FREE/BARGAIN - Horror/Supernatural

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by Critteranne

If you liked Daniel Ransom's horror novels from the early 1990s, they are available in eBook (and audio) editions. However, they are now published as Ed Gorman books.

For example, Nightmare Child by Daniel Ransom can be found in the Kindle edition only as Nightmare Child by Ed Gorman. (Why do authors do this?!) It's $2.99 and available through Kindle Unlimited. You will also find Toys in the Attic (that one does also list Daniel Ransom as the author), The Babysitter, Dadddy's Little Girl, and several others.

This site helps straighten out the pen names:
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/ed-gorman/

I'm familiar with Ransom, since I'm a Gorman fan. Very enjoyable stuff.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Critteranne

For example, Nightmare Child by Daniel Ransom can be found in the Kindle edition only as Nightmare Child by Ed Gorman. (Why do authors do this?!)

I mainly think of Ed Gorman as an author of westerns, so it may be that. Also, if he's prolific (and he is) he may hide behind pen names t avoid the appearance of flooding the market.

[ZodWallop]

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is $2.99 at Amazon US.

An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . . From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes “a terrifying twist on classic gothic horror” (Kirkus Reviews) set in glamorous 1950s Mexico.

After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region.

Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi’s dreams with visions of blood and doom.

Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness.

And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.

[ZodWallop]

Gwendy's Button Box by Richard Chizmar, Stephen King is $1.99 at Amazon US.

There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974, twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong—if time-rusted—iron bolts and zig-zag up the precarious cliffside.

Then one day when Gwendy gets to the top of Castle View, after catching her breath and hearing the shouts of kids on the playground below, a stranger calls to her. There on a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black coat, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small, neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat…

The little town of Castle Rock, Maine has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told—until now.

[Critteranne]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I mainly think of Ed Gorman as an author of westerns, so it may be that. Also, if he's prolific (and he is) he may hide behind pen names t avoid the appearance of flooding the market.

I don't mind the pen names. But what annoys me is when they republish the old book under their current name instead of saying something like "Ed Gorman (writing as Daniel Ransom)" on the cover. Sometimes, if you find the listing for the old mass market paperback on Amazon, it does not link to the eBook edition. This happened with Nightmare Child so it looks as if the only way of reading it is buying a used copy for twenty bucks.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by Critteranne

I don't mind the pen names. But what annoys me is when they republish the old book under their current name instead of saying something like "Ed Gorman (writing as Daniel Ransom)" on the cover. Sometimes, if you find the listing for the old mass market paperback on Amazon, it does not link to the eBook edition. This happened with Nightmare Child so it looks as if the only way of reading it is buying a used copy for twenty bucks.

Try this:

https://www.amazon.com/Nightmare-Chi.../dp/B0050YYMYQ

(Or were you referring to a different title? Perhaps I am misunderstanding you. In re-reading your earlier post, I see that you already mention this title as being available as a Kindle ebook. My apologies.)

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Try this:

https://www.amazon.com/Nightmare-Chi.../dp/B0050YYMYQ

(Or were you referring to a different title? Perhaps I am misunderstanding you. In re-reading your earlier post, I see that you already mention this title as being available as a Kindle ebook. My apologies.)

He was saying that since Ed Gorman republished his old work without the pen name, Amazon doesn't link them. So if you look up Nightmare Child by Daniel Ransom, there is no indication that the book is available as the e-book Nightmare Child by Ed Gorman.

Edit: Having said that, it may be the author's fault. Stephen R George published a couple of books as Jack Ellis. Searching for Nightlife by Jack Ellis does also show it is available as a Kindle edition.

[ZodWallop]

The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker is $1.99 at Amazon US.

Frank Cotton's insatiable appetite for the dark pleasures of pain led him to the puzzle of Lemarchand's box, and from there, to a death only a sick-minded soul could invent. But his brother's love-crazed wife, Julia, has discovered a way to bring Frank back—though the price will be bloody and terrible . . . and there will certainly be hell to pay.

Pinhead is the worst Secret Santa.

[ZodWallop]

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones is $1.99 at Amazon US.

Half the synopsis is reviews. Sorry about that.

From USA TODAY bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a “masterpiece” (Locus Magazine) of a novel about revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition. Labeled “one of 2020’s buzziest horror novels” (Entertainment Weekly), this is a remarkable horror story that “will give you nightmares—the good kind of course” (BuzzFeed).

From New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a novel that is equal parts psychological horror and cutting social commentary on identity politics and the American Indian experience. Fans of Jordan Peele and Tommy Orange will love this story as it follows the lives of four American Indian men and their families, all haunted by a disturbing, deadly event that took place in their youth. Years later, they find themselves tracked by an entity bent on revenge, totally helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

He was saying that since Ed Gorman republished his old work without the pen name, Amazon doesn't link them. So if you look up Nightmare Child by Daniel Ransom, there is no indication that the book is available as the e-book Nightmare Child by Ed Gorman.

Edit: Having said that, it may be the author's fault. Stephen R George published a couple of books as Jack Ellis. Searching for Nightlife by Jack Ellis does also show it is available as a Kindle edition.

I figured as much when I went back and re-read what he had written. And I appreciate what you've said.

I saw Stephen R. George's books by Jack Ellis when I dug a bit deeper into his complete titles listed on Amazon. --- (Lower those prices, Mr. George! )

[ZodWallop]

Crooked House by Joe McKinney is $0.99 at Amazon US.

In this republican country, amid the fluctuating waves of our social life, somebody is always at the drowning point.

Those words were true when Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote them in 1851, and they were true in 1933, when a fire burned half of Crook House to the ground, taking James Crook’s wife and two sons with it. A disgraced bootlegger and former pro baseball player, James Crook returned from prison to find his house, and his life, a pile of cinders. Broken and insane, he rebuilt Crook House, putting his pain and loneliness into every timber.

But Hawthorne’s words are still true today, and nobody knows that better than Dr. Robert Bell, who has just moved into Crook House as part of his hiring package from a small Texas college. He soon discovers that Crook House is more than just a new beginning for himself and Sarah and their daughter Angela. For the Bell family, Crook House is a place where the past still lives, and its horrors waiting for the next drowning man.

I haven't read Crooked House yet, but I've enjoyed Joe's other books (which are usually zombie tales).

[ZodWallop]

The Remaking by Clay Chapman is $1.99 at Amazon US.

Inspired by a true story, this supernatural thriller for fans of horror and true crime follows a tale as it evolves every twenty years—with terrifying results.

In the 1930s, Ella Louise and her daughter Jessica are dragged from their home at the outskirts of Pilot’s Creek, Virginia, in the middle of the night. Ella Louise is accused of using her apothecary for witchcraft, and both are burned at the stake. Ella Louise’s burial site is never found, but the little girl has the most famous grave in the South: a steel-reinforced coffin surrounded by a fence of interconnected white crosses. Some wonder: If the mother was the witch, why is Jessica’s grave so tightly sealed?

This question fuels a legend as their story is told around a campfire in the 1950s by a man forever marked by his boyhood encounters with Jessica. Decades later, a boy at that campfire will cast Amber Pendleton as Jessica in a ’70s horror movie inspired by the Witch Girl of Pilot’s Creek. Amber’s experiences on the set and its meta-remake in the ’90s will ripple through pop culture, ruining her life and career after she becomes the target of a witch hunt herself.

Amber’s best chance to break the cycle of horror comes when a true-crime investigator tracks her down to interview her for his popular podcast. But will this final act of storytelling redeem her—or will it bring the story full circle, ready to be told once again. And again. And again . . .

[ReadingManiac]

Smashwords is having their July sale.

Two good Austin Crawley books are half price, $1.49 each.

A Christmas Tale
Inspired by the Dickens tale, A Christmas Carol, three young women decide to hold a séance to raise the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future. They don't expect a result, but what they call out of the aethyr gives them a creepy holiday they will never forget, if they live to tell the tale!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1048014


A Halloween Tale
Five teenagers enter the neighborhood haunted house looking for spooky adventures for Halloween. What they find is more than they bargained for, but now they can't get out!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1048013

[Dr. Drib]

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[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

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Thanks for that. Tell me if you agree with my recs.