New Release – The Wolf at the Door

The Wolf at the Door

Author: Jameson Currier

Publisher: Chelsea Station Editions

Release Date: April 1st, 2010

ISBN-10: 0984470700
ISBN-13: 978-0984470709

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From the award-winning author of Where the Rainbow Ends and The Haunted Heart comes a witty tour de force of spirits, spooks, and sinners, a supernatural roller coaster set in the Big Easy that is giddy, soulful, and sentimental.

Ghosts? Angels? Hallucinations?

When a death occurs at Le Petite Paradis, a guesthouse in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the spirit world becomes unsettled, or so Avery Greene Dalyrymple III, the co-owner believes. The son and grandson of Southern evangelists, Avery is also an overworked and overwrought middle-aged gay man, a cynical “big-time drinker and sinner” fairly certain he can maintain a family of “other deviants and delinquents stumbling along Bourbon Street” to keep him company.

But Avery is also the only person in contact with the spirit world on his property – ghosts from the house’s origins during the 1820s – and he must use the history left behind from another ghost – a gay man from the 1970s – to find a way to restore peace to his household and rejuvenate his faith.

Whispers about The Wolf at the Door…

“Currier is one of the few writers who can be equally literary, erotic, dramatic and damn funny, sometimes all in the same sentence.” – Sean Meriwether, The Silent Hustler

New Release – Unbound & Other Tales

Unbound & Other Tales

Author: David Dunwoody

Publisher: Library of Horror Press

Release Date: March 1st, 2010

ISBN-10: 1451511582
ISBN-13: 978-1451511581

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A collection of weird horror tales, comprised of a novel, Unbound, and eight short stories.

Unbound & Other Tales is an excursion into the most bizarre corners of author David Dunwoody’s imagination. The titular novel and eight short stories that follow present strange horrors from every walk of life — and beyond. Insects imprinted with human rage, gleeful heralds of the apocalypse, ghosts who take the living for joyrides, and a fictional villain come to life wait within.

Here are nine tales of the weird and the obscene…of things that should not be, and things that shall. From the depths of the mind to the corridors of Purgatory to the streets of small-town USA, the warped nightmares of these pages know no limits. They know no end. They are UNBOUND.

Table of Contents:

• Unbound
• “Voice”
• “Saligia”
• “Ministry”
• “Clowns”
• “Peelin’ Ernie”
• “Exhibit”
• “Mother Tree”
• “The Devil’s Due”

Whispers About Unbound & Other Tales…

“Simply put, David Dunwoody is one of the most imaginative dark fantasy writers working today. His stories are endlessly inventive, and he never fails to cut new paths through our collective nightmare landscape. It’s been too long since a book raised the hairs on the back of my neck, but the stories in Unbound did just that. A truly outstanding collection.” – Joe McKinney, author of Dead City and Quarantined

“David Dunwoody possesses a fascinating imagination…you’ll find some delightfully intriguing tales here. There is an uncanny eeriness to David Dunwoody’s stories. He uses the five senses effectively to mess with the reader’s mind, creating a creeping dread you want to laugh off, but you still might end up checking behind your shower curtain.” – Louise Bohmer, author of The Black Act

New Release – Ghostly Tales of Route 66: From Arkansas to Arizona

Ghostly Tales of Route 66: From Arkansas to Arizona

Author: Connie Corcoran-Wilson

Publisher: Quixote Press

Release Date: October 2nd, 2009

ISBN-10: 1571665684
ISBN-13: 1571665684

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This second volume picks up where the first left off, in Oklahoma, and stops in Arizona. At 2,448 miles long, Route 66 is more than just a road; it is Americana. Along the many stops, there are plenty of ghost stories worth retelling and photographs that add authenticity.

You’ll get more than just your kicks on Route 66. You’ll get plenty of frightening, true tales of World War II POWs housed at Fort El Reno, of a young girl and her mother struggling to survive, of a doomed Commandant at Fort El Reno who took his own life. Learn more about the true stories of the Mother Road in this slim volume from Quixote Books.

Join the author as she travels the Mother Road, Route 66, boldly going where (a) few women have gone before, not unlike John Cusack’s character Mike Enslin in the film 1408. It’s not the Dolphin Hotel’s Room 1408 (from Stephen King’s short story), but there are plenty of suitable candidates to contend with that scary location. Lots of haunted theaters, homes, abandoned buildings, military installations, cemeteries, and playgrounds are haunted, according to the locals, who were only too happy to share their stories and personal interactions with the ghosts haunting the places where they live and work along Route 66.

Ghostly Tales of Route 66: From Arkansas to Arizona [the second volume in a planned trilogy] also includes a worthy story from Fort Smith, Arkansas — a route that was a precursor of the Mother Road.

This newly-published volume takes readers through Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, New Mexico and all the way to the Arizona border. There are stories from the Cadillac Ranch (Amarillo, TX), a chilling tale from McClean, Texas, and several stories that recreate the history and hauntings of Fort El Reno, Oklahoma, gathered during an actual ghost tour on the grounds, November 15, 2008. All the stories are accompanied by actual photographs of the sites.

Whispers about Ghostly Tales of Route 66: From Arkansas to Arizona…

“An unusual way of telling these tales is what sets this book [Volume I] apart from others of its kind; there is a journalistic approach to the facts as they are known, along with a sort of recreation of them akin to an episode of Unsolved Mysteries. It’s easy to see the appeal they can give to the stories when one sees the texture it provides.” - Cemetery Dance Magazine

“I attended the First Annual Route 66 Festival at the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge in St. Louis October 3, 2008 and one of the vendors was Connie Wilson. I picked up the book Ghostly Tales of Route 66 and, after starting the book, I couldn’t put it down! I read it through in one sitting! The tales of hauntings and ghosts along Route 66 are very interesting. They keep your attention. I highly recommend this book if you are interested in hauntings and paranormal subjects (and Volume II has actual photos to add to the enjoyment). In addition to being a great read, Ghostly Tales of Route 66: From Arkansa to Arizona opens up a broader choice of places to explore while traveling Route 66.” – Old Route 66 Blog

New Release – The Haunted Heart and Other Tales

The Haunted Heart and Other Tales

Author: Jameson Currier

Publisher: Lethe Press

Release Date: October 1st, 2009

ISBN-10: 1590212037
ISBN-13: 978-1590212035

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Twelve new stories of gay men and the memories that haunt them.

A circuit boy stays at a haunted hotel. An actor recounts a grisly murder in the English countryside. A gay parent unravels a mysterious souvenir. A journalist chases a story through the streets of Amsterdam. An artist grapples with his muse. A musician is inspired by the spirit of a sailor.

In his newest collection of short stories, author Jameson Currier modernizes the traditional ghost story with gay lovers, loners, activists, and addicts, blending history and contemporary issues of the gay community with the unexpected of the supernatural.

Table of Contents:

• The Woman in the Window
• The Incident at the Highlands Inn
• The Country House
• The After Party
• The Haunted Heart
• The Theater Bug
• Wait!
• Death in Amsterdam
• The Vision
• A Touch of Darkness
• The Man in the Mirror
• The Bloomsbury Nudes

Whispers about The Haunted Heart and Other Tales…

“Jameson Currier’s The Haunted Heart and Other Tales expands upon the usual ghost story tropes by imbuing them with deep metaphorical resonance to the queer experience. Infused with flawed, three-dimensional characters, this first-rate collection strikes all the right chords in just the right places. Equal parts unnerving and heartrending, these chilling tales are testament to Currier’s literary prowess and the profound humanity at the core of his writing. Gay, straight, twisted like a pretzel…his writing is simply not to be missed by any reader with a taste for good fiction.” – Dark Scribe Magazine

“Currier is adept at drawing a fine line between the erotic and the tragic and at telling stories that although personal, are also the stories of our community.” – The New York Times Book Review

New Release – Shadowed Summer

Shadowed Summer

Author: Saundra Mitchell

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Release Date: February 10th, 2009

ISBN 10: 0385735715
ISBN 13: 978-0385735711

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Nothing ever happened in Ondine, Louisiana, not even the summer Elijah Landry disappeared- that was an incident, and one most everybody forgot. But fourteen-year-old Iris Rhame, certain she saw his ghost in the town cemetery, is determined to find out the truth behind “The Incident With the Landry Boy.”

What Iris doesn’t realize is that in a town as small as Ondine, every secret is a family secret.

Whispers about Shadowed Summer…

“Utterly amazing and beautiful, this story still haunts me.” - Carrie Ryan, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth

“A beautiful confection of deftly handled prose, mystery and extremely lovable characters.” - Sarah Rees Brennan, author of The Demon’s Lexicon

“Ondine, Louisiana is sleepy, and some of its characters are dead, but the language [of Shadowed Summer] is delightfully alive.” - Luke Wallin, award-winning author of The Redneck Poacher’s Son and The Slavery Ghosts

“This splendid novel will stay with readers for a long time.” -JLG Monthly

“Teen readers will appreciate the suspenseful plot and the tragic story.” -Kirkus Reviews

“Good ghost stories are, like ghosts, a little thin on the ground in these times, and readers will be pleased to find this atmospheric reaffirmation of the power of a good haunting.” - Center for Children’s Books

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New Release – King of Nod

King of Nod

Author: Scott Fad

Publisher: Hooded Friar Press

Release Date: November 1st, 2008

ISBN-13: 978-0981760902

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“Folks say evil can’t cross water,” the old woman whispered to the boy, “which is why islands is ripe with all kind’a inbred nastiness.”

Sweetpatch Island, South Carolina. An ancient horror haunts the shores of this tiny barrier island-legends of Joker Tribbit, descendent of slaves, lynched at the turn of the last century only to return generation after generation as the ferocious Beast to wreak vengeance for his murder. In 1971, thirteen year-old Boo Taylor witnesses the brutal slaying of a young child and finds himself drawn into the mystery of Joker Tribbit, learning the terrifying consequences of enduring hatred and bigotry.

At the turn of a new century, Sweetpatch Island is a land of golf courses and resort hotels; the old superstitions have been paved over by a modern world. Or have they? Boo Taylor returns home after twenty years only to awaken the ghosts and beasts and even the lost love that tormented his youth. Weaving back and forth through time, KING OF NOD reveals a haunting tapestry of human tragedy and triumph as Boo unlocks the dark secrets of his heritage.

Whispers about King of Nod…

“Gothic with a drawling sense of Southern style, this haunting and lyrical literary treasure lingers like an old moving memory long after the story is put down. Mr. Fad has created a masterpiece of epic proportions, one destined to become a classic for years to come.” - Anne Barringer, Fresh Fiction

“From the moment I picked up this book, I fell in love with Fad’s style. He is a brilliant Southern Gothic writer weaving a story of past and present in a masterful work of art that I couldn’t put down . . . With so many stories building one on top of the other, this epic tale is the best book I have ever read.” - Janica Unruh, BlogCritics Magazine

“An extraordinary book, King of Nod is part ghost story, part Southern Gothic, and part noir, cloaked in the language of lush imagery and fed on social consciousness.” - Marlene Y. Satter, ForeWord Magazine

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New Release – Frozen Blood

Frozen Blood

Author: Joel A. Sutherland

Publisher: Lachesis Publishing

Release Date: December 28th, 2008

ISBN-10: 189737061X

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Summoned to her abusive father’s funeral, Tara Stewart drives alone through the pitch-black night from Charlotte to Ottawa, haunted by the ghosts of her past. She hasn’t spoken to her family in years, and the last place she wants to be is in the company of her vindictive twin sister and her shady brother-in-law.

And then the hail begins to fall.

Barely making it to Ottawa alive, Tara falls on the icy driveway and is dragged inside as she loses consciousness. Her sleep is troubled and plagued by nightmares, and she awakes in the middle of the night to see her late father standing at the foot of her bed, warning her that she’s in great danger. Her sister has drugged her, and plans to do much worse.

Outside, the hailstorm is still raging. Reports on the news suggest that it is a worldwide catastrophe.

Now prisoners in their own home, the three estranged family members must try to survive the worst storm in modern history. But Tara must also survive the voices in her head, the ghosts that haunt her father’s house, and the family she’s trapped inside with. They want something of hers, and they’ll do anything to get it…

And the hailstorm shows no signs of dying anytime soon.

Whispers about Frozen Blood…

“Joel A. Sutherland’s Frozen Blood is a killer debut novel. The voices in this story will haunt you long after you close the pages of the book. Different, fascinating!” - Heather Graham, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Death Dealer

“Frozen Blood is everything a great ghost story should be: surreal, subtle, complex and frightening. Newcomer Joel A. Sutherland nails it on his first try. Bravo.” - Jonathan Maberry, Bram Stoker Award winning author of Patient Zero and Punisher: Naked Kill

“A highly original ghost story and deeply disturbing journey into psychological madness. Sutherland’s Frozen Blood has a haunting, old school literary style to it that chilled me to the bone.” - Gord Rollo, author of The Jigsaw Man and Crimson