Name: Letters from The Rotting Midway
Brand: The Buried Secrets Co.
Price: 14.99 USD
Availability: InStock

📨 24 letters mailed directly to your door over the course of a full year
🔥 Fast-paced, addictive, and terrifying. Get immersed from the very first envelope
🎪 Includes notes, sketches, carnival tickets, and pictures pulled from The Rotting Midway
🎁 The perfect gift for the horror lover in your life. Flexible start date available
📼 Built for fans of found footage, analog horror, and serial scares
✅ 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. Love it or get a full refund
📬 Your first letter ships same or next day if order is received prior to 2:00 p.m. PST
🪖 30% of every purchase supports veterans and domestic abuse survivors

Founder Pricing Ends May 1, 2026. Lock in your edition now before the price increases!

$14.99

Just $4.17 per dispatch—less than a coffee for a full immersive horror experience.

✅ 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee 📬 Order now and your first letter ships immediately 🪖 30% of your purchase supports veterans and domestic abuse survivors

ALSO AVAILABLE VIA 12-MONTHLY PAYMENTS

One of our favorite story letters with the convenience and affordability of a monthly subscription.

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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.

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?

If you purchase our year-long subscription at $99.99, absolutely not. Once you've purchased your edition of the Dead Letter Dispatch, that's it! You're set for the entire year. If you sign up for the monthly subscription option, you will be charged $12.99 on the same day of each month for twelve months.

How does shipping work?

Your first letter will be sent out immediately. Each Dead Letter Dispatch installment after that is mailed around the 15th and the last day of each month. The exact date will depend on the post office's schedule. 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!