Psychological Horror / Kidnapping Thriller
Play Dead
A missing child. A livestream full of dolls. One mother sees something move that should never have been alive.
M. Boudreaux · Horror, Southern Gothic & Dark Fiction
Play Dead · Pre-order Now
Some of them are real.
A missing child. A livestream full of dolls. One mother sees something move that should never have been alive.
M. Boudreaux Books
Psychological. Supernatural. Southern Gothic. A little too close to home.
I write the kind of stories that keep bothering you after you close the book.
The books
Pick your particular bad decision.
Southern Gothic / Folk Horror
The Kettle
The deed says the land belongs to them. The land disagrees.
Psychological Horror / Thriller
The Grief Counselor
He does not kill the grieving. He creates them.
Supernatural Psychological Horror
The Listener
Seven children entered the tunnels. Six came home.
Start here
Try the creepy stuff first.
Read the opening pages free. No signup, no weird catch. If it gets under your skin, you know where the rest of the book is.
Currently featured
Go find your next bad reading decision.
I’m popping up in a few BookFunnel fairs and group promos right now. Browse the shelves, meet some indie authors, and click whatever looks likely to ruin your bedtime.
Sep 1–30
BookFunnel Promo
Hauntings & Supernatural Horror Book Fair
Haunted houses, ghost stories, supernatural horror, and ten very good reasons not to open that door.
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KU
BookFunnel Promo
Kindle Unlimited Paranormal & Urban Fantasy
A BookFunnel shelf for paranormal, supernatural, and urban-fantasy reads available through Kindle Unlimited.
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Horror
BookFunnel Promo
August Monthly Horror Book Sale
Indie horror in one dangerous little rabbit hole. Browse the sale and make your TBR somebody else’s problem.
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Suspense
BookFunnel Promo
Nobody Is Innocent
Mystery, suspense, and thrillers for readers who prefer to suspect absolutely everybody.
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September
BookFunnel Promo
September Indie Horror Kindle Unlimited
A September shelf of indie horror in Kindle Unlimited, including The Listener and Play Dead.
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The stuff I send when I actually have something worth emailing you about.
New books, covers before I plaster them everywhere, deleted scenes, giveaways, ARC and beta openings, and whatever book is currently refusing to leave me alone. I am not emailing you every morning to remind you that Amazon exists. Promise.
This is the general reader list. New books, covers before I post them everywhere, deleted scenes, giveaways, random behind-the-scenes things, and whatever story currently has me Googling something questionable at midnight.
ARC, beta, and Street Team emails have their own lists, because you should only get the stuff you actually asked for.
ARC & Beta Readers
Want to read things before I should probably be handing them to people?
Register once, tell me whether you want ARC reads, beta reads, or both, and I’ll email the right list when a manuscript is ready for company. You still choose whether you want to apply each time.
Being on the list means you hear first. It does not mean I am dropping every manuscript into your inbox with a deadline attached.
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From the Blog
Secrets, Obsession & Deadly Lies: A BookFunnel Browse for Dark Fiction Readers
Browse the Secrets, Obsession & Deadly Lies BookFunnel promo for dark fiction and indie reads.
Upcoming Guest Appearance
M. Boudreaux steps into The Mirror Room.
I’m joining Looks Creepy Cool for an episode of The Mirror Room to talk horror, the real-life pieces that sneak into my fiction, and what was going on in my head while I wrote The Listener and The Grief Counselor.
Quick answers
You probably came here for one of these.
What does M. Boudreaux write?
I write psychological horror, Southern Gothic, supernatural horror, and dark thrillers. Grief, memory, family, obsession, and real-life fear have a habit of following me into the books.
Where can I buy the books?
Every book page has the Amazon link right there. If it is not out yet, it will say preorder. If it is out, you can buy it and immediately make questionable reading choices.
Browse the books →How do ARC and beta sign-ups work?
Register once, choose ARC, beta, or both, and I’ll email you when something opens. Every book gets its own application, so you can decide each time whether that particular flavor of disturbing is for you.
ARC & Beta Reads →
Behind the books.
M. Boudreaux
M. Boudreaux is a Louisiana horror author, a mom, and somebody who has discovered that apparently the healthiest place to put certain thoughts is inside fictional people and then make their lives considerably worse. A lot of her stories grow out of trauma, grief, real life, and the things that stick around long after they should have left. Writing is a strange kind of therapy for her: take the thing, twist it into a story, put it on the page, and let somebody else lose sleep over it for a while.
Books that leave evidence.
Meet M. Boudreaux