CARNAGE HOUSE

Splatterpunk & Extreme Horror Fiction

—this is your trigger warning.


ABOUT CARNAGE HOUSE


Carnage House is a free online fiction web-zine, publishing the best splatterpunk, extreme horror, gore smut, and transgressive horror short stories —since 2023.


Founded by editors Josh Darling and Jacque Day, Carnage House exists to give a platform to the raw, the visceral, and the unapologetically extreme. No reviews. No ads. No AI-generated content. No bullshit. Just fiction that weeps guts — every story hand-selected by our editorial team for maximum impact.

FEATURED STORIES


FROM THE LATEST ISSUE

Between Her Lips

author Kalina Ann

by Kalina Ann

Eat what you love.

THE TOWNSFOLK LEFT JUST ENOUGH of Catherine for Emma to consume.

Emma’s tired, shaking hands hold her swollen belly as the water washes over her. The creek is a balm against the burn blisters scoring the bottoms of her feet. Her body is so heavy, so full with Catherine. She can feel her lover beneath her skin, s



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Tootle-EWWWWW!

author J. Rocky Colavito

by J. Rocky Colavito

Smelling it dealt the death blow.

THE PRESSURE ON HIS SPHINCTER was overwhelming, and Branch was just about to risk a charge of indecent exposure. He knew he’d fucked up horribly when he grabbed the bag of tacos from a regional chain that he’d never heard of. They had tasted all right going down, but they settled funny in his stomach and started talking



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Fuck Me Like a Zombie

author James Patrick Riser

by James Patrick Riser

Do zombies fuck?

SHE SAID IT SUDDENLY as they watched the herd of zombies shuffle down the street, three stories down, from their apartment window. This was the second lockdown Billy had experienced in his lifetime. During the first lockdown, Viola and Billy tried anal, which Billy thought he would like. Viola refused to use lube on the



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Yums Yums

author Christopher Ridge

by Christopher Ridge

Sure is Yums Yums.

IT WASN’T EASY EATING a human head.

Bone crunching. Brain squishing. He managed though.

Of course, he didn’t start out with that level of skill. He had to work up to it.

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John Riley was born with a vicious appetite. From day one, his aptitude for consumpti



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Always Cook Your Nuts

author B Muraca

by B Muraca

When you’re in someone’s house you’ve never been to, don’t try their snacks. You can’t trust strangers.

SALLY AND HER FRIENDS were stranded on the road next to the woods. She was with Tara, Bobby, and Clyde. Since twilight, they had gotten caught in traffic on the highway before hitting the exit. A one-hour trip turned into three.

“I’m telling you guys that’s not going to work,” Tara said. She watched as the gu



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Bob

author Jake Kolasa

by Jake Kolasa

His cooking is the shit.

HE WAS LIKE OUR very own AI-generated human. No matter how hard you tried, you could never tell how many fat rolls were on his body. You just kept counting, and they would keep going, going, going. All of them were covered in hairs and warts, and his skin wobbled back and forth, like every time you looked at him you were on



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Misophonia

author Lindsey Beth Goddard

by Lindsey Beth Goddard

When a roommate is so noisy, only death can silence him.

IT’S NOT ALL SOUNDS THAT trigger my anxiety. Some sounds relax me. Like the steady drip, drip, drip of the old man’s blood on the floor beside me. It comforts me, because it assures me his daily assault on my eardrums is finally over. Forever.

I don’t think I expected too much of t



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The Tale of Shitty Zitty

author Benjamin Kardos

by Benjamin Kardos

Acne can be torture.

THE BED SHEETS WERE saturated with blood. They stuck to his skin like glue as he rolled on his side. Rising out of bed, he pulled the covers back.

“Shit,” he said.

The bleeding was worse than ever. His bed looked like a murder scene. The stains were everywhere. The sheets hadn't been changed in months.



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Clean

author Mr.LQ

by Mr.LQ

Only filth purifies.

PART ONE – BASEMENT GOSPEL

My body was trash before I had words for it. In our house, trash was holy. It fed the worm god long before I knew its name.

The first time I saw my grandfather smile, his mouth was full of my shit.



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BOOKS AND MERCH


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Welcome to Valenton

By Basile Lebret

You Took a Wrong Turn

Ever since Chernobyl, strange things are happening to the women of Valenton.

“Basile Lebret’s writing seduces you with stunning metaphors and gut-punches you with bruta

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The Best of Carnage House Year One

This is the Standard.

Each full moon, you turn into a fossilized Viking turd —how does your spouse react?

What if John Wick met the Sawyer family? How much of a slob do you have to be for the ghos

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The Curse of Katie Elder

By Thomas R Clark

Legends Die. Sinners Live Forever.

“Thomas R Clark’s fast-paced The Curse of Katie Elder offers the reader cinematic descriptions and visceral dialogue in this original tale with a vampiric twist. Notable ch

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The Best of Carnage House Year Two

The Son of the Best of Carnage House Year 2!

Edited by Josh Darling and Jacque Day, and featuring stories by Hannah Birss, Christopher Michael Blake, Jerry Blaze, Penny Blood, Tim Boiteau, Pixie Bruner, J. Rocky Colavito, Fox Dar

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The Best of Carnage House Year Two

Josh Darling

It finally happened, we got our shit together and got out a "Best of" 3 months after the year ended, and not 6 --which is why 2 "best of" books dropped this year.

Here it is, "The Best of Carnage House Year Two," up on Amazon.


We Released Another Book

Josh Darling

Carnage House has released our first novella, "Absorbed by Excrement" by Michael Errol Swaim. This is our first release, and hopefully not the last, we'll be publishing that's not a collection. You can find it either on Amazon or Godless.com.

Our year 2 has officially ended, and we're looking to start assembling "The Best Carnage House Year Two" for a November release. Which also means, we are not looking for stories for "The Best of Carnage House Year Three," and we are open for submissions!

We are open for submissions. Go here for more information:

SUBMISSION! Our Submission Guidelines! or click "Navigation" in the menu and then "Submissions."


We are open for subs...

Josh Darling

We are open for submissions. Go here for more information: SUBMISSION! Our Submission Guidelines! or click "Navigation" in the menu and then "Submissions."


We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS!!!

Josh Darling

We are open for submissions until May 1st, 2025. Go here for more information: Our Submission Guidelines! or click "Navigation" in the menu and then "Submissions."


Happy Holidays —The War on Xmas Rages On! Qapla!

Josh Darling

I don't like themed submission calls. The theme with Carnage House is "Entertaining Splatter/gore/extreme horror," so why throw another layer of complicated on top of that? Why say, "Write that and make it holiday-themed?" So, for funsies, the editorial staff wrote some Holiday Horror that you'll find in the mix. You'll know these pieces because they have a mistletoe illustration. We also did this so all the people who get rejection letters from us can say, "Yeah, the editors there suck as writers." And that is our real gift to you, and maybe kidney stones.

Happy whatever you celebrate.
—or don't.


Musings on Carnage House Year 1.

Josh Darling

Here's a concept for a magazine: Operate at a loss while publishing in a freak subgenre. Make the site fiction only. Come for the weird stuff, stay for the sex and carnography.

There will be no reviews of the new Disney Batman movie.

No interviews with Ryan Jackman.

No ugly ads.

Nothing to save the reader from the stories that weep guts.

Add to that a mathematical sense of equality. This is done with a randomized homepage. The stories we publish are great, and there is no way to order greatness.

Magically, it paid off. By "magically," I mean a ton of hard work and luck.

The experience of working with writers, making new friends, and learning so much about writing and the craft has been one of my best experiences.

I know I post soupy messages about how "I'm shocked at how well things are going." For a guy with so many failed projects, having a site with 49,000+ hits since January 1st leaves me dumbfounded. It's easy to say, "Hits are just a number," but it makes me happy knowing our stories are getting read.

A year ago, I struggled with putting Carnage House together. Then Jacque Day Pallone and a mysterious illustrator came on board and helped this along. Carnage House would not have been possible without them.

At the end of issue #3, Jacque and I asked a few writers to help us with Issue #4. Tim Tolbert, Holly Luanne Nicholls, and Michael Errol Swaim, I'm super appreciative of what you bring to the table.

For me, the most important part of our editorial meetings is the chance to thank all of you.

Issue #4 is special because we've made it a year. It's also special because we're publishing an issue with a handful of stories by award-winning name authors. It's shocking to me. I have never felt so lucky, and I am grateful.

Thank you, the editors, the writers, and the readers.

I can't say it enough: Thank you, thank you, thank you.

As one year ends, the next one begins. Issue #5 is open for submissions.

Get at it.

Thank you