book cover of The Joining
 

The Joining

(2025)
Scenes of Wedding Terror
An anthology of stories edited by

 
 
Deadly Beloved, we are gathered here today for The Joining, a horror anthology like nothing you’ve ever read before.

Weddings are beautiful, terrible things. And in this chilling anthology from editor Jacob Steven Mohr (
Dead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror), you’ll see the happiest day of your life from both sides of the aisle... and the grave.

Undead bridesmaids feed on more than layer cake. Engagement parties spiral into blood-soaked horror and madness. Guests at a wedding feast must play a sinister Skin Game—for their lives.

Seventeen stories from horror’s rising stars deliver tension, gore and twisted romance, making this anthology perfect for fans of wedding horror. From the crackle of white lace to the blinding flash of the camera, no ceremony is safe in
The Joining... and no guest can be trusted.

Curated with precision by Jacob Steven Mohr,
The Joining confidently earns its seat at the feast of must-read horror anthologies:

Perfect Union
by T.L. Bodine
Severed Blessings
by J.A.W. McCarthy
Cut-a-Skin, Outside-In
by Jes Malitoris
Of Vows Bone-Deep & Sacrosanct
by Jonathan Louis Duckworth
Bride of the Black Isle
by Jack Lothian
Another Dirt Wedding
by Donn L. Hess
The False Bride
by Rebecca Lyons
Speak Now Or—
by Gordon B. White
—Forever Hold Your Peace
by Steve Neal
Same Barn, Same Groom
by Corey Farrenkopf
Ermintrude
by Amelia Mangan
Polodski’s Bride
by Simon Bestwick
Other People
by Scott J. Moses
Starving Stones, Speaking Stones
by Joe Koch
The Dead Do Not Want
by J.R. Harlow
Samanthas
by Jacob Steven Mohr
The Better Man
by Michael Harris Cohen

Perfect for fans of wedding horror, supernatural thrillers, and dark suspense,
The Joining delivers stories full of tension, gore, and twisted romance. From the crackle of white lace to the flash of the camera, no ceremony is safe—and no guest can be trusted.

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Crystal Lake Publishing—Where Stories Come Alive!


Genre: Horror

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