FREE/BARGAIN - Horror/Supernatural

[salty-horse]

Mr. Nightmare by Joe Scipione is $1 on Amazon.com
Recommended by Mike Davis of the Lovecraft eZine podcast as "a very nostalgic 80s coming of age horror novel".

Bored in the middle of another summer vacation, Anna, her brother Chuck, and their friends John, Merrie and Marcus plan to meet in the woods at midnight every Saturday to tell scary stories. They call their group The Nightmare Club and they get together to see who tells the scariest stories throughout summer and into the fall when they head back to school. The group becomes inseparable, looking forward to the meetings every week as they try to outdo each other. But, their late-night fun turns to terror when they learn an other-worldy being—known to them as Mr. Nightmare—has taken an interest in them and has been feeding on their dreams.

Mr. Nightmare continues to taunt and torment the group until they decide to fight back against their tormentor. The more The Nightmare Club fights back however, the more dangerous Mr. Nightmare becomes.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

Mr. Nightmare by Joe Scipione is $1 on Amazon.com
Recommended by Mike Davis of the Lovecraft eZine podcast as "a very nostalgic 80s coming of age horror novel".

Hey, sounds good. Thanks for the rec.

The previous generation had nostalgic horror novels set in the fifties (It, Summer of Night). Now ours are throwing back to the '80's. Prepare yourselves for the nostalgic horror novels set in the 2010's!

[ZodWallop]

Monstrosity by Tim Curran is $0.99 at Amazon US. Sounds a bit like Food of the Gods.

The Food. It seeped from the ground, a living, gushing, teratogenic nightmare. It contaminated anything that ate it, causing nature to run wild with horrible mutations, creating massive monstrosities that roam the land destroying towns and cities, feeding on livestock and human beings and one another.

Now Frank Bowman, an ordinary farmer with no military skills, must get his children to safety. And that will mean a trip through the contaminated zone of monsters, madmen, and The Food itself. Only a fool would attempt it. Or a man with a mission.

[ZodWallop]

MEAT by Joseph D'Lacey is $0.99 at Amazon US.

Abyrne, a strange town where the eating of meat has become a sacred obligation.

Richard Shanti is the town’s legendary bolt-gunner – the most efficient slaughterhouse worker in living memory. The townsfolk adore him. In private, however, Shanti is a gentle man; a husband, and father to twin girls. Remorse over his murderous job weighs him down.

Provoked by the heretic, John Collins, Shanti begins to uncover the harrowing truth behind Abyrne’s history. When the town’s corporate and religious factions come into conflict, he must choose a side. By fighting for what he knows is right, Shanti will risk everything he believes in and everyone he loves.

Meanwhile, the townsfolk are hungry. The townsfolk must be fed…

[ZodWallop]

Weed by Joseph D'Lacey is $0.99 at Amazon US.

Fortescue Hall, the palatial stately home of Lady Cynthia Fortescue and the hub of her global business empire. The Hall is a pressure cooker, simmering with the secret resentments of abused staff and her rival sons, Jacob and Herbert.

On her birthday, Jacob and Herbert vie for their mother’s favour with lavish gifts, one of which is a rare and unusual seedling. Pincher, Her Ladyship’s cannabis-cultivating head gardener, is fascinated by the new plant but it goes missing before he can inspect it more closely.

Whilst tending her precious orchid collection in the Hall’s giant glasshouse, a thorn pricks Lady Fortescue’s finger and she falls ill. Fearing a poisoning attempt, she summons a biohazard team led by the indomitable Saul Tosy. Everyone is under suspicion.

It soon becomes clear that Fortescue Hall is infected with a genetically enhanced parasitic organism – a species of plant which uses humans as hosts and food. Whilst Lady Fortescue’s condition worsens and her sons bicker over their inheritance, Tosy’s team is challenged at every turn by the intelligence of the super-plant.

As the Hall is overtaken by sentient growth, the Fortescues, their staff and Tosy’s team find themselves in a fight not only for their lives but for the future of the world. Could it be that mild-mannered Pincher is the only one who can save them all?

[salty-horse]

Not new, but never mentioned.
Grimscribe Press ebooks are all pay-what-you-want.
I visited their website looking for Gemma Files' 2021 collection In That Endlessness, Our End.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

Not new, but never mentioned.
Grimscribe Press ebooks are all pay-what-you-want.
I visited their website looking for Gemma Files' 2021 collection In That Endlessness, Our End.

I didn't know about the pay-what-you-can choice. Thank you!

I ordered one issue of Vastarien, but it has yet to arrive at my email address. In fact, I don't see where an email can be listed.

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

I ordered one issue of Vastarien, but it has yet to arrive at my email address. In fact, I don't see where an email can be listed.

Small presses sometimes send out the books manually by humans when they're available, based on the Paypal contact details.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

Small presses sometimes send out the books manually by humans when they're available, based on the Paypal contact details.

Yeah, I kind of figured. And today is Sunday.

Thanks!

UPDATE: Got the ebook.

[ZodWallop]

The Stand by Stephen King is $1.99 at Amazon US Whoops! Sale ended

When a man escapes from a biological testing facility, he sets in motion a deadly domino effect, spreading a mutated strain of the flu that will wipe out 99 percent of humanity within a few weeks. The survivors who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge--Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder, Colorado; and Randall Flagg, the nefarious "Dark Man", who delights in chaos and violence. As the dark man and the peaceful woman gather power, the survivors will have to choose between them--and ultimately decide the fate of all humanity.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

The Stand by Stephen King is $1.99 at Amazon US Whoops! Sale ended

Thankfully, I purchased my ebook copy December 30, 2009.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Thankfully, I purchased my ebook copy December 30, 2009.

The Force is strong with you.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

The Force is strong with you.

Thankfully, so many Peruvians build houses/apartments with a surplus of bathrooms.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

...many Peruvians build houses/apartments with a surplus of bathrooms.

A wise people.

[ZodWallop]

No One Gets Out Alive by Adam Nevill is $1.99 at Amazon and Kobo US

When Stephanie moves to the notoriously cheap Perry Bar neighborhood of Birmingham, she's just happy to find an affordable room for rent that's large enough not to deserve her previous room's nickname, "the cell." The eccentric — albeit slightly overly-friendly — landlord seems nice and welcoming enough, the ceilings are high, and all of the other tenants are also girls. Things aren't great, but they're stable. Or at least that's what she tells herself when she impulsively hands over enough money to cover the first month's rent and decides to give it a go.

But soon after she becomes uneasy about her rash decision. She hears things in the night. Feels them. Things...or people...who aren't there in the light. Who couldn't be there, because after-all, her door is locked every night, and the key is still in place in the morning. Concern soon turns to terror when the voices she hears and presence she feels each night become hostile. It's clear that something very bad has happened in this house. And something even worse is happening now. Stephanie has to find a way out, before whatever's going on in the house finds her first.

Adam Nevill's No One Gets Out Alive will chill you straight through to the core — a cold, merciless, fear-inducing nightmare to the last page. A word of caution, don't read this one in the dark.