Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week …
Out now from Sentinel Creatives, Nordic: An Anthology of Nordic Weird Fiction
Nordic is an anthology of speculative fiction comprising 15 tales set in the Nordic Region that explore the human (and inhuman) experience through the lens of the weird and the horrific.
From isolated scientific outposts caught amidst windswept tundras and frozen fjords, to Norse berserkers consumed by insatiable hunger; from Trolls and the mad hunters who pursue them, to lost gods wandering the streets of Reykjavík and Trondheim, Nordic explores the uncanny, the monstrous, and the sublime. Available now in eBook and paperback, you can grab your copy here.
Arriving 15 September from author K. H. Vaughan and Corax House, This Is The Table Where We Wash Our Dead
A utility worker is pursued by nightmarish horses in dreams and in life. A monster in hiding develops an uneasy friendship with a neglected child. A sex-worker’s encounters become increasingly bizarre as he seeks entrance to a secret nightclub. Estranged brothers wake to find everyone in the world on fire and embark on a surreal walk from their West Texas home to the Gulf Coast.
Twelve tales of the weird and fantastic from K. H. Vaughan. Available for pre-order now in eBook, with other editions to follow, you can guarantee your copy here.
Coming 6 October from author Sylvain Johnson and Gallery Books, Season’s Reapings
As a winter storm rages, a serial killer called The Mouse King emerges, haunting the dark streets of Montreal. His signature? He always places a live mouse in his victims’ sealed mouths…
As he stalks the city, a sex worker tries to escape both her past and a horrifying new threat. A corrupt police officer, whose niece fits the Mouse King’s victim profile all too well, races to solve the series of increasingly gruesome murders and protect his family. For both of them, a tragedy that saw a little boy lost in icy waters years ago holds answers—ones they may not be ready to find.
This reimagining of the classic tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, originally conceived by E.T.A. Hoffmann and later adapted into the beloved ballet, is an edge-of-your-seat, gore-soaked twist on the holiday classic, filled with a deranged cast based on timeless characters.
Bringing together horror and revenge, it’s a bloody, funhouse mirror reflection of the tale—with endless Easter eggs for readers to discover. Translated from the French for the first time, Season’s Reapings rings in the holidays with a new kind of terror. Available for pre-order now in eBook, paperback and audiobook, you can guarantee your copy here.
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KEV HARRISON
