Mine Is a Long, Lonesome Grave Brings Appalachian Horror to Oni Press

Oni Press has an ambitious lineup of new books planned for early 2025, including the horror Western The Goddamn Tragedy and the prison escape drama Out of Alcatraz. Now IGN can debut an exclusive preview of another of these upcoming projects, a four-issue Appalachian horror series called Mine Is a Long, Lonesome Grave.

Check out the slideshow gallery below for a closer look at Mine Is a Long, Lonesome Grave #1:

Mine Is a Long, Lonesome Grave is written by Justin Jordan (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode) and illustrated by Chris Shehan (House of Slaughter). The first issue features cover art by Shehan, Matthew Roberts, Kelsey Ramsay, Jeffrey Alan Love, and Jason Shawn Alexander.

Here's Oni's official description of the new series:

Harley Creed is a bad man. He used to be worse. A violent ex-con with a string of brutal crimes in his past, he only wanted one thing when he finally walked free from prison: to leave Briar Falls, WV, behind and disappear forever. But Harley’s hometown has a strange way of swallowing people whole—call it a consequence of the low-level folk magic that has permeated its darker corners for generations. And now that Harley has returned, pent-up vengeance for his past crimes is about to come roaring back. Somebody has put a hex on him—and Harley has seven days before he dies in twisted, screaming agony.

To reverse it, Harley must find and kill his unseen enemy before their curse can reap its terrible end. But in Briar Falls, there's no shortage of suspects—and Harley is coming for them all. If can't have peace, at least he can have revenge.

"Sad old men, revenge, witchcraft and Appalachian folk magic," Shehan tells IGN. "Just know I'll be drawing all of this with a smile on my face the entire time."

"I don't get an opportunity to do as much crime as I want…” says Jordan in Oni's press release. “Wait, no, I mean I don't get a chance to do as much crime fiction as I would like, so getting to do a crime book that is also a horror book, my other favorite genre, has been awesome. And getting to set it in Appalachia, where I'm from, is just icing on the very brutal cake.”

Mine Is a Long, Lonesome Grave #1 will be released on February 12, 2025.

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