Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week …
Out now from author John C. Foster and Bleeding Edge Books, Final Boys
Arriving 1 December from author Luciano Marano and Crystal Lake Publishing, Humbug
In modern-day Seattle, Detective Stuart (Scrooge) Caine is a jaded homicide cop on the edge of burnout. Every Christmas brings another murder, but this year’s case is different. A brilliant psychopath—dubbed “Humbug” by the press—has made a tradition of killing an entire family every December 25th. With the investigation going cold and his career slipping away, Scrooge receives a visitation on Christmas Eve that shatters his skepticism: the ghost of his former partner, Marley, and three monstrous spirits—manifestations of history’s most notorious unsolved killers: Jack the Ripper, Zodiac, and The Cleveland Torso Murderer.
As the line between nightmare and reality blurs, Scrooge is forced to confront his past, his sins, and the darkness waiting for him on Christmas morning. Available for pre-order now in eBook and paperback, you can guarantee your copy here.
Released yesterday from author Jack Rollins, In Quiet Courts
Father Herbert Haddon walks the soot-streaked streets of London in search of souls in peril—but what he finds are thieves, monsters wearing children’s faces, and an old friend haunted by his own bloody purpose. As whispers of dark science and unspeakable rites rise from the alleys and courts, Haddon must decide: save his soul, or fight the darkness with bloodied hands.
In Quiet Courts sees a grieving priest and a weary vampire hunter descend into the grime and grandeur of Dickensian London, where evil doesn’t knock… it breeds in silence.
After witnessing a supernatural horror first-hand, Father Haddon begins a journey that tests his convictions, his friendships, and his fragile grip on hope. Guided by Benjamin Beazer-Green, a man haunted by the sins he must commit in the line of duty, Haddon becomes entangled in a world darker than any confessional. Together they uncover horrors that fester behind the facades of faith, poverty, and progress—where even a child’s whisper can herald death. Available now in eBook, with other editions to follow, you can pick up your copy here.
Available now from author Rowan Taylor and Latchkey Press, Dead Friends Forever
Lily swore she’d never return—not after Amelia vanished, and the angel statue was set in the garden to mourn what could never be recovered. But when her brother’s body is pulled from the swamp, the past drags her back.
The house waits for her, sagging beneath silence, steeped in damp earth and secrets. Aunt Clara still tucks away letters and photographs in drawers, as if hiding the past will keep it from finding them.
It begins with small intrusions: a locket engraved MINE turning up where it doesn’t belong, Polaroids whose flash reveals more than darkness, and the sight of Amelia—smiling as she once did, though the girl before Lily is not the cousin she lost.
Every night the angel moves. One day it stands in the garden, the next in the cemetery, then ankle-deep in the swamp. Lily cannot tell if it is coming for her, or if she is already caught inside its gaze. In the bayou, the dead do not rest. They wait for you to remember them—and to finish what you began. Available now in eBook, with other editions to come, you can pick up yours here.
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KEV HARRISON
