The Seventh Terrace

Coming soon! A bizarro, eco-punk romp through a far future Alberta, by the great (and possibly late) Randy Nikkel Schroeder.

The Seventh Terrace has an opinion on pen names and happily can't keep it to ourselves.

Detonation #26: Nom-de-plumage I’m going come straight out and admit I haven’t been furious enough to write one of these in a dog’s age. Why, you obviously ask, given the world spiralling into an Idiocracy shaped dystopia with e…

"Big Bull shot a glance at the Cargo, silk-shrouded and oblong on his bed. What was wrapped inside, Big Bull had no idea. And no interest." ~ Secret Wrapped in Rune, by Susan Zhao.

Terrace IV: Noonday Demon, tales of Sloth. Launching March 4 Owl's Nest Books

"When he gave her red lipstick, Saya knew it was over." ~ Slow Knife by Elizabeth Whitton, from Terrace IV: Noonday Demon, Tales of Sloth.

Join us for the book launch party on March 4, 7pm Owl's Nest Books link in the comments.

Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a fabulous holiday and are settling into what is likely to be, as the old proverb goes, "interesting times." To that end, The Seventh Terrace has all sorts of interesting projects in the pipe, and we'll be meowing about them over the next weeks and months. First up? We're happy to officially announce the next installment of our Purgatorio series of curios - Noonday Demon - which will take you to Terrace IV and the realms of Sloth.

"The world is a busy place, everyone rushing in mad circles somehow convinced that if you aren’t winning, you must be losing. But, for every unnatural force that drives you forward, there is a Noonday Demon to assist your vapid lounging, feet up, dissociating on Instagram, drinking larcenously priced mocktails in oblivious demotivation."

With torpid stories by Jason Pearce - Writer, Elizabeth Whitton, Susan Zhao, Sarah L. Pratt and Robert Bose. A comic by Cam Hayden. And Cover and Art by Aaron Bilawchuk

Release and launch expected for early March! More details to follow.

We don't publish a lot of Dieselpunk, but when we do, it's this fantastic novella by Rick Overwater.

Looking for some licentious cosmic horror? We've gotcha covered.

This book doesn't get nearly enough love!

Wondering about Noir at the Bar at WWC? It's happening! Join Sarah Pratt and Rob Bose on the Seventh Terrace (Cavalier Room) for some smoky readings. We're talking crime, horror, dark fantasy, and anything likely to make us laugh while sucking some light out of the room.

No specific guardrails for content, but please, be cool.

Drinks will be available for purchase at the bar.

Many Prizes! Including, but not limited to, the following categories:

Most disturbing

Reader most likely to commit an actual crime

Shortest reading!

Did not understand the assignment

Actually noir!!!

Best over all (determined by audience)

If you want to read, please sign up at [email protected] and include a short bio to secure your spot. Limited to 13 readers.

Five (5) minute MAXIMUM reading time. This will be enforced by owl.

With last week's stellar launch (thank you all for filling the Nest) we're proud to see Desert Artemisia hitting #2, only a shade behind our very own Sarah L. Pratt's new release!

Join Prairie Soul Press and The Seventh Terrace for the double super fabulous launch of Desert Artemisia: Badlands Bits & Bones and They're all Named Poppy, a novel by Sarah Pratt.

The road to perdition is paved with feral hogs. And other monsters. But mostly hogs.