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Look Out For … The Dark Matter of Natasha by Matthew R. Davis

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“With his latest, Davis plunges the depths of teenage angst with a coming-of-age tale that twists the sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll trope to horrifying dimensions.” Doom in denim, Natasha prowls the streets. Burned out, dulled by her past, and unable to avoid the gossip, she escapes in sex, drugs, and Slayer.  When she crosses paths …

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Look Out For … We Can Never Leave This Place by Eric LaRocca

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“Fresh off their haunting debut, Eric LaRocca returns with a visceral and nightmarish novella of an imaginative young girl on a collision course with destruction.” Soon after her father dies, Mara learns her mother has welcomed someone new into their home. This new guest turns her life into a nightmare with claims that only he …

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Look Out For … The Weight of Loss by Sally Oliver

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“With her debut novel, Oliver channels intense grief and strange body horror with the story of a woman seeking release from the pain that threatens to consume her.” Still grieving from the loss of her sister, Marianne discovers a thick, black hair protruding from her spine. The doctors say it’s just a physical reaction to …

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Meet the Writer: C.S. Humble

C.S. Humble is an award-winning novelist of The Survivor’s Trilogy and the Black Wells Series. He lives near Houston, Texas. All These Subtle Deceits will be available in October, 2022 via Dark Hart.  You can find C.S. Humble on Twitter here. What first attracted you to horror writing? The first question is always the hardest …

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Look Out For … Hide by Kiersten White

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“With her adult debut, White takes us deep into a nightmarish abandoned amusement park with a vicious supernatural game of hide and seek.” Fourteen people take on the challenge of a lifetime: Spend a week playing hide and seek in an abandoned amusement park and don’t get caught. The prize money is life-changing. All the …

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Look Out For … Black Tide by KC Jones

“With his debut novel, Jones plunges readers into the lives of two desperate people facing a close encounter of the nightmare kind.”  It started with a bottle of champagne. Neighbors Mike and Beth met by chance, then a meteor shower sparked a need for human connection. After their drunken one-night stand, they learn the meteor …

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Look Out For … All These Subtle Deceits by C.S. Humble

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“With his latest, Humble gives us a twisted spin on the possession tale, plunging readers into a dark occult world they’ll not soon forget.” After moving to Black Wells, Colorado, Lauren Saunders hoped to get her life back together after ending a terrible relationship. Elated by the prospect of a fresh start, that all comes …

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Look Out For … And at My Back I Always Hear by Scott Nicolay

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“With this new collection, Nicolay flexes his storytelling muscles, often traveling into strange and uncharted territory.” Scott Nicolay returns with an all-new collection. Eight tales of the uncanny and the macabre. Includes After and two new novellas. And at My Back I Always Hear Why we’re excited about this book: Readers should be familiar with …

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Look Out For … The Fervor by Alma Katsu

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“With her latest historical horror novel, Katsu delves into one of America’s most shameful periods, a darkness of the past that is painfully relevant today.” In 1944, as World War II continues, Meiko Briggs and her daughter Aiko are taken from their Seattle home and sent to an internment camp. Even though Meiko’s husband is …

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Meet the Writer: Joe Koch

Joe Koch

Joe Koch (he/they) writes literary horror and surrealist trash. Joe is a Shirley Jackson Award finalist and the author of The Wingspan of Severed Hands, The Couvade, and Convulsive. They’ve had over fifty short stories published in books and journals like Year’s Best Hardcore Horror, The Big Book of Blasphemy, Liminal Spaces, and Not All …

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