Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week …
Out now from editor KC Grifant and Brigids Gate Press, Women of the Weird West
Saddle up. The Old West is weirder than you think.
In this bold reimagining of the Old West, dive into haunted canyons, frontier towns hiding cosmic horrors, vast deserts, and far-flung worlds where women take center stage.
Women of the Weird West features 25 original speculative poems and short stories set in landscapes both familiar and strange. Gunslingers, outlaws, dreamers, and survivors face overwhelming forces both human and supernatural.
Subversive and genre-bending, this anthology captures the wonder, violence, and resilience at the heart of the Old West while featuring women all too often left off the page. Available now in eBook and paperback, you can grab your copy here.
Out today from author Sheldon Higdon and Crystal Lake Publishing, The Eerie Brothers and the Witches of Autumn
With their estranged Aunt Jan as their guardian, twelve-year-old twin brothers, Horace and Edgar Eerie, still cope with the unexpected death of their mother. On the day of their school detention, the boys each face different supernatural events that bring out unexpected abilities in them.
In 1692, Salem, in the midst of the witch trials, Hex is absorbing the abilities of other witches so he can enter the present world and rule over the Hidden Ones, Humans, and control all magic—and Mother Nature. But first he must collect the Four Seasons, totems that hold the seeds of each season. And he already has one!
With the help of their best friend, Horace and Edgar must travel back to 1692, Salem, and stop Hex. But dark family secrets are revealed and those secrets might destroy the brothers before they have the chance of saving their family, friends, and their future. Available today in eBook, with other editions to follow, you can pick up your copy here.
New from author Santiago Eximeno and Tenebrous Press, Alicia is in the Basement
For the first time in English, the translation of Santiago Eximeno’s Spanish original Alicia en el Só tano follows a father’s descent into darkness in pursuit of a lost child. One summer afternoon, Santi and Maria’s daughter disappears without a trace from a public park. A fruitless investigation passes, the agony only serving to tear Santi’ s life and family further apart. Months go by, and Santi finally stumbles upon a clue: it is hardly a name, barely a whisper, but it is enough to reveal a haunting legacy and unleash an entirely new kind of horror upon the despairing young father: “He Who Does Not Speak With Children.” Available now in eBook and paperback, you can grab your copy here.
Arriving 14 July from writer Jay Gould and Castle Bridge Media, Hellrise
From Noodles author Jay Gould, a horror adventure that brings the monstrous madness of Doom to Journey To The Center Of The Earth; in which after an explosion destroys a drilling rig, an expert drill engineer joins an expedition down the hole the rig has opened up: a tunnel to a demon-infested world that clearly influenced ancient art and may be literal Hell. Available for pre-order now in eBook, with other editions to follow, you can guarantee your copy here.
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KEV HARRISON
