“With his latest, Essig spins a dark yarn as a group of evil musicians hellbent on revenge make camp in an Old West town in this gruesome splatter western.”
After getting word that his family ranch has been overtaken by marauders, Blue arrives in La Plateau in time to learn of another mystery. Seems three musicians have been singing death songs, terrorizing the townsfolk. Those that can leave do, but for some, their pride keeps them planted in place, hoping a death song isn’t sung for them. Sadly, those unfortunates don’t make it through the night.
Faced with a strange homecoming, Blue seeks out an old flame. Louise is a psychic, but the cloud of darkness hovering over La Plateau is too thick. Folks are scared.
Blue must face his fears, and the fears of the whole town, and take on some unlikely allies to even have a chance to get his ranch back. These singers have vengeance against Blue on their minds.
Who’s name will be on the lips that sing the next death song?
Why we’re excited about this book:
When it comes to brutal, visceral horror, Robert Essig consistently delivers the goods. Essig is the author of Death Obsessed, The Terror of Rattlesnake Mountain trilogy, Shallow Graves (with Jack Bantry), Stronger Than Hate, Sick! Sick! Sick!, Master of Bodies, Baby Fights, and Broth House, and his short-fiction has appeared in such publications as Years Best Hardcore Horror: Volume I, Screams: A Horror Anthology, Welcome to the Splatter Club, The Zombist: A Horror Western Anthology, and Splatterpunk Forever, among others, and collected in Infected Voices: A Short Story Collection. Essig is also an editor, with his latest anthology, Chew on This!, nominted for a Splatterpunk Award (2023). With his latest, Essig spins a dark yarn as a group of evil musicians hellbent on revenge make camp in an Old West town in this gruesome splatter western.
Releasing from Death’s Head Press 10 December 2024, Sing Me a Death Song by Robert Essig is available for pre-order now.
BOB PASTORELLA
