A Selection of Horror Books Released, 10 to 16 Nov 2024
Themes: Supernatural, psychological, cult, slasher, zombie, and werewolf horror
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Table of Contents
Candy Cain Kills Again: The Second Slaying – Brian McAuley
Slasher horror – Book 5 of Killer VHS series
She’s making a list… and chopping it twice!
After surviving the horrors of Christmas Eve at the Thornton house, Austin, Mateo and Fiona head to the Church of Nodland to get some confessions from Pastor Wendell and his congregation.
Little do they know that Candy Cain is coming to town to wish one and all a very merry axe-mas!
Cornbones – Timothy Roderick
Supernatural horror
Henry Rustin’s luck has run out, perhaps for the last time. Little does he know his troubles have only begun.
When a last-chance horse bet goes awry, he skips town to outpace the mob, heading to yet another easy-money opportunity. It’s in a place where they’ll never find him – a tiny Pennsylvania farming town named Harveston.
The longer he stays, the more he realizes the townsfolk, with their strange customs and superstitions, live in fear of something hidden and deadly, a vengeful presence that hunts for blood amid the lonely, dried-up cornfields.
“If you take from it, it will take from you,” the townsfolk warn. When Henry tries to sell an inherited farmhouse to pay off the mob and start his life over, he learns that there’s no going back. No one has ever left the forgotten little town without paying the ultimate price.
Dead Girls Don’t Dream – Nino Cipri
YA psychological horror
There are rules for Voynich Woods: Always carry a whistle. Never go alone. Always come home before dark. And if anyone calls your name, don’t answer. Because everyone who wanders from the path is never seen again.
Except for Riley Walcott.
Riley knows better than to stray from the trail in the woods behind her uncle Toby’s house. But her little sister Sam breaks the rules in pursuit of a local legend, so Riley chases after her and discovers a knife-wielding figure and a waiting grave.
Madelyn lives deep in the forest. Subject to her mother’s strict rules, she’s forbidden from leaving home or using her magic – but one night, she risks everything to help a stranger who’s lost in the woods.
Future Shock – Joe Rover
YA sci fi zombie horror – Book 2 of Tails from the Omniverse
Some time ago, the Reptilians nearly conquered the Earth. Their advanced technology, superhuman strength, and shapeshifting powers made them a formidable foe for even the strongest of hero. During a great battle, they were destroyed; but somehow, they have returned. Now, not content with ruling just the Earth, they want every reality.
Can Joe and his friends stop the might of the Reptilian army or has every living creature seen its last days?
The Keeper of the Key – Nicole Willson
YA gothic horror
There are a thousand things sixteen-year-old Rachel would rather do than upend her life to move into Morgan House, an old, run-down mansion owned by her mom’s boyfriend, Geoff.
But when her mother announces they’re relocating to St. Mary, Virginia to live with him, Rachel’s cut off from her friends and life as she knows it. St. Mary is a remote, lonely place, and the best thing about it is Nick, a guy she knows is worth keeping when he takes her to a cemetery on their first date.
Rachel struggles to get along with Geoff and his mile-long list of annoying house rules-in particular, his bizarre insistence that she stay out of the basement. But something in Morgan House plays by its own rules. At night, an unknown force pulls Rachel down to that forbidden cellar, showing her harrowing visions of a strangely familiar man lurking in the shadows. When a sudden tragedy strikes her family, those visions become more frequent-and more violent.
The dead issue urgent warnings, and if Rachel doesn’t heed them, she’ll become part of Morgan House forever.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Starring Boris Karloff – Legendary Comics
Graphic novel horror
A faithful adaptation of the original novel featuring Boris Karloff in the lead role.
The Original’s Rage – David Watkins
Werewolf horror – Book 3 of The Originals
For ten years, Captain Peter Knowles has been at the front line of Britain’s defence against the wolf threat. Attacks have been on the decline and wolf sightings have decreased.
However, a botched mission in London reveals a new threat. This wolf pack has information Knowles has tried to keep secret.
They know Jack Stadler is alive. And they know where to find him.
The Threshing Floor – Steph Nelson
Cult horror
She’ll do anything to save her child. Even join a cult.
When single mom Dalice learns her toddler, Cash, needs a heart transplant, she gets desperate. There are no guarantees he’ll receive a donor heart in time. And even if he does, she can’t afford the expensive procedure.
Then Dalice meets Shane. He’s part of a mysterious group whose leader claims to be able to heal any disease or injury. Dalice is skeptical at first, and the ritual she witnesses makes her uneasy. But when a broken arm gets healed before her eyes, she can’t deny the truth, and she wants the same miracle for Cash.
As her son’s life hangs in the balance, Dalice must decide how far she’s willing to go to save him. Because the miracles in the secret group come at a steep price. A price that might be too high for even the most devoted mother.
The Wee Ones – Darryl Hughes
Creature horror – Book 1 of The Wee Ones (serialized horror)
While on a research expedition in the wilds of the Irish countryside, a team of archeologists are brutally murdered on an ancient druid henge. The bite marks found on the bodies by the forensic techs that gathered the crime scene evidence suggested that animals were responsible for the attack. But the tiny bloody fingerprints that were also found on the bodies suggested an entirely different and much more sinister perpetrator altogether: Human beings.
Or something that used to be human. Something primal and savage with teeth and claws like animals, but also cunning and intelligent with fingerprints like human beings.
And, most disturbing of all, something the size of small children.
While investigating the case Murder Squad detectives Siobhan Ryan and Seamus O’Connell follow the blood-stained evidence through small town secrets, mysterious religious sects, and deep into the dark recesses of Irish myth, legend, folklore.
Published: 16 November 2024
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