Cyanide Constellations

And Other Stories

By: Sara Tantlinger

Narrated by: Terra Hicks

Enter into a wicked Eden of poisonous plants, radium kisses, and cosmic chaos.

In this, her debut fiction collection, Bram Stoker Award-winning author Sara Tantlinger explores the poignant relationship between nature and horror, featuring four brand-new stories, including a Nathaniel Hawthorne-inspired novelette, "The Revenge of Rappaccini's Daughter."

Just be sure to creep carefully through this garden. The flowers whisper, and the moon holds destructive secrets.

©2025 Sara Tantlinger (P)2026 Dark Matter INK

Amazing collection!

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been savoring Sara Tantlinger's Cyanide Constellations: And Other Stories. As a long-time reader of Sara, I had high expectations for her debut fiction collection. They were exceeded. This collection has everything a horror reader could want, with stories that span space and time, exploring the dark and strange aspects of humanity, our world, and beyond. I had to force myself not to read it in one sitting so that I could admire her haunting, lyrical prose. As Sara knows, I’m obsessed with “A Haunting of Lawn Ornaments” and those bloodthirsty garden gnomes, but I also loved diving into “The Revenge of Rappacini’s Daughter” and revisiting some of my favorite stories of hers - “With Radium on Her Lips” and “After the Twilight Fades.”