North-Central Florida’s First Mobile Horror Book & Game Shop
Strangleroot Books & Games is in the works! We’re going to be a horror-exclusive bookstore and game shop built inside a custom-fitted trailer, able to travel to festivals, conventions, and events across North-Central Florida and beyond, while also being a regular presence and community hub in Ocala/Marion County and beyond (we love you too, Gainesville!). Picture a horror bookstore that comes to you: parked outside a brewery one weekend, at a convention the next, and at local markets in between.
All the Gory Details
Strangleroot will be one of only a handful of horror-exclusive book and game stores in the state of Florida and will be the first mobile one. Our shelves span the full genre, from slashers to splatterpunk, gothic to folk horror, in both books and tabletop games.
We’re also committing 25% of inventory to small-press and self-published horror authors, giving visibility to books that would otherwise be invisible on the national stage.
A note on self-published books: Strangleroot will follow a consignment model for all self-published books (non-returnable for credit if the book doesn’t sell). We will split the sale price 70/30 (in the author’s favor), but only after the sale of the book. The consignment window will be six months. Any copies remaining after that will be returned to the author. No more than two copies of any self-published book will be in stock at any one time (unless there is proven demand in terms of sales).
The Road to Opening
We’re in the beginning stages here, and there’s a lot of moving parts. We’ve got the plan in place, but we still need to raise funds, buy the trailer, outfit it, stock it with killer books, and then get out on the road. While we want to get all this done as fast as possible, we don’t want to rush. Our goal is to open in fall 2026.
How Can You Help?
Want to help? Here’s how:
- Donate! Our GoFundMe is live. If you want to help us bring killer books and games to North-Central Florida, you can donate now.