Publication Date: September 22, 2026
A wildly inventive collection of interconnected speculative stories-spanning the multiverse, demonic attachment, and life after death-from an electrifying new voice in fiction.
An aimless ghost haunts his ex-girlfriend for evidence that she’s actually upset about his death.
A group of teens discovers a machine that purports to predict the best day of its users’ lives.
A young woman is horrified to discover that an aggressive stranger she met on a night of bar-hopping now manifests in every photo that is taken of her.
A drunken posse descends into the woods in search of clowns that have been terrorizing their small town.
Chris Vanjonack’s fiction is haunted not only by specters of death, but by the elusive questions of life, and above all, the wonder and horror of the infinite. Uncanny, surreal, and infectiously clever, the stories in this linked collection contain horrors great and small, fueled as much by the fantastic as by longing, dread, and all-too-human frailties.
Morbidly funny and brilliantly observed, Out of Body is an atmospheric, dead original feast for the senses.
Within the pages of author Chris Vanjonack’s new horror anthology, readers get 10 stories packed with creative oddities.
Out of Body, technically speaking, falls in the speculative fiction genre. For the layperson, that essentially means there are no limits placed on the author’s imagination.
In this case, the author uses a keen sense of satirical humor to showcase how ordinary lives are impacted by strange things. Open Spaces delivers quite the fascinating romp as the characters set out to “do the deed” in nearly 100 public, state, and national parks rumored to be haunted.
Add in a Ouija board, an interdimensional portal, and a parallel universe for more flavor and a definitely unique reading experience.
Out of Body offers a compilation of quirky tales perfect for those who enjoy speculative fiction.
Chris Vanjonack is a writer and educator from Denver, Colorado. A recipient of an AWP Intro Journals Award, his fiction and creative nonfiction have appeared in One Story, The Book of the Month Club’s Volume 0, Barrelhouse, Electric Literature, Ninth Letter, DIAGRAM, and elsewhere. He holds an MFA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and he teaches creative writing at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop.
