Announcement: Issue 0 Release Date!

We're releasing Issue 0 of Emerald City Ghosts on July 3, 2025. Join us for our sinister and spooky take on Christmas in July!

Why Are We Starting With an Issue 0?

Unlike our upcoming issues, Issue 0 will be a collection of strictly in-house content meant to serve as proof-of-concept for our upcoming (much cooler!) issues.

While it will give you an idea of what you can expect from us, don’t forget that the real magic will happen when we release Issue 1—a love letter to the spooky things in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, brought to you by a variety of wonderful writers.

Why Are We Doing a Winter Issue in July?

We wanted to give you something unexpected for Issue 0, and since we couldn’t be further away from Christmas if we tried, we thought a holiday issue fit the bill!

What’s Going to be in Issue 0?

Emerald City Ghost Hunters

Get a sneak peak at our serialized ghost novel!

When Mercury Grayson’s high school capstone project became a cult-classic ghost movie, everybody thought it would launch a prolific film career. Instead, three years later, she finds herself burned out, bogged down in college work, and struggling to even finish the script for a sequel.

One winter night, Murr gets a phone call and learns that her childhood friend, Ben, never returned from his latest hike. As Murr returns to her hometown to piece together the truth about his disappearance, she begins to suspect that the legends that haunted her childhood might be more than ghost stories.

Charlie

A poem from Ghosts of Seattle Future, a collection about what it will be like when the ghosts of today are still haunting Seattle one hundred years from now.

Frosted Windowpanes

A short story about Everly, a young woman who returns to her family’s winter cabin to confront the ugly truth about her sister’s death.

Review: The Winter People

A beautiful novel told across two timelines, The Winter People deals with grief, loss, and the complexities of the bonds between mothers and daughters.

Thank you to everyone who has joined us before we even officially launch! We can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on!