when the mushroom clouds appear in the skies and the cities become irradiated tombs, nuclear graveyards that are grim testament of man’s inhumanity to his fellow man.

Now there is only survival.

Terrible, brutal day by day existence in the atomic wastelands, a dark plutonium netherworld of monsters and mutants, madmen and roving gangs. And those awful, malevolent things that are even worse.

The dead are the lucky ones.

Welcome to the day after tomorrow.

Welcome to doomsday.

This beautiful copy is signed by Klein has the original price of $6.50, and is extremely rare even unsigned. There are no signed copies on eBay. This copy is what I would call VG (some light soiling to top and bottom of Text Block, some wear to the boards and softening of the head and heel of the spine. ) the dust jacket is a solid VG and not Priceclipped.

Boldly signed on the front free end paper by Klein.

This is the true 1965 first edition, first printing of SURFING by H. Arthur Klein, published by J. B. Lippincott Company, retaining its original unclipped dust jacket. While later printings from the same publication year are encountered more frequently, authentic first printings are considerably more difficult to locate, particularly in this level of preservation.

Surfing remains one of the classic early works documenting the history, culture, techniques, equipment, personalities, and evolution of surfing during one of the sport’s most influential eras.

Richly illustrated throughout with period surfing photography, instructional diagrams, and historical content, the book captures the spirit and rapid evolution of the sport during the mid-1960s. Covering wave knowledge, surfing techniques, equipment, competition, and the expanding influence of surf culture, it remains an important title within vintage surfing literature and an increasingly desirable addition to serious surfing

Pay the Piper (Signed & Slipcased Limited Edition) (preorder)

by George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus

Publication Date: Est. August/September 2026

First Hardcover Edition

“Not only is this deliciously gruesome book teeming with classic Southern gothic trappings, it also resonates with a socially conscious message. . . . For fans of both Kraus's novels and Romero's films, this bloody Southern story highlights the strengths of both auteurs.”—Library Journal

A terrifying tale of supernatural horror set in a cursed Louisiana bayou, from the minds of legendary director George A. Romero and New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Daniel Kraus.

In 2019, while sifting through University of Pittsburgh Library System’s George A. Romero Archival Collection, novelist Daniel Kraus turned up a surprise: a half-finished novel called Pay the Piper, a project few had ever heard of. In the years since, Kraus has worked with Romero’s estate to bring this unfinished masterwork to light.

Alligator Point, Louisiana, population 141: Young Renée Pontiac has heard stories of “the Piper”—a murderous swamp entity haunting the bayou—her entire life. But now the legend feels horrifically real: children are being taken and gruesomely slain. To resist, Pontiac and the town’s desperate denizens will need to acknowledge the sins of their ancestors—the infamous slave traders, the Pirates Lafitte. If they don’t . . . it’s time to pay the piper.

Signed Limited Hardcover Edition:

Limited to only 500 signed and hand-numbered copies

Signed by Daniel Kraus and Dirk Berger on a specially designed illustrated signature page

6.14” x 9.21” trim size

448 pages

Offset printed on 100gsm Munken Print Cream

Bound in Brillianta cloth

Head and tail bands

Featuring seven interior illustrations printed in full colour on a special silk art stock & tipped into the book

Hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine

Full-colour endpapers

Sewn binding

Ribbon page marker

Dust jacket and interior artwork by Dirk Berger

Naked artwork on main dust jacket

Featuring text on reverse dust jacket

Housed in a custom handmade slipcase

Covered in an imitation leather with a matte leather look

Hot foil stamping on the front and spine

Includes a hand-numbered limited edition bookmark

Please note: the slipcase is a mock-up and may be subject to change.

Author: George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus

Artist: Dirk Berger

Publication Date: Est. August/September 2026

Edition: Signed & Numbered Slipcased Limited Hardcover

Praise for Pay the Piper

“A captivating triumph for horror fans.”

—Tananarive Due, author of The Reformatory

“A great action-packed horror novel . . . for fans of waterlogged southern gothic with monsters that prey off the complicated history of a land and its people.”

—Booklist

“Not only is this deliciously gruesome book teeming with classic Southern gothic trappings, it also resonates with a socially conscious message. . . . For fans of both Kraus's novels and Romero's films, this bloody Southern story highlights the strengths of both auteurs.”

—Library Journal

“Pay the Piper features many of Romero's creative hallmarks—creepy creatures, icky deaths, and under-the-surface social commentary . . . The novel demonstrates a knack for the kind of patient, expansive storytelling Romero couldn't always squeeze into his big-screen efforts. . . . To those who celebrated (or perhaps derided) Romero as the dean of the dead, the completed novel offers a chance to reconsider his legacy.”

—New York Times

“Romero and Kraus start with a fun monster-fighting book set in the swamp. While they have us looking over our shoulders, they end with us looking within. . . . Accountability, with destruction as the consequence should we not fulfill it, is the cautionary tale with the possibility of a hopeful resolution we crave.”

—Southern Review of Books

As New with Bookmark

OUT OF PRINT!!!!!

The Artist edition is limited to 500 copies with a dust jacket illustrated by Luke Hillestad. It is a full cloth binding with a foil blocked cover. Printed letterpress on Accent Opaque Warm White, it is housed in a cloth covered slipcase and is signed by the artist.

A haunting meditation on the dichotomies—and surprising parallels—of science and the soul, Kate Wilhelm’s Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is one of the most celebrated science fiction novels of the 20th century. Winner of the Hugo, Locus, Jupiter and John W. Campbell Memorial awards, it remains as poignant and prescient today as when it first appeared.

In a near-future ravaged by ecological collapse and human infertility, the Sumner family, a large and wealthy clan in Virginia, takes drastic steps to preserve the species—through cloning. Initially, this strategy ensures survival, but as generations pass, the cloned society begins to experience a quiet unraveling. What begins as a utopian solution soon gives way to existential questions about identity, creativity, and the cost of conformity. With prose as elegant as it is unsettling, Wilhelm explores what it truly means to be human in a world where individuality is the ultimate rebellion.

Before the publication of Wilhelm’s novel, part one of Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang was featured in the fifteenth edition of Orbit, an anthology series celebrated for showcasing boundary-pushing science fiction that challenged the norms of the genre. Upon the novel’s full publication by Harper & Row in 1976, Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang was universally hailed by critics and peers alike as a landmark work of speculative fiction by a pioneering voice.

Wilhelm’s novel endures as a profound exploration of humanity’s essence, reminding us that survival devoid of individuality and creativity leads to a hollow existence.