Can two kids alone stop a monstrous evil?

The Tree Man
by David Bernstein

Can two kids alone stop a monstrous evil?

Women and children have been mysteriously disappearing from Evan’s town. And now Evan may know why. He was climbing a tree in the woods when he saw a decrepit old man toss a helpless woman into the mouth of a hideous tree-like creature.

Evan knows he can’t stop the man and the creature by himself, but he also knows no one will believe a kid with such a wild story. Only his best friend, Peter, can help him confront this terrifying evil. But if they aren’t careful, they will soon be missing too.

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Damage and Dread by Kevin Quigley: New eBook Available Now!

Damage and Dread
by Kevin Quigley

I bet you’re hungry.

Hungry for new stories from horror writer Kevin Quigley. Hungry for terror. Hungry for damage. Hungry for dread.

Make a meal out of dispatches from the future in “You’re Going to Kill Me,” detailing gruesome crimes yet to happen, and the off-kilter mind of the man who discovers them. Feast on “The Extinction Device,” in which two women discover the ability to play God with things long dead. Sate yourself with “The Coming of the Elves,” a sinister tale of holiday madness. And gorge yourself on “Drawn to the Flame,” where a dark carnival is only the start of the horrors, and a swarm of fear threatens to swallow you whole.

These stories and more set the table in the murkiest corners of your imagination. Pull up a chair and grab your knife and fork: the terror won’t stop until you get your fill.

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Review: A Little Amber Book of Wicked Shots by Robert McCammon

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Borderlands Press (Spring 2020)
146 pages; $30 limited edition signed & numbered hardcover (750 copies; sold out)
Reviewed by Blu Gilliand

Borderlands Press has a built an outstanding back catalog of titles with its Little Books Series, attracting an array of legendary-or-heading-there authors including Charles L. Grant, Jack Ketchum, Josh Malerman, Sarah Pinborough, Caitlin R. Kiernan, and a host of others. These tend to sell out quickly—including the entry we’re looking at today, A Little Amber Book of Wicked Shots by Robert McCammon. So, while today’s review may not serve as a call for you to rush out and buy this book—I mean, I ain’t sellin’ mine, and I doubt many others will, either—let it be a lesson for you to get on the Borderlands Press mailing list so you can start grabbing these titles when they are released.Continue Reading

East End Girls by Rena Mason: New eBook Available NOW!

With East End Girls, three-time Bram Stoker Award winner Rena Mason offers a fascinating new perspective on some of the most-remembered and written about murders in history.

Seized by the vicious killings of Jack the Ripper, Victorian London’s East End is on the brink of ruin. Elizabeth Covington, desperate and failing to follow in her beloved father’s footsteps, risks practicing medicine in the dangerous and neglected Whitechapel District to improve her studies.

Elizabeth crosses paths with a man she believes is the villain, triggering a downward spiral that exposes her to a depth of evil she never knew existed.

Only she knows the truth that drives the madness of a murderer.

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Review: All the Dead Men by Errick Nunnally

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Twisted Publishing (July 20, 2020)
252 pages; $18 paperback
Reviewed by A.E. Siraki

All the Dead Men is the sequel to Blood for the Sun by Errick Nunnally, both recently re-issued by Haverhill House Publishing. This is a werewolf novel, but it’s unique not only because the protagonist comes from a mixed-race background (he comes from a black father and a mother from the Kainai nation of Saskatchewan in Canada), but also suffers from a condition like Alzheimer’s. The thing that struck me must about Alexander Smith, the protagonist, when we first meet him is the way his scent power works with analysis of clues to solve murders. Trigger warning: those who have issues with harm against children should be aware that Blood for the Sun starts off with it, and it continues in the next book as well.  Continue Reading

Touch the Night by Max Booth III: Brand New Signed Limited Edition Shipping Now!

We’re pleased to announce that publication day has arrived for Touch the Night by Max Booth III, and our beautiful signed Limited Edition hardcover is shipping this week!

Touch the Night is a surreal and violent journey into a land of corrupt law enforcement, small-town secrets, gravitational oddities, and ancient black magic that is being described as Stranger Things and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre united to form a blood-soaked matrimony of violence and corruption.”

If you cannot wait for the hardcover to arrive, you can also purchase and read the eBook edition today!

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Touch the Night

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Review: The Neon Owl (Book I): When the Shit Hits the Van by Chad Lutzke

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Independently Published (January 2020)

168 pages; $8.99 paperback; $2.99 e-book
Reviewed by Sadie Hartmann

Showing up for a Chad Lutzke story is a resignation of emotional preservation. You come to engage with the words on the page with your heart fully exposed and a willingness to let Lutzke do as he wishes. More often than not, the book will end on a note that breaks your heartstrings and leaves the reader with a nasty bookish hangover.

The Neon Owl is a bit of a departure from the usual agreement and I loved it! This story manages to put a big grin on your face instead of streaking your cheeks with tears and I’m not mad about it.Continue Reading

The Girl Who Builds Monsters: Signed Editions Include 32 Pages of Bonus Material!

The Girl Who Builds Monsters by Brian James Freeman and Vincent Chong is certain to be our most beautiful book of the year, and the Signed & Slipcased Hardcover Limited Edition and the Signed & Traycased Hardcover Lettered Edition include a 32 page bonus section after the story that takes you “behind the scenes” of the writing and illustrating of the story with author and artists notes, conceptual art, sketches, and more! Don’t miss out this incredible publication!

The Girl Who Builds Monsters

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A Little Magenta Book of Malevolence by Sarah Pinborough!

We’re pleased to report we will be getting some copies of A Little Magenta Book of Malevolence by Sarah Pinborough, the new signed Limited Edition from Borderlands Press, but our supplies won’t last long!

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Review: The Lost Memories of Freddy Frehling by James Newman

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In Your Face Books (January 2020)

32 pages; $0.99 e-book
Reviewed by Sadie “Mother Horror”Hartmann

It’s tricky to review a short story of just thirty-two pages. My primary objectives here are to make readers aware of this title, and to praise the work of James Newman.

The Lost Memories of Freddy Frehling is a story about the feelings adult children have for their parents. Continue Reading

Four New Trade Paperbacks by Bentley Little!

We’re pleased to report that FOUR of Bentley Little’s books that have previously only been available in hardcover have now been published as trade paperbacks:

The Influence

The Consultant

The Handyman

Walking Alone

And as was previously announced, we moved up the publication date of the trade paperback of The Bank by more than a year due to the fast sellout of the hardcover edition:

The Bank

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Review: Fishing by P. Gardner Goldsmith

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Shadowridge Press (February 2017)
132 pages; $10.99 paperback
Reviewed by Kevin Lucia

P. Gardner Goldsmith’s Fishing is a hallucinatory, Kafka-esque, surreal ride which invokes reflections of Charles Beaumont and Rod Serling by way of Ray Garton and even Richard Laymon. Gardner’s terse, tightly-controlled prose thrums with drive and energy, and even though it’s precise and efficient, it occasionally breaks out into a lyricism invoking ghosts of Ray Bradbury himself.Continue Reading

Review: White Pines by Gemma Amor

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Independently Published (March 2020)

442 pages; $16 paperback; $3 e-book
Reviewed by Sadie Hartmann

I like that the synopsis of White Pines is short and ambiguous. I’d like to leave it that way. I’m going to do my best to share my reading experience without disclosing important plot details in order to protect “reader discovery.”Continue Reading

New Praise for The Notch by Tom Holland: First Novel Ever by director and screenwriter of Fright Night and the original Child’s Play!

We’re very pleased to share some recent praise for The Notch by Tom Holland, the very first novel ever by the director and screenwriter of Fright Night and the original Child’s Play, which is in-stock and ready to ship now:

“Tom Holland has always been a first-rate storyteller, whose work mingles a wicked vision of evil with a welcome element of humanity. By turns scary, funny and moving, The Notch is a horror novel that will make you remember sitting up until dawn to finish a book, because you’ll be doing it all over again.”
 — Clive Barker, writer/director of Hellraiser

“Tom Holland’s The Notch is his first novel, but you wouldn’t know it from this strange and wondrous book.”
 — John Landis, writer/director of The Blues Brothers

“Tom Holland weaves a thrilling and suspenseful novel that feels more and more relevant as the days go on.  A fun story with hints of The Stand and Carrie, the story takes us to a world of greed, paranoia and the approach of a worldwide epidemic through the eyes of a small boy whose powers can have global consequences.”
— Greg Nicotero, Director/Executive Producer of The Walking Dead and Creepshow

“All of us start with a What If question and let our imaginations roam. Tom Holland has created a character that does one better: he stirs the what if in the mind of the readers with The Notch. It is truly the kind of novel that gets the reader to be part of the story. There is nothing like turning a page in your own mind.”
— Andrew Neiderman, author of The Devil’s Advocate and the V.C Andrews novels

“With The Notch, Tom Holland shows that he is as distinguished a storyteller on the page as he is on the screen. His novel, with echoes of Stephen King’s The Stand, is a mysterious, horrifying, and imaginative adventure tale that will keep you turning the pages.”
— Mick Garris, Creator/Producer of Masters of Horror

The Notch

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Review: Eden by Tim Lebbon

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Titan Books (April 2020)
384 pages; $11.99 paperback; $8.99 e-book
Reviewed by Kevin Lucia

It’s amazing how quickly nature overcomes what man has built. During quarantine, I’ve spent hours walking paths in the woods I haven’t for years, visiting old camping spots, and one spot in particular: a clearing near a creek where, five years ago, we built a fire pit with cinder-blocks, erected a small, portable charcoal grill, and built several wooden tables and chairs.Continue Reading