Salt Heart Press
An independent publisher of dark speculative fiction.
Coming out June 16th, 2025: a new, bizarre, terrifying collection from Carson Winter
Under your mask, there is only decay.
In Carson Winter’s debut collection of social horror, characters reveal their darkest selves in the face of the insane and inexplicable.
A couple finds themselves trading identities in the form of masks.
A podcaster follows strange clues to a mystery that may spell his end.
A child’s world collapses into chaos as its dreamer awakens.
Portraits of Decay poses subjects as both transgressor and victim; dreamer and derelict—in eighteen stories of anxiety, desire, and unbearable finality.
Get your preorders in now:
“I delight in what I fear.” ― Shirley Jackson
Established in 2022, Salt Heart Press is a women-run indie press based out of Colorado. We are dedicated to seeking out the best in horror and finding authors who breathe new life into the genre.
