The Jewish Book of Horror

THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR
Edited by Josh Schlossberg


Horror is part of the human condition, but few peoples across the ages know it quite like the Jews.


From slavery to pogroms to the Holocaust to antisemitism, the “Chosen People” have not only endured hell on Earth, they've risen above it to share their stories with the world.


Whether it's pirate rabbis or demon-slaying Bible queens, concentration camp vampires or beloved, fearless bubbies, THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR offers you twenty-two dark tales about the culture, history, and folklore of the Jewish people.




TABLE OF CONTENTS


An Orchard of Terror: Scary Stories and the Jewish Tradition by Rabbi John Carrier


Origins of The Jewish Book of Horror by Josh Schlossberg


Torah-Fying Tales: An Introduction to Jewish Horror by Molly Adams


On Seas of Blood and Salt by Richard Dansky


The Last Plague by KD Casey


The 38th Funeral by Marc Morgenstern


Same as Yesterday by Alter S. Reiss


How to Build a Sukkah at the End of the World by Lindsay King-Miller


Demon Hunter Vashti by Henry Herz


The Horse Leech Has Two Maws by Michael Picco


The Rabbi's Wife by Simon Rosenberg


Ba'alat Ov by Brenda Tolian


Eighth Night by John Baltisberger


Bread and Salt by Elana Gomel


In the Red by Mike Marcus


A Purim Story by Emily Ruth Verona


Catch and Release by Vivian Kasley


Phinehas the Zealot by Ethan K. Lee


The Wisdom of Solomon by Ken Goldman


Welcome, Death by J.D. Blackrose


Forty Days Before Birth by Colleen Halupa


The Hanukkult of Taco Wisdom by Margret Treiber


The Divorce From God by Rami Ungar


The Hand of Fire by Daniel Braum


Bar Mitzvah Lessons by Stewart Gisser