The Face You Wear

Happy Friday. What’s everyone reading? Available today is the new psychological horror thriller The Face You Wear by Faith Pierce. An unknown threat is creeping its way into Jana’s residence in this psychological horror novel. Jana overcame a bleak, poverty-stricken childhood to achieve her version of the American dream. She has her own home, a …

(un)tethered

No throwback this Thursday because we have something new to show you. We have been talking about dark poetry, and House of Stitched’s own M Ennenbach has a new collection out titled (un)tethered. (un)tethered by rationality, adrift on waves of bipolar dissonance, a collection of pining odes to wildflowers and succulent agonies in the grip …

Wererats

It’s Tuesday, and a new group of Wererats hit the scene yesterday in the novella Den of the Wererats by Terry Miller. Jonathan and Paul are new to Portsmouth, Ohio. To strengthen their pack, they soon recruit Kelly and Devin. The freshly turned pack members adjust and settle in. But before long, secrets begin to …

Shattered Skies

Happy Friday! What’s everyone reading? When one wants to indulge in works by a favorite author but time is a factor, a short story collection is a great way to make the most of limited time and gain the satisfaction of finishing a story. Yesterday we looked at Voices by A.J. Brown. With approaching weekend, …

Voices

Happy Throwback Thursday. In 2018, Stitched Smile Publications published Voices, a collection by A.J. Brown. The mind is a terrible thing to waste. It is also a terrible place to live. Thoughts, fears, and paranoid thoughts lurk in the shadows, waiting to pounce when you are most vulnerable. Those thoughts whisper words of no escape. …

Epic Dark Poetry

Let’s take a look at more dark poetry. Today we look at War of Dictates by John Baltisberger, an epic of dark cosmic and historical horror told completely in verse. There is a war fought from the very first moments of existence, from the shadows of humanity’s own evil deeds and inequities. Fought between creatures …

The Nightmare Edition

Happy Friday! What’s everyone reading? We have been discussing anthologies, and today we have a new one for you. Earlier this month, KJK Publishing released The Horror Collection: Nightmare Edition, the 12th anthology in The Horror Collection series. Let’s take a look. Book twelve in The Horror Collection sits at over ninety-thousand words — by far the …

Signed Books

Happy Monday. It’s time for Did You Know. Did you know some authors sell signed copies of their books direct? It’s true! So many readers are enamored with the idea and practice of having signed editions, but a lot of people simply cannot make it to public events to get them, especially with the current …

Did You Know …?

Happy Monday! It’s time for Did you know. Did you know there’s a StokerVerse? Writers Chris McAuley and Dacre Stoker, the great-grand-nephew of Dracula author Bram Stoker, have teamed up with select artists to create the StokerVerse series of short graphic novels. “Set in the universe of Dracula and other terrors synonymous with the famous …

Conversations with Dead Serial Killers

Happy Saturday. Are you into the serial killer subgenre of horror? Ashley Lister has an interesting take on that in his book Conversations with Dead Serial Killers. “A clown can get away with murder.” -John Wayne Gacy, the killer clown. Derek Turner makes his living as a psychic. But, when he makes his first genuine …