Books by David Demchuk

The Butcher's Daughter: The Hitherto Untold Story of Mrs. Lovett

by David Demchuk, Corinne Leigh Clark

The story of the vengeful barber Sweeney Todd has gripped fans across literary, stage, and screen renditions—but little has been revealed about Mrs. Lovett, Todd’s notorious partner in crime. Until now.

Enclosed herewith: a bloodcurdling correspondence of profound horror and intrigue, based on the original Victorian penny dreadful that started it all.

London, 1887: At the abandoned apartment of a missing young woman, a dossier of evidence is collected, ordered chronologically, and sent to the Chief Inspector of the London Metropolitan Police. It contains a frightening correspondence between an inquisitive journalist, Miss Emily Gibson, and the woman Gibson thinks may be the infamous Mrs. Lovett—Sweeney Todd’s accomplice, “a wicked woman” who baked men into pies and sold them in her pie shop on Fleet Street. The talk of London Town—even decades after her horrendous misdeeds.

As the woman relays the harrowing account of her life—from her upbringing on Butcher’s Row in the unruly streets of Victorian London to her daring escape from a mad doctor—her missives unlock an intricate mystery that brings Miss Gibson closer to the truth, even as that truth may cost her everything.

A hair-raising and breathtaking novel for fans of Sarah Waters and Gregory Maguire, The Butcher’s Daughter is an irresistible literary thriller that draws richly from historical sources and shines new light on the woman behind the counter of the most disreputable pie shop ever known.

War on Christmas

by Dana Cameron, Cat Rambo, Chris Hayes, Bracken MacLeod, Kari Maaren, Paul Michael Anderson, Helen Marshall, David Demchuk, Neil Gaiman, John C. Foster, David Nickle, Karl Schroeder, Robert Dawson, James Edward O'Brien, E.E. King, Kate Heartfield, Ed Kurtz, Thomas Pluck, Don Bassingthwaite, Peter Darbyshire, Andrija Popovic, Alethia Kontis, Joanna Parypinski, Chris Sumberg, Kathryn Hore, Thomas Vaughn, Matt Moore, Alex Colvin, Noah Wareness, Gord Zajac

Product Description


Ho ho oh hell, is it that time of year again? Already? When the muzak starts cranking out lousy Casio versions of “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” non-stop? When the flavor du jour switches from pumpkin spice to eggnog every damned thing? When the world gets all twinkley and glittery and your eyes just want to roll out of your skull from the sparkle overload? When the clatter and jangle of the Salvation Army bell-swingers standing outside every shop entry and exit makes you want to put your ears out with an icepick?
Worse: how about when every other person you come across wants to infect you with the holiday cheer, whether you want it or not? When the constant refrain is: “Remember the Reason for the Season” as if the reason isn’t the cash register? When we have to hear the never-ending idiot bleating from certain quarters about the war on Christmas?
Seriously, is it that time of year again already?
Well, if that’s got you feeling like Krampus, you’ve come to the right place. We don’t give a tinseled crap about the reason for the season. Deck the halls with this. They want a war on Christmas? Fine. Here it is. And we don’t take prisoners.


About the Author


Sandra Kasturi is a writer, poet, book reviewer, editor, and the publisher of ChiZine Publications, winner of the World Fantasy and British Fantasy Awards. Sandra’s work has appeared in various venues, including Taddle Creek; Prairie Fire; Contemporary Verse 2; Shadows & Tall Trees; Evolve; Chilling Tales; A Verdant Green; Star*Line; The Rhinoceros and His Thoughts; 80! Memories & Reflections on Ursula K. Le Guin; Other Tongues: Mixed-Race Women Speak Out; Girls Who Bite Back: Witches, Slayers Mutants and Freaks; Gods, Memes & Monsters; Ellen Datlow’s Black Feathers; and The Sum of Us. Sandra is the author of two poetry collections: The Animal Bridegroom (with an introduction from Neil Gaiman) and Come Late to the Love of Birds. She is currently working on her third poetry book, Snake Handling for Beginners, a story collection, Mrs. Kong & Other Monsters, and a horror novel, Wrongness.
Craig Wolf’s fiction has appeared in Transversions, Triangulation: Dark Glass, Cinema Spec, and Book of Shadows, among others. He has published one collection of odd fiction, Pressure Points, and a short horror novel, Trespass. His newest novel, Queen of All the Nightbirds, will be a ChiZine Publications release in 2019. He is a graduate of the Red Earth MFA, fictioneers in Oklahoma City, and his two favorite words are ‘bah’ and ‘humbug.’

War on Christmas An Anthology of Tinseled Mayhem

by Neil Gaiman, David Demchuk, Helen Marshall, Dana Cameron, Bracken MacLeod, ChiZine Publications Staff

Ho ho oh hell, is it that time of year again? Already? When the muzak starts cranking out lousy Casio versions of "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" non-stop? When the flavor du jour switches from pumpkin spice to eggnog every damned thing? When the world gets all twinkley and glittery and your eyes just want to roll out of your skull from the sparkle overload? When the clatter and jangle of the Salvation Army bell-swingers standing outside every shop entry and exit makes you want to put your ears out with an icepick?

Worse: how about when every other person you come across wants to infect you with the holiday cheer, whether you want it or not? When the constant refrain is: "Remember the Reason for the Season" as if the reason isn't the cash register? When we have to hear the never-ending idiot bleating from certain quarters about the war on Christmas?

Seriously, is it that time of year again already?

Well, if that's got you feeling like Krampus, you've come to the right place. We don't give a tinseled crap about the reason for the season. Deck the halls with this. They want a war on Christmas? Fine. Here it is. And we don't take prisoners.