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The Widows of Winding Gale (October 2025)
A novel by Kealan Patrick Burke
Introduction by Nathan Ballingrud
Artwork by Glenn Chadbourne


SYNOPSIS:
For the people on the rugged Irish island of Winding Gale, life has always been hard. Now in
the wake of the second World War, the island is dying, the young taken away by death or the
appeal of better lives elsewhere, leaving behind only a handful of adults.
But on the night the men of the island disappear while fishing in uncharted waters, the women
are forced into a conflict with something both new and unfathomably old.
A strange greenish mist rolls in, cutting off the island from the mainland. Spiral symbols appear
in the sand, fashioned from dead fish and stones. Seductive voices lure people from their homes
to walk into the sea. Ancient ships materialize in the fog. And specters of the past will rise to take
their vengeance in blood.
Because this is Samhain, a time when the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest, and
there is something rising from the deep that will thrust the women of Winding Gale into a war
against an unspeakable evil.
From Kealan Patrick Burke, the Stoker Award-winning author of Kin and Sour Candy, The
Widows of Winding Gale is a nightmarish homage to the seminal work of Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, William Hope Hodgson, Arthur Machen, and John Carpenter.

500 numbered, offset printed, Smyth-sewn, cloth-covered hardcovers, signed by Kealan Patrick Burke and Nathan Ballingrud, $55. |
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15 lettered, offset printed, Smyth-sewn, traycased hardcovers, both book and traycase completely hand made using the finest materials, signed by Kealan Patrick Burke and Nathan Ballingrud, $TBD but at least $750 based on anticipated materials and labor. |
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Praise for Works of Kealan Patrick Burke:
“Burke is one of the most clever and original talents in contemporary horror.”
—Booklist
“I am in awe of his talent.”
—Bentley Little
“One of the best writers in horror fiction today.”
—Jonathan Maberry
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