Goblin (preorder)

(preorder—to be published in early 2026)

Dust jacket and interior illustrations by Ben Baldwin.

Published by SST Publications.

Note: You may only order Goblin if you ordered Spin a Black Yarn from us and received an email to order Goblin.

About the Book:

“A chilling collection of tales about a place that’s likely to linger in the imagination.”—Library Journal

From the New York Times bestselling author of  Bird Box and Malorie comes a chilling story that revolves around a mysterious small town, revealing its sinister secrets one by one.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL • “Must-read horror.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Goblin seems like any other ordinary small town. But with the master storyteller Josh Malerman as your tour guide, you’ll discover the secrets that hide behind its closed doors. These six novellas tell the story of a place where the rain is always falling, nighttime is always near, and your darkest fears and desires await. Welcome to Goblin. . . .

A Man in Slices: A man proves his “legendary love” to his girlfriend with a sacrifice even more daring than Vincent van Gogh’s—and sends her more than his heart.

Kamp: Walter Kamp is afraid of everything, but most afraid of being scared to death. As he sets traps around his home to catch the ghosts that haunt him, he learns that nothing is more terrifying than fear itself.

Happy Birthday, Hunter!: A famed big-game hunter is determined to capture—and kill—the ultimate prey: the mythic Great Owl who lives in Goblin’s dark forests. But this mysterious creature is not the only secret the woods are keeping.

Presto: All Peter wants is to be like his hero, Roman Emperor, the greatest magician in the world. When the famous magician comes to Goblin, Peter discovers that not all magic is just an illusion.

A Mix-Up at the Zoo: The new zookeeper feels a mysterious kinship with the animals in his care . . . and finds that his work is freeing dark forces inside him.

The Hedges: When his wife dies, a man builds a hedge maze so elaborate no one ever solves it—until a little girl resolves to be the first to find the mysteries that wait at its heart.

Signed Limited Hardcover Edition:

• Limited to only 500 signed and hand-numbered copies
• Signed by Josh Malerman and Ben Baldwin on a specially designed full-colour illustrated signature page
• 6.14” x 9.21” trim size
• 616 pages
• Offset printed on 100gsm Munken Print Cream
• Bound in full cloth
• Head and tail bands
• Featuring six interior illustrations including two printed in full colour on a special silk art stock & tipped into the book
• Hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine
• Full-colour endpapers
• Sewn binding
• Ribbon page marker
• Dust jacket artwork and interior illustrations by Ben Baldwin

Praise for Goblin:

“Goblin seems like any other ordinary small town. But with the master storyteller Josh Malerman as your tour guide, you’ll discover the secrets that hide behind its closed doors. These six novellas tell the story of a place where the rain is always falling, nighttime is always near, and your darkest fears and desires await. Welcome to Goblin.”
—Tor online

“The mythology of Goblin’s history is richly drawn within these stories, and connects them with a style that keeps the reader turning pages. Malerman has created a town which may even be darker than King’s, Grant’s, and Bradbury’s nightmares. Goblin is all Malerman and should be listed on every horror reader’s itinerary of places to visit, with the lights turned low and the night breeze creeping into the room.”
—Monster Librarian

“[A] masterpiece . . . This book, comprised of a sextet of short novellas, takes the small town motif and shreds it, molding it into something which fills the reader with uneasy pleasure from cover to cover. . . . Malerman has created a town which may even be darker than King, Grant, and Bradbury’s nightmares. Goblin is all Malerman and should be listed on every horror reader’s itinerary of places to visit, with the lights turned low and the night breeze creeping into the room.”
—Cemetery Dance Online

“Goblin is a mesmerizing, terrifying tightrope walk.”
—Clive Barker

“Malerman has created a Derry for a new generation.”
—Sarah Pinborough

“Goblin is another triumph from Josh Malerman.”
—Christopher Golden

“A chilling collection of tales about a place that’s likely to linger in the imagination.”
—Library Journal

“Malerman (Bird Box) tantalizes readers with this enigmatic linked collection of horror novellas. . . . The dark, fantastic tone will put readers in mind of Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes. This is must-read horror.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)