John's Horror Books
From novellas to short story collections, here's everything you need to know about the books that are exclusively John Opalenik. See the section below for anthologies and zines featuring his work.
Short Stories
John has had many short stories published in anthologies, zines, and elsewhere. Here are a few of them, and when possible, how to access them.
Stokercon 2025 Souvenir Anthology
Incident at Elderhill Farm
In the late 90s, three friends take a break from playing Nintendo 64 to play paintball in the woods behind an old farm and stumble upon an ancient secret that threatens to rock their small suburban town to its core.
I Lost You to the Summer Wind
A meet-cute in a bookstore gets a bit more complicated when the manic-pixie-dreamgirl starts to seem a little bit too interested in the old book in the back room written in an ancient language.
Sure, Our Meet-Cute Ended With Summoning a Monster, But Let’s Give it Another Shot
A sequel to I Lost You to the Summer Wind, the bookseller and the cultist each think about "the one that got away" in very different ways.
Incident at Elderhill Farm
In the late 90s, three friends take a break from playing Nintendo 64 to play paintball in the woods behind an old farm and stumble upon an ancient secret that threatens to rock their small suburban town to its core.
Haunt Me Forever
After unexpectedly becoming a very young widow, a young man breaks every rule and violates every warning label on any occult tool to speak with the dead he can find. He wants to be haunted so he has a chance to say goodbye. But sometimes when you open a door, you don't know who or what will walk through it.
