Here are today’s hardcover, paperback and Kindle releases!
Read more “Today’s Book Releases: April 2, 2023”Category: Movie Releases
Double Fantasy (Judd Stone Series Book 4) by Martin Tracey Available April 4
Author: Martin Tracey
When an old friend calls out the blue, Private Investigator Judd Stone finds himself presented with an offer he finds hard to resist: a boozy weekend in Liverpool in exchange for ‘playing’ guitar at an 80s tribute festival!
Yet, things take a wrong turn when tragedy leads to a clash with gangsters and fleeing the city with an unlikely bunch of allies suddenly becomes the only option.
But when an unexpected window to the occult opens, what evil still lies ahead?
Surrounded by a ferocious storm and the haunting legends of the Northern English countryside, ex-football hooligan Judd finds himself in a deadly game of two halves that will leave him wishing he’d stuck to his day job.
Double Fantasy is the fourth action-packed offering in the popular Judd Stone series. If you like fast-paced thrillers with a compelling anti-hero at its core, ruthless characters and a backdrop of great music bursting through its pages then this book is for you.
Read more “Double Fantasy (Judd Stone Series Book 4) by Martin Tracey Available April 4”The Elect Stories, #8 : Belief and Understanding, or, The Swordbearer’s Quandry by John Crye Available April 4
Author: John Crye
After the brutal murder of their young page, Father Saren instructed the swordsmen called Palm and Timriel to put aside their lust for vengeance, to wait and watch for signs.
But Palm was already certain. He had marked the only important sign already, and that was the death of a child. Enlisting the aid of the city’s Thief-taker General, Palm tracked the boy’s murderer from a blood-drenched boarding house, to the sewers beneath Bridgetown, to a small apartment in the city, where the Rider called Gelgarth Arbekka had cornered his own long-sought prey.
Closing in on the Devil but separated from Father Saren and the Order of Elsebrin, Palm must choose his own fate.
Read more “The Elect Stories, #8 : Belief and Understanding, or, The Swordbearer’s Quandry by John Crye Available April 4”Dustman by Gina Easton Available April 4
Author: Gina Easton
Generational horror comes home to roost, when a woman is warned by her grandmother about an entity that has plagued her mother and is coming for her soon. The thing is called Dustman and there is no escaping it.
Read more “Dustman by Gina Easton Available April 4”The Door in the Mountain by Chris Cornetto Available April 4
Author: Chris Cornetto
Some things lost should not be found, no matter what the wind tells you.
Down on his luck and out of food, Rorik is resigned to sell his only heirloom—a family ring with a mysterious symbol. When a stranger invites him to seek a dead man’s fortune, he sees his chance at last. But as his fellow treasure hunters start turning up dead, Rorik finds himself with more to fear than cliffs and ice. There’s no turning back. Not when the wind whispers of destiny.
The Door in the Mountain is a dark, character-driven fantasy adventure in the vein of Abercrombie, with a dash of Lovecraft for spice. Step off the edge of the map into the wraith-haunted frontier, where madness and death await the unwary. Come seek the Door, but think twice before looking within.
You can find several additional stories by Chris Cornetto set in the same fantasy world as The Door in the Mountain, some of which have appeared in magazines such as Metaphorosis, Wyldblood, and DreamForge. His story “Shadow and Full Dark” was a finalist for the Baen Fantasy Adventure Award.
Read more “The Door in the Mountain by Chris Cornetto Available April 4”Forbidden Magic : The Cellar Door Issue #2 by Various Available April 4
Author: Various
Forbidden Magic is the second issue of The Cellar Door anthology series from Dark Peninsula Press. Featuring ten stories of dark fiction exploring themes of black magic, voodoo, and witchcraft.
With stories by: Patrick Barb, Michael Harris Cohen, Serena Jayne, Ryan Marie Ketterer, Gwendolyn Kiste, Lynne M. MacLean, Ville Meriläinen, Scotty Milder, Jaye Nasir, and Michelle Tang. Compiled and edited by Aric Sundquist. Cover artwork by Mikio Murakami.
Embrace the dark, and join the coven…
Read more “Forbidden Magic : The Cellar Door Issue #2 by Various Available April 4”Fangsters by Jo-Ann Carson Available April 4
Author: Jo-Ann Carson
Gangsters with bite.
I should have known better than to sign a deal with a blood-sucking blackmailer. But what choice did I have? He knows my deepest, darkest secret. Our unholy covenant, written in blood, states I must establish an academy for delinquent vampires within thirty days, or he’ll expose me.
I’ve never taught vampires, or delinquents, or teenagers for that matter, but I will risk everything I have, and do anything I can to set up this dream-team school for the undead. On the plus side, I have a PhD in Education and am a talented witch capable of all sorts of sorcery. Getting my brooms in a row, I’ve already started writing lessons on the seven undeadly sins. What could go wrong?
Onyx, a drop-dead-gorgeous night stalker with an extensive knowledge of blood sorcery, has offered his assistance, but you know what they say about deals that appear too good to be true. Should I accept a sidekick with fangs or go it alone?
Meanwhile, trouble is brewing in the small Pacific Northwest town of Mystic Keep where I live. Someone is killing witches. While I expect many bumps in the night await me, I swear no bloody mess will deter me from my goal—to get the academy for naughty vampires functioning on time. Will I succeed, or will I be exposed? Or worse, will I be murdered?
My name is Rebel Black, and this is my story.
Read more “Fangsters by Jo-Ann Carson Available April 4”Elite Of Destiny : Book 3 by Dante Vereen Available April 4
Author: Dante Vereen
A lot of changes have taken place since Alex, Quinn, Daniel, Shane, Zach, and Leo stepped through the portal leading to paradise. Five years have passed and unprecedented anomalies have appeared in the sky with an abundance of mana This phenomenon, for a lot of people, is a huge blessing especially when an announcement has been released; The gateway to paradise will be opened in the next 3 months.
On the run, Alex, Quinn, Daniel, Shane, Zach, and Leo have no choice but to leave one of their own behind as they seek to find out the truth. It turns out there is more to what they were told. With no time to waste, they have to figure out a way to escape from Paradise as they struggle on who to believe.
Successfully returning to Quinn’s world, Aiden has to navigate his newfound abilities while accidentally making new allies on his journey to find Alex. But the journey is not as easy as he thought it would be when they are being hunted down by a group of men dressed in black for unknown reasons.
With allies becoming enemies and enemies becoming foes, they will have to navigate through lies, betrayals and distorted facts as they grapple to discover the real truth. Will they manage to escape? Will they manage to defeat their new foe? And what is up with Paradise being ready to open its gateway soon as it shouldn’t be opened for many years to come? Could there be a nefarious plot brewing in the background to the unawareness of the people?
Read more “Elite Of Destiny : Book 3 by Dante Vereen Available April 4”Join Me In The Club by Matt Shaw Available April 4
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The world is over-populated. Resources are running out. In an effort to balance things out, the government has stepped in with a radical new lottery system. All names are put into a computer, with 200 names being drawn at random. Of those people 100 will get one colour (red) token, 100 will get another colour token (white). Whatever colour they received, they had to go to the government run club for the night. Of those who received the white token, they would be going home the following day. For those who received the red tokens? They would be leaving in a body bag.
Read more “Join Me In The Club by Matt Shaw Available April 4”I’ll Tell You My Secrets (Camila’s Memoir Book 3) by A. Lopez Jr. Available April 4
Author: A. Lopez Jr.
In 2019, Camila reached out to horror author A. Lopez Jr. to tell her family’s story. After nearly two years of recordings, her words were transcribed by the author and presented here in her chilling autobiography.
An unwanted gift. A home filled with sinister secrets. And a mother who knows the dark truth about her family.
Ten-year-old Camila is an ordinary girl growing up with her tight-knit Mexican-American family in Arizona… but she’s unknowingly burdened with a powerful gift – one that might haunt her for the rest of her life. Dark shadows lurk in the halls of her family home. An evil presence stalks her devout Catholic mother, who seems to transform into a different person come nightfall. As Camila struggles to come to terms with her horrifying visions, she’s quickly thrust into a terrifying search to reveal the truth about her gift – and the evil entity haunting her family.
Now, Camila retraces her story, taking you down a sinister path of twists and turns as she fights for a way to rid herself of her debilitating curse… along with her gnawing fear that she’ll pass it on to her young daughter.
Steeped in deeply rooted Mexican-American culture and beliefs, this menacing tale shines a light on the shadows that lurk on the edge of reality, leaving you with a frightening glimpse into the dark forces that are hungering for your soul…
As an authentic story based on true events, I’ll Tell You My Secrets is a gripping autobiography that transports you into a world where demons are real and one girl’s soul hangs in the balance. As a must-read for anyone who believes in the paranormal, this book will challenge everything you thought you knew about religion and science. Scroll up and grab your copy today…
Some things can’t be changed. Some things don’t want to be changed.
Read more “I’ll Tell You My Secrets (Camila’s Memoir Book 3) by A. Lopez Jr. Available April 4”Full Moon Rising by NJ Gallegos Available April 4
Author: NJ Gallegos
The walls are slick with blood and gore in this harrowing emergency room tale, when an otherwise cold, quiet night for a bored on-duty doctor turns into a nightmare come true. An irate patient believed to be on drugs is not quite himself tonight.
Read more “Full Moon Rising by NJ Gallegos Available April 4”The Kwaidan Collection by Lafcadio Hearn Available April 4
Author: Lafcadio Hearn
Spirits surround us in the latest Illuminated Edition: a tome of all the Japanese ghost stories and strange tales collected and translated by author Lafcadio Hearn and depicted by the majestic brushwork of artist Kent Williams.
Brimming with over sixty illustrations, and featuring essays from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, scholar Kyoko Yoshida and Hearn’s great-grandson and director of the Lafcadio Hearn Museum Bon Koizumi, this oversized slipcase volume enraptures the imagination as it chills the blood.
Drawn from Hearn’s two most celebrated books, Kwaidan and Shadowings, this new title constitutes a complete compendium of the otherworldly and macabre folk tales that Hearn collected and translated during his travels through Japan in the late 19th century.
Kent Williams is an accomplished and multiple award-wining painter, comics artist, and draftsman, known for his richly textured and expressionist paintings. His illustrations sweep worlds of spirits across the page in an unsettling vibrant tumble. Corpse brides; flesh-eating jikininki goblins; the faceless mujina who haunt forgotten places; the rokuro-kubi, who remove their heads at night: all brought to life as never before under Williams’ visionary brush. A stunning and startling new entry in Beehive Books celebrated, award-winning Illuminated Editions series.
The edition is housed in a shimmering die-cut sculpturally embossed slipcase, printed on uncoated acid-free paper, and published in an oversized 9×12″ trim format.
Read more “The Kwaidan Collection by Lafcadio Hearn Available April 4”King Rat by China Miéville Available April 4
Author: China Miéville
Award-winning author China Miéville began his astounding career with King Rat―now in a new Tor Essentials edition―a mix of a young man’s search for identity with a pulse-pounding story of revenge and madness.
With a new introduction by Tim Maughan, author of Infinite Detail.
Something is stirring in London’s dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul Garamond’s father, and left Saul to pay for the crime.
But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into Saul’s prison cell and leads him to freedom: a shadow called King Rat. King Rat reveals to Saul his own royal heritage, a heritage that opens a new world for him, the world below London’s streets.
With drum-and-bass pounding the backstreets, Saul must confront the forces that would use him, the ones that would destroy him, and those that have shaped his own bizarre identity.
Tor Essentials presents new editions of science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure.
Read more “King Rat by China Miéville Available April 4”The Killing Grounds by Joan Tierney Available April 4
Author: Joan Tierney
When the Southern Tier Strangler, a serial killer taking victims across the Rust Belt, winds up dead on Bina Morton’s autoliner, she finds herself caught in a murder mystery in reverse: This murderer is an estranged man from her rural New York hometown and the mother that abandoned her might have been one of his early victims. The events that follow force Bina to confront buried memories of home, the woman her mother truly was, and everything Bina herself left behind.
Read more “The Killing Grounds by Joan Tierney Available April 4”Karen White’s Tradd Street: Books 1 -7 by Karen White Available April 4
Author: Karen White
Fall in love with Karen White’s New York Times bestselling Charleston-set series featuring a psychic real estate agent with a penchant for old houses—and the secret histories inside them—in this complete e-book collection that contains all seven novels in the Tradd Street series.
Melanie Middleton hates to admit she can see ghosts. But she’s going to have to accept it, because as the owner of a recently inherited historic Tradd Street home in Charleston, South Carolina—complete with a housekeeper and a dog—there is a family of ghosts anxious to tell her their secrets. As she unearths the hidden secrets of the house and the mysterious spirits within the walls, she also builds a life of love, family, unexpected connections, and—as much as she tries to avoid it—danger.
This collection includes the complete Tradd Street series:
The House on Tradd Street
The Girl on Legare Street
The Strangers on Montagu Street
Return to Tradd Street
The Guests on South Battery
The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street
The Attic on Queen Street
Read more “Karen White’s Tradd Street: Books 1 -7 by Karen White Available April 4”A Length of Chain by Gary Earl Ross Available April 4
Author: Gary Earl Ross
In this psychological thriller by Gary Earl Ross, an African American doctor is held captive, bound in chains by a White man who has become his judge, jury, and executioner. Who is this man, why does he want the doctor dead, and what does he blame him for?
Read more “A Length of Chain by Gary Earl Ross Available April 4”Today’s Book Releases: April 1, 2023
Here are today’s hardcover, paperback and Kindle releases!
Read more “Today’s Book Releases: April 1, 2023”The Insatiable Volt Sisters by Rachel Eve Moulton Available April 4
Author: Rachel Eve Moulton
It’s the summer of 1989 and Beatrice and Henrietta Volt are coming of age on remote Fowler Island, their ancestral home and wild playground. Thicker than thieves, the sisters plot their futures, having no idea that their parents are separating. Or that the plan is to separate them.
Ten years pass before Henrie gets a desperate call from her sister―their father has died suddenly and B.B. needs her to come back to the island for the funeral. But Henrie doesn’t want to go back. She’s barely put the island and all those rumors about missing women behind her. And isn’t it odd that she remembers nothing at all about the night she left? And why is she suddenly filled with fear about the quarry pond behind the house?
Told from the perspectives of four flawed, fascinating women, The Insatiable Volt Sisters is a lush, enthralling fable about monsters real and imagined. From the unbounded imagination of Rachel Eve Moulton, the critically acclaimed author of Tinfoil Butterfly, comes another eerie, terrifying exploration of family and legacy: Will the Volt sisters inherit the horrors of their past or surpass them?
Read more “The Insatiable Volt Sisters by Rachel Eve Moulton Available April 4”The Last Man by Mary Shelley Available April 4
Author: Mary Shelley
One of the first dystopian novels ever written, The Last Man traces the impact of an unstoppable pandemic as it slowly overtakes the world. Beginning in the year 2073, the story follows Lionel Vesey—the titular last man—and his circle of friends as the disease creeps from continent to continent and erodes the foundations of civilization. Published in 1826, after the death of Shelley’s husband, her stepsister, and her two children, The Last Man is both an eerily accurate story about humanity wrestling with disaster and a moving fable about surviving personal grief.
Read more “The Last Man by Mary Shelley Available April 4”Linghun by Ai Jiang Available April 4
Author: Ai Jiang
From acclaimed author Ai Jiang, follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. to the mysterious town of HOME, a place where the dead live again as spirits, conjured by the grief-sick population that refuses to let go. This edition includes a foreword by Yi Izzy Yu, Translator of The Shadow Book of Ji Yun, the essay “A Ramble on Di Fu Ling & Death” by the author, and two bonus short stories from Jiang: “Yǒngshí” and “Teeter Totter.”
Read more “Linghun by Ai Jiang Available April 4”Little Miss Apocalypse by Danger Slater Available April 4
Author: Danger Slater
With the help of her gothy best friend, a socially-awkward 80s movie-obsessed teenager hatches a plan to trick the most popular boy in school into being her prom date. The only problem is, she has a secret missile hidden inside her vagina, ready to detonate on the day she gets her first kiss.
From Wonderland Award-Winning Author, Danger Slater, comes a bizarro spoof of teen coming-of-age rom-coms infused with irreverent gross-out meta-literary sensibilities. Crass and cerebral and weird as hell.
Read more “Little Miss Apocalypse by Danger Slater Available April 4”M. R. James Ghost Stories (Arcturus Classic Mysteries and Marvels, 6) by Montague Rhodes James Available April 4
Author: Montague Rhodes James
This handsome hardback with foil blocking brings together the classic short fiction of M.R. James, one of the most acclaimed ghost story writers of all time.
Set among dark cathedrals, remote inns, and rural estates, with ancient artefacts of awful power lurking in the shadows, a sense of dread and unease builds until some terrible force is unleashed. These haunting tales by one of the genre’s all-time greats will keep you transfixed even as your blood turns to ice.
Inside, you will find 20 terrifying tales including:
• Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad
• Casting the Runes
• Count Magnus
• Lost Hearts
• The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
• And many more.
Read more “M. R. James Ghost Stories (Arcturus Classic Mysteries and Marvels, 6) by Montague Rhodes James Available April 4”Mother of Learning : ARC 4 by Domagoj Kurmaic Available April 4
Author: Domagoj Kurmaic
A devastating attack by the lich Quatach-Ichl has left Zorian and Zach reeling as their remaining restarts tick away. As they recover, they make preparations for their final confrontations with Red Robe, the lich, the primordial being, and the invaders—all within the shadow of a question they can’t answer: can Zorian and Zach both survive outside the time loop?
When the time loop is broken, sacrifices will be made, bonds will be tested, and trust will be more important than any magical skill or power—and even then, success is not guaranteed.
But unbeknownst to his allies, Zorian made another plan in secret…
Read more “Mother of Learning : ARC 4 by Domagoj Kurmaic Available April 4”Moorland Tale : A Gothic Novel by John Dingley Available April 4
Author: John Dingley
A cruel tale of sheep stealing, murder, rape and heartbreak. Set in the hills of Wales in the eighteenth century.
Read more “Moorland Tale : A Gothic Novel by John Dingley Available April 4”Marasenna II: Revelation by J.S Knight Available April 4
Author: J.S Knight
Politics are not something Eldroth ever thought he would find himself embroiled in, yet here he sits in a castle built on the deaths of millions to ask for help from the most powerful rulers on Ser. New allies come out to support him and new friendships are forged.
However, not everyone wants to see the Marasenna return, as it will shift power dynamics that have been in place for centuries — and some still hate them for simply existing.
Follow Eldroth in his attempt to secure an army to free his people, though some would see him killed before he can achieve his goals.
Read more “Marasenna II: Revelation by J.S Knight Available April 4”Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang Available April 4
Author: Ling Ling Huang
Sly, surprising, and razor-sharp, Natural Beauty follows a young musician into an elite, beauty-obsessed world where perfection comes at a staggering cost.
Our narrator produces a sound from the piano no one else at the Conservatory can. She employs a technique she learned from her parents—also talented musicians—who fled China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. But when an accident leaves her parents debilitated, she abandons her future for a job at a high-end beauty and wellness store in New York City. Holistik is known for its remarkable products and procedures—from remoras that suck out cheap Botox to eyelash extensions made of spider silk—and her new job affords her entry into a world of privilege and gives her a long-awaited sense of belonging. She becomes transfixed by Helen, the niece of Holistik’s charismatic owner, and the two strike up a friendship that hazily veers into more. All the while, our narrator is plied with products that slim her thighs, smooth her skin, and lighten her hair. But beneath these creams and tinctures lies something sinister. A piercing, darkly funny debut, Natural Beauty explores questions of consumerism, self-worth, race, and identity—and leaves readers with a shocking and unsettling truth.
Read more “Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang Available April 4”Paradise-1 (Red Space) by David Wellington Available April 4
Author: David Wellington
Paradise-1. Earth’s first deep space colony. For thousands of people, it was an opportunity for a new life. Until it went dark.
No communication has been received from the colony for months. And it falls to Firewatch inspector Alexandra Petrova and the crew of the Artemis to investigate.
What they find is more horrifying than anything they could have imagined.
Read more “Paradise-1 (Red Space) by David Wellington Available April 4”Operation Rat Poison by Gerard Waggett Available April 4
Author: Gerard Waggett
In trying to take care of one horror-filled problem in the mid-1970s, government involvement only makes matters worse in this cleverly sinister tale with shocking and devastating modern-day repercussions.
Read more “Operation Rat Poison by Gerard Waggett Available April 4”Patterns of Orbit by Chloe N Clark Available April 4
Author: Chloe N Clark
Steadily gazing into and across the uncanny valley, Clark examines those jarring or subtle shifts in familiar stories, writing light into dark, and offering slivers of hope despite the longest of odds. Successfully navigating a potent concoction of science fiction, folktale, and horror this collection of literary, character driven stories combines the accumulated forces and darker natures of those genre elements, unleashing the terrors of alien fungi, forest demons, and interplanetary specters upon her characters. However, while these characters, capable and intelligent, face off against their prescribed monsters, it is their existential misgivings on the state of their worlds or conditions that will leave an indelible mark on the reader. An impressive entry in the literary/genre hybrid canon, this collection offers a satisfying read to the connoisseurs of both genre and literary fiction. So, be bold. Take a swim through the anti-gravity. You are sure to be captured by “Patterns of Orbit.”
Read more “Patterns of Orbit by Chloe N Clark Available April 4”Pest by Michael Cisco Available April 4
Author: Michael Cisco
Pest presents the bizarre events that lead a new, parallel life for a man named Chalo as a wild yak living in the Himalayas.
Chalo the man is recruited by a latter day prophet named Grant to design and build a campus on Catalina Island, where initiates will be trained to receive a celestial visitor, the “Ancient Newborn.” Chalo the yak reflects on his human past while the annual rut looms ominously nearer and nearer. The struggle to fund and construct the campus is complemented by the psychoactive changes of the yak breeding cycle, and the mating battles that Chalo will have to participate in. Both involve creating something that will outlast Chalo’s individual life, and give it meaning. Both will also involve telluric forces, demons recruited by Grant to overcome sinister fiduciary magic, which cross-link the two halves of the story.
Read more “Pest by Michael Cisco Available April 4”