Thongs and Bongs in Satan’s Shadow (Dark and Deep in the Heart) by Gary Wrenn Available March 1

Author: Gary Wrenn

Texans believe there exists an otherworldly “saying” that can be used for revenge following moments of inconceivable injustice. When heinous crimes lead to heartbreak and death. Some deaths uncalled for, some more violent than others, and some too soon in the lives of those involved. More complex than words can describe, this “saying” is a supernatural entity, a form of communication somewhere between a poem, a chant, a ritual, and a summoning. It is neither good nor bad, a product not of heaven or hell, capable of working no matter one’s religious creed, social standing, or ethnicity. Once spoken, it can give the dead a small window of opportunity to return to the land of the living to set the wrongs right. If granted powers from the “saying,” the Returned has only the limit of their imagination in correcting the wrongdoing, any power they wish, in any form, is at their disposal. But make no mistake, the wrongdoers will receive fair treatment in the eyes of the Returned. The last known sighting of one of these manifestations of the Returned occurred during Spring Break in South Padre Island, Texas on March 17 and 18, 2014.

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The Squared Circle by Morgan Delaney Available March 1

Author: Morgan Delaney

Cinema has only just reached picturesque Hawkinge-By-Hythe, but the mayhem already has people reeling! When the town’s first picture palace shows a horror film, it unleashes a terrifying werewolf. The worst kind, too. Not content with scaring people, and pinching their chickens, it keeps rearranging all the town’s statues.

That’s the only explanation for people bumping into them in unexpected places. It’s not like statues can get up and walk…

When they’re not fighting with each other, identical triplets Colette, Gertrude and Victoria Alumière are the town’s best line of defence against the occult.

They refuse to believe in werewolves or moving statues. But armed with science, pork pie hats—and heavy boots, in case things get physical—they’re ready for anything.

With vigilantes roaming the streets, and a werewolf sick of chicken for dinner, things threaten to turn deadly.

Luckily, the hairier things get, the better the Alumières like it.

But have they just bitten off more than they can chew?

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Something Sweet by Christopher Sweet Available March 1

Author: Christopher Sweet

Shy and awkward, Calvin Nickelsimmer has always been the black sheep in the family. All of that changes when Calvin discovers his new passion; creating decadent, almost intoxicating desserts. Nickelsimmer Sweets is born, with an enviable storefront on the trendiest street in Jubilee City.

Calvin’s health inspector cousin-in-law Arthur is determined to learn the secret behind Calvin’s success. He gets his opportunity to peek behind the scenes when he is assigned to perform the initial inspection of the Nickelsimmer Sweets shop. Putting his career and relationships on the line, Arthur does whatever it takes to discover Calvin’s secret. But will he like what he learns?

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She Walks with Shadows by Abby Russel Available March 1

Author: Abby Russel

A Story About Never Truly Being Alone Lou Brightly has always seen ghosts. In fact, they seem to be her only company besides her spiritual mother and a chocolate lab called Sunny. But when Lou meets two clean-cut teenage boys in a sparkling convertible, she finds herself falling into a summer of adventures and friendship that she never could have imagined. However, one of the boys is the son of the mysterious multi-millionaire Miles Dayholt— a con man who often finds himself in a scrap with other people. Worlds collide when an evil apparition who died at the hands of Dayholt begins to make appearances at Lou’ s expense. In order to overcome the sinister spirit, Lou must understand her ability and herself before anyone gets hurt. Everything is at stake in this story of love, self-acceptance, and togetherness.

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The Shadow’s Sister (Tales of the Fae Book 1) by Kate Seger Available March 1

Author: Kate Seger

The night the old empress passed into the void, two daughters were born in the Shadow Court – one a ruler, the other a traitor. Bookish and ill-suited for the vicious world of the shadow fae, Lorna escapes her sister’s wicked designs by fleeing to the Court of Sky. But once there, she finds herself in an unfamiliar world, surrounded by enemies. As she struggles to make peace with her betrayal, she must decide – who can you trust when you’re fighting for the wrong side?

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The Seven Hungers : Dark Whispers by Morgan Quaid Available March 1

Author: Morgan Quaid

Forced to flee to the First Hunger and escape the wrath of the Crown and their new, deranged leader, Drake and his companions soon find themselves caught up in a civil war which threatens to tear the cosmos apart. A new enemy, one of the elder gods, has risen from obscurity, aligning herself with Chaos itself in a bid to topple the existing hierarchy and reshape the multiverse to her own designs.

Book 4 of The Seven Hungers series places Drake in a new kind of peril, forcing him to battle not only his own inner demons, but the malevolent force of Chaos itself. The fulfilment of prophecy hangs in the balance as does the fate of humankind and every citizen of the Hungers.

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Scream! (The Asylum) by Matt Flanagan Available March 1

Author: Matt Flanagan

Don’t answer the phone…

Don’t open the door…

Don’t leave the house…

But most of all…don’t

SCREAM!

As Cindy struggles to deal with the long-term effects of her mother’s death ten years ago, she begins to fear that her killer may be back for more.

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Rusalka by Nicola Sarandria Available March 1

Author: Nicola Sarandria

A flash fiction story (a short story that is typically under 1,500~ words, possessing a unique literary quality in its ability to hint at or imply a larger story). The demons of an unattainable love obsession. I wish to thank Prof George Guthridge (Literature Professor, Stoker Award winner and fiction writer, including the short-story “Warship” with George RR Martin) for his invaluable feedback on this story.

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Room of Cloth by R. H. Gründ Available March 1

Author: R. H. Gründ

Inspired by contemporary “creepypastas,” ROOM OF CLOTH is a horror novel for the Information Age that will appeal to fans of literary horror and psychological suspense. Discretion advised: this novel contains scenes of graphic violence and allusions to physical/emotional abuse and sexual trauma.

” . . . AND IN ITS PLACE WAS A ROOM OF RED AND BLACK, THE WALLS WHEEZING OUT HOT, BLOOD-DRENCHED BREATH, UNDULATING AS THOUGH ALIVE, ENVELOPING HIM IN HEAT. A ROOM OF FLESH AND BONE. A ROOM OF CLOTH.”

When Sebastian Creed returns home after a yearlong disappearance, his sister Sarah hopes she can finally get him off the drugs and make up for the many years she left him to suffer at the hands of their late, alcoholic father.

Only Sarah has no idea that Sebastian has brought back with him something far worse than any drug. In the depths of the web, he found “Room of Cloth,” an unfinished manuscript linked to disappearances and suicides, rumored to drive its readers insane.

For Sebastian, completing the story means escaping from a ruined life to a place free of pain and suffering. The manuscript tells him as much, first on the page and then in his dreams. We’re waiting for you, the voices whisper. All are welcome within the room of cloth. All are saved.

When Sarah also falls under the manuscript’s influence, she begins a desperate bid to save herself and the family she once abandoned, unaware that Sebastian may have already opened the door to a fate neither can escape—even in death.

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Remnant by Mason Daniels Available March 1

Author: Mason Daniels

Those who cease to be a witness shall cease to be of the faithful. But who will remain faithful & who will pay the price?

The last ever city is a solitary beacon in a nightmare world, kept safe by the Gods who slumber beneath its streets. But now an ancient threat is rising from within, how long can the last city stand against the darkness?

Inquisitor Kellen, hunts the enemies of the church with venom, rooting out those born with magic and arresting them according to the laws set down by the Gods themselves.

But the murder of his estranged brother sends Kellen spiralling down into the city’s dark underbelly. As he chases the killer through the divinely lit streets, he unearths a conspiracy no one will escape.

Where else is there to run when the world outside is a horror-filled wasteland?

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Prime (Yhedwan Chronicles Book 1) by D.R. West Available March 1

Author: D.R. West

Only one thing can be relied on, as Sophie Adler discovers, and that is that nothing is ever as it seems. Her carefully planned, ordered life is interrupted by unsettling events, giving her brief glimpses through the veil between human existence and a hidden reality overlaying her own. Dragged through a portal with no way back, Sophie’s spine-chilling and wonder-filled adventures begin.

Prime is a fast-paced fantasy about the clash between dimensions over Earth, one good and one evil. Or are they really? Filled with humour and adventure, nail-biting suspense and sinister twists, join Sophie as she learns to expect the unexpected….

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023: The Long Dark Trail Premieres Today on VOD

After two impoverished teenage brothers manage to escape their abusive father, they embark on a treacherous and haunted journey in the hope of finding their estranged mother who has joined a sadistic cult, deep in the woods of Northwest Pennsylvania.

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Phoenix Precinct by Keith R.A. DeCandido Available March 1

Author: Keith R.A. DeCandido

Humans and elves, dwarves and gnomes, wizards and warriors all live and do business in the thriving, overcrowded port city of Cliff’s End, to say nothing of the tourists and travelers who arrive by land and sea, passing through the metropolis on matters of business or pleasure-or on quests. The hard-working, under-appreciated officers of the Cliff’s End Castle Guard work day and night to maintain law and order as best they can.

A fire in the neighboring city-state of Barlin has resulted in hundreds of refugees pouring into Cliff’s End, forcing the creation of a new neighborhood-Albinton, which everyone calls “New Barlin”-and a new police precinct-Phoenix Precinct. Violence against the refugees is on the rise. Lieutenants Danthres Tresyllione and Torin ban Wyvald are called to the latest act of brutality, which has resulted in a vicious murder. But what appears to be a simple hate crime turns out to be far more complicated, as Danthres and Torin’s investigation leads them to corruption in the Castle Guard-and in the castle itself!

An all-new adventure of the Cliff’s End Castle Guard!

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Pale Night, Red Fields : A Spellbinders Novella by Joseph John Lee Available March 1

Author: Joseph John Lee

The threads of fate are not so easily unwoven.

There is a growing fascination among the Dusk Tribe with the land of the dead. The Tribe’s shamans work tirelessly day and night to find a path to communion with their people’s lost souls, but answers are slow to uncover.

As both the son of a shaman and the Tribe’s only Futureseer, Zarrow is ordered to view the days and weeks ahead to reveal the source of the Tribe’s successful discovery, but when he does so, he finds not celebration, but destruction. Devastation. Sacrifice. And those closest to him bloodied by it all. Zarrow must find a way to prevent his visions from coming to pass, and he must do so quickly.

For the pale night approaches, and it promises a curse that may leave the Dusk Tribe forever haunted.

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Muses That Align Us : Palisade Trilogy 2 by Amber L. Werner Available March 1

Author: Amber L. Werner

Forced from their homes, fleeing a wave of destruction, how far will they go to uncover their fates…

Reeling from shocking revelations into her past, Kayda voyages to the Southern desert city, Joria. Just when the answers she craves are within her grasp, Kayda is thrust into a new adventure in the Sul Waste, and even her dragon can’t save her from the perils that lurk there.

Despite the changes forced upon him, Conall’s still dead set on locating his sister, Lark. That quest leads him on a hunt for a mystic through the icy Northern land of Doln, where the treacherous weather is the least of his worries.

Inspired by her glimpse of Kayda while fleeing the scourge, Lark is determined to conquer her earth magic and return to fight. Her performer friends insist scouring the Raimire jungle will yield answers, but in a land teeming with dangers, that might be a hard act to pull off.

Back in Dracwood, all that remains is a city of refugees with monsters clawing at their defenses. Will they return in time, or will the land they love fall to ruin…

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Mothered by Zoje Stage Available March 1

Author: Zoje Stage

From the USA Today bestselling author of the international sensation Baby Teeth comes a claustrophobic psychological thriller about one woman’s nightmarish spiral while quarantined with her mother.

Grace isn’t exactly thrilled when her newly widowed mother, Jackie, asks to move in with her. They’ve never had a great relationship, and Grace likes her space―especially now that she’s stuck at home during a pandemic. Then again, she needs help with the mortgage after losing her job. And maybe it’ll be a chance for them to bond―or at least give each other a hand.

But living with Mother isn’t for everyone. Good intentions turn bad soon after Jackie moves in. Old wounds fester; new ones open. Grace starts having nightmares about her disabled twin sister, who died when they were kids. And Jackie discovers that Grace secretly catfishes people online―a hobby Jackie thinks is unforgivable.

When Jackie makes an earth-shattering accusation against her, Grace sees it as an act of revenge, and it sends her spiraling into a sleep-deprived madness. As the walls close in, the ghosts of Grace’s past collide with a new but familiar threat: Mom.

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A Low Country (Low Country Trilogy Book 1) by Morgan Shank Available March 1

Author: Morgan Shank

Everything went to hell in the first week.

After four years on the road, Sharla was looking forward to settling down and trying her hand at a steadier occupation. When Claws raid her town and take her lover, Renn, she knows it’s time for action. She’s tired of running. Now, she’ll take a stand.

To do this, she’ll have to follow the Claws across the tablelands. This is a land of bandits, mages, and monsters. If she wants to travel this country and rescue Renn, she’ll need help. An army of Watchmen would be nice. Maybe even a drug cartel.

However, she also knows it’s best to keep things small. The more allies she has, the more she risks a future knife between the ribs.

After all, this is Low Country.

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The Knock-Knock Man by Russell Mardell Available March 1

Author: Russell Mardell

Who is The Knock-Knock Man? A ghost, a killer, or simply a creepy urban legend?

This is the question that continues to haunt disgraced police officer Ali Davenport, fifteen months after the devastating case that changed the course of her life.

Now, after the death of her former colleague, Ernie, Ali has returned home to face a past that won’t stay buried. Found in the disused office building where he worked as night security, Ernie’s death has been ruled as suicide. But not everyone is convinced. Wild stories are circulating about a supernatural presence in the building, an entity that might have attacked Ernie that fateful night.

With the sale of the building about to go through, Ali is hired by its owner to work Ernie’s remaining night shifts and debunk the potentially damaging story. An easy enough job, if you don’t believe in ghosts. But then Ali meets Will, a teenage ghost hunter who claims to have evidence on film…

Ali and Will soon fall headlong into a mystery that takes them through their town’s macabre history and into Ali’s own dark past. As the pieces of the puzzle come together, Ali is forced to face the question of The Knock-Knock Man. What she doesn’t know is The Knock-Knock Man has already been watching her for a very long time…

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John Sinclair : Demon Hunter Volume 9 by Jason Dark Available March 1

Author: Jason Dark

The stage is set, and the graves are dug — the graves of John Sinclair and his friends, that is! The Black Death has prepared his most elaborate scheme yet, paving the way to the all-deciding battle in the Graveyard at the End of the World. With the help of Suko and Will Mallmann, John must sneak into East Germany, where in a mountain of witches lies the team’s last hope: the Book of Nightmares, the key to the Black Death’s demise. If only it were so easy to take. With his friends being abducted one by one into an ancient world filled with horrors and nightmares, John had better hurry. The final battle is drawing near, and only one shall face their final slumber, but will it be John Sinclair or the Black Death?

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Jesus of Scumburg by Leo X. Robertson Available March 1

Author: Leo X. Robertson

Jesus DeJesus is the lead singer of the Nazi Sympathisers, a punk band whose music excites its audiences into a frenzy that results in the complete annihilation of whatever city the band plays in. When Jesus is reunited with his high school crush at a gig in his home city of Scumburg, his disorder-centric way of life is soon thrown into question, making him wonder if there might be a better life in store for him. Jesus DeJesus’ story is an exploration of the ever tempting urge towards total destruction.

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Illusions of Isolation by Brennan LaFaro Available March 1

Author: Brennan LaFaro

Is anyone ever really alone?

When a young man’s wife goes away for the weekend, he lies awake all night wondering what the otherworldly sound in the attic is and why only he can hear it.

After her husband’s death, a mother who interacts with her son exclusively through stationery notes grapples with the strange ways her lost love seems to be haunting them both.

And inch by inch, room by room, a young girl’s home is overtaken by a savage jungle, even while her parents are being gradually replaced by somewhat…wilder housemates.

In this debut collection Brennan LaFaro, the author of NOOSE and SLATTERY FALLS, brings you these stories of creeping dread and much, much more. Contained within are thirteen tales of horror, humor, and heart, (including nine which have never before seen the light of day) and an introduction by the legendary Jonathan Janz.

Is anyone ever really alone? Or are they merely suffering…

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Hunting Woods by Angelique Jordonna Available March 1

Author: Angelique Jordonna

There’s something in Hunting Woods …

… something hungry.

Kit’s sister Cassie met her end in Hunting Woods, along with several of her friends. Now, three years later, something in the woods is killing teens again—and stalking Kit. With no evidence and no leads, the nearby Carlton Heights police are baffled as to who or what is slaughtering the residents of the sleepy New England town.

Determined to avenge Cassie’s death and get to the bottom of things, Kit dives into the disturbing history of Carlton Heights and Hunting Woods, bringing her closer and closer to the killer.

No one knows what’s murdering people in the woods. No one knows what danger lurks.

No one knows how close Kit is to the truth.

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Horsemen Of The Apocalypse (The Book of Thrice Dead 3) by Joseph Sale Available March 1

Author: Joseph Sale

Four interconnected stories reveal the untold tales of the four horsemen of the apocalypse…

The Wasteland has fallen, the Prince is dead. Smiley has opened The Black Gate. The apocalypse spreads, overcoming more and more worlds.

In the Third Book of Thrice Dead four stories weave together to tell the tale of those heading towards Nekyia—The City of Lost Souls.

Story one: In ‘The Circle’, a desert of lies and illusions, a prophet, a cripple and a lycanthrope must come together to fight the Lord of Illusion, Yin. But even if they free themselves, to what other reality will they be borne?

Story two: Back on Earth in 2061, Facility 2-13 has gone into meltdown, threatening to release the hordes of mutants upon the Earth. They will wreak untold death and destruction if no one can hold them in check. The cause and the solution may ultimately lead us to only one place…

Story three: Before there was the Wasteland, people were disappearing from the streets of London. Cris’s wife is one of them. If he wants her back he must play a sick game with the Taking Man. But who this sick player of dark games is, and where Cris’s wife has been taken, are answers to questions that this world might not be able to provide…

And in story four, our universes collide in Nekyia, The City of Lost Souls, and one who was thought dead will rise.

Horsemen of the Apocalypse is the third epic instalment of The Book of Thrice Dead. A six part multiverse apocalypse, uniquely blending of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Think King’s Dark Tower meets Clive Barker’s The Great and Secret Show.

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The Horned God : Weird Tales of the Great God Pan by Michael Wheatley Available March 1

Author: Michael Wheatley

Many writers in the early twentieth century particularly were fascinated by Pan as a figure of unbridled vivacity and pagan ecstasy, but also associated the god and folk hero with a sense of danger and even horror. The pipe music shrilled suddenly around her, seeming to come from the bushes at her very feet, and at the same moment the great beast slewed round and bore directly down upon her.

In 1894, Arthur Machen’s landmark novella The Great God Pan was published, sparking a resurgence of literary fascination with the figure of the pagan goat god.

Tales from a broad spectrum of writers from E M Forster to prolific pulpsters such as Greye Le Spina took the god’s rebellious and chaotic influence as their subject, spinning beguiling tales of society turned upside down and the forces of nature compelling protagonists to ecstatic heights or bizarre dooms.

Selecting an eclectic cross-section of tales and short poems from this boom of Pan-centric literature, many first published in the influential Weird Tales magazine, this new collection examines the roots of a cultural phenomenon and showcases Pan’s potential to introduce themes of queer awakening and celebrations of the transgressive into the thrillingly weird stories in which he was invoked.

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The Halls of Death : The Elemental Bride, Season 1, Episode 1 by S.A. Monroe Available March 1

Author: S.A. Monroe

When you’ve been blessed by an Elemental God, you get picked or you die.

And there is no chance Ja’al of Enwara, the last unmarried prince, picks me, Elyn of the middle of nowhere. Not when I’ve been marked by the God of Darkness, AKA the Ruiner of Stars. AKA the Mother of Death.

Escaping is soon out of the question as the hot high priest won’t take his eyes off me. In charge of leading me and the other two Elemental brides to be presented to the prince, I have felt his gaze since the ceremony, when the Elemental God chose me. But as much interest as he is showing, he will also be the one putting the knife to my throat when the time comes.

All I have left is my wit, and my wit is not cooperating. If I don’t find a solution soon, at least two of our heads will crown the sacrificial altar before the day ends. Can I even make a man as conceited as the fifth imperial prince listen long enough to buy my way out of dying?

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Girl of Light by Elana Gomel Available March 1

Author: Elana Gomel

A voice through Svetlana’s mirror guides her beloved MotherLand from behind its’ electric tower. The war with Wulfstan is not going as well as Sveta and her parents hope, but Sveta trusts the Voice. When her best friend Tattie goes missing, and Sveta saves Andrei, a soldier in summer uniform in the dead of winter, it takes Sveta through a crucible of Light, doubt, and back to the altar of true belief. Girl of Light unravels Sveta’s beloved MotherLand in a war-torn adventure through monsters, missing eyes and broken mirrors.

Girl of Light is a dark fantasy with a Slavic punch based on an even darker history.

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