348 pages

A Weird Western

The revised and expanded Second Edition arrives in October.

First Edition Available Now

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Beneath Dry Gulch,
there are things
that twist
the mind.

Things that were buried for
a damned reason.

Poster for Paul Glyn's book titled "The God in the Dirt," featuring a stylized silhouette of a man with a wide-brimmed hat and a woman holding a rifle, set against a sunset background with mountains and a border design.

Nat Gig never belonged anywhere except center stage.

A rhinestone-clad outlaw with a flair for misdirection, he built his legend out of style, sabotage, and sheer swagger.

But Dry Gulch doesn't want him back, and the town has worse things waiting than a cold welcome:
a living ore beneath the dust, sentient and hungry, that rewrites memory and remakes anyone it touches.

With Magda (a saloonkeeper with a fondness for arson) at his side, Nat sets out to burn the ore's grip on the town to the ground. But the deeper he digs, the more he finds memories he buried, truths he rewrote, the myth he built himself out of.

Nat Gig would rather die than fade into someone else’s legend.

A dark mountain landscape at night with a full moon in the sky, featuring a mine entrance emitting orange light, with railroad tracks leading into it.

The God in the Dirt is a Weird Western blending mythic horror, surreal fantasy, and theatrical adventure, a story driven as much by atmosphere and emotional resonance as by action. Darkly poetic and richly cinematic, it unfolds through stylized characters, dreamlike imagery, and gothic undertones that prize mood and meaning over strict realism.

For readers drawn to stories that wander the uncanny margins of genre, Old West meets cosmic dread and myth rises from desert dust, this is a tale for those who enjoy literary fantasy, speculative horror, and emotionally driven storytelling.

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“One hell of a show, if you don’t mind bleeding during the encore.”

The revised and expanded Second Edition is currently in development, featuring expanded character development, new material throughout, and a refined narrative.
The Second Edition arrives in October!