FREE/BARGAIN - Horror - 2014

[pdurrant]

A thread for 2014.

We point out free and bargain Horror titles to each other. Please don't post any self-published books*, and please do a search before posting to avoid duplicates.

Be aware that many freebies are only free for a day, so grab them fast!

*Unless you have read them yourself, think they are excellent, and you're not connected to the author in any way.

[Little.Egret]

Currently free.

Includes an 1847 Werewolf novel !

Penny Dreadful Multipack Vol. 1 (Illustrated. Annotated. 'Wagner The
Wehr-Wolf,' 'Varney The Vampire,' 'The Mysteries of London Vol. 1' + Bonus
Features) (Penny Dreadful Multipacks) by George W. M. Reynolds & James
Malcolm Rymer

Three epic PENNY DREADFUL CLASSICS remastered for Kindle with original art,
essays, free audio recordings and detailed annotations:

Wagner The Wehr-Wolf, Varney The Vampire and The Mysteries of London.

WAGNER THE WEHR-WOLF

Published in 1847, 'Wagner' is one of the first werewolf novels in English
Literature. It is set in the sixteenth century and begins with a recently
abandoned old man waiting in vain for his granddaughter to return and care
for him as a storm rages in the ancient forest surrounding his isolated
cottage. To his surprise, a stranger appears and offers him something he
cannot refuse: beauty and youth. But it comes with a price as he must also
suffer the curse of the werewolf. Love, violence, and intrigue are all
weaved around Fernand Wagner as he struggles to balance being a human and a
murderous animal. As things become more out of hand and uncontrollable, the
secret he has been trying to hide may just have to come forth and be faced
by all involved, including his beloved Nisida.

VARNEY THE VAMPIRE

One of the earliest penny dreadfuls, 'Varney' is the original vampire story
and it was wildly popular with Victorian readers, remaining the Number One
serial for two years. It appeared in eight part installments every month
between 1845-7. The full version collected here clocks in at an epic 667,000
words. This hugely influential work continues to enthrall and is presented
here in electronic book form for the first time with its original
illustrations.

THE MYSTERIES OF LONDON VOL. 1

Largely forgotten now, 'The Mysteries of London' was one of the biggest
selling novels in mid-Victorian England, outselling contemporaneous works
from Dickens and Thackeray. The first series was published in weekly
installments from 1844-46, priced at a penny each. George W. M. Reynolds
wrote the first two series of this long-running narrative of life in the
seedy underbelly of mid-nineteenth-century London. Thomas Miller wrote the
third series and Edward L. Blanchard wrote the fourth series of this
immensely popular title.


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HB6337S/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00HB6337S/
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00HB6337S/
http://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B00HB6337S/

[Dr. Drib]

Information Only:

It needs to be noted that VARNEY THE VAMPIRE, which is part of this collection, is not complete.

The incomplete novel listed above does not have PART 3. Nevertheless, for a free ebook, if one wishes to read an incomplete penny dreadful, this is a great bargain. The problem, as mentioned in one of the reviews, is the result of an error at Gutenberg (which has since been fixed?). Hopefully, the publisher will rectify this error in future editions, so that the complete penny dreadful is present.

I want to thank Little.Egret for mentioning this, however, since I wasn't aware of this series.

I have the complete version, and purchased it from Amazon, but I can no longer find it listed with the cover that I have on it.


ADDED: I found it: Here's the complete version:

http://www.amazon.com/Varney-Vampire...rds=b00cfu8r8k

[Froide]

131 Days
by Keith C. Blackmore

Free at Amazon.com and BN.com

Overview
Strength.
Honor.
Death.

Once every year, in the city of Sunja, gladiators meet within the arena known as Sunja's Pit.

Men such as Baylus, Goll, and Halm enter for the lure of fortune. Others enter for the fame. And some simply for the fight.

The games continue for days, until a champion is finally crowned. Or all who are involved perish.

This is blood sport at its finest. At its worst. At its longest.

NOTE: This is a novella of approx. 130 pages or 39,000 words. Some graphic language and violence.

131 Days Series Order:

Book 1: 131 Days
Book 2: Ten
Book 3: House of Pain

Cross-posted in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy thread.

[ATDrake]

Free from the publisher via KDP Select @ Amazon:

George's Terms by catt dahman, who apparently insists on spelling their name in the Kindle listings all lower-case, e. e. cummings/bell hooks style, unless that's a very consistent publisher typo, and 1st in their Z is for Zombie series. This is out from small start-up niche publisher Severed Press (ISFDB), who have been reprinting and occasionally freebieing to us Tim Curran's (ISFDB) backlist works.

In Northeast Texas, the epic adventure of a group of survivors begins as they take refuge in a hospital, waiting to see if the world-wide Red Infection can be stopped before all humanity is wiped out. As victims awaken from a coma, they now have the basic need to attack loved ones, to spread the infection, and to feed on warm flesh. Only rage remains. In days, the dead outnumber the living, and the US turns to the ultimate weapons to stop the infection.

In a world filled with zombies, survivors find that the living can be far more inhumane and cruel than anything they have ever imagined, as raiders scavenge for supplies and lawlessness and hatred are the norm. Both outlaws and zombies crave meat. In this time of hopelessness and horror, a bullet to the brain may be the kindest action.

George, an older, retired police officer, sets his own terms: fight and survive or go the way you want, but don’t let the zombies win. He explains that everyone is responsible for his own fate, and if that means going out on unpopular terms, then so be it. Len, a retired Marine; a quiet cowboy, Kim; a hot-tempered Hispanic woman, Julia; and a compassionate young woman, Beth all begin their terrorizing journey, not only to survive, but also to establish a new society, find love and joy in a barren, bloody landscape, and to face gathering enemies.

[Brendan Moody]

The fourth volume of Ellen Datlow's The Best Horror of the Year is $1.99 at Amazon US and B&N.

The first three volumes of The Best Horror of the Year have been widely praised for their quality, variety, and comprehensiveness.

With tales from Laird Barron, Stephen King, John Langan, Peter Straub, and many others, and featuring Datlow’s comprehensive overview of the year in horror, now, more than ever, The Best Horror of the Year provides the petrifying horror fiction readers have come to expect—and enjoy.

[Froide]

Today's Open Road Media freebie (cross-posted in the Horror and the Sci-fi/Fantasy threads)

AS OF THIS POSTING:

• NOT free (yet) at Amazon.com
• FREE at BN.com
• FREE at Kobo.com

The House on the Borderland
by William Hope Hodgson

Overview:

A reclusive man, retreating to the Irish countryside with his sister, finds himself one day at the portal to another dimension. Years later, amid the crumbling ruins of his home, a pair of travelers find his diary and its horrifying details of the terrors that stalked his world — grotesque, swine-like monsters crawling from an abyss to swarm about the doors, fierce storms that threatened to unleash malevolent supernatural powers, and a harrowing vision of the death of the solar system."A classic of the first order," declared H. P. Lovecraft of this hugely influential novel. First published in 1908, it bridges the era between traditional ghost stories and modern fantasy. Modern readers will savor its compelling journey through space and time and its evocative blend of the best aspects of horror and science fiction.

One of the greatest fantasy tales in the English language; "A classic of the first water"--H.P. Lovecraft.

[scottken]

Now showing as free at your amazon link. Thanks!

Originally Posted by Froide

Today's Open Road Media freebie (cross-posted in the Horror and the Sci-fi/Fantasy threads)

AS OF THIS POSTING:

• NOT free (yet) at Amazon.com
• FREE at BN.com
• FREE at Kobo.com

The House on the Borderland
by William Hope Hodgson

[TrevorViking]

Free now.

[Kieran Seymour]

The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor, Part One - 99p at Amazon UK

Third in the series of spin-off novels based on the comic.

Product Description
Über-villain Phillip Blake has come a long way. He journeyed from humble beginnings into the dark heart of the zombie apocalypse. And here, he has manoeuvred to become a small town’s self-proclaimed leader. But Woodbury’s residents (those who survive) will live to regret the day Blake, aka the Governor, darkened their doors. For the Governor runs a twisted, violent dictatorship within Woodbury’s ever-tightening barricades. Those that manage to breach those barricades find only misery within, and the terror of the zombie menace without. The Governor’s complex story continues in a tour de force of action and horror. Iconic characters from the comic book, including Rick, Michonne, and Glenn, make their entrance onto this nightmarish stage, and fans of The Walking Dead will see these characters in a whole new light.

[Dr. Drib]

Here's another "Penny Dreadful Multipack," number 3, which is FREE:

http://www.amazon.com/Multipack-Illu...dful+multipack

Includes:

1) 'Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,'
2) 'The Mysteries of Paris Vols.1-3'
3) 'The Compensation House,' a rare short story by Charles Collins, brother of Wilkie.

Promotional material:

*Beautifully illustrated with original art.
*Over 1,000 pages word count.
*Annotated/Fully restored 'clean' texts/Includes original essay "What is a Penny Dreadful?"
*Links to free, full-length audio recordings of "Jekyll and Hyde" and "Mysteries of Paris."

[ATDrake]

Free from the author's small press startup via KDP Select @ Amazon:

Dead Records by Steven Savile (ISFDB, Wikipedia) & Jordan Ellinger, a supernatural organized crime comedy. Savile writes mostly assorted sfnal TV tie-in stuff, and also offers a bunch of other self-pub/small-press freebies via his two Smashwords author pages, if you're interested in giving them a try.

Marcus is having a bad day.

It's hard work launching a new band in this digital age, but he's taken a gamble, borrowed the cash from Yevgeny Dolgov (a vampiric mafia boss fresh out of Romania, see told you it was bad) to finance an album, some promotion, maybe even a tour, only Yevgeny's got different ideas. He wants Marcus to make his girl Aura a star and will do anything to help her on the way, including whacking the Fortunate Friday's right in the middle of the studio with most of the tracks still unrecorded.

That's a bad day. No doubt about it. Bad. Especially for the Fortunate Fridays (the unfortunate band who didn't make it all the way to Friday) but it's not so good for Marcus either. He's up to his neck (a bad place to be with a vampiric mobster) in brown stuff.

He's got two choices, run, or make the girl a star. Only the girl's not a girl, she's a siren, and running isn't really an option. Surrounded by sex demons, undead mob enforcers and a neighbour who is slowly transmogrifying into a cockroach, Marcus's day is about to get a whole lot worse.

[DebbyS]

The House on the Borderland
by William Hope Hodgson

This sounded interesting, but when I saw the published date, I thought, hey, what if it is at Project Gutenberg? And sure enough...

Five books by this author (I searched PG by his name), including The House on the Borderland, are available in several formats:

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/sear...m+Hope+Hodgson

Also, Off Topic, but I was at a yard sale today and they had an 1890 edition, very beat up of Lorna Doone, so I checked PG and of course they had it -- and the picture of the book itself looked exactly like the one I saw at the sale, illustrations included. I downloaded it, too, just because.

[Froide]

Originally Posted by DebbyS

The House on the Borderland
by William Hope Hodgson

This sounded interesting, but when I saw the published date, I thought, hey, what if it is at Project Gutenberg? And sure enough...

Five books by this author (I searched PG by his name), including The House on the Borderland, are available in several formats:

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/sear...m+Hope+Hodgson

The same five William Hope Hodgson freebies are also downloadable at Feedbooks. Said titles are:

• The House on the Borderland
• The Night Land
• Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
• The Ghost Pirates
• The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"

[Dr. Drib]

William Hope Hodgson, all FREE and from Amazon:



The Night Land
http://www.amazon.com/Night-Land-Wil...m+hope+hodgson



Carnacki, The Ghost Finder
http://www.amazon.com/Carnacki-Ghost...m+hope+hodgson


The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'
http://www.amazon.com/account-Advent...m+hope+hodgson



However, if you want the BEST Hodgson books out there, be prepared to pay for them. I'm talking about the ones published by Night Shade Books, in FIVE BEAUTIFUL VOLUMES, professionally edited. Here's the link to one of them:


http://www.amazon.com/Collected-Fict...m+hope+hodgson


Signed
(A Hodgson fanatic)