Hauntologies: ALPHA

In the mist-shrouded valleys and forgotten corners of South Wales, the past doesn't fade—it bleeds through, whispering secrets that twist the ordinary into the uncanny. Hauntologies: Alpha, the first omnibus in David Rees-Thomas's acclaimed series, collects Volumes 1 and 2—Cleaners and Other Weird Tales and Unfinished Stories in a Seaside Town and Other Weird Tales—delivering eight tales of spectral dread and eerie introspection across over 200 pages, complete with a brand-new introduction exploring the weird and the eerie. Enter a forsaken mountain house where cleaners unearth reflections that stare back with living terror, unraveling family curses. Witness a corner shop haunted by shadows of coal mines and world wars, as ghostly figures bleed through modern facades. Obsess over the last phone box in Glynafon, a desperate portal to silence fatal calls from the beyond—and tales of unfinished lives, ancestral apparitions, and mythic echoes that refuse burial. Echoing the cosmic unease of Arthur Machen and Mark Fisher's philosophical chills, these stories probe the hauntological: traces of what was, what might have been, and what lingers in the liminal spaces of memory and myth. Perfect for fans of atmospheric weird fiction seeking intellectual shivers without gore. Grab your copy now and let the echoes envelop you—before they claim a place on your shelf. David Rees-Thomas is a Welsh-born writer living in Japan. He writes horror, mystery, sci-fi, and literary fiction. He runs indie press Acid Publishing, and sometimes composes electronic music.