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Witching Hour Theatre — Jonathan Janz

TITLE: Witching Hour Theatre AUTHOR: Jonathan Janz RELEASED: July 31st, 2005 GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult Another fantastic Janz read! This was his first novella ever put out into the world, and while he’s grown as a writer and mastered his craft over the last 13 years, this story is so creative and fun that you can really tell he’s just a natural storyteller. Jonathan has quickly become one of my favorite horror writers of all time, and this was no exception...

The Sorrows — Jonathan Janz

TITLE: The Sorrows AUTHOR: Jonathan Janz SERIES: The Sorrows, #1 RELEASES: December 1st, 2018; Flame Tree Press (originally self-published in 2012) GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult Ben is a famous horror film composer, but his divorce has left him in a rut he can’t seem to shake, so his partner Eddie decides what Ben needs is a month-long stay on a haunted island named The Sorrows. When the two men and the women staying with them arrive, they begin to realize that the island’s...

The Graveyard Book — Neil Gaiman

TITLE: The Graveyard Book AUTHOR: Neil Gaiman RELEASED: September 30th, 2008; HarperCollins GENRE: Horror/Paranormal AGE RANGE: Middle Grade SYNOPSIS: Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy – an ancient indigo man,...

Bedfellow — Jeremy C. Shipp

TITLE: Bedfellow AUTHOR: Jeremy C. Shipp RELEASES: November 13th, 2018; TorDotCom GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: When the . . . thing first insinuated itself into the Lund family household, they were bemused. Vaguely human-shaped, its constantly-changing cravings seemed disturbing, at first, but time and pressure have a way of normalizing the extreme. Wasn’t it always part of their lives? As the family make more and greater sacrifices in service to the beast, the thrall that binds them begins to break down....

Garden of Eldritch Delights — Lucy A. Snyder

TITLE: Garden of Eldritch Delights AUTHOR: Lucy A. Snyder RELEASED: October 18th, 2018; Raw Dog Screaming Press GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult PAGE COUNT: 184 SYNOPSIS: Master short story author Lucy A. Snyder is back with a dozen chilling, thought-provoking tales of Lovecraftian horror, dark science fiction, and weird fantasy. Her previous two collections received Bram Stoker Awards and this one offers the same high-caliber, trope-twisting prose. Snyder effortlessly creates memorable monsters, richly imagined worlds and diverse, unforgettable characters. Open this book and...

Suspended in Dusk II — Simon Dewar

TITLE: Suspended in Dusk II EDITOR: Simon Dewar RELEASED: July 10th, 2018; Grey Matter Press GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult PAGE COUNT: 280 SYNOPSIS: Life is change. Changes forces us into the light or the dark. Dusk is the time in between. It defends the light from the dark. It’s the tipping point. Where things go well. Or where thy go very, very bad. Confront change. But you must first survive dusk. As a lifelong night owl, night time is my favorite time—it’s...