Name: Dead Letter Dispatches: The Rotting Midway
Brand: The Buried Secrets Co.
Price: 99.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Dead Letter Dispatches: The Rotting Midway

$99.99

After midnight, the carnival chooses who gets to leave.

Dead Letter Dispatches: The Rotting Midway delivers a fast-paced, extremely scary horror story told through twenty-four mailed letters. When a late-night wanderer becomes trapped in a decaying, alternate version of a traveling carnival, his dispatches begin to twist from pleas for help into something far more unsettling—an invitation. Each envelope pulls you deeper into the rotting fairgrounds, where the lights flicker, the rides groan, and something waits behind the funhouse mirrors.

Twenty-four mailed dispatches sent directly to your mailbox.
A fast-paced, addictive, extremely scary horror story told through physical letters. Get immersed immediately!
Notes, sketches, carnival tickets, and pictures pulled from The Rotting Midway.
A narrative that evolves with every delivery and grows more unsettling over time.
The perfect gift for the horror or thriller lover in your life!
A collectible horror experience designed for fans of found footage, analog horror, and serial scares.
Edition illustration created by illustrator Amanda Bergloff.
Want your mailings to begin on a certain date? Let us know!

Open a letter. open a doorway to horror.

Dead Letter Dispatches is a serialized horror collection where the stories are told through twenty-four mailed letters over the course of a year.

Each edition of Dead Letter Dispatches pulls you into a new location—a hollowed-out creek town, a rotten carnival, a forgotten house, a cabin in the woods—where someone is trapped in a darker, distorted version of once familiar places. Their only connection to the living world is you.

But the more you read, the more the places learn your name.

The locals vanish. The roads change. The water whispers. And yet the letters keep coming.

Every dispatch is a cry for help. Every letter is a warning. And every new reader brings the darkness one step closer.

Some places don't stay dead. They write.

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happy to meet you!

The Buried Secret Co. is owned and operated by publisher and editor Lyndsey Smith and her husband, Daniel—a proud military family with a deep love for horror. While they live for a good scare, their true purpose lies in service, community, and creating impact where it matters most. They actively support veterans experiencing homelessness, survivors of domestic abuse, and first responders, using their passion for storytelling and creating fear as a force for meaningful, positive change.

Are These Giftable?

Absolutely! That's a great idea and the perfect way to show the horror/thriller/true-crime lover in your life that you're thinking about them all year. Be sure to let us know about your special day so we can start your first mailing for that projected date.

Are these available outside the U.S.?

Yes! As a military family, we've traveled the world, and we would love to share the Dead Letter Dispatch editions with our friends in other countries. In fact, we'd love to know where you're from! Be sure to give us a shoutout on social media.

Will I owe anything else?

Absolutely not. Once you've purchased your edition of the Dead Letter Dispatch, that's it! You're set for the entire year. Of course, you are more than welcome to check out the rest of the Dead Letter Dispatch editions or our murder mystery games.

How does shipping work?

Your first letter will be sent out on the first Saturday after you place your order. Each Dead Letter Dispatch installment after that is mailed on the second and the fourth Saturday of every month for twelve months. That is twenty-four letters in total! Getting the mail will never be the same again. Each envelope is marked, so if you ever find that you've missed a sequence, just let us know, and we'll get another envelope out to you quickly!

Is there a money-Back Guarantee?

We truly believe in our stories and in the community of horror lovers we have built with the Horrorsmith and The Buried Secrets Co. brand. Your satisfaction and support mean the world to us, so we do offer a 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee on the Dead Letter Dispatches editions.

How Can I be part of the Horrorsmith Community?

We're so glad you asked! Horrorsmith and The Buried Secrets Co. have a private Discord server exclusively for the authors of Horrorsmith Publishing and you, our wonderful supporters! Dive into great discussions about our stories with our street team, with us, and with each other! The QR code with a link will be included in your first mailing. Joining is not mandatory!