A Selection of Horror Books Released, 8 to 14 Dec 2024
Themes: Christmas, LGBTQIA+, poetry, and hotel horror
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Table of Contents
Baffling Year Three – Neon Hemlock
Horror anthology
26 queer speculative flash fiction with a queer bent” from Baffling Magazine. Foreword by Aun-Juli Riddle.
Stories from: Lina Rather, Marisca Pichette, E. Catherine Tobler, Portia Elan, K.S. Walker, Tamara Jerée, Alice Pow, Nikolas Sky, December Cuccaro, Aimee Ogden, Matt Terl, R.S. Saha, Elou Carroll, Lindz McLeod, Wen-yi Lee, A. Tony Jerome, Ann LeBlanc, Tarver Nova, M.P. Rosalia, Sharang Biswas, Phoebe Barton, Aigner Loren Wilson, S.M. Hallow, Anneke Schwob, Mary Sanche, Megan Baffoe, Akira Leong, Tianran Li-Harkness, Derek Des Anges & Bastian Hart. Cover illustration by Carly A-F.
Christmas Eve Carnage 2: Sprinkles Lives – John Lynch
Christmas horror – Book 2 of Christmas Eve Carnage
Cindy is the lone survivor of the Christmas Eve Massacre, hospitalized and alone.
Laurie, estranged aunt to Cindy, makes a surprise trip to visit the Feltcher family. But the Nor’easter delays her travel and she arrives at her brother’s house to discover her entire family is dead, except for Cindy.
Laurie meets Detective Moore, the best homicide Detective on the force, but when a call comes in about an accident that may not be what it seems it’s a race against time to save Cindy.
Sprinkles is back and ready to finish what he started.
Hotel Macabre Vol. 1 – Crystal Lake Publishing
Hotel horror anthology
Step into the halls of Hotel Macabre, where horror meets innovation.
Where horror knows no bounds…
And every turn reveals a new nightmare.
Hotel Macabre Vol.1 is an immersive experience that breaks the boundaries of conventional storytelling.
This one-of-a-kind collection gathers the chilling voices of horror’s most imaginative minds, presenting a rich blend of flash fiction, short stories, poetry, a suspenseful play, a novella, and even an illustrated comic book section, guaranteeing a diverse feast for horror fans like never before.
Requiem for a Siren: Women Poets of the Pulps – From Beyond Press
Horror poetry
Pulp magazines saw their heyday from the 1920s through the 1950s, appealing to an audience that included men and women: A quarter of the readers of Weird Tales were women. Across its 30-year publishing history, a third of its writers were women, too.
Many of those names are lost today, and those pieces have been forgotten-until now. Requiem for a Siren is the first anthology devoted to the women poets of the pulps. These 101 poems by 47 women first appeared in magazines like Weird Tales and Amazing Stories. The mothers and godmothers of the genre, these writers penned striking lyrics of death, monsters, ghosts, and nightmares.
You may recognize some of the names. Mary Elizabeth Counselmen, Dorothy Quick, and Leah Bodine Drake are three of the more well-known included here. Hopefully, you’ll discover some new-to-you favorites, too.
Violent Advents – L. Stephenson (editor)
Christmas horror charity anthology
26 writers. 26 stories.
There is more to fear on a silent night than who is coming down the chimney. The writers of this anthology present to you a feast of festive frights. Read them if you dare, and find out why you should never turn your back on the centerpiece of this joyous holiday…the Christmas tree.
All royalties will be donated to the British Heart Foundation & the American Heart Association.
Published: 14 December 2024
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