COVER REVEAL + KICKSTARTER: Dead Malls by Darby Harn

Blurb

Sometimes, you can take retail therapy too far…

You work the night shift as a security guard in a dying mall. You’re living out of your car. Suffice to say, you’re looking for an escape. One night in the mall, you happen upon an intruder dressed as if she’s an extra from a Mad Max movie.

You discover the mall is a gateway to another world.

But it’s not a world anyone wants to escape to. Diane’s world ended in 1983 in a nuclear holocaust. Ever since, she’s clawed out a broken existence in a scorched wasteland, clinging to a ragged department store Christmas catalog from her youth. You have more questions than answers, but you do have choices, and the first presents itself when an armored knight riding a radioactive snake arrives in search of Diane and her book.

Make your choice. 

Protect Diane, fight her strange pursuer, flee the mall as it becomes a surreal trap deformed by his unusual powers, but always go back to the start: what is the secret of the catalog? Why does Diane’s pursuer want it, and why is Diane so determined not to let him have it? Can you find out before your world ends, too.

Kickstarter

The Kickstarter pre-launch page is goes LIVE on April 1st, 2025. Interested readers can click on the Notify Me button to follow the campaign. All support is greatly appreciated!

Here is the campaign page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darbyharn/dead-malls-sci-fi-horror-special-edition?ref=aw7qx6

About the Author

Darby Harn is the author of Stargun Messenger, an SPSFC Quarterfinalist, and Ever The Hero, which Publisher’s Weekly called ‘an entertaining debut uses super powers as a metaphor to delve into class politics in an alternate America.’ His fiction appears in Strange Horizons, Interzone, and elsewhere. He’s a contributor for FanFiAddict, as well as a panelist, moderator, and podcaster.
Website: https://darbyharn.com/

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