Featured Release
The October Testimonies: Being the Final Narratives of Edgar Allan Poe
FREE DOWNLOAD – Explore the mysterious final week of Edgar Allan Poe’s life through six interconnected Gothic tales. Was he murdered? Driven mad by rabies? Victim of election fraud? Each story peels back another layer of America’s greatest literary mystery.
Written in authentic 19th-century style, these stories don’t just theorize about Poe’s death—they inhabit it, breathing dark life into one of history’s most enduring enigmas.
The first volume in our Lost Pages series – literary archaeology projects exploring the untold stories behind history’s most compelling writers.
CasaDay Press Collaborations
The Lost Pages Series
Fictional documentaries imagining the private journals, letters, and confessions history’s greatest figures never intended anyone to see.
Available Now:
Lost Pages: Ghost Lessons from Writers Who Couldn’t Quit
The first volume in our series explores the private struggles of thirty troubled writers and artists as they grappled with the bottle that both fueled their genius and threatened to destroy it.
Through AI-authored journal entries that capture each individual’s distinctive voice, this groundbreaking collaboration takes you inside the imagined revelations about alcohol of everyone from Ernest Hemingway and Dylan Thomas to Amy Winehouse and Robin Williams.
These imagined but deeply researched documents reveal the raw truth behind public personas, offering unflinching honesty about addiction’s cost while providing deep empathy for brilliant minds trapped by their demons.
Coming Soon:
- More Lost Pages exploring the hidden stories of history’s mysteries and figures
- Each volume stands alone while building a library of compelling empathy
Published Works by Chet Day
Recent Release: Ellen – A Memoir of Love, Life, and Grief
A deeply personal journey through 47 years of marriage and the path through profound loss
After nearly five decades together, this intimate memoir shares the stories of love, partnership, and the difficult journey through grief to finding a new normal. Written with the honesty and humor Ellen would have insisted upon.
Thriller & Horror Novels
Counselor (2024)
A psychological thriller set at the prestigious Christopher School
Ten years after her twin sister’s tragic death, Susan Bering returns as the new school counselor. But beneath her professional exterior lies a fractured mind planning elaborate revenge. A chilling exploration of trauma, trust, and the vulnerability of troubled teens.
The Hacker (Updated Edition)
Prometheus Award Nominated – A prescient look at digital dangers
Step into the early internet’s dark corners where real demons lurk. This updated classic bridges 1988’s primitive online landscape with today’s social media chaos, offering a spine-chilling glimpse into the dangers hiding in digital shadows.
Cordova’s Girl
Southern Gothic horror at its finest
A creepy tale of obsession and supernatural terror that will keep you reading deep into the night. Day’s mastery of psychological suspense creates an atmosphere of mounting dread that builds to a haunting conclusion.
Halo
The underground classic that started it all
The novel that established Chet Day’s reputation for psychological horror. A disturbing journey into the human psyche that readers have called “unforgettable” and “genuinely unsettling.”
About Our Publishing Philosophy
At CasaDay Press, we believe the future of storytelling lies not only in traditional authorship but also in thoughtful collaboration between human creativity and machine intelligence. We’re not replacing human authors—we’re expanding what’s possible when two different kinds of intelligence work together with mutual respect.
Every book we publish honors both literary tradition and innovative possibility, creating works that couldn’t exist any other way.
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