The Fog

Dennis Etchison

April 30, 2026

Originally published in 1980 and long sought after by fans, Dennis Etchison’s novelization of John Carpenter’s The Fog is widely regarded as one of the finest adaptations ever published. Reveling in the eerie, coastal horror, Etchison transforms the classic film into a haunting work of horror literature.

Before the light of dawn, you will know the fury of the dead

A writhing icy mist pulsing with terror. It is too late to escape. Even now the people of Antonio Bay are cut off, engulfed. Along darkened streets, death searches them out. There is no sanctuary for the living. Those who are doomed will die horribly. Those who are spared will suffer the endless fear of a soul-chilling night when the dead, finally, return for revenge.

All editions will include an introduction on Dennis Etchison by writer Christian Francis.

978-1-918363-66-1 – Trade Paperback
978-1-918363-67-8 – ebook
978-1-918363-68-5 – Jacketed Hardcover

About the author

Dennis William Etchison was an American writer and editor of fantasy and horror fiction. He referred to his own work as ‘rather dark, depressing, almost pathologically inward fiction about the individual in relation to the world‘, whereas Stephen King called Dennis Etchison ‘one hell of a fiction writer‘ and he was also called ‘the most original living horror writer in America’ in the The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural.