Books

Books of fiction, criticism, creativity, religion, horror, and the strange.

Books I've written

Book cover: To Rouse Leviathan by Matt Cardin
TO ROUSE LEVIATHAN Two decades of weird and cosmic horror stories.
Book cover: Writing at the Wellspring
WRITING AT THE WELLSPRING On the deeper currents of creativity.
Book cover: What the Daemon Said by Matt Cardin
WHAT THE DAEMON SAID Explorations of horror and the darkly numinous in life and art.
Book cover: A Course in Demonic Creativity by Matt Cardin
A COURSE IN DEMONIC CREATIVITY A guide to collaborating with the muse or daemon.
Book cover: Dark Awakenings by Matt Cardin
DARK AWAKENINGS Stories and essays on religion and horror.
Book cover: Divinations of the Deep by Matt Cardin
DIVINATIONS OF THE DEEP Five tales of the chaos behind the cosmos.
Book cover: Journals, Volume 1: 1993–2001 by Matt Cardin
JOURNALS, VOLUME 1 A young writer's search for vocation, meaning, and awakening.
Book cover: Journals, Volume 2: 2002–2022 by Matt Cardin
JOURNALS, VOLUME 2 Two decades of creativity, spiritual inquiry, and a world coming apart.

Books I've edited

Book cover: Horror Literature through History by Matt Cardin
HORROR LITERATURE THROUGH HISTORY A wide-ranging, two-volume history of horror from antiquity to the present.
Book cover: Mummies around the World by Matt Cardin
MUMMIES AROUND THE WORLD A comprehensive encyclopedia of mummies.
Book cover: Ghosts, Spirits, and Psychics by Matt Cardin
GHOSTS, SPIRITS, AND PSYCHICS The scientific and cultural study of the paranormal.
Book cover: Born to Fear by Matt Cardin
BORN TO FEAR: INTERVIEWS WITH THOMAS LIGOTTI A quarter century of conversations with the modern master of literary horror.