Dracula Book 2: The Brides – Matt Wagner
Vampire horror graphic novel
For the wives of the infamous vampire, the horrors begins long before Dracula.
“One of the most eerie and memorable parts of the Dracula legend is the presence of his vamipiric Brides,” says writer Matt Wagner. “In both the novel and the litany of screen adaptations, the appearance of these beautiful and seductive sirens is always an indelible part of the narrative. And, of course, this presents us with yet another dark and beguiling story to be told. Who were these women before they became part of Dracula’s sinister harem? How and why did he come to claim them as his undead paramours? And what role do they ultimately play in his ongoing saga?”
The Devil in Mia – Jan Miklaszewicz
Comedy horror
Life is no bowl of cherries for the Smiths.
Matt is a selfish prick with a drinking problem, and his long-suffering wife has fallen foul of a most unsavoury guest.
As merry hell begins to break loose and it becomes clear that her life is in mortal danger, Matt finds himself dealing with more than one demon.
The question is, will he finally prove man enough to rise to the occasion?
The Dreams That Shape Us and Other Stories – Lousie Zedda-Sampson
Horror collection
A collection of dark speculative fiction and poetry exploring life, death, and the places in between.
Ghosts who don’t know they’re dead, a vampire coming of age, a tree who wants to live a different life, and people, or other things, who yearn for more than they have, unaware life often falls short in its delivery.
Within these pages, you’ll find a mixture of humour, heartbreak, and horror. Stories that reach deep into your soul and beg the question: what if, by some cosmic error, this happened to me?
I Live in Hell – Mike Salinas
Urban horror
On his twenty-fifth birthday, Hector Ghouseau wakes up soaked in piss. That’s normal. His dreams of ravenous flies and swinging corpses? Not so much.
Nightmares become reality when evil talking mice and giant sentient tongues show up to tell him that he’s going to Hell, all thanks to a drunken bet between his dead father and a sadistic demon named “Bub.” (Thanks, Dad.)
To make matters worse, Bub recruits a knife-happy maniac to help stain the Chicago snow red. And when Hector’s roommate and ex-girlfriend both get caught in the fallout, his only shot at saving them might be his own death.
Between dive bars and work hangovers, Hector stumbles into a cosmic tug-of-war of absurd proportions and incomprehensible horror where the rules don’t make sense, and God is hiding something big.
I’ll Make a Spectacle of You – Beatrice Winifred Iker
Gothic horror
Zora Robinson is an ambitious grad student in her dream program, Appalachian Studies, at Bricksbury University. When her thesis advisor hands her a strange diary and suggests she research the local folklore about a beast roaming the woods surrounding campus, Zora finds a community uneager to talk to an outsider.
As she delves into the history of the beast, she uncovers a rumored secret society called the Keepers that has tenuous ties to the beast, and Bricksbury itself.
Zora soon finds herself plagued by visions of the past, and her grip on reality starts to slip as she struggles to uncover what is real and what is folklore. But when a student goes missing, Zora starts to wonder if the Keepers ever really disbanded.
There’s something in the woods and it has its eyes on Zora.
My Name Isn’t Paul – Drew Huff
Cosmic horror
He pretended to be human for seven years. Until he couldn’t.
He’s a traveling salesman named Paul Cattaneo, except he isn’t. Because he’s a Mirror Person – a hyper empathetic eldritch abomination capable of mimicking any human.
‘Paul’ found the human Paul Cattaneo’s mangled corpse seven years ago and decided to mimic it. It’s just what Mirror People do. Mimic. Absorb. Control. Desperate to ignore what he is, ‘Paul’ represses his inhuman traits and stays far away from others of his kind.
But breeding season for Mirror People comes around every seven years, inducing an involuntary sociopathic state, and it’s time for Paul to go into heat.
Now unable to avoid the reality of what he truly is, Paul has a mental breakdown, goes on a cross-country road trip and runs afoul of something far, far more inhuman and dangerous than himself.
Teddy – John Gault
Psychological horror movie novelization
Such a sweet little boy. Such a dear teddy. Why is everyone so afraid?
Sandy isn’t afraid. She’s the babysitter. And she and Jamie are going to be great pals.
But Sandy should never tell Jamie she loves him, not even teasing. Maybe most boys Jamie’s age don’t know much about sex, but Teddy does. And Jamie does whatever Teddy tells him.
A bright smiling boy and his Teddy. The lure of evil. And a wave of sickening violence that sweeps the terrified town. What fiend in their midst could do such hideous things?
Teddy knows.
