Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week …
Out now from author S. H. Cooper and Raw Dog Screaming Press, Bottling His Ghosts
After a tragic accident leaves her widowed, Netta flees home to Daunderhead hoping for the space to process her grief. Instead, she finds her cousin, Thorn, once like a brother to her, swimming at the bottom of every bottle he can find. Her parents, unable to break him from his alcoholic stupor, have grown despondent and resigned to his fate; and her once beautiful childhood home has fallen into the grasp of nefarious ghosts whose goals remain unclear. Refusing to allow another tragedy to befall her family, Netta takes it upon herself to help her cousin and-hopefully-stop the hauntings. Available now in paperback, with other editions to follow, you can grab your copy here.
Coming 19 August from author Llrâc Nôdbé and The Voices Made Me Do It, Crulus
It is 1981, Dylan Wolfendale’s first year in Comprehensive school, but it’s not just the bullies he needs to worry about. It’s the dead.
Able to traverse realms with ease, Dylan soon discovers that he’s destined to escort souls to the afterlife.
The peace of Draigwen, Wales, becomes shattered. People are being murdered; their bodies decomposing in seconds, rather than days. Unwilling to believe that there are dead men walking, the police are baffled.
Dark shadows become real, bodies are snatched, and a supernatural demon rampages through Draigwen. The realm of the dead is slowly being breached, and supernatural events cause an unlikely partnership between Dylan, his school friends, and police officer, Fiona Brasking.
Can they stop what is already dead? Available for pre-order now in eBook, with other editions to follow, you can guarantee your copy here.
Out now from writer Sonora Taylor and Manta Press, All the Pieces Coming Together
All the Pieces Coming Together brings you fourteen selections from award-winning horror author, Sonora Taylor’s best works over the years, along with two previously unpublished stories. Stories full of dread, anxiety, grisly demises, and malevolent spirits fill this nightmare-inducing omnibus collection. Add both a foreword by fellow award-winning horror author, Steve Stred, and an introduction to the collection by the author herself, and All the Pieces Coming Together should be on the top of every horror lover’s TBR stack. Available now in eBook and paperback editions, you can pick up yours here.
Arriving 29 July from writer Josh Dygert and Lycan Valley Press Publications, Maeve
There is a ghost town in the forest behind Maeve’s house. In 1881, the entire population of the town of Morton, Michigan vanished beneath a meteor shower.
One hundred years later, it is Maeve’s mother who vanishes under a sky of falling stars. And Maeve becomes convinced that Morton holds the key to the mystery.
But the road to Morton is long and dangerous, and it’s many years before Maeve and her two best friends are old enough to finally make the journey. As high school graduation approaches, they set off into the frozen wilderness in search of answers. What they find is a town that is far from empty. And as the meteors begin to fall once more over Morton, it’s Maeve’s turn to face the falling stars. Available for pre-order now in paperback, with other editions to follow, you can guarantee your copy here.
New from author Matt Micheli, A Halloween Story: The Complete Collection
A Halloween Story: The Complete Collection brings you installments one and two along with a new, third installment, giving you nine intertwining terrifying tales that are sure to curdle your blood this All Hallow’s Eve. This Halloween, get ready for some scary fun, and be careful who you open your door for. Some trick-or-treaters may want more than candy. Available now in eBook and paperback, you can pick up your copy here.
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KEV HARRISON
