FREE/BARGAIN - Horror/Supernatural

[Dr. Drib]

Get ready for The Beehive, by Margaret O'Donnell [Valancourt].

https://www.ocregister.com/2023/07/2...media-sleuths/

I'm excited. And you know what: You should be excited, too!

Come on....You know you are!

I have no affiliation with the great publisher Valancourt. I receive no money, but they should give me some. I receive no review copies, but they should do so.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Get ready for The Beehive, by Margaret O'Donnell [Valancourt].

https://www.ocregister.com/2023/07/2...media-sleuths/

Hey, thanks. That was interesting.

[ZodWallop]

The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan is $2 at Amazon, B&N and Kobo.

“Part The Andromeda Strain, part Night of the Living Dead.” —Salon.com

The visionary creator of the Academy Award-winning Pan's Labyrinth and a Hammett Award-winning author bring their imaginations to this bold, epic novel about a horrifying battle between man and vampire that threatens all humanity. The first installment in a thrilling trilogy.

A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. All window shades are pulled down. All lights are out. All communication channels have gone quiet. Crews on the ground are lost for answers, but an alert goes out to the CDC. Dr. Eph Goodweather, head of their Canary project, a rapid-response team that investigates biological threats, gets the call and boards the plane. What he finds makes his blood run cold.

In a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem, a former professor and survivor of the Holocaust named Abraham Setrakian knows something is happening. And he knows the time has come, that a war is brewing . . .

So begins a battle of mammoth proportions as the vampiric virus that has infected New York begins to spill out into the streets. Eph, who is joined by Setrakian and a motley crew of fighters, must now find a way to stop the contagion and save his city—a city that includes his wife and son—before it is too late.

An epic battle for survival begins between man and vampire in The Strain—the first book in a heart-stopping trilogy from one of Hollywood’s most inventive storytellers and a critically acclaimed thriller writer. Guillermo del Toro, the genius director of the Academy Award-winning Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy, and Hammett Award-winning author Chuck Hogan have joined forces to boldly reinvent the vampire novel. Brilliant, blood-chilling, and unputdownable, The Strain is a nightmare of the first order.

[ZodWallop]

Chills by Mary SanGiovanni is $1 at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Kobo US.

True Detective meets H. P. Lovecraft in this mystery by the acclaimed author of Chaos as a cop investigates bizarre murders in a snow-bound small town.

It begins with a freak snowstorm in May. Hit hardest is the rural town of Colby, Connecticut. Schools and businesses are closed, powerlines are down, and police detective Jack Glazier has found a body in the snow. It appears to be the victim of a bizarre ritual murder. It won't be the last. As the snow piles up, so do the sacrifices. Cut off from the rest of the world, Glazier teams up with Kathy Ryan, an occult crime specialist, to uncover a secret society hiding in their midst.

The gods they worship are unthinkable. The powers they summon are unstoppable. And the things they will do to the good people of Colby are utterly, horribly unspeakable . . .

[Paperbackstash]

Oooooh, yet another fun Anthology blend I never heard of, marked "dark fantasy fairy tales retellings" but we'll claim it for horror as some of it is described as creepy.

Twice Cursed 1.99

And great author line-up with Joe Hill, Neil Gaiman, Kelley Armstrong, MR Carey, etc.

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

Take a trip to a terrifying carnival and uncover the secrets within, solve a mysterious puzzle box and await your reward, join a travelling circus and witness the strangest ventriloquist act you’ve ever seen.

In this follow-up to the bestselling Cursed: An Anthology, you’ll unearth curses old and new. From a very different take on Snow White, to a new interpretation of The Red Shoes, the best in fantasy spin straw into gold, and invite you into the labyrinth.

Just don’t forget to leave your trail of breadcrumbs…

AMAZON | KOBO

Currently 1.99


......And looked up the first, ALSO On sale with Gaimon and Hill but also Tim Lebbon, Christopher Golden and others for 1.99 as well

Cursed (First one)

Amazon - | Kobo

[Paperbackstash]

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed (Anthology) - $1.99

“The beautiful, horrible world of Mariana Enriquez, as glimpsed in The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, with its disturbed adolescents, ghosts, decaying ghouls, the sad and angry homeless of modern Argentina, is the most exciting discovery I’ve made in fiction for some time.”—Kazuo Ishiguro, The Guardian

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE • NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • FINALIST: Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Ray Bradbury Prize, Kirkus Prize • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, New York Public Library, Electric Lit, LitHub, Kirkus Reviews

AMAZON | KOBO

[kyrilson]

The Shining by this brand new writer, Stephen King, is $2. I have a feeling this might be a good one.

https://www.amazon.com/Shining-Steph...dp/B001BANK32?

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by kyrilson

The Shining by this brand new writer, Stephen King, is $2. I have a feeling this might be a good one.

https://www.amazon.com/Shining-Steph...dp/B001BANK32?

This Steve King, he could be the next Grady Hendrix.

[Critteranne]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

This Steve King, he could be the next Grady Hendrix.

By some kind of strange coincidence, he kind of looks like Joe Hill.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Critteranne

By some kind of strange coincidence, he kind of looks like Joe Hill.

Probably a nepo baby

[ZodWallop]

Lone Women by Victor LaValle is $2 at Amazon, B&N and Kobo.

I've read LaValle's The Ballad of Black Tom. I also have (but haven't yet read) The Changeling.

ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2023: The New York Times, Time, Oprah Daily, Los Angeles Times, Esquire, Essence, Salon, Vulture, Reader’s Digest, The Root, LitHub, Paste, PopSugar, Chicago Review of Books, BookPage, Book Riot, Tordotcom, Crime Reads, Kirkus Reviews

Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear.

The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will become one of the “lone women” taking advantage of the government’s offer of free land for those who can tame it—except that Adelaide isn’t alone. And the secret she’s tried so desperately to lock away might be the only thing that will help her survive the harsh territory.

Crafted by a modern master of magical suspense, Lone Women blends shimmering prose, an unforgettable cast of adventurers who find horror and sisterhood in a brutal landscape, and a portrait of early-twentieth-century America like you’ve never seen. And at its heart is the gripping story of a woman desperate to bury her past—or redeem it.

[Paperbackstash]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Lone Women by Victor LaValle is $2 at Amazon, B&N and Kobo.

I've read LaValle's The Ballad of Black Tom. I also have (but haven't yet read) The Changeling.

Now this sounds interesting, thank you!

Bought. I am sure I will eventually get to it (one year) like the rest of my TBR

[Paperbackstash]

Reprieve: A Novel - 1.99 sale

If you want a mouthful from this Harper Collins book description, prepare....

A chilling and blisteringly relevant literary novel of social horror centered around a brutal killing that takes place in a full-contact haunted escape room—a provocative exploration of capitalism, hate politics, racial fetishism, and our obsession with fear as entertainment.

.....Can something be blisteringly and chilling at the same time?


However, Amazon has blurb as "Reprieve has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher." What on earth?? It's not from a small publisher, who knows. The cover is awesome.

AMAZON - KOBO

[Paperbackstash]

Dark Duets Anthology 1.99

Nevermind, this is ALSO from Harper Collins and they did not list Blurb on Amazon. Odd

Apparently, this is an anthology, but only with PAIRED writers who have never wrote together before, with Christopher Golden as the editor

Dark fantasy and horror - I am especially curious on Charlaine Harris with Rachel Caine


AMAZON
-- KOBO

[Aleron Ives]

Originally Posted by Paperbackstash

.....Can something be blisteringly and chilling at the same time?

Also, how can something be blisteringly relevant? It's so relevant that it burns! Oh, how it burns!