Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week …
Coming 1 March from writer James Mordechai, A Crack in the World
England, 1994. Villages in Sussex are vanishing into thin air at an alarming rate. Gino Marcotti – the Gran Maestro Occultist, son of the official occultist of the Fascist Italian Regime – is tasked to investigate by the Royal Paranormal Institute in Greenwich. His investigation takes an unexpected turn when he realises that the Black Metal scene, with its recent homicides and arson attacks on Norwegian churches, is connected to these disappearances. But he soon discovers that there are bigger and more malevolent forces at play – and the only way to defeat them is to connect with his dead father. Available for pre-order now in eBook, with a paperback edition to follow, you can guarantee your copy here.
Out now from editor William P. Simmons and Shadow House Publishing, Baptisms of Horror & Ecstasy: Supernatural Stories of the Great God Pan
His scream inspires terror, His song is a savage seduction. Madness is His gift, liberation His curse. God, demon, and folk-hero, Pan has left His cloven hoofprints across centuries of myth and literature. Guardian of nature and personification of raw existence, this lustful and numinous deity represents the primordial creative and destructive energies of the universe, seducing humanity to heights of pleasure and depths of depravity. Kneel before the ancient nature god and receive Baptisms of Horror & Ecstasy: Supernatural Stories of the Great God Pan, a comprehensive anthology exploring Faunus in all his grisly guises, edited by bestselling anthologist William P. Simmons. Available now in paperback and eBook editions, you can grab your copy here.
Out now from Redhook, and author Craig DiLouie, Episode Thirteen
Fade to Black is the newest hit ghost hunting reality TV show. Led by husband and wife team Matt and Claire Kirklin, it delivers weekly hauntings investigated by a dedicated team of ghost hunting experts. Episode Thirteen takes them to every ghost hunter’s holy grail: the Paranormal Research Foundation. This brooding, derelict mansion holds secrets and clues about bizarre experiments that took place there in the 1970s. It’s also famously haunted, and the team hopes their scientific techniques and high tech gear will prove it. But as the house begins to reveal itself to them, proof of an afterlife might not be everything Matt dreamed of. A story told in broken pieces, in tapes, journals, and correspondence, this is the story of Episode Thirteen—and how everything went terribly, horribly wrong. Available now in eBook, paperback and audio book editions, you can grab your copy here.
KEV HARRISON
