FREE/BARGAIN - Horror/Supernatural

[Dr. Drib]

Got it. It was in the hands of an undead thing shambling toward me. I then realized he worked at Borders (as indicated by his shirt), which probably explained his undead state.


It looks a charming read.

Thank you!

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Got it. It was in the hands of an undead thing shambling toward me. I then realized he worked at Borders (as indicated by his shirt), which probably explained his undead state.

Poor Borders

Incidentally, the John Glasby book is FREE. I don't think that was mentioned.

The Undead by John Glasby

[ZodWallop]

Let Me In by John Ajvide Lindqvist is $1.99 at Amazon US.

Curiously, the same book published as Let The Right One In (a title I like more) is $12.99. The mysteries of publishing, I guess. I haven't read the book yet, though I have seen the original movie and I've seen it as a stage play.

It is autumn 1981 when inconceivable horror comes to Blackeberg, a suburb in Sweden. The body of a teenager is found, emptied of blood, the murder rumored to be part of a ritual killing. Twelve-year-old Oskar is personally hoping that revenge has come at long last---revenge for the bullying he endures at school, day after day.
But the murder is not the most important thing on his mind. A new girl has moved in next door---a girl who has never seen a Rubik's Cube before, but who can solve it at once. There is something wrong with her, though, something odd. And she only comes out at night. . . .

[ReadingManiac]

A Halloween Tale by Austin Crawley is on .99 US & UK Amazon today and tomorrow.

I personally recommend this one highly. Great haunted house tale.
US
https://www.amazon.com/Halloween-Tal.../dp/B07Z7N21H4
UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Halloween-T.../dp/B07Z7N21H4

[ZodWallop]

The Night Parade by Ronald Malfi is $1.99 at Amazon US.

First the birds disappeared.
Then the insects took over.
Then the madness began...

They call it Wanderer's Folly--a disease of delusions, of daydreams and nightmares. A plague threatening to wipe out the human race.

After two years of creeping decay, David Arlen woke up one morning thinking that the worst was over. By midnight, he's bleeding and terrified, his wife is dead, and he's on the run in a stolen car with his eight-year-old daughter, who may be the key to a cure.

Ellie is a special girl. Deep. Insightful. And she knows David is lying to her. Lying about her mother. Lying about what they're running from. And lying about what he sees when he takes his eyes off the road...

[ZodWallop]

The Witching Hour by Anne Rice is $1.99 at Amazon US.

I've not read Anne Rice yet. My impression is weepy vampires in ruffles. But there was a comic adaptation of The Witching Hour decades ago. I read the first couple and really enjoyed it.

Rowan Mayfair grapples with her family’s centuries-long legacy of witchcraft — and her inescapable ties to the spirit called Lasher…

[radbaddude]

The Reddening by Adam Nevill
Amazon US $1.99

One million years of evolution didn't change our nature. Nor did it bury the horrors predating civilisation. Ancient rites, old deities and savage ways can reappear in the places you least expect.

Lifestyle journalist Katrine escaped past traumas by moving to a coast renowned for seaside holidays and natural beauty. But when a vast hoard of human remains and prehistoric artefacts is discovered in nearby Brickburgh, a hideous shadow engulfs her life.

Helene, a disillusioned lone parent, lost her brother, Lincoln, six years ago. Disturbing subterranean noises he recorded prior to vanishing, draw her to Brickburgh's caves. A site where early humans butchered each other across sixty thousand years. Upon the walls, images of their nameless gods remain.

Amidst rumours of drug plantations and new sightings of the mythical red folk, it also appears that the inquisitive have been disappearing from this remote part of the world for years. A rural idyll where outsiders are unwelcome and where an infernal power is believed to linger beneath the earth. A timeless supernormal influence that only the desperate would dream of confronting. But to save themselves and those they love, and to thwart a crimson tide of pitiless barbarity, Kat and Helene are given no choice. They were involved and condemned before they knew it.

[ZodWallop]

The 5th Witch by Graham Masterton is $0.99 at Amazon US.

From previous experience, Masterton is a solidly okay horror writer. Not great. Not bad. This one sounds a little silly, but I picked it up. It's a buck.

A ruthless new crime syndicate holds Los Angeles in a grip of terror. Anyone who opposes it suffers a horrible death… but not at human hands.

Bizarre accidents, sudden illnesses, inexplicable and gruesome deaths: the mobsters will stop at nothing to eliminate their enemies. Every bloody step of the way, their companions are four mysterious women, witches who wield more power than the gangsters could ever dream of.

With the help of his mysteriously gifted neighbour, Annie Conjure, Detective Dan Fisher must fight both the LAPD’s scepticism and this chilling new power. And at the heart of the nightmare lies the final puzzle, the secret of… The 5th Witch.

[ZodWallop]

Ararat by Christopher Golden is $2.99 at Amazon US.

New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden’s Ararat is a supernatural thriller about a mountain adventure that quickly turns into a horrific nightmare of biblical proportions.

Ararat is the heart-pounding tale of an adventure that goes wrong…on a biblical scale. When an earthquake reveals a secret cave hidden inside Mount Ararat in Turkey, a daring newly engaged couple are determined to be the first ones inside…and what they discover will change everything.

The cave is actually a buried ancient ship that many quickly come to believe is Noah’s Ark. When a team of scholars, archaeologists, and filmmakers make it inside the ark, they discover an elaborate coffin in its recesses. Inside the coffin they find something hideous. Shock and fear turn to horror when a massive blizzard blows in, trapping them thousands of meters up the side of a remote mountain. All they can do is pray for safety. But something wicked is listening to their prayers…and it wants to answer.

[Fbone]

The Chill by Scott Carson is $1.99

https://www.amazon.com/Chill-Novel-S...t%2C151&sr=1-1

Far upstate, in New York’s ancient forests, a drowned village lays beneath the dark, still waters of the Chilewaukee reservoir. Early in the 20th century, the town was destroyed for the greater good: bringing water to the millions living downstate. Or at least that’s what the politicians from Manhattan insisted at the time. The local families, settled there since America’s founding, were forced from their land, but they didn’t move far, and some didn’t move at all…

Now, a century later, the repercussions of human arrogance are finally making themselves known. An inspector assigned to oversee the dam, dangerously neglected for decades, witnesses something inexplicable. It turns out that more than the village was left behind in the waters of the Chill when it was abandoned. The townspeople didn’t evacuate without a fight. A dark prophecy remained, too, and the time has come for it to be fulfilled. Those who remember must ask themselves: who will be next? For sacrifices must be made. And as the dark waters begin to inexorably rise, the demand for a fresh sacrifice emerges from the deep...

[ReadingManiac]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Poor Borders

Incidentally, the John Glasby book is FREE. I don't think that was mentioned.

The Undead by John Glasby

This sounds really good. I'm too late for the deal but I've ordered a sample.

[ReadingManiac]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

The Witching Hour by Anne Rice is $1.99 at Amazon US.

I've not read Anne Rice yet. My impression is weepy vampires in ruffles. But there was a comic adaptation of The Witching Hour decades ago. I read the first couple and really enjoyed it.

This series is really, really good! If I didn't already have it in hard copy I'd jump on it.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by ReadingManiac

This series is really, really good! If I didn't already have it in hard copy I'd jump on it.

Rats could be gnawing on your hardback right now, tearing out chunks of paper, peeing on the text and obliterating it! You should buy the ebook in order to protect yourself.

[ZodWallop]

The Deep by Nick Cutter is $1.99 at Amazon US.

I've had this one on my wishlist for a while, hoping for a price drop.

A strange plague called the ‘Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale. It causes people to forget—small things at first, like where they left their keys, then the not-so-small things, like how to drive or the letters of the alphabet. Their bodies forget how to function involuntarily. There is no cure.

But far below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, a universal healer hailed as “ambrosia” has been discovered. In order to study this phenomenon, a special research lab has been built eight miles under the sea’s surface. But when the station goes incommunicado, a brave few descend through the lightless fathoms in hopes of unraveling the mysteries lurking at those crushing depths…and perhaps to encounter an evil blacker than anything one could possibly imagine.

[ZodWallop]

HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt is $2.99 at Amazon US.

I picked it up last time it was this price. I don't think TOR will price it lower.

The English language debut of the bestselling Dutch novel, Hex, from Thomas Olde Heuvelt--a Hugo and World Fantasy award nominated talent to watch

Whoever is born here, is doomed to stay 'til death. Whoever settles, never leaves.

Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. She stands next to children's bed for nights on end. Everybody knows that her eyes may never be opened or the consequences will be too terrible to bear.

The elders of Black Spring have virtually quarantined the town by using high-tech surveillance to prevent their curse from spreading. Frustrated with being kept in lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break their strict regulations and go viral with the haunting. But, in so doing, they send the town spiraling into dark, medieval practices of the distant past.

This chilling novel heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice in mainstream horror and dark fantasy.