Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week …
Out now from author J. V. Gachs and Mad Axe Media, Spooky Lovers
All Avra wanted when she installed Spooky Lovers, a dating app for lovers of the macabre and all things horror, was a loving relationship, matching wedding dresses, a discreet wedding in a graveyard. Did she find love when she met Ernestina?
Well… Yes.
The only problem is, Ernestina is a ghost. She doesn’t remember anything about her life, but relives her death from time to time. Determined to help her lover stop these reenactments, Avra teams up with her ex-girlfriend Andrea, the host of the true crime podcast Gone for Good.
With the help of the ghosts of his other victims, the three women must stop the killer before he adds Avra to the ranks of the dead. Available now in eBook and paperback, you can pick up your copy here.
Arriving 27 March from writer Magda O’Toole and Infested Publishing, The Mummers
In a rural hamlet of England in the 1950s, to be a man is to become a Mummer. Milo is on the precipice of manhood when he watches his brother Cedric perform in the summer festival, in which the highest-achieving boys are ushered into places of higher standing. Desperate to impress his father, Milo longs to be a Mummer. When the ceremony suddenly renders Cedric a shell of his former self, Milo’s perception of his village’s tradition is shattered. As his turn to become a Mummer rolls around, Milo must decide whether to give in and discover the truth, or escape and deny his fate. Available for pre-order now in eBook, with other editions to follow, you can guarantee your copy here.
New from writer Steve Stred and Black Void Publishing, Kaiju Killers (Part I)
What lurks deep within the remote Rocky Mountains, not far from Golden BC? It’s time to return …
Iron Marshall has made a career out of going where nobody else will go. Off the books. Getting the job done. He’s been in the thick of things before, areas and events kept from the public eye.
But after being assigned to a secret complex near Ogre Peak, he begins to question what’s happening there and why. As more strange occurrences take place, Iron struggles to maintain the façade of being ‘just a soldier.’ Available now in eBook and paperback, you can pick up your copy here.
Coming 27 March from author Jes Hart Stone and Crystal Lake Publishing, Then We’ll Be Safe
Set against the stark beauty of 1970s British Columbia, Then We’ll Be Safe is a gripping psychological thriller about childhood pain, abuse, and neglect, and about the lies we tell ourselves in our desperate need to be loved.
Crystal Lynn Harsh takes revenge on her mother’s abusive boyfriend’s fingers with a pair of tree loppers. Majorca Fairhaven catches her boyfriend cheating and sends his car sinking into a lake. Two teenage girls. Two violent turning points.
Strangers from opposite worlds, they form a fierce bond while fleeing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Their path takes them along the notorious Highway of Tears—one of Canada’s most dangerous and isolated stretches of road—where hitchhiking becomes survival and survival becomes something darker.
As their crime spree escalates, the wilderness itself turns hostile: poisonous insects, predatory wildlife, and the psychological weight of what they’ve done. Their only hope is to reach Crystal’s grandmother’s home—because then, they believe, they’ll finally be safe. Meanwhile, the RCMP’s first female constable fights both institutional prejudice and her own doubts as she risks everything to save them. Available for pre-order now in eBook, with other editions to follow, you can guarantee yours here.
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KEV HARRISON
