Josh Sutphin
AboutBlogFiction

I write speculative fiction that’s drawn from the darkness: brooding fantasy, dystopian science fiction, horrors both terrestrial and cosmic.

Briarcliff

Working title // Work in progress

A moody horror short about one man’s desperate sacrifice to a prehistoric supernatural force. This piece is an experiment in narrative by elision, drawing inspiration from video games’ heavy use of environmental storytelling.

The Deep

Working title // Work in progress

A cosmic horror short about a deep sea salvage dive that encounters a threat beyond human understanding, and a secret organization that will do anything to keep that threat hidden. This piece is a claustrophobic katabasis into the deep, filled with interpersonal tension, existential dread, and even (somehow) malevolent mathematics.

Created 8/5/2023 • Updated 2/6/2025