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Austin Shirey (SHY-ree) writes strange and fantastic fiction.
He is the author of Pallbearers (2026, Madness Heart Press); City of Spores (2024, Madness Heart Press); and Goodly Creatures (2023, self-published).
His stories have appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, Wyld Flash, MetaStellar, Haven Spec, Silver Blade, The Dread Machine, Gone Lawn, Orca, All Worlds Wayfarer, and Stonecaost Review, as well as in a handful of anthologies.
When he’s not writing (or working his boring day job), he’s probably reading, watching movies, listening to music, or playing guitar. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife, daughters, and two cats.
He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Lindenwood University.
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Cover by Luke Spooner
What if there was a way to bring the dead back to life?
It’s August 2009, and twenty-somethings Darrell Sanchez, his brother Cash, and Riley Weisman are all set to go on a summer road trip with their best friend, Tad Cooper, when Tad unexpectedly dies, leaving the three friends devastated and adrift.
How far would you go?
But when Cash presents Darrell and Riley with evidence of a secret government program that can resurrect the dead, they decide to dig up Tad’s freshly buried body and set out for the haunted desert of Nevada on an absurd cross-country quest to bring their best friend back to life.
What would you risk?
Along the way, Darrell, Cash, and Riley will learn to grieve together as they risk their lives for their fallen friend, even as they are pursued by an otherworldly menace intent on stopping them.
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