Coming February 2027, a new anthology of horror stories about the extra work we do to stay afloat. Our featured authors are Lauren Bolger (author of The Barre Incidents), Poppy Z. Brite (author of Lost Souls), and Mae Murray (author of I’m Sorry If I Scared You). The cover is by Bert SG and Andrew Tady. We’re running a Kickstarter to help fund it (donate here), and we’ll be holding an open call for submissions May 15-June14 to fill out the book (details coming soon).
A particularly insidious aspect of late capitalism is that a lot of people can’t survive without taking second jobs, gig work, seasonal employment. Depending on your source, it could be as much as a third of the world’s population. These jobs are already horrifying enough: no benefits, shitty pay, dangerous conditions. But what if they were… darker?
Side Hustle is an anthology of horror and dark science fiction stories about the extra work we do to stay afloat. Uber driver for the damned. Security guard for a room without doors. Freelance editor of unspeakable codexes. Vendor of cursed small appliances on ebay. Grave robber. Whatever extra job you have to take to pay the bills, whatever you need to sell to stay alive, we want to hear about it.