I've been seeing a lot of interesting new books, so it's the perfect time to share a new reading list. I know there are a few I'll be looking for, and I bet you will, too!
Funny that I'd heard at one point that short stories were dying but I'm seeing more and more collections and anthologies being published. Happy Reading!
* Check out The October Frights Blog Hop - Oct. 10-15. * See my post list and schedule.
Don't forget to visit the other participating blogs:
Frighten Me
Reading Fiction Blog - Paula Cappa
GirlZombieAuthors
M'Habla's!
Carmilla Voiez British Horror Author
Minnesota (Horror) Nice
Hawk's Happenings
Rob Read - Author
** Double the reading fun! See the Mystery-Crime-Halloween Reading List at the other blog. Oct. 13.
* Don't forget the October Frights Book Fair!
Anthologies/Collections:
Horror
Fear of Clowns: A Horror Anthology: Coulrophobia Stories, Kenneth W. Cain, Editor. The title says it all. And who doesn't like a book using that word? All new stories by Graham Masterton & Karolina Mogielska, Aron Beauregard, V. Castro, Adam Cesare, Clay McLeod Chapman, Rachel Harrison, Jonathan Janz, Gwendolyn Kiste, Red Lagoe, Hailey Piper, Duncan Ralston, Hunter Shea, Thomas Tessier, Tim Waggoner, AC Wise, Dex Bryant, S.B. Caves, Douglas Ford, Bitter Karella, Lisa Kroger, Jonathan Lees, Carissa Ann Lynch, Michael Reed, Mel Reynes, Craig E. Sawyer, Em Starr, Bev Vincent and Daniel Willcocks.
Creatures of the Night: Vicious Vampire Tales (Dark Tide Novellas Book 17), Kevin J. Kennedy, Gord Rollo, Simon Clark - Viking vampires, werewolf friends and something awakening in the mine...
The Rack: Stories Inspired by Vintage Horror Paperbacks - Tom Deady, Editor - This looks cool! Twenty throwback stories inspired by the golden years of horror... Includes a Stephen King story, too.
Weird Horror Magazine - Crowdfunding - donate here - for 2025 issues. Buy print, ebook or read online.
Wendigo (Kisses and Chaos Book 3), Larry Hoy, Craig Martelle - A couple and their loyal German Shepherd flee to the mountains and find their sanctuary become a nightmare when they're hunted by a supernatural and seemingly invincible Wendigo. (Start the series with book 1, Demon's Kiss.)
Novels:
* Find some great Horror Books - Sale: Ends Oct. 30
Ghosts - Horror
Ghostland: Ghost Hunter Edition, Omnibus, Duncan Rolston - Whopping 1,500+ pages. Former best friends reunite at Ghostland, then a computer virus sets the ghosts free... Box set includes - The Moving House: A Prequel to Ghostland, Ghostland, Afterlife: Ghostland 2.0, Ghostland: Infinite
Killer Instinct: An FBI Forensic Thriller (Instinct Series Book 1 of 16), Robert W. Walker - The first of the prolific author's most popular series featuring FBI medical examiner Dr. Jessica Coran, who thought she could face anything. Then began the Vampire Killer murders in Wisconsin where the killer drains the victims' blood. And his "love letters" are addressed to the one he wants most.... Coran.
Noncorporeal II - A spooky mix of ghostly stories from near-horror to sci-fi inspired, including he anthology, featuring my story, "Secrets of the Last Mine." * paperback at Amazon- paperback & e-book: B&N - * Apple, Kobo and other sites; see links here.
* Something Scary for Halloween Reading: Ends. Nov. 1
Zombie
How I Started the Apocalypse, Omibus, Brian Pinkerton - New omnibus edition contains all three books telling the story of Chaz, a military experiment gone wrong turned zombie and hungry. Includes: How I Started the Apocalypse; The Hunger War; and Zombie Regime.
Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter - C.A. Verstraete - On Aug. 4, 1892, Lizzie Borden took an axe... She was charged with the brutal murders of her father and stepmother, but why? Was it greed? Anger... Or something more horrific.... (More info at www.cverstraete.com.)
The Headless Corpse, A Heyward and Andersen Mystery (Heyward and Andersen Consulting Detectives Book 3) - A.F. Stewart - Mysteries and headless corpses, quite a combination! The dead are rising and walking away from mortuaries…before returning without their heads. Tasked with investigating, dogged detectives Elspeth Heyward and Lars Andersen must uncover the sinister culprit reanimating the newly deceased and locate the still missing bodies.
Infected, A Dark,Post-Apocalyptic Romance, Jessica Gomez - In this shattered world, trust is a luxury I can't afford. People are as treacherous as the Infected, and I've learned to steer clear of both. Then I met him. Ian, a man from a time when trust meant something, before the world plunged into chaos. Our connection was fleeting, born from desperation, and dissolved with the morning light. I thought that was the end of it. Until I discovered I was carrying his child.
The Rising: More Selected Scenes from the End of the World, Brian Keene - (Releases Dec. 3) World Horror Grandmaster Keene returns to the world of his classic novel, The Rising, (see below) with a set of new, horrific zombie stories and some reprints.
The Rising: Author's Preferred Edition, Brian Keene - First published in 2003, this uncut edition follows Jim Thurmond, a father battling his way across a post-apocalyptic zombie landscape to find his young son.
-- C.A. Verstraete - www.cverstraete.com
A great post. I've had the pleasure of interviewing Kevin J. Kennedy, Gord Rollo, Simon Clark, and Jasper Bark. All very talented authors. And thanks for including my book.
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