SPOTLIGHT w/INTERVIEW - HORROR - DEAD MAN WALKING (Ivyverse, #1) by Zach Adams

Dead Man Walking

The Ivyverse, #1

by Zach Adams

Date of Publication: September 19th 2021

Publisher: Adams/Valentine

Cover Artist: Touqeer Shahid

Genre: Contemporary fantasy, mystery, horror

ISBN Print: 978-1-7370775-0-3

ISBN Kindle: 978-1-7370775-3-4 

ISBN PDF: 978-1-7370775-2-7

ASIN:B094CD2HYR

Number of pages: 288

Word Count: 78,098

Tagline: “Unlocking the door to the dead”

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Dead Man Walking by Zach Adams is a compelling contemporary fantasy novel full of twists and turns that will leave readers captivated until the last page. Focusing on Isaac Falcone, a young library assistant, this novel follows the man as he realizes that his life is becoming infested with otherworldly creatures, many of whom mean to do him harm. After discovering a magic book, Isaac is attacked by a swarm of the undead, but is rescued by an elven man named L’æon. The elf suddenly appears in Isaac’s life more and more, allegedly protecting him from the malicious forces that mean to do him harm. But nothing can prepare Isaac for the penultimate evil that he will have to face in order to save himself...and his entire reality.

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SPOTLIGHT - PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE - THE HOTEL SERIES by Jennifer Anne Gordon

THE HOTEL SERIES

by Jennifer Anne Gordon

Genre: Psychological Suspense, Gothic Horror

From Daylight to Madness

The Hotel, #1

The latest book from the critically acclaimed author of Beautiful, Frightening, and Silent; Jennifer Anne Gordon.

On an almost uninhabitable rocky island off the coast of Maine, a Hotel looms over the shore, an ever-present gray lady that stands strong like a guard, keeping watch. For many who come here, this island is a sanctuary and a betrayal.

This is a place where memories linger like ghosts, and the ephemeral nature of time begins to peel away …like the sanity of all who have been unlucky enough to step foot on its shore.

In the late spring of 1873, Isabelle gave birth to her son Oscar, he cried for three startling minutes, and then went silent. During the months that follow, Isabelle is drugged and lulled into an almost hallucinatory world of grief and fear. Her life begins to feel as though it exists in a terrifying new reality separated from those around her …

When her grieving begins to make her husband, Henry, uncomfortable, he and his mother conspire to send Isabelle away to a Summer Hotel on Dagger Island, where she can rest and heal. While they are adamant that the hotel is not an asylum and that Isabelle will be able to return eventually to her home, Isabelle understands in her heart that it is all a lie. That perhaps, everything about being a woman in this time, may have always been a lie.

Her family has lied to her, and she has lied to herself.

The Hotel, of course, is not what it seems, and the foreboding Dagger Island begins to feel more like a prison than a retreat. Isabelle hears relentless sounds coming from the attic above her room, and the ever-present cries of small children scream in her head almost constantly. Are they hallucinations, or are they connected to the small cemetery she found, filled with the fresh dirt of little graves, the brokenhearted reminders of people that no one believes ever existed?

She meets a fellow guest at the Hotel, a young, enigmatic, and deeply damaged priest, named Francis.

Together they teeter on the edges of reality and try desperately to become free from the fates that their pasts have bound them to.

READ MORE . . . PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE - THE HOTEL SERIES by Jennifer Anne Gordon . . .

SPOTLIGHT w/INTERVIEW - HORROR FANTASY - BLACK OAK (Loveless Chronicles, #1) by Titus Murphy

Black Oak 

The Loveless Chronicles: Chapter 1 

by Titus Murphy 

Publication Date: October 31st 2020

Publisher: Cosby Media Production

Genre: Horror, Fantasy

 ASIN: B08KRQDCGY

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WELCOME TO BLACK OAK!

In the town of Black Oak, nothing is ever what it seems. Besides the wrangling local country-types, the city is marred by a history of indiscretions, murders, and no-named civilians perpetrating as heroes. But beneath the surface of this "run of the mill," Midwestern locale lurks a pervasive past that is about to come full circle: like a blazing blood moon.

Mark is an unassuming trucker who has fallen for a beautiful clerk working at a “Mom & Pop” store named Sharon, and nothing else in the world matters more than stealing her heart. But after making a run into the Bayou to deliver a package, destiny steps in and serves him a plate of "the unexpected," which sparks the flames of wickedness that will set his hometown ablaze. And as the secrets buried in this town begin to unearth, the truth will fan those burning flames until there is nothing left but ashes and chaos.

In the end, the only mystery left to solve will be if this is isolated to one town or involve the fate of the entire world...

READ MORE . . . HORROR FANTASY - BLACK OAK (Loveless Chronicles, #1) by Titus Murphy . . .

SPOTLIGHT - HORROR - THE CURSE OF THE MOUNTAIN by Tyler Cram

 

The Curse of the Mountain

by Tyler Cram

Date of Publication: October 27th 2020

Publisher: Darkstroke Books

Cover Artist:Laurence Patterson

Genre: Horror

ISBN:979-8684886829

ASIN: B08H5N4H1F

Number of pages:236

Word Count: 76K

Tagline: Death stalks a town. An ancient evil. A long-buried secret.

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A young officer responding to a call in the middle of the night about chickens being slaughtered turns into a night of reckoning when a deadly creature emerges from the woods. 

Years later, while on a hike in the North Carolina wilderness, four friends discover an old book. When they open it, they black out – only to find on waking that they have released the evil things that live within the pages. 

As they fight to keep their neighbors from dying, they unravel a dark secret that the leaders of their town have held since their ancestors first settled. 

But can the boys really stop the devil?

READ MORE . . . HORROR - THE CURSE OF THE MOUNTAIN by Tyler Cram  . . .

SPOTLIGHT - YA HORROR DYSTOPIAN - THE SEEKING by Marlena Frank

The Seeking

by Marlena Frank

Genre: YA Horror Dystopian

Beware the Gray People

Each Seeking, the magic that protects the town of Carra must be renewed, which means the children of the Exalted Family must go into hiding. Whether it be through disguise or bribe, through trusted friends or perfect hiding places, every child of the Priest family must avoid capture for the full day.

When things go wrong with the renewal, it’s up to seventeen-year-old Dahlia, the middle child of the Priest family, and her girlfriend, Bisa, to escape Carra and find the magical beings responsible for the protection. They must learn who would require such a cruel game to be played every year and if the protection of the Gray People is really worth such a deadly cost. What they will discover is far worse.

READ MORE . . . YA HORROR DYSTOPIAN - THE SEEKING by Marlena Frank . . .

BOOK BLITZ w/EXCERPT - HALLOWEEN ANTHOLOGY - PHANTOMS IN THE MOONLIGHT

PHANTOMS IN THE NIGHT

by Alaine Greyson, Marie McGrath, S. C. Morgan

Publication date: September 8th 2020

Genres: Adult, Horror, Thriller

11 stories to fright and delight. As the air turns cooler and bonfires take over the night, gather around the fire for stories of fall fun, strange occurrences and abject terror.


These stories published by authors S. C. Morgan, Marie McGrath and Alaine Greyson are sure to get your heart pumping and take your imagination on a wild ride.


READ MORE . . . HALLOWEEN ANTHOLOGY - PHANTOMS IN THE MOONLIGHT  . . .

SPOTLIGHT w/INTERVIEW - YA PARANORMAL - THE WITCH WITH NINE LIVES (Dysfunctional Family of Witches, #1) by B. Austin

The Witch with Nine Lives

A Dysfunctional Family of Witches, #1

by B. Austin

Date of Publication: August 27th 2020

Publisher: Spellbound Books

Cover Artist: B. Austin

Genre: Paranormal, Urban, YA, Horror

Tagline: The Tie Between Two Powerful Sisters is Tested when Secrets, Lies and Magic is Revealed in a Dysfunctional Family of Witches.

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Medea turns into a cat at night, due to her mother's curse. Her mother, Dima, has a shapeshifting stone. She is 130-years-old but appears to be 18, nearly the same age as her two daughters.

Nikki works as a maid, rather than in the family witchcraft business of fortune-telling, seances, and other witchery-for-hire. She was born a Marilyn-Monroe lookalike. Despite her beauty, jealousy eats away at Nikki because her mother and sister have magic. Nor is Nikki allowed near the books of spells, enchantments, and potions Dima stole from Russian monks.

Medea is tortured by a secret that can destroy the sisterly tie between her and Nikki.

Unknown to her family, Nikki, is developing a magical gift which she cannot control, a sorcery that will threaten Medea and pit two powerful sisters against each other.

READ MORE . . . YA PARANORMAL - THE WITCH WITH NINE LIVES (Dysfunctional Family of Witches, #1) by B. Austin . . .

BOOK BLITZ w/EXCERPT - HORROR - BELLE VUE by C.S. Alleyne

BELLA VUE

by C.S. Alleyne

Publication date: August 25th 2020

Genres: Adult, Horror

Jealousy. Betrayal. Murder. And a hunger for vengeance that spans the centuries…


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History student Alex Palmer is thrilled when his girlfriend, Claire Ryan, buys an apartment in Belle Vue Manor, formerly a Victorian lunatic asylum.

But as Alex begins to discover the dark truth about the asylum’s past, he, Claire, and their friend Marianne find themselves on a nightmarish journey. Each will face the deadly consequences of the evil that began with the construction of the first Belle Vue Manor by an aristocratic French émigré in 1789, as well as the cruelty and satanic practices that continued when it became an asylum for the insane.


As the two strands—past and present—unfold, Alex uncovers a supernatural mystery where revenge is paramount and innocence irrelevant—without being aware of the price he, and those around him, will pay.

READ MORE . . . HORROR - BELLE VUE by C.S. Alleyne . . .

SPOTLIGHT w/EXCERPT - PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER - THE BONE CUTTERS by Renee S. DeCamillis

THE BONE CUTTERS

by Renee S. DeCamillis

Genre: Psychological Horror, Supernatural Thriller

Horror, Psychological Thriller, Supernatural, a novella from the 2019 New Bizarro Author Series from Eraserhead Press: 

Dory wakes up in the padded room of a psychiatric hospital with no recollection of how she wound up there. She soon finds out she's been Blue-Papered--involuntarily committed. She gets sent to the wrong counseling group and discovers a whole new world of psychiatric patients she'd never known existed. At first she just thinks they're cutters, all marked by similar scars, but then she finds out that those scars are from carving into their bodies where they chisel and scrape their bones. They harvest bone dust, and this dust is highly coveted and sought after, as well as highly addictive. When they realize she's never been"dusted", Dory becomes their target. After all, dust from a "freshie" is much more valuable than theirs. Frightened for her life, she desperately tries to prove to the psych. hospital staff that she's not delusional about these particular patients wanting to slice her open and scrape her bones. The staff doesn't believe her. They all think she's crazy. Dory ends up on the run, fighting for her life, trying to avoid getting "dusted" by The Bone Cutters. 

READ MORE . . . PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER - THE BONE CUTTERS  by Renee S. DeCamillis . . .

SPOTLIGHT - MYSTERY THRILLER - HOUSE OF REDEMPTION by Kathy Finfrock

HOUSE OF REDEMPTION

by Kathy KinFinfock

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Eight unscrupulous guests have been invited to the centuries old Blackstone Resorts. Each patron has his or her own reason for needing an escape from unpleasant circumstances. Tensions mount quickly as, one-by-one, they come to face their worst nightmare. Will they repent their evil ways or remain in Blackstone for the rest of their lives? 

READ MORE . . . MYSTERY THRILLER - HOUSE OF REDEMPTION by Kathy Finfrock . . .

SPOTLIGHT - SUPERNATURAL HORROR - BLACK ZODIAC by Zizi Cole

BLACK ZODIAC

by Zizi Cole

Genre: Supernatural Horror, Suspense 

Bastian Bucco, ghost hunter. Charged with gathering the souls of those chosen to fill the Black Zodiac. A nexus that holds the ultimate power. The souls must be of those who died suddenly. Those whose lives embodied the essence of the Black Zodiac.

The things that motivate people in life, carries over into death. Sex, revenge, power- these are the stories of the chosen ones. The ones to fulfill his duty. But why were they chosen? What, or who has selected these beings?

Find out in the Black Zodiac. Things will never be the same… 

READ MORE . . . SUPERNATURAL HORROR - BLACK ZODIAC by Zizi Cole . . .

COVER REVEAL - HORROR PARANORMAL - SOUL'S DAY: A Halloween Boxed Set

SOUL'S DAY: A Halloween Themed Box Set

by Anthology

October 20^th 2020
Fire Quill Publishers
Genre: Horror/Paranormal
352 pages

Old Hallows Eve, when things go bump in the night,

Children come to play, and the witches provide the fright.

For 19 authors, USA Today and international bestselling,

The Halloween tales become more than this foretelling.

In the Soul’s Day Boxset, a mansion feeds on souls,

A gargoyle captures them, and a demon dungeon master makes the calls,

Campers gets picked off one by one,

The Karnaval’s corn dogs are less than fun,

Ghosts lurking around every bend,

‘I do’ at the wedding is the very end.

A boxset of chills and thrills to keep you up at night,

One-click pre-order to snap your copy filled with fright.

On old Hallow’s eve when creatures come to play,

With this spine chilling pages, it’s where you’ll want to stay.


READ MORE . . . HORROR PARANORMAL - SOUL'S DAY: A Halloween Boxed Set  . . .

SPOTLIGHT w/EXCERPT - SCI-FI HORROR - ESCAPE TO THE LAST BASTION: The Last Bastion Prequel by Rhiannon Frater

ESCAPE TO THE LAST BASTION

The Last Bastion Prequel

by Rhiannon Frater

Publication Date: June 18th 2019

Genre: Science Fiction, Horror

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Machie Ibeke is on the verge of becoming a pilot of her own Hawk in the West African Union Military when the final flight before her promotion is interrupted by a horrifying terrorist attack.

The surviving aircrew is grounded and ordered to maintain their silence about the possible emergence of an old enemy so ruthless its sole purpose is to wipe out humanity. In the past, the fanatical Gaia Cult has used the potent Inferi Plague Virus as a terrorist weapon. The zombie virus kills, brings the dead back to life, and instills in the resurrected Scourge the overwhelming need to bite and spread the contagion.

Living with the knowledge that the world is in danger is difficult, made more complicated by the arrival of visiting family, a rogue A.I. hiding in her apartment building, and questionable activity in the Bamako Megacity.

If Machie’s suspicions are correct and the dangerous Gaia Cult has returned, then an apocalyptic outbreak is imminent, and it will be up to her to save her loved ones and find a safe haven in a dead world.

READ MORE . . . ESCAPE TO THE LAST BASTION: The Last Bastion Prequel by Rhiannon Frater . . .

SPOTLIGHT Audio - HORROR - SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by William Todd Narrator: Ben Werling

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES

by William Todd
Narrator: Ben Werling

Length: 5 hours 35 muntes 
Publisher: William Todd 
Released: November 14th 2018 
Genre: Horror

August 1888. Jericho Mannion is the captain of an old, cash-strapped steamer named the Orion. He's been steadily losing money to his competitors, the railways. When he finds out from his first mate, Tal MacTavish, that the next passage across Lake Erie has only a few passengers, his hopes sink of ever getting out of debt. But Providence has smiled upon him. Though the passenger list is small, they have almost a full cargo hold, thanks to William Ross and the university he works for.

Ross is the team leader of a university archeology dig tasked with retrieving the debris from a meteorite crash in western Ohio. He is quite anxious to get his find back to the university for study and is willing to pay Jericho double the fare for his team and cargo for a straight shot across Lake Erie from Toledo, Ohio to Buffalo, NY. Jericho becomes suspicious when Ross refuses to divulge the contents of his cargo and the haste in which he wants to cross. Desperately needing money, Jericho reluctantly agrees when Ross finally offers him triple the fare; he will take him and his cargo on the nonstop 14-hour trek across the lake.

But what few people on the ship know is what was initially thought to be a meteorite crash turned out to be an alien craft. The crates in the cargo area hold the remains of the ship. And what no one knows, not even the university team, is that something in those crates is still alive.

Now, in a growing storm, alone in the middle of the lake, people are turning up dead. Who will survive the crossing when something wicked this way comes?

READ MORE . . . SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by William Todd Narrator: Ben Werling . . .

SPOTLIGHT w/INTERVIEW - NA URBAN FANTASY - SOMETHING HAPPENED by Brandy Isaacs

Something Happened

by Brandy Isaacs

Date of Publication: September 1st 2019

Cover Artist: MuertoLopez, and Joe Pessanha

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Horror, New Adult Fiction

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Rion Webster never knew she had a father, let alone a little sister. But, when social services calls informing her that her estranged father is dead, and her younger sister is now an orphan, she reluctantly opens her home. It doesn’t take long to realize Beckett is a troubled kid. Deeply troubled.

Unwilling to turn her back on the only family she knows, Rion struggles to help the child. Rion, more than anyone, knows the horrors of an abusive childhood, so she vows to stick it out for her sister. But, something is wrong with Beckett. Something more than just an abusive childhood.

If Rion and her friends can find out what happened, they just might save the child. But, who will save them from Beckett?

READ MORE . . . SOMETHING HAPPENED by Brandy Isaacs . . .

BOOK BLITZ w/EXCERPT - YA PARANORMAL FANTASY - THE LAST STARLING by C.L. Denault

The Last Starling

by C.L. Denault

Publication date: December 24th 2019

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal, Young Adult

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“They’re coming.”

Words of warning haunt Jayce Wakefield’s dreams. He doesn’t believe them any more than he believes in the blue-eyed raven delivering the message. It’s totally absurd. They’re just dreams. He has nothing to worry about.

Or does he?

Jayce’s life revolves around three things: being a senior, worshipping a girl he can’t have, and killing vampires. As a werewolf, his job is to protect the Starling woods. That means taking out any bloodsucker who dares to cross the Boundary. And since his autistic brother can’t handle wolfing out, it’s up to Jayce to keep pack territory safe.

But between the dream-raven, humans going missing, and vampires acting weird, he’s losing his grip on reality. Add to that a runaway in his territory, and he welcomes the distraction. The fact that she won’t talk about herself makes him obsessed with learning about her past. The deeper he digs, though, the more she withdraws. It’s not until her life is threatened that he discovers the truth. Who she is. Why she’s there.

And the sinister darkness headed for them both.

READ MORE . . . LAST STARLING by C.L. Denault . . .

BOOK BLITZ w/SNEAK PEEK - HORROR ANTHOLOGY - Lullabies for Suffering: Tales of Addiction Horror

Lullabies for Suffering: Tales of Addiction Horror

Publication date: January 10th 2020

Genres: Horror

“A plunge into the agony and the ecstasy, the inescapable nightmare of addiction.”

~ALMA KATSU, author of The Deep and The Hunger


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Addiction starts like a sweet lullaby sung by a trusted loved one. It washes away the pains of the day and wraps you in the warmness of the womb where nothing hurts and every dream is possible. Yet soon enough, this warm state of bliss becomes a cold shiver, the ecstasy and dreams become nightmares, yet we can’t stop listening to the lullaby. We crave to hear the siren song as it rips us apart.


Six stories: three novellas, three novelettes, written by a powerful list of talent, all featuring the insidious nature of addiction–damaged humans craving for highs and wholeness but finding something more tragic and horrific on the other side.

FEATURING:
Caroline Kepnes author of You and Hidden Bodies
Kealan Patrick Burke, author of Sour Candy and Kin
Mercedes M. Yardley, author of Pretty Little Dead Girls
John FD Taff, author of The Fearing
Mark Matthews, author of Milk-Blood
Gabino Iglesias, author of Coyote Songs

READ MORE . . . Lullabies for Suffering: Tales of Addiction Horror . . .

BOOK BLITZ w/EXCERPT - HYBRID: Adapt or Die by Rebecca Henry

Hybrid: Adapt or Die

by Rebecca Henry

Publication date: August 5th 2019

Genres: Adult, Horror, Science Fiction

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Agent Van of the CIA is sent to an Australian underground military surveillance base called Pine Gap. Agent Van finds himself thrown in a conspiracy cover up of an ancient alien race known as species X. He falls in love with Annika, a mysterious and uncommon woman who displays unusual abilities, leading Van to question her own origin. Mystery and horror explode around Agent Van during a cave diving exhibition to search for a lost colleague referred to as Agent One. The only clue for Agent Van and his team is a cryptic message carved on a wall inside the bleak cave that reads “Agent One is gone. No more Agent One.” Terror arrives as the agents are trapped inside the ominous cave. Agent Van soon learns that there is more to Pine Gap than Species X.

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