FREE/BARGAIN - Horror/Supernatural

[salty-horse]

Moonflow by Bitter Karella is $5 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
New release from the creator of The Midnight Pals

**"A bizarre and fiercely original splatterpunk phantasmagoria of queerness. Deranged and gleefully weird as f*ck, this is an impressive debut from a singular literary talent." —Eric LaRocca, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

Annihilation meets Manhunt in three-time Hugo Award nominee Bitter Karella’s debut horror novel—a gloriously queer and irreverent psychedelic trip into the heart of an eldritch wood and the horrors of (cis)terhood.

I see something out there, in the woods. It does not have a face.

They call it the King’s Breakfast. One bite and you can understand the full scope of the universe; one bite and you can commune with forgotten gods beyond human comprehension. And it only grows deep in the Pamogo forest, where the trees crowd so tight that the forest floor is pitch black day and night, where rumors of disappearing hikers and strange cults that worship the divine feminine abound.

Sarah is a trans woman who makes her living growing mushrooms. When a bad harvest leaves her in a desperate fix, the lure of the King’s Breakfast has her journeying into those vast uncharted woods. But as she descends deeper, she realizes she's not alone. Something in the forest is waking up. It's hungry—and it wants her.

★ “As eldritch and grimy as the terrifying forest it’s set in. I loved this book!" —Trevor Henderson, author of Scarewaves

★ "Weird, wild, and oh-so-wretched, Moonflow is the trans botanical horror we need in the world right now." —Drew Huff, author of The Divine Flesh

★ “Is it legal to have this much fun reading a book? I’m in awe of Karella’s incredible gift for creating biting satire. I had a f*cking blast.” —Joe Koch, Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of The Wingspan of Severed Hands

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

On sale again.

Missed it!

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Missed it!

I specifically reposted this for you!

[ZodWallop]

A Dark Matter by Peter Straub is $2 at Amazon and Kobo. I love me some Peter Straub, though I haven't read this one yet.

On a college campus, a charismatic guru and his young acolytes perform a secret ritual in a local meadow. What happens is a mystery—all that remains is a gruesomely dismembered body and the shattered souls of all who were present. Forty years later, one man seeks to learn about that horrifying night, and to do so he’ll have to force those involved to examine the unspeakable events that have haunted them ever since.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

A Dark Matter by Peter Straub is $2 at Amazon and Kobo. I love me some Peter Straub, though I haven't read this one yet.

I was wondering: Is there ever a time when a dismembered body is NOT gruesome?

I was also wondering about "unspeakable events". Can events that are unspeakable be written down?

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

I was wondering: Is there ever a time when a dismembered body is NOT gruesome?

If the body in question is a mannequin, not so gruesome.

I was also wondering about "unspeakable events". Can events that are unspeakable be written down?

They said 'unspeakable', not 'unprintable'. I can only assume in the audiobook, those parts are beeped.

It's like the difference between slander and libel.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

If the body in question is a mannequin, not so gruesome.



They said 'unspeakable', not 'unprintable'. I can only assume in the audiobook, those parts are beeped.

It's like the difference between slander and libel.

I bow down to your infinite knowledge!