Funeral Song
January 27 2026
No one mourns the living dead.
In the remote town of Cairney, a gift from the Angel of Death allows the dead to miraculously return to life — after a fashion. For Friede Inkerman, pianist to Cairney’s sacred funerals, Death’s gift is a curse, not a blessing. All she wants after being murdered by her wife and resurrected against her will is to finally rest in peace, free from the grief that ostracizes her from the rest of her death-worshipping town.
On Allhallowsmas, Friede’s hope of passing on to eternal rest is dashed when Death’s gift is stolen and the acolyte who guards it murdered, putting all the dead souls in Cairney at risk of fading into oblivion at sunset. Friede also can’t ignore how much the murder resembles her own.
Clinging to her last happiness, her oldest friend Bastian, Friede races to set things right and see her last wish granted. But Cairney is a town where nothing stays buried, and Friede’s search for answers unearths new horrors that threaten everything she holds dear to her dead heart.
A wrenching, elegant work of supernatural horror about a devout small town’s reckoning with death and the love that transcends it. Perfect for fans of Mike Flanagan and Caitlin Starling.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Carly Racklin is a writer, editor, and vulture enthusiast with a passion for the fantastical and visceral. She has a bachelor’s degree in English with a concentration in creative writing from Arcadia University, and has written for a horror film festival and a TTRPG publisher. She currently works in social media marketing and serves as an editor for Luna Station Quarterly. Her work has appeared in Cosmic Horror Monthly, The NoSleep Podcast, NECKSNAP Magazine, and more. Funeral Song is her debut novella.
When she’s not writing, Carly can be found drawing, watching horror movies, and playing video games or D&D, usually while drinking something caffeinated. She hopes to one day publish novels and write for a video game (or several). She can be found on most socials @willowylungs and at carlyracklin.com.
PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN-13: 978-1639512294
Publisher: Dead Sky Publishing
Publication date: January 13, 2023
Pages: 142
Language: English
Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
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