Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week …
Out now from author V. Castro and Watkins Publishing, Tales of the Dark Feminine
Dive into a dark, empowering world where folktales, horror and feminist magic collide. This collection features 26 modern retellings of legends and folktales about fierce female deities and spirits from around the world. Perfect for women who own their power.
Dark goddess energy is powerful and transformative, embodying the sensual, the hunter, the warrior, the mother, and even the grotesque and horrific. These 26 tales of powerful female goddesses and spirits will entrance those daring enough to explore the shadows of the human psyche, offering lessons from our ancient origins and help us understand ourselves in today’s world. Embrace your own inner darkness alongside these fierce deities and spirits. Available now in eBook, hardcover and audiobook formats, you can pick up your copy here.
Arriving 13 October from author Kit Power and French Press Publishing, Exploring the Labyrinth Volume One
On the surface, Kit Power seems like a successful horror writer – three-time BFA finalist, two-time Splatterpunk winner, and author of the celebrated My Life in Horror essay series.
But that affable facade hides a terrible secret: he never read the works of Brian Keene on initial publication.
Podcaster. Philanthropist. Stoker winner. World Horror Grandmaster. Brian. Fucking. Keene.
With this book, Power starts to un-fuck that. And he’s taking you along for the ride.
With a foreword by splatter legend Eric LaRocca, what follows is a horror enthusiast’s first-read peek at each of Keene’s full-length fiction pieces from The Rising (2003) to Alone (2011), covering the Leisure Books years and much, much more.
But it’s also Power’s story: the firsthand account of a young writer finding his voice as he examines the work of one of the greats who went before. And, finally, it’s Keene and Power together. This volume concludes with an exclusive, heartbreakingly intimate interview you’ll never find anywhere else.
So, keep a popcorn box full of eyes out for The Thirteen and join Power as he takes you … Exploring The Labyrinth. Available for pre-order now in eBook, with other editions to follow, you can guarantee your copy here.
New from writer Chris Harrison and Wicked Ink Publishing, Dawn of the Demon
Fifty years ago, the Demon of Cold Christmas carved a path of horror through a quiet town, leaving behind a trail of butchered children and broken families. Then, just as suddenly as it began, the slaughter stopped. No killer was ever found. No answers ever came. The legend was born…and it never died.
Now, beneath a cursed blood moon, the nightmare is rising again.
Izzy is missing, held captive by a shadowy cult hellbent on awakening the ancient evil that once stalked the woods. With time running out, her friends retreat to a forgotten Cold War bunker, joining forces with Dr. Foster, a reclusive occult expert with secrets of his own. But trust is fragile, and darkness wears many faces.
Haunted by visions she can’t explain, Meridia races to uncover the truth, even as her growing powers threaten to consume her. Meanwhile, sadistic killer Silas Grady lurks in the shadows, hunting with a purpose no one yet understands. All roads lead to Crooked House, the decaying heart of an old evil. But is it salvation they’ll find there…or damnation?
In a town steeped in secrets and stained with blood, some legends are more than stories. Some demons never die. Will they stop the ritual before it’s too late…or will they all fall to the Demon? Available now in eBook and paperback, you can pick up your copy here.
Available now from author Jonathan Fortin and Crystal Lake Publishing, Lilitu Book II: Bloody Caleb
Caleb Schwartzenfeld, a 22-year-old vagrant violinist in the grim streets of Victorian England, is struggling to survive. But when his search for a patron leads him into the clutches of a sinister cult, he’s brutally sacrificed—and awakens in Hell, a nightmarish realm where death is impossible, and demons delight in torturing the living.
Refusing to let eternal agony break him, Caleb vows to escape, reunite with the woman he loves, and exact revenge on those who murdered him. Yet the only way back to Earth may require becoming one of the very monsters who torment the damned.
Under the dark tutelage of the depraved incubus Salem Sotirios, Caleb is seduced into the twisted pleasures and deadly politics of Hell’s elite. As he navigates a macabre underworld of power, lust, and vengeance, Caleb must decide whether reclaiming his life is worth risking his soul. Available now in eBook and paperback, you can grab yours here.
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