The Martyrs (limited hardback) - O. Jamie Walsh

Broodcomb Press

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The Martyrs by O. Jamie Walsh / 234-page hardback, published in 2026 by Broodcomb Press in a limited printing of 200 copies

(5/6/2026 update: I'm not 100% sure if I will need to make a separate listing for the bonus book "Gloom Circus" or what the final price will be if combined...depends on what I pay for shipping from the UK. Will update as soon as possible!)

Broodcomb Press is a UK publisher specializing in weird fiction and beyond: "Encompassing poetry, strange tales and experimental fiction, Broodcomb Press is a home for the writing that belongs here: disquieting truths about the region ("the peninsula") – tales both eerie and shocking – together with exploring the fantastic/everyday meaning of what it means to be human."

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“In my role as omissioner, I receive summonses from all over the settlements. My function is to offer an ear, a valve for the bleeding of grief or worry or simply unspent chat, and to do this well I must adapt myself to those who live in different settlements. Anyone can call me. It costs nothing, and I offer no advice: all an omissioner does is listen, finding worth in words that would otherwise remain unspoken or forgotten.”

The Martyrs is a return to the “eerie mental eavesdropping” of The Settlements and The Revenants, and although not in any way a sequel, the book listens to the voices of the peninsula, following meandering tales according to a dream logic—

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