Books published by Terror House Press, LLC

"They just squat and occupy it. Even when they are sick, they still want to occupy something."Broken Uterus is a collection of poems by Cai Gentan, one of the most celebrated voices in contemporary Chinese poetry. Comprising five distinct chapters focusing on sexual relationships, Chinese history, hospital life, and more, Gentan''s clear-eyed, stark verse offers an engaging and comedic glimpse at modern China and its cultural contradictions.Broken Uterus is the English-language poetry debut of Cai Gentan. This edition of the book was translated by Chinese poet Xi Nan and features a introduction by her. Broken Uterus also includes several poems published by Terror House Magazine in 2019.

Edited by Canadian author Bill Marchant and featuring over two dozen short stories, poems, essays, and more, Ending Bigly is a comedic and incisive work that offers a glimpse at the post-Trump future.

"People need trees, people need beauty. This is the life of the White Swan."The White Swan is a exhortation of power and beauty. The literary debut of short story author, parodist, and new immigrant Faisal Marzipan, The White Swan blends cultural critique, satire, Christianity, and social commentary into a masterwork aimed at reinvigorating the modern man. In a world drowning in lies and ugliness, Marzipan''s work forms the pièce de résistance of a new wave of outsider literature and cultural renewal.

"I don''t want to hang out with the puke-faces I work with. Who would? The meth-mouths, the crackheads, the criminals. Cab drivers are scum. I''m sorry."Taxi drivers are part of the lifeblood of every city. They''re responsible for taking everyone where they need to go, from rich yuppies hopped up on coke to senile old people on government vouchers. They know the best routes to take, where you can have a good time, and where the bodies are buried. On a long enough timeline, taxi drivers will see the best and worst that the world has to offer.6 to 6 is Mather Schneider''s memoir of his years as a taxi driver and the panoply of mental asylum escapees, Hispanic gangsters, drunk businessmen, and other colorful figures who''ve ridden in his cab. With clean prose and dry wit, 6 to 6 is an uncompromising look at humanity filtered through the eyes of a working man.Originally serialized on Terror House Magazine from 2019 to 2020, Terror House Press is proud to bring this modern classic into print.

"And now the ghosts and the dust settle in on my heart and I have no children, no apple trees, or sunshine. Only tears."My Mentor, Death is a collection of over 40 of Leslie D. Soule''s best poems, meditating on modernity, loss, and more. With deft language and cutting wit, Soule''s poetry illuminates the twisted landscape of the 21st century, creating a tableau of lost loves, depersonalization, and that specter that comes for all of us: death.My Mentor, Death includes several poems published by Terror House Magazine in 2018 and 2019.

"That was my first lesson as a male prostitute. Prostitutes don''t own things. There''s only a rental agreement, no contract. One needs to get serious."America is a nation in decline; that much is obvious. At what point did America go from splitting the atom to smashing statues, from Southern hospitality to apathetic vulgarity, from conquest and victory to dysfunction and defeat? There''s a lot of ruin in a nation, and the best observer of that ruin is a man who''s spent his life watching the buildings fall down.Bluff City is a collection of over 40 of David Lohrey''s best short stories, poems, and more. Drawing on his Southern upbringing, background as a teacher, and life as an expat, Lohrey cuts through the white noise of American culture with trenchant observations and dark wit on everything from Elvis groupies to inner-city schools to Japanese porn theaters and more.This collection includes several stories and poems published by Terror House Magazine from 2018 to 2020.

PANIC is a collection of over 20 of Benjamin Welton's best poems, touching on fear, loneliness, insanity, and more. Rooted in the tradition of Emily Dickinson and Edgar Allan Poe, Welton's poetry brings an American Gothic sensibility to the 21st century, examining history, the supernatural, and the panic we all feel living in modern society.Featuring work published at Social Matter and other literary journals that are no longer online, Terror House Press is proud to bring Welton's poetry back into print. PANIC also includes several poems published by Terror House Magazine in 2018 and 2019.

"Breakups are harder for perverts, because there’s only so many of us out there. We both know it."Welcome to 21st century America. A country in which Tiger Beat tells teenage girls how to perform rusty trombones while incels fume on obscure imageboards. A land in which college graduates deliver pizza and wait tables for less than minimum wage. A world in which sex is everywhere, yet nowhere, and love—the most precious thing in the world—is as elusive as steady employment and 401ks.Letters from a Heartbroken Pervert is a comic, tender meditation on the state of modern dating. Richard Power's debut memoir examines the millennial generation's human wreckage, exploring its dreams, its delusions, and its longing for the one thing that the 21st century can't provide: love.Originally serialized on MattForney.com and Terror House Magazine from 2015 to 2018, Terror House Press is proud to bring this underground hit into print. This edition of the book includes a new foreword by publisher Matt Forney.