Release date:
August 12, 2025
ISBN:
979-8-9875743-9-3
238 pages
Cover art:
Daimon Hampton
The Second City is second to none when it comes to terror. From H.H. Holmes, America’s first serial killer, to the Jane Byrne Interchange at rush hour, there’s an ill wind blowing through the Windy City. In this new anthology, nineteen stories by nineteen authors from the Chicago area take you on a bloodcurdling tour of the best city in the world.
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Featuring stories by Jotham Austin II, Bendi Barrett, Tina Jenkins Bell, Priya Chand, TJ Cimfel, R.L. Gehringer, Christopher Hawkins, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Aleco Julius, Nick Medina, Jen Mierisch, Sahar Mustafah, Cynthia Pelayo, K.A. Roy, K. Saab, C.J. Subko, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., and Lauren Emily Whalen.
More Praise for Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories
“These stories, taken together, are a kind of gory trip advisory, in which the narrators warn that Chicago’s lively neighborhoods, monuments, architectural wonders and colorful residents might be as deadly as they are lovely.”
—Newcity
“Red Line takes you beyond the news headlines to a Chicago few get to witness, pulsing with the lifeblood of its neighborhoods, its history, and its monsters. Eat a pizza puff, take a shot of Malört, and then buckle up for a wild ride.”
—Gus Moreno, author of This Thing Between Us
“These stories delve into spooky Chicago history and painful aspects of modern urban life, employing a range of supernatural and speculative elements while maintaining a strong sense of place. Red Line’s contributors create a thrilling mosaic of Chicago—past, present, and future—in all its complex, terrifying beauty.”
—Chicago Reader
