Hot AUGUST Releases in HORROR
Hey guys! Its that time again! Its FRIDAY and that means I had to do my video for our BOOKISHDAYS COLLAB CHANNEL over on the YOUTUBE
This weeks topic was HOT NEW RELEASES for AUGUST and of course my genre was HORROR.
PHEW! Here’s a rundown of the books mentioned in meh video….
Plain Fear: Forbidden: A Novel by Leanna Ellis
Release Date: 2012-08-01
How Long Must We Pay for the Sins of Our Past?
She blames herself for her husband’s death. But for Rachel Schmidt Nussbaum, redemption may only lie in the ultimate sacrifice.
When a stranger arrives claiming only she can save him, Rachel’s impulsive instincts lead her on a perilous journey, one that leads her to a battle that will decide both the fate of her soul and the life of her unborn child.
A far–from–ordinary story of love and desperation, sin and sacrifice, Amish faith and vampire lore, Plain Fear: Forbidden is an imaginative thrill ride that’s like nothing you’ve ever read before.
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Monster by Dave Zeltserman
Release Date: 2012-08-02
The supernatural, unmissable new novel by the ALA Best Horror award nominee.
In nineteenth-century Germany, one young man counts down the days until he can marry his beloved . . . until she is found brutally murdered, and the young man is accused of the crime.
Broken on the wheel and left for dead, he awakens on a lab table, transformed into an abomination. Friedrich must go far to take his revenge –only to find his tormentor, Victor Frankenstein, in league with the Marquis de Sade, creating something much more sinister deep in the mountains.
Paranormal and gripping in the tradition of the best work of Stephen King and Justin Cronin, Monster is a gruesome parable of control and vengeance, and an ingenious tribute to one of literature’s greatest
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Who’s Watching the Watcher: A Ted Teagan Thriller by Quinn Cooper
Release Date: 2012-08-05
Ted Teagan is an Army Military Intelligence veteran, working as a college recruiter and part-time surveillance specialist for the NSA, living in Arizona, with no one knowing where he is or what he does on a daily basis.
In the aftermath of 9-11 comes a new, heightened attention to the war on terror and the surveillance of all citizens. After contact is severed with the government, Ted decides to keep his skills sharp; he starts picking ordinary people to watch in the hope that, one day, he will get called back into the surveillance game.
But when the people he is watching start to perish, who can he turn to? Is he innocent? If so, who would ever believe him? Ted spends his long days and lonely nights in nowhere; Arizona and southern Nevada, weaving his way through a tangled web of deception and lies, trying to uncover Who’s Watching the Watcher?
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The Stand by Stephen King
Release Date: 2012-08-07
Stephen King’s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published.
A patient escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out 99 percent of the world’s population within a few weeks. Those 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.
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Night Shift by Stephen King
Release Date: 2012-08-07
King’s first collection of short stories showcases the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination.
Here we see mutated rats gone bad (“Graveyard Shift”); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity (“Night Surf,” the basis for The Stand); a possessed, evil lawnmower (“The Lawnmower Man”); unsettling children from the heartland (“Children of the Corn”); a smoker who will try anything to stop (“Quitters, Inc.”); a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation (“Gray Matter”); and many more shadows and visions that will haunt you long after the last page is turned.
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House of Mystery Vol. 8: Desolation by Matthew Sturges
Release Date: 2012-08-07
In this final volume, the big confrontation between Fig and the Conception, between Fig and Lotus Blossom, between Lotus Blossom and the Magical Physicians, between Fig and Lotus Blossom and Harry, between – okay, between everyone and everyone else, and it’s been building since issue #1.
What will become of the House of Mystery? There’s only one way to find out…
This volume collects issues 36-42 of House of Mystery.
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The Golem by Edward Lee
Release Date: 2012-08-07
From the bones of the dead…
from a long-buried secret…
through an ancient ritual…
they rise to kill.
What was first created to protect has now been perverted and twisted into servants of evil, commanded to exact a bloody, brutal vengeance.
The original golem was molded from clay centuries ago to serve and defend the innocent. But today new golems will stalk the night to bring terror and death to the quiet Maryland coast.
For one young couple, their dream home will become a slaughterhouse when they discover that nothing can stop the relentless walking horror known as…THE GOLEM.
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Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series Volume 4 by D.J. Arneson
Release Date: 2012-08-14
With anticipation building with the announcement of release of the new Tim Burton production of Dark Shadows, starring Johnny Depp next April, Hermes Press proudly announces the fourth volume of its complete reprint of Gold Key Comics” television tie-in of the legendary supernatural suspense series Dark Shadows in a series of five hardcover volumes. The forerunner to today”s immensely popular vampire-themed television programs and theatrical films, Dark Shadows still garners serious attention as one of the most memorable TV shows of the last forty years. The comic books to be collected in Hermes Press” completely digitally restored series present archetypal tales of vampires, werewolves, and the supernatural. The stories contained in the collection are thoughtful and beautifully crafted; they are the perfect companion for fans of the show, but stand on their own as fine examples of compelling and effective comic book storytelling.
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The Broken Ones: A Novel by Stephen M. Irwin
Release Date: 2012-08-07
Award-winning author Stephen M. Irwin returns with a thrilling, supernatural crime novel built around an intriguing question: What happens when every single person is haunted by a ghost only they can see?
Without warning, a boy in the middle of a city intersection sends Detective Oscar Mariani’s car careening into a busy sidewalk. The scene is bedlam as every person becomes visited by something no one else can see. We are all haunted. Usually, the apparition is someone known: a lost relative, a lover, an enemy. But not always. For Oscar Mariani, the only secret that matters is the unknown ghost who now shares his every waking moment . . . and why.
The worldwide aftershock of what becomes known as "Gray Wednesday" is immediate and catastrophic, leaving governments barely functioning and economies devastated . . . but some things don’t change. When Detective Mariani discovers the grisly remains of an anonymous murder victim in the city sewage system, his investigation will pit him against a corrupt police department and a murky cabal conspiring for power in the new world order.
Stephen M. Irwin has created an unforgettable crime novel and an intense, textured vision of the near-future. The Broken Ones is the riveting search for hope in the darkest corners of the imagination.
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The Backwoods by Edward Lee
Release Date: 2012-08-07
Just outside the small town of Raven Springs there’s a curious little inn. Is it just a coincidence that a number of missing people spent their last night there? That’s what Jimmy Clevis aims to find out. He’s tracking down a man who seems to have vanished into thin air—and his trail stops dead at Raven Springs.
Jimmy has no choice but to check into the inn and find out for himself what mysteries are waiting behind its doors. But will he be able to do what others before him couldn’t?
Will he survive his stay?
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Voodoo Tales by Henry S Whitehead
Release Date: 2012-08-08
‘And behind him, like a misshapen black frog, bounded the Thing, its red tongue lolling out of its gash of a mouth, its diminutive blubbery lips drawn back in a murderous snarl…’ Let Henry S. Whitehead take you into the mysterious and macabre world of voodoo where beasts invade the mind of man and where lives of the living are racked by the spirits of the dead. In this collection of rare and out of print stories you will encounter the curses of the great Guinea-Snake, the Sheen, the weredog whose very touch means certain death, the curious tale of the ‘magicked’ mirror, and fiendish manikins who make life a living hell. Included in this festival of shivering fear is the remarkable narrative ‘Williamson’ which every editor who read the story shied away from publishing. With deceptive simplicity and chilling realism, Whitehead’s Voodoo Tales are amongst the most frightening ever written.
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The Blood Poetry by Leland Pitts-Gonzalez
Release Date: 2012-08-08
Is Epstein a despicable man? He’s certainly trying desperately at something. When his wife disappears he’s frantic to talk to his daughter. But what can he tell her? There must be a reason and he’s all but sure about the gruesome answer. Can he protect Sylvia from the truth, from her terrible lineage and, ultimately, from himself?
Off-beat and sordid, THE BLOOD POETRY is a twisted, yet honest look at our desire to connect with others and the ways in which we are often stymied by our own efforts to get closer.
Epstein is a curious mix of monster and romantic struggling to maintain a shred of dignity in his dingy, beat down world.
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Gethsemane Hall by David Annandale
Release Date: 2012-08-11
The skeptics think they know what’s going on at Gethsemane Hall. So do the religious. So do the spiritualists. They’re all wrong.
Richard Gray, grieving over the loss of his wife and daughter, learns that his ancestral home holds the secret of what lies beyond the grave. And all of a sudden, everybody wants a piece of Gethsemane Hall.
Louise Meacham wants in because a fellow CIA agent committed suicide there, and she has to put the ghost rumours to rest to get her career back.
Anna Pertwee wants in because she’s determined to save the ghosts from the unbelievers and the debunkers.
Patrick Hudson wants in because he has to save Gray’s soul.
So Gray will let them all in, these people who think they’re coming for the truth. What they don’t know is that the truth is coming for them.
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Crawl to Me: Evil Edgar Edition by Alan Robert
Release Date: 2012-08-14
Crawl to Me quickly became one of the most critically acclaimed horror titles of 2011 and was voted "Best Mini-Series of the Year" by fans on ComicMonsters.com.
The gritty, gut-wrenching tale returns with this special hardcover "Evil Edgar Edition." Complete with a never-before-seen art gallery by creator Alan Robert (of the hard-rock band Life of Agony), an introduction written by the legendary Walter Simonson (The Mighty Thor), and a disturbing painted cover by Menton3 (Monocyte), readers will gain even more insight into the mystery of Crawl to Me’s jaw-dropping twist ending.
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Vacation by Matthew Costello
Release Date: 2012-08-21
Jack Murphy and his family need a vacation.
This one might just kill them. . .
In the near future after a global crisis causes crops to fail and species to disappear . . .
something even more deadly happens.
Groups of humans around the world suddenly become predators, feeding off their own kind. These “Can Heads” grow to such a threat that fences, gated compounds, and SWAT–style police protection become absolutely necessary in order to live.After one Can Head attack leaves NYPD cop Jack Murphy wounded, Jack takes his wife and kids on a much-needed vacation. Far up north, to a camp where families can still swim and take boats out on a lake, and pretend that the world isn’t going to hell.But the Can Heads are never far away, and nothing is quite what it seems in Paterville. . .
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A Face in the Crowd (ebook and audio only)
Stephen King
Scribner and Simon & Schuster Audio
Release Date: August 21st, 2012
Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball.
It’s Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up. Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face of someone from decades past, someone who shouldn’t be at the ballgame, shouldn’t be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from Evers’s past, all of them occupying that seat behind home plate. Until one day Dean Evers sees someone even eerier…
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Haunted Old West: Phantom Cowboys, Spirit-Filled Saloons, Mystical Mine Camps, and Spectral Indians by Matthew P. Mayo
Release Date: 2012-08-21
From the Back Cover
Howling hauntings from the raw mountain passes and wind-stripped plains of the Old West!
The Old West is filled with enough phenomenal happenings, curious mysteries, and ghastly ghosts to send chills up and down any spine. Haunted Old West is the petrifyingly perfect collection for campfire gatherings and makes an eerily ideal guide for a ghost-hunting trip to the Old West. In these pages explore horror-filled mine shafts and outrun herds of stampeding spectral cattle. Stumble upon a supernatural saloon, investigate ghost towns teeming with residents of the afterlife, and feel phantom freight trains pass through your body. Haunted Old West provides the inside story on some of the most actively haunted spots in the great American West, including:
Ghostly Garnet: In summer, visitors frequent this best-preserved ghost town in Montana, but it is winter when Garnet truly comes alive. Raucous music can be heard within the Kelly Saloon, and the blacksmith’s ringing anvil punctuates the sounds of a busy 1880s street scene. Yes indeed, Garnet puts the "ghost" in ghost town.
Bandit Ghoul of Six Mile Canyon: Respected businessman by day, bandit gang leader by night, Big Jack Davis amasses a fortune robbing trains, stagecoaches, and bullion wagons in 1860s Nevada. Shot in the back while robbing a stagecoach, Big Jack is now a shrieking white demon, flapping wings sprouted from his wounds and driving off anyone who gets too close to his buried loot.
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Devil Said Bang (Sandman Slim) by Richard Kadrey
Release Date: 2012-08-28
Getting out of hell is just the beginning
What do you do after you’ve escaped Hell, gone back, uncovered the true nature of God, and then managed to become the new Lucifer?Well, if you’re James Stark, you have to figure out how to run Hell while also trying to get back out of it . . . again. Plus there’s the small matter of surviving. Because everyone in Heaven, Hell, and in between wants to be the fastest gun in the universe, and the best way to do so is to take down Lucifer, a.k.a. James Stark.And it’s not like being in L.A. is any better—a serial-killer ghost is running wild and Stark’s angelic alter ego is hiding among the lost days of time with a secret cabal who can rewrite reality. Starting to care for people and life again is a real bitch for a stone-cold killer.
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The Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert
Release Date: 2012-08-28
Would you stay in a haunted house for more than one night?
Would you live in a place where ghostly things keep happening?
Where a cellar door you know you locked the night before is always open the following morning? Where hushed whimpering is heard? Where white shadows steal through the darkness? Where the presence of evil is all around you?
Would you? Should you?
The Caleighs did, but they had their reasons. They should have known better, though. As the horror rises, they realize their very lives are at riskâ?¦and so is their sanity. For the secret of Crickley Hall is beyond all nightmares.
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No Sharks in the Med and Other Stories by Brian Lumley
Release Date: 2012-08-31
Prior to the first American Publication of Brian Lumley’s ground-breaking, dead waking, best-selling Necroscope ® in 1988–the first novel in a long-lived, much-loved series–this British author had for twenty years been earning an envious reputation writing short stories, novellas, and a series of novels set against H. P. Lovecraft’s cosmic Cthulhu Mythos backdrop. In addition and for a further twenty years Lumley’s non-Mythos Fantasy, SF, and Horror stories have been appearing on a regular basis in some of the world’s most famous publications; for example The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Weird Tales, along with anthologies such as Karl Edward Wagner’s Year’s Best Horror Stories, Charles L. Grant’s Final Shadows, and Kirby McCauley’s Frights, among others.
With his multiple-award-winning literary career now spanning over four decades, Lumley continues to write his superior fictions, examples of which from each of those decades can be found in this current collection, where Weird Tales itself is represented by no less than five stories!
And so, to complete a trilogy of volumes begun with the Lovecraft-inspired The Taint and Other Novellas, and followed by Haggopian and Other Stories, Subterranean Press is now proud to offer No Sharks in the Med and Other Stories, a handpicked collection of Brian Lumley s best macabre tales…
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So how about it? See anything perking your interest??