As first revealed on the Night Worms Instagram today, Word Horde proudly presents Smoke Season, a new novel in the tradition of Arthur Machen from Carrie-Edmund Laben, author of A Hawk in the Woods, featuring another fantastic cover from Matthew Revert!

Preorder today from Word Horde, and you’ll also receive a bookplate signed by Carrie-Edmund Laben, and a free eBook.

“A mystery that begins with the hazy memory of a forgotten sibling in a cage, spirals outward, entwining dark conspiracy with visions of utopia. Mesmerizing and unlike anything else you’ve read, Smoke Season will challenge your notions of what Weird and political fiction can achieve.” —Paul Tremblay, NYT bestselling author of Horror Movie and Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep

Cover Design by Matthew Revert

Pub Date: June 30, 2026

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-1-956252-12-5

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