A Selection of Horror Books Released, 21 to 27 Jan 2024
Themes: Gothic, sapphic, ghost, vampire, splatter, and dystopian horror
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Table of Contents
The Last Immortal – Natalie Gibson
Gothic horror
Lady Ramillia Winmoore has suffered gaps in her memory her entire life. This darkness has proven to be a blessing until the day she awakens strapped to an examination table at the West Freeman Asylum for Lunatics.
Imprisoned for the gruesome murder of her parents, she is forced to endure years of torture until salvation arrives in the form of a benefactor named Sir Julian Lawrence. Betrothed to her through an arranged marriage, Julian helps her gain freedom.
But appearances are deceiving and soon Ramillia learns the price she must pay. The horrors she encounters in his household are far worse than the asylum. When he inducts her into a society of bloodthirsty, cruel immortals, she is forced to join them and accept their way of life.
Armed with talents she doesn’t know she has, Ramillia must break free of a prison she cannot see, kill an enemy who cannot die, and find a daughter who she cannot remember – all with the help of an ally she does not know.
Scissor Sisters – Rae Knowles & April Yates (editors)
Sapphic horror anthology
21 tales of sapphic villains, curated by April Yates and Rae Knowles.
Featuring the work of Hatteras Mange, Anastasia Dziekan, Ariel Marken Jack, Maerwynn Blackwood, Avra Margariti, Grace R. Reynolds, Evelyn Freeling, Hailey Piper, T.O. King, M.S. Dean, Chloe Spencer, Mae Murray, L.R. Stuart, Alex Luceli Jiménez, Cheyanne Brabo, Luc Diamant, Alyssa Lennander, Anya Leigh Josephs, Lindz McLeod, Caitlin Marceau, and Shelly Lavigne, plus a bonus story by Eric Raglin.
Tween – Sammi Leigh Melville
Ghost horror
Don thought that death would be the end for him. Cherry thought she would have more time to spend with her brother. Both of them were wrong.
While Cherry tries to go about her life, unable to process that her brother’s gone, Don wanders in a place between life and death, grappling with the discovery that moving on might come at a higher price than he’s willing to pay.
While there are a few others stuck in this strange between-place, Don finds that there’s no way to be sure what happens next.
And when he discovers a threat that may have been the leading factor in his death, he must do what he can to protect the living, even if it means risking his… well… death.
The Vampire Jack Townson – Jack Townson
Vampire horror
A man down on his luck trips and stumbles into a world of bloodthirsty monsters hidden among the precipices of New York City.
A chance encounter with illustrious vampire Alexander LaMont ensnares the clumsy yet hopeful James Donovan in shadow and treachery, thrusting James into his new identity, The Vampire Jack Townson.
Violent Ends – Steve Stark
Splatter horror collection
Three grisly, splatter-filled tales of serial killers, sadistic home invaders, vicious thugs and a whole nightclub full of hedonistic revellers in scenes of mortal peril and supernatural horror.
Stark takes you on a tour of his brutal, bizarre world, from the seedy streets of Scarmouth town to the harsh rural landscape of Lynchton, with all routes set to terminate in some very Violent Ends.
Womb City – Tlotlo Tsamaase
Dystopian ghost horror
Nelah seems to have it all: fame, wealth, and a long-awaited daughter growing in a government lab. But, trapped in a loveless marriage to a policeman who uses a microchip to monitor her every move, Nelah’s perfect life is precarious. After a drug-fueled evening culminates in an eerie car accident, Nelah commits a desperate crime and buries the body, daring to hope that she can keep one last secret.
The truth claws its way into Nelah’s life from the grave.
As the ghost of her victim viciously hunts down the people Nelah holds dear, she is thrust into a race against the clock: in order to save any of her remaining loved ones, Nelah must unravel the political conspiracy her victim was on the verge of exposing, or risk losing everyone.
Published: 27 January 2024
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