From pulp horror to avant garde poetics, writing that hits hard by Jedediah Smith

Darkhouse Trust: website of author Jedediah Smith

Fiction: Horror, Crime, Science Fiction, Satire

Poetry: Fables, Factions, Monologues

New Release 2/17/2026:

cover of graphic novel Last Messiah on Earth

In 1933 a Norwegian philosopher wrote a pessimistic essay on the futility of continued existence entitled “The Last Messiah.” In 1961 actor Vincent Price traveled to Italy to make a low budget movie entitled The Last Man on Earth. Decades later a child is born, his body inexplicably covered in elaborate, knotted tattoos. The connection between these three events might be found in a new retelling of an ancient myth. The Last Messiah on Earth is a graphic novel combining forms in a hallucinatory collage of essay, fiction, movie stills, graphics, urban legends, folk tales, and scientific publications. The storyline develops into an alternate history of the 21st century in which human disappearance becomes not only a possibility but, for some, a quest.

The Last Messiah on Earth
Graphic pb novel: $19.99

Publication date: February 17, 2026
148 pp.
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.69 x 0.34 x 9.61 inches
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8999807

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