A Selection of Horror Books Released, 26 May to 1 Jun 2024
Themes: Supernatural, psychological, sci-fi, serial killer, and zombie horror
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Table of Contents
The Blade in the Bath – Stuart Bray
Extreme horror
Two Moon City detectives track down a deranged serial killer who has a deep seeded history with one of them.
But what is the truth worth when no one is left to hear it?
Final Slaughter – Sergio Gomez
Serial killer horror – Book 3 of Slaughter Books
It ends in bloodshed
Needing to heal after the events of Hilltown, Ignacio returns to the campgrounds. But it’s not the same.
The forest fire he caused nearly reduced Camp Slaughter to ashes, all that remains of the campgrounds are charred cabins and a plot of scorched earth.
Meanwhile, Noelle Remington is planning her revenge. Traumatized by the events at Camp Slaughter, she has been consumed by thoughts of the cannibal. Convinced that killing him is the only way to move on with her life – and to stop the nightmares – she forms a team to hunt him down.
From the Belly – Emmett Nahil
LGBTQ+ horror
The whaling vessel Merciful has just made its strangest catch yet: a massive whale containing a still-living man secreted within its stomach lining. Sailor Isaiah Chase is tasked with keeping the enigmatic man alive.
As their relationship grows, a series of accidents, injuries and deaths quickly befall the ship and its crew. Isaiah is plagued by strangely prophetic dreams, even as the crew continues their endless quest for whale oil under the command of an increasingly unhinged captain.
As events spiral further out of control, the mysterious man confesses what Isaiah has begun to suspect: the crew of The Merciful has fallen into a cycle of punishment for their greed and destruction. Isaiah must confront the sea’s vengeance made flesh, and choose between this new, strange love and the fate of the ship itself.
The Lop-Sided Man – Jacob Elliott
Supernatural horror
Tyler only screams when he stays at his daddy’s house. Nathan isn’t sure why his son can’t sleep through the night, but he’s determined to find out why.
It’s been just over a year since a messy divorce uprooted the life Nathan Cooley had so perfectly plotted for himself. Now, his job is taking off, he’s moved into a new house, and he gets to spend weekends with his five-year-old son.
Only now things are different again.
Because something lurks inside Tyler’s bedroom, right behind his closet door. And it won’t leave until it has what it wants.
NecroTek – Jonathan Maberry
Sci-fi horror – Book 1 of The Necrotek Series
Sci fi thriller full of ghosts, Gods, and a battle for the soul of humanity.
Neither cosmic philosopher Lars Soren, hotshot pilot Bianca Petrescu, nor the high priestess Jessica McHugh – Lady Death herself – can say quite where in the galaxy they are. But after an experiment gone horribly wrong, one thing is clear: Asphodel Station isn’t in orbit around Jupiter any longer. Worse, the monsters that live out here – ancient eldritch beings thought only to exist in stories and nightmares – have now been alerted to Earth’s existence.
Their army of Shoggoths is coming for us next.
Humanity’s only hope for survival lies on the surface of the alien world of Shadderal, where a ghost named Lost, the last of an ancient race, still haunts the vast plains of the Field of Dead Birds. But hope has a cost. Lost tells Soren about ancient derelict spacecraft awaiting on Shadderal, shapeshifting machines that blend ultra-advanced technology with the dark powers of necromancy. These ships might just be nimble enough to defend mankind against the coming invasion.
Shadows in the Stacks – Shortwave Media
Horror anthology
If books have no power, why are they trying so hard to keep them from people?
4,240 unique book titles were targeted for censorship or banning in 2023 alone.
Shadows in the Stacks was published to raise funds for the Books Unbanned Initiative through the Library Foundation SD. All proceeds from sales go to the Library Foundation SD.
Somnium – Deirdre Swinden
Psychological techno horror
A terrifying blend of psychological horror and high-tech science fiction where dreams can kill.
Gillian Hardie experiences nightmares so intense they threaten her very existence, thanks to a glitch in Somnium Corporation’s groundbreaking dream advertising technology. Every night, her sleep unleashes monsters that her body reacts to as if they were real, pushing her to the edge of despair.
Armed with her lucid dreaming skills, Gillian battles these horrors, but when an accident traps her in a perpetual dream state, she must rely on Nathan Keller, a nightmare warrior, and Dex Cooper, an Operator, to navigate this nightmarish reality. With her darkest fears manifesting like never before, Gillian faces a race against time to survive a threat that could unleash unimaginable horrors from the depths of her mind.
Where the Dead Don’t Die – Ronald J. Murray
Horror collection
A collection of novelettes and short stories that all contain elements of betrayal, and comfortably fit into such horror subgenres as psychological, supernatural, Lovecraftian, and erotic.
Zombie Prowl – L.C. Mortimer
YA Zombie apocalypse horror – Book 2 of Diary of the Undead
On February 9th, the world died. Then it came back to life.
What are you supposed to do when you go to sleep and wake up to a world filled with monsters?
Can you really just adapt to that? Can you really just give up on your dreams?
A few weeks ago, I realized that I’m never going to be an elementary school teacher. I’m never going to have the chance to teach kids how to read or offer them the support and encouragement they need to be successful. Instead, I’m going to be fighting monsters until the day I die … and that day could be very soon.
Published: 1 June 2024
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