The Eden Book Society was a publishing house that produced horror novelettes for a private list of subscribers. It was established in 1919 by the Eden family, handed down through the generations issuing short horror novels to a confidential list of subscribers.
Eden books were always written under pseudonyms and were rumoured to have been written by some of the greatest horror authors of their day, many of whom had strong ties to the mysterious Eden family.
Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, Dead Ink is reissuing eight novels from Eden’s 1993 archive encompassing psychological torments, vampiric intrigue, visitors from beyond the grave and much more.
Are you brave enough to join the Eden Book Society?
An Attempted Bibliography of the Works of Barbara Livesey
By Stephen George Wallis
9781917792837 | The Eden Book Society | PB | £8.99 | 02 July 2026
Although unpublished by Eden outside of the famed anthology Best Short Stories: 1952, the work of Barbara Livesey forms a part of The Eden Book Society’s story. The first yellow envelope to show Livesey’s return address in Norwich is postmarked December 1949; a cover letter accompanying the manuscript within is signed “M.G.W.” Further correspondence in the record is signed with the same initials and continues through the autumn of 1955, concluding in the manner detailed herein. Livesey’s writing career survived the end of her dealings with Eden by four years, through July of 1959, after which the trail goes cold.
The Drain
By Caitlin T. Vale
9781917792684 | The Eden Book Society | PB | £8.99 | 02 July 2026
Poppy’s got a boy problem. She stole some money from her arsehole ex and now he’s after her, and he’s not the forgiving type. When she runs into a sexy, mysterious woman known only as Chérie things get more complicated. Chérie says she can help Poppy out, but for a price. Chérie’s looking for some people, and she needs a companion. The trip takes them across the country and into Europe. But Chérie isn’t like anyone else. She’s hungry. She can only travel at night. And the trail of blood she leaves behind her is only growing…
How To Mend The Sky
By Ivy Liu
9781917792806 | The Eden Book Society | PB | £8.99 | 02 July 2026
After her mother dies, running from grief, Ingrid falls in love with a much older painter. They move together to a cottage in the North of Scotland. Buried in beech trees and gorse, she tries to forget seeing death distort her mother’s face. Winter comes, the cold seeps into the cottage’s granite walls, and Ingrid begins to wonder if she made the right choice. As Christmas approaches, Ingrid’s dead mother shows up on her doorstep. She seems solid and is hefting a suitcase with a broken zipper. Ingrid does not know how to explain to her fiancé who this woman is. She doesn’t know what has brought her mother back, or how to make her stay.
Jackie’s Ghost
By Norman Keane
9781917792622 | The Eden Book Society | PB | £8.99 | 02 July 2026
Jackie Price is a little girl with a problem: there’s a horrible ghost living in her cellar. It makes bad things happen. You might think it’s Jackie doing all the bad things, but it’s not: it’s her ghost.
With her mummy gone and her older brother, Steve, busy with his very naughty mates, Jackie keeps getting into trouble. And the ghost keeps upping the stakes so that eventually she has to sort it out once and for all. Except what if the ghost isn’t what she thought it was? What if it’s something much worse? Then what?
On Fridays, We Eat Meat
By A. S. Hopewell
9781917792776 | The Eden Book Society | PB | £8.99 | 02 July 2026
Gozie and her friends Mbembe and Chuma meet only during the summer holidays when they return from boarding school. They spend their days exploring on their bikes, building toys out of scrap gathered from construction sites and reading forbidden copies of Ikebe Super which Mbembe steals from his father.
Their favourite haunt has been renovated and has a new occupant, a returnee with an icy house and even icier drinks who treats them as equals and invites them to return. The more they see him, however, the more the trio fight, their friendship strained by previously hidden secrets. Gozie is out – no girls allowed. And something is making the boys grow up faster than normal…
Our Little Group
By Patricia Rivers
9781917792653 | The Eden Book Society | PB | £8.99 | 02 July 2026
Abby, Jessica and Ken are stuck in their hometown, living with their parents and working dead end jobs. When Jessica dies in a sudden violent accident, Abby and Ken cling onto their fractured friendship and try to adapt to life without her.
When Jessica arrives back at work one morning, nobody but Abby and Ken seems to realise she’s been dead. As the three settle back into their old routines, Jessica starts to act strangely. It seems like coming back from the dead isn’t enough for her. But what is?
The Rednexorcist
By Frank Sloane
9781917792745 | The Eden Book Society | PB | £8.99 | 02 July 2026
You haven’t experienced the Wrath of God until you’ve met the merciless fists of…THE REDNEXORCIST!
Soul crusher! Demon buster! The X-Treme X-orcist! They called Father Glenn a lot of names but he didn’t care because his business was destroying the Prince of Darkness in all his forms, from the mountains of Appalachia to the corn fields of West Tennessee. But then they locked him up and threw away the key for punching ghosts. Now he’s out of the slammer and ready to teach God’s enemies all about the power of forgiveness…whether they like it or not!
The Power of Christ Compels You…TO DIE!
He’ll hit you so hard you’ll pray… FOR DEATH!!
Servants To The King
By Marion Scott
9781917792714 | The Eden Book Society | PB | £8.99 | 02 July 2026
Photographer Neil Morrish died of a drugs overdose – or so the police claim. His friend Kay Timmis does not believe them. In the months before his death, Neil had become increasingly distant, increasingly preoccupied, as if he suspected he might be in danger.
Kay is determined to discover the truth about what happened to him. The final photographs Neil took were all of the same man. But who is Gregory King, and how might he be linked with a tragic incident from Neil’s past?
