Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week …
Available now from author Samuel Brower and Gypsy Head Publications, Holler
Greg Gallogly swore he’d never go back. Leaving Kentucky meant leaving behind the dead-end roads, the violence, and the ghosts of his past. But when his stolen chopper turns up in a gang-run warehouse, one reckless decision pulls him—and his new ally Tanya—straight to the place he fears most: Haint’s Hollow.
Meanwhile, deep in the Appalachian Mountains, Sheriff Hunter Gallogly discovers a badly burned man in a wolf den—alive, unchanged, and impossible. As bodies begin to pile up again, Hunter realizes the nightmare that scarred the hollow not long ago has returned in a new and bloodier form
Greg and Hunter don’t yet know it, but they’re on a collision course. Bound by family secrets, hunted by something feral, and stalked by sins buried deep in the mountains, the cousins will face horrors both human and inhuman. Available now in eBook and paperback editions, you can grab your copy here.
Coming this halloween from writer Vivian Kasley and Brigids Gate Press, All’s Well That Ends Well
In this collection of wickedly imaginative dark tales, you’ll discover what sometimes lurks beneath the seemingly ordinary. An old man with a grudge who wants a peaceful night’s sleep decides to take matters into his own hands. A mermaid is captured, imprisoned, and forced to entertain at children’s parties. A porch pirate learns a terrifying lesson. A woman who suspects her husband is cheating hires a private detective, but gets way more than she bargained for. A daughter watching her father be consumed by cancer makes a daring deal with a nefarious being that comes back to haunt her.All this and much more from a collection compiled to make you uncomfortable in the comfort of wherever you’ll be reading them from. All that’s left to do now, dear readers, is open the book and watch nightmares come to life. Available for pre-order now in eBook and paperback, you can guarantee your copy here.
New from writer Mark Matthews and Crystal Lake Publishing, Kali’s Web
Kali’s Web is a supernatural horror novel that delves into the darkest corners of addiction and the terrifying psychological effects it leaves behind.
Kaliana Cook, a heroin addict haunted by a traumatic past, is desperate to reunite with her child after being paroled. But what begins as a chance at freedom soon turns into a horrific nightmare. After making a daring escape, Kali finds herself trapped in a sinister web, pursued not only by a relentless parole agent but also by a monstrous presence she unwittingly unleashed.
This eerie entity, a grotesque fusion of nightmare spiders and a seemingly innocent child, embodies the horrors of addiction and the twisted distortions of the mind plagued by heroin. As Kali’s journey unravels, she discovers that escape isn’t just about outrunning physical pursuers. It’s about confronting the haunting specters of her past and the supernatural horrors they manifest. Available now in eBook, with other editions to follow, you can pick up yours here.
Arriving 29 August from author Taylor Grant and Crystal Lake Publishing, The Shuddering Breath Before Oblivion
In his final collection of short stories, once again we are invited into Taylor Grant’s unique and macabre imagination. A man discovers a portal in his basement that offers him an infinite variety of alternate lives he can live. A woman seeks revenge on the man who destroyed her life. In treating a young man’s haunted memories of a childhood trauma, a psychiatrist uncovers terrifying possibilities. A property speculator gets more than she bargained for when she buys an unsellable house in a small town with a morbid obsession with Halloween. And in the collection’s title story, a journalist fights to solve the mystery of a world of disappearing people. Come on in and explore the dark labyrinths of the human mind and what it’s capable of, if you dare. Available for pre-order now in eBook, with other editions to follow, you can guarantee your copy here.
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KEV HARRISON
