Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week …
Out now from author Austin Shirey and Madness Heart Press, City of Spores
Welcome to Madripol, city of artists and madmen, city of mushrooms. There’s something wrong with this city.
When a strange plague infects Old Town, Johanna Kolibrik thinks the graffiti messages scrawled all over the city might be right. Kolibrik’s got her own problems, though—like paying the bills and keeping her PI business afloat—so when a well-dressed man from New Town offers to double her fee to find his missing wife, she ignores her gut and takes the case. There’s something wrong with this city.
But when she stumbles across a manuscript that shouldn’t exist, Kolibrik finds herself caught up in a vast web of conspiracy that will challenge everything she believes—a conspiracy that could shake the city of Madripol to its very foundations. There’s something wrong with this city.
Because in Madripol, everything is connected … Available now in eBook and paperback editions, you can grab your copy here.
Arriving 24 June from writer Tony Jones and Spooky Reviews UK, The YA Horror 400
The YA Horror 400 is an authoritative guide, with extensive reviews of 400 of the best Young Adult and Middle Grade horror novels written between 2008 and 2024. They are recommended by Tony Jones, a librarian who has worked in schools for thirty years, is a lifelong horror fan and passionate about getting teenagers reading.
The almanac is bolstered with an extensive range of support information in which YA horror is explored from multiple angles. Including 90 original author contributions from those featured in the book, 25 interview excerpts with authors featured in the almanac and 40+ subgenre top tip recommendation lists.
The YA Horror 400 is supported by an extensive range of appendices aimed at librarians, horror fans, those interested in expanding their interest in YA horror, or parents looking for tips for their children. Available for pre-order now in eBook, with other editions to follow, you can guarantee your copy here.
New from Castle Bridge Media, The Castle of Horror Anthology Volume 11: Revenge
Featuring stories of pulse-pounding, blood-curdling revenge from Leanna Renee Hieber, Claire Low, Dotti Enderle, Jeremiah Dylan Cook, Will McDermott, Sara Martinez, Scott Pearson, Rob Nisbet, Serena Jayne, Katya de Becerra, Carmen Gray, Michael Joseph Tharnish Roby, Charles R. Rutledge, Melanie Schubert, Heath W. Shelby, Bryan Young, Alethea Kontis and Liz Holliday. Available now in eBook and paperback, you can picm up your copy here.
KEV HARRISON
