A Selection of Horror Books Released, 10 to 16 Mar 2024
Themes: Supernatural,psychological, bizzaro, vampires, and mathematical horror
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Table of Contents
Arithmophobia – edited by Robert Lewis
Mathematics horror anthology
“Arithmophobia,” n.: The fear of numbers or mathematics.
These thirteen stories tell us of strange and horrifying new geometries, crazed and violent mathematicians, sentient and malevolent numbers, and even some new mathematical twists on some classic monsters. You needn’t be a mathematician to experience these new forms of mathematical terror, though students of the discipline might recognize some familiar names and ideas lurking in the shadows.
So pull up a chair, dust off your abacus and slide rule, and prepare to experience … Arithmophobia.
The Fealty of Monsters: Volume 1 – Ladz
Vampire horror
Winter 1917. After years on the run from a dangerous cult, Sasza and his father have established themselves among the Odonic Empire’s ruling class. But there’s a problem: Sasza is a vampire, and vampires aren’t supposed to get involved in human governance. What the aristocracy doesn’t know, after all, cannot hurt them.
Unfortunately, Sasza is far more involved than a stealth vampire should be. Not only does he work to quell the rumors of the vampires’ responsibility for an unsolved massacre, his lover is also the pro-proletariat Ilya, the Empire’s Finance Minister, who tries to recruit Sasza into the same cult hunting him.
Then-the Emperor declares war against the Vampire States. Diplomacy has failed. Sasza quickly learns that he will do anything to preserve peace-including giving in to the monstrosity he spent so many years concealing from even himself.
In Excess of Dark – Red Lagoe
Psychological horror
For grief-stricken Karina, her newfound ability to turn her worst daydreams into palpable truths has sent her into a downward spiral of depression and guilt.
Coupled with the appearance of an enigmatic shadow figure and visions of her dead family, she grapples to maintain her sanity while desperately attempting to harness her abilities and reunite with her loved ones.
Mouth – Joshua Hull
Bizarro horror
After a stranger leaves him a secluded property, drifter Rusty finds himself the caretaker of a massive, tooth-filled mouth in the ground, and it’s hungry.
His situation is complicated by a wannabe filmmaker who stumbles upon the secret.
Together, the odd pair set out to discover the origins of Mouth and the hidden history of its former owner, setting in motion an outlandish scheme that could endanger them all.
Through the Night Like a Snake – Two Lines Press
Latin American horror anthology
Ten chilling stories from an ensemble cast of contemporary Latin American writers.
A boy explores the abandoned house of a dead fascist.
A leaked sex tape pushes a woman to the brink.
A sex worker discovers a dark secret among the nuns of the pampas.
The mountain fog is not what it seems.
Kermit the Frog dreams of murder.
The Werewolf at Dusk and Other Stories – David Small
Horror collection
Three story collection.
In the title story, a man has reached senility with something repellent in his nature. He is an impotent werewolf, no longer able to hunt, and confronts the terror of obsolescence.
In the second story, brain matter cascades and spiders loom as a psychoanalyst, self-assured in his practice, wanders along empty streets, reality warping into the irrational with the insouciance of a dream.
In the final story, in 1920s Berlin, a peaceful evening at the music hall is interrupted by a garish surprise act that only the protagonist seems to notice. Yet he, too, is transfixed by the performance, watching as a little man with a moustache, pale skin, and tired eyes wills a tiger into submission.
Published: 16 March 2024
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