Book Goodies for the Spooky Season
Oct 05, 2024 5:30 pm
Spooky Season is here!
Is everybody ready for all the creepy fun?
I know I am.
And a big welcome to any new subscribers, especially those who came over from StoryOrigin. I had a bit of technical difficulties getting you imported, but you are here now.
I've got a jammed packed newsletter for October with a preorder/new release, two sales, the annual October Frights Blog Hop, a Book Fair, and a cool giveaway. And all that is in addition to the regular book spotlights and my tidbits.
So first up is the preorder for the fourth short story in my Heyward and Andersen series. The ebook launches October 15th, and I'll be sending out an extra announcement this month on launch day.
Rivalry and Steam Monsters (Heyward and Andersen, Consulting Detectives #4)
Amidst declining business and a tarnished reputation, Heyward and Andersen eagerly welcome their new client, even if he is spinning tales of strange creatures in the Thames. Initial inquiries uncover suspicious behaviour at Markham Laboratory, a forbidding location that discourages visitors.
Additional investigation leads them into the world of alchemists, Eldritch gods, and a thrilling finale full of mayhem and magic. It’s Heyward and Andersen vs. monsters, human and otherwise, with the fate of London and the world at stake!
Set in a world of airships, mysteries, and the supernatural, Rivalry and Steam Monsters, is the fourth short story in the Heyward and Andersen, Consulting Detectives series.
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Second up is my sale. I've put both story collections in my Entangled Nightmares series on sale until October 15th, so for a limited time you can get both for 99 cents each.
Visions and Nightmares (Entangled Nightmares Book 1)
Step through a looking glass of dark horrors with an Alice you never knew.
Join Zenna in seeking the truth before she succumbs to her deadly magic.
Journey with Olivia as she crosses paths with a monster of the forest and runs for her life.
Watch Isobel summon the faerie to solve her problem of an unwanted husband.
Shiver as Doctor Killbride experiments with corpses to create life from death.
Wander into the realm of the old gods with Elenora, who yearns for escape.
All that and more await within the pages. In the twilight shadows, secrets are revealed in the whispers of madness and the world shifts…Who will persevere? Who will fall? And who will succumb to their inner evil?
Fairy Tales and Nightmares (Entangled Nightmares Book 2)
Nine fairy tales reimagined within the sinister worlds of horror, history and mythology.
What if the Wicked Queen fell in love with Snow White? Or if Sleeping Beauty’s curse came with a beast? And how far would someone go to avenge their family or escape to freedom?
Gone are the damsels in distress and the heroic princes, this is the grim world of folklore where monsters roam or a princess can be the champion of her own fate. No one is coming to save these characters, but they’ll fight their way out of madness and terror or die trying.
This book upturns your favourite tales and retells them with a horror spin, weaving them into such diverse historical settings as feudal Japan, the ancient Roman Empire, and Celtic Ireland.
Fairy Tales and Nightmares is an electrifying collection that harkens back to fairy tale origins and will haunt your dreams.
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And lastly, the October Frights Blog Hop starts on October 10th and runs to October 15th. Come join 10 authors while we post spooky themed stories, poems, excerpts and more.
You can check out all the fun here on the 10th.
https://afstewart.ca/news-and-updates/
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Inside the Book
This month's tidbit is about Visions and Nightmares. One of the stories in that collection is based on the Alice in Wonderland books, which I've never read. I'm familiar with them, from snippets and movies and all the rest, but that's about it. And if you'd like to see me narrate an abridged version of Alice in Wonderland for a reading, check out this video.
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The Shadows and Ink Podcast
Episode 9 has aired with guest author Marc L. Abbot, where we talk about zombies.
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Giveaways and Books To Browse
C.L. Cannon’s Fantasy & Sci-fi Book Fair!
Discover over 100+ free, discounted, and Kindle Unlimited Fantasy and Sci-fi books plus you can enter for your chance to win a Kindle Fire, a one-month gift subscription to Owlcrate, and a $10 Starbucks gift card!
C.L. Cannon’s Myths & Legends Reader Giveaway
Follow some amazing authors across the web and enter to win print copies of The Modern Faerie Tales by Holly Black, Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen, The Book of Living Secrets by Madeline Roux, and Daughter of the MoonGoddess by Sue Lynn Tan, plus an Atlantis Kida art print, Mermaid at Heart mug, Unicorn Sherbet candle, Kitsune enamel pin, Kidnapped by Faeries magnet, and a Medusa sticker.
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October Tales
Ends October 31st
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HORROR
Shadow Manor by Candace Nola
A stranded young woman seeking shelter from a violent storm discovers a journal written by the former lady of the manor. As the storm rages around her, something more than shadows shakes the girl to her core.
Will she be able to solve the mystery of the manor before time runs out?
Our Fearful Roots by Faith Marlow and Carmilla Voiez
Dark memories are carried on the scent of roses.
Mary wants a better life for her family and hopes the house she inherited from her aunt in Alabama will be a sanctuary for them all, but Mary and the house share a terrible secret.
Roots run deep in the south, but secrets run even deeper.
Join the Anderson family in a tale of Southern Gothic Horror in four voices.
Our Fearful Roots
DARK FANTASY
Lost in Wonderland by Valentina Valerian
My life is horrendous.
I'm the only Asian girl in my orphanage and everyone hates me because of my ethnicity!
I can't count how many times my peers and carers have made fun of me.
I can't count how many times I've been beaten for simply existing.
I don't think I can take it anymore.
I don't want to live anymore.
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But what she doesn't know is that she's actually a fairy.
One who is destined for a happily ever after.
All she needs to do is go on an adventure.
An erratic, nonsensical adventure.
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That's it for this edition. And I'll return next month with more goodies.
