From Pamela M. Durgin comes debut novel Desert Radio, a tale of liminal strangeness, the uncanny, and home-brewed California Weird.

Order Desert Radio now from local independent booksellers everywhere (including the Word Horde Emporium of the Weird & Fantastic), most online retailers, or direct from us.

“Desert Radio dials in to the innate windblown strangeness of the desert, and then, by mixing it with something genuinely weird and terrifying, turns the volume up to eleven. A superb and extremely unsettling first novel.” —Brian Evenson, award-winning author of Song for the Unraveling of the World

Preorder today from Word Horde, and you’ll also receive a bookplate signed by Pamela M. Durgin, and a free eBook.

“Here’s a PSA for you: Pamela Durgin knows secrets. She knows the great deserts of the American West are as weird as the ancient forests of the North—and she knows these deserts come alive at night. She knows the slow, soft tread of the tarantula, and the scorpion’s sudden sting—and she knows these are not the strangest creatures moving through the dark. Not even close. She knows that the key to so much of the best Weird Fiction—from Blackwood and Hodgson right up till now—is atmosphere. And she knows how to build it. She also knows when to strike. And where. Pamela Durgin knows secrets. Maybe more than she should. In Desert Radio she’ll share them with you. Maybe more than you’re ready to learn.”
—Scott Nicolay, author of And At My Back I Always Hear

Cover Art & Design by Yves Tourigny

Pub Date: September 29, 2026

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-1-956252-14-9

Format: eBook
ISBN-13: 978-1-939905-81-9