Creepshow has had many lives. It started life as a series from EC Comics in the 1950s, before Stephen King and George A. Romero, loosely inspired by said comics, made the Creepshow anthology movie in 1982, which received two sequels. Later, Shudder turned Creepshow into a TV series, which ran for several seasons. Now? James Aquilone’s Monstrous Books is launching Creepshow: 13 Tales of Terror, the first-ever short story collection inspired by the much-beloved Shudder series. And we’ve got an exclusive glimpse at what’s inside that collection.
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Fango is proud to present an excerpt from Jonathan Maberry's story within the collection, which you can read below. This particular story also features an illustration by EV Cantada, which we’ve also got a sneak peek of. There’s also the full cover from the book for you to check out below, which is exactly what you’ll see when Creepshow: 13 Tales of Terror hits shelves later this month.
Licensed by Evoke Entertainment, this collection brings together award-winning horror and speculative fiction authors that brings the series’ chilling tales to life in prose for the very first time. It is described as “a macabre celebration of the series’ legacy — twisting morality tales of terror, justice, and cosmic retribution, told through the Creep’s ghoulish grin.”
The collection features original stories by James Aquilone (Kolchak: The Night Stalker), David Avallone (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark), Simon Bestwick (Best Horror of the Year), Nancy A. Collins (Swamp Thing), Dennis Crosby (Weird Tales), Keith R.A. DeCandido (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Gwendolyn Kiste (The Haunting of Velkwood), Lisa Morton (The Best American Mystery Stories 2020), Steve Niles (30 Days of Night), Nick Roberts (The Exorcist’s House),Thomas E. Sniegoski (Hellboy) and Tim Waggoner (Terrifier novelizations).
The collection will feature a cover from Russ Braun (The Boys, Kolchak: The Night Stalker), with each story accompanied by a full-page piece of art featuring The Creep from EV Cantada. Aquilone had this to say about it:
“Each story is a macabre celebration of Creepshow’s legacy. We’ve assembled a can’t-miss anthology, with morality tales of terror, justice, and cosmic retribution, all told with the Creep’s ghoulish grin.”
Creepshow: 13 Tales of Terror will be available as an ebook, paperback and hardcover on June 23, 2026, wherever books are sold.
