Welcome to my little shrine of all things dark being said about The Deading . . .
“Do not eat fish from these waters. Or oysters. Really, just stay inland. Except that, in The Deading, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re safe, either.”
—Stephen Graham Jones, bestselling author of The Only Good Indians, The Jade Daniels Trilogy, Mongrels
“A lyrical meditation on nature and mortality.”
—Erika T. Wurth, author of White Horse
“The Deading is a stellar novel: superb prose and a compelling mix of horror, ecology, and social commentary. Darkly beautiful and chilling, The Deading will linger long after the read ends.”
—Lucy A. Snyder, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Sister, Maiden, Monster
“Belardes is a fine writer. The Deading hits hard out of the gate and keeps escalating. A delightfully gruesome combination of science fiction and eco-horror.”
—Shirley Jackson Award winner Laird Barron, author of Not a Speck of Light (Stories)
“The Deading is a gorgeous and grotesque nightmare-vision of the inescapable connections between human beings and the natural world they so often exploit: a must-read for fans of eco-weird, cosmic horror, and dystopia.”
—Kay Chronister, author of Desert Creatures
“I love horror, especially when it’s smart, disturbing, and very it-can-so-happen-here. And something unsettling IS absolutely happening in Nicholas Belardes’ gripping The Deading about ecological terror and sci fi, cults, paranoia, and what happens when things change so much the choice is to change with it or flee. With prose as precise and dazzling as a diamond, The Deading is a masterwork.”
—Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You and Days of Wonder
“This is the Nicholas Belardes book we’ve all been waiting for . . . The Deading marks a major shift in his career, and in many ways is an all out visionary tale that is necessary in these strange and uncertain days, post-pandemic . . . The Deading will leave you in this cold, dark world, hunched and hungry for more!”
— Tim Z. Hernandez, Award-winning author of All They Will Call You