A Selection of Horror Books Released, 15 to 21 Dec 2024
Themes: Revenge, bizarro, dystopian, and dark fantasy horror
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Table of Contents
Attack of the Were-Muff – Jerry Blaze
Bizarro horror
Wally is an ex-junkie private investigator haunted by the consequences of his first successful case. He also faces prejudice from the world on account of his species (he’s a Velociraptor).
After another successful case, Wally finds his client has been murdered. Then he meets the beautiful and mysterious, Lorelei. What is the dark secret she’s hiding?
A Light on the Bayou – C. S. Magnuson
Supernatural cult horror
Lola Davis is startled when someone from her past locates her to deliver news of her father’s passing, a man she hasn’t spoken to in twenty years.
Cypress Cove, the rambling house on the banks of the Texas bayou, is now hers, and Lola is being summoned to claim it.
But she no longer remembers anything about it or the town of Oleander. As if it’s been erased from her memory. Lola soon realizes that Oleander harbors a dark secret, one told in horrific images displayed in The Gallery downtown: plagues, war, mutilations, torture.
Lola made it out of Oleander once. Will she be so lucky a second time?
Familiar – Jeremy C. Shipp
Bizarro horror
Two sisters hunt down killers and collect body parts, all the while complicating their lives with volatile magics, bizarre visions, and a mysterious mouth in the wall that may or may not be altogether trustworthy.
Mother, Mother, Meat – Philip Alexander Baker
Dark fantasy horror – Book 3 of The Hanging Hill Lane trilogy
The finale takes Daphne through more torment and through the depths of her mind looking for a way to win.
Murder, Inc. – Steven Pajak
Revenge horror
Born from pain and bound by blood, Murder Inc. was supposed to be a sanctuary, a clandestine group of women who vowed to take justice into their own hands, hunting down those who prey on the vulnerable. But what began as a mission of mercy has mutated into a savage, unstoppable force of vengeance.
At its heart stands Davina, a woman forged in the fires of trauma and reborn as an agent of brutal retribution. When she uncovers a vast sex trafficking ring, Davina unleashes a tsunami of violence that will drown Chicago’s underworld in blood.
But as the body count rises and the lines between justice and sadism blur, Davina risks becoming the very monster she swore to destroy. Each kill feeds her growing addiction, each act of violence more depraved than the last.
Nothingland – Katherine Silva
Dystopian revenge horror – Book 3 of The Deadlands
Nothingland: a dream-like theme park where the dregs of society have gone to languish and remember the by-gone world.
Janet has heard the whispers about it through her time surviving in the Deadlands and now, she’s arrived at its doorstep. She seeks the blood of Steele: the man responsible for killing her father and tearing her dad away to do his horrible bidding.
With the assistance of the mysterious Junco and conjured spirits of her lost parents, Janet prepares to delve into the darkest heart of this weeping land and sow the seeds of vengeance any which way she can.
You Can’t Save What Isn’t There – Paul Michael Anderson
Supernatural revenge horror
When Cal Matheson’s daughter was killed by a drunk driver, he felt he’d lost everything that mattered.
However, as he slowly begins to rebuild his life with a new home and a new job, he’s given an inexplicable and supernatural opportunity.
But is it to exact revenge on those he holds responsible for his loss in the most ghastly ways imaginable, or to fulfill his potential as an artist and human?
And what is the cost of making the wrong choice?
Published: 21 December 2024
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