**FINALIST for BFS Award for Best Horror Novel, 2023**

Folk horror meets ancient gods in a remote snowbound Peak District town where several murders take place…
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In a lonely village in the Peak District, during the onset of a once-in-a-lifetime snow storm, Constable Ellie Cheetham finds a body. The man, a local ne'er-do-well, appears to have died in a tragic accident: he drank too much and froze to death.  

But the facts don't add up: the dead man is clutching a knife in one hand, and there's evidence he was hiding from someone. Someone who watched him die. Stranger still, an odd mark has been drawn onto a stone beside his body. 
 
The next victims are two families on the outskirts of town. As the storm rises and the body count grows, Ellie realises she has a terrifying problem on her hands: someone – or some thing – is killing indiscriminately, attacking in the darkness and using the storm for cover. 

The killer is circling ever closer to the village. The storm's getting worse... and the power's just gone out.

File Under: Folk Horror [ Small Town | Big Terror | Long Night | A Few Good Women ]
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Professor Olivia West never believed in monsters—until her best friend Emma vanishes after returning to the place that haunts their childhood memories: Heaven’s Bottom, a hidden Kentucky town shrouded in mist and secrets.

As children, Olivia and Emma stumbled into the secluded town and fled with chilling, impossible memories. Emma believes they witnessed a ritual sacrifice—and the undead. Olivia, ever the skeptic, is determined to find the truth—and her friend.

Detective Steven Lewis has his own reasons to investigate Heaven’s Bottom. His wife, a social worker, dug too deep into the town’s secrets and died under suspicious circumstances. Officially, it was a wild animal attack. Steven knows better.

When Olivia and Steven team up, their uneasy alliance sparks an unexpected attraction. But they’re not the only ones with a claim on the town’s dark past. Sheriff Noah McCracken—sworn to protect Heaven’s Bottom’s legacy—warns Olivia to leave. Old tensions between Noah and Olivia flare into a dangerous chemistry, pulling her heart—and loyalty—into two directions.

As buried secrets claw to the surface, science and superstition collide. Can Olivia trust either man? Will Steven and Noah put aside their feud to save her—or will the town’s undead past claim more victims?

SPECIAL BONUS: As a reader appreciation gift, the short story Gimlet is included FREE at the end of the book. The Shaken, Not Stirred, mystery/horror story takes place after A Pink Zombie, with a Mist.
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In the summer of 3129, a thousand years after meteors devastated Earth, the city of Akhet stands defiant in a barren desert wasteland. Ethos, a struggling artist, makes a living drawing portraits for the families of missing girls—until he discovers a horrifying truth. His best friend reveals that she and the vanished citizens are witches, their fates tied to Ra, a godlike ruler with a sinister grip on the city. When their investigation ends in tragedy, Ethos barely escapes with his life, forced into the unforgiving wilderness beyond the city walls.

In exile, a fateful encounter binds an alien ghost to his body and consciousness, forging an uneasy alliance between two souls with clashing yet eerily connected destinies. As Ethos grapples with newfound powers forged in his bond, his thirst for vengeance against Ra burns hotter than ever. But standing between him and justice is Set—an android, a self-proclaimed god, and the ruthless protector of Akhet’s elite.

Yet even as Ethos prepares to fight the rulers of Akhet, an ancient and insatiable darkness stirs beneath the Earth—one with its own vendetta against Set. With the fate of the world on the brink, Ethos must choose between his revenge or salvaging what’s left of his crumbling humanity to face a menace greater than any god. The battle for Akhet is coming—but will he fight to destroy, or to save?

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A dark gift…

Ena prides herself on being one of the most talented witches in her Coven. She does what is expected of her and stays on her path, serving her Goddess and maintaining the balance of life and death. On her twenty-seventh birthday, like all witches, Ena is gifted a magical power from her Goddess, only to find that her Gift is dangerous and forbidden.

A broken heart…

Ena wrestles with her uncertain future with the Coven as she struggles to overcome a painful heartbreak from her past. Can she finally put it behind her and move on?

A dangerous scheme…

When three strange men show up searching for something in her village, she gets dragged into their schemes. Old wounds are reopened, and Ena begins to question what she knows as she is tempted further and further from the path before her, towards the unknown.

The Knowing Witch is the first book in the Omnis series, a brand new 18+ dark fantasy romance series with second chance, enemies-to-lovers romance, a unique nature-centric magic system, and distinctive world-building perfect for fans of Fourth Wing, From Blood and Ash, and the Broken Kingdoms series.

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A gritty, mind-warping blend of cosmic horror and sci-fantasy noir—perfect for fans of N.K. Jemisin, Tamsyn Muir, and Brian Evenson.

THIS IS HOW THE GOD CYCLE BEGINS... AND ENDS.
WITH DARYL, who wakes with no memory in a crumbling asylum where darkness strains against the mirrors reflecting a past he cannot face.
WITH SUSAN, his therapist—whose quiet influence might be his only hope… or his undoing.
WITH WERNER, a former physicist who speaks of patterns, infinite worlds, and things best left alone.
AND WITH HUBBLE, an invisible gnome who appears when reality cracks—usually with his pet chicken.

This is his reckoning—haunted by a small girl with terrible eyes, Daryl can no longer outrun the noose of a past that will choke the life from him even as it tears him apart.

Either the world is broken, or he is.
The truth may lie just beyond the glass.

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WINNER OF THE LITERARY TITAN GOLD BOOK AWARD AND A FINALIST IN SIX CATEGORIES OF THE INDIE INK AWARD INCLUDING 'BEST SETTING', 'BEST USE OF TROPES', AND 'BEST FRIENDSHIP'.
"J. CORNELIUS’ REMEMBERING DEMONS IS THE KIND OF DARK FANTASY THAT PULLS YOU IN WITH ITS EERIE ATMOSPHERE AND RELENTLESS SENSE OF MYSTERY. REMEMBERING DEMONS PLAYS WITH QUANTUM PHYSICS AND SUPERNATURAL HORROR LIKE THEY BELONG TOGETHER, AND CORNELIUS MAKES IT WORK. IF YOU LOVE DARK FANTASY THAT MAKES YOU QUESTION REALITY, THIS ONE’S FOR YOU. IT’S A SLOW BURN, BUT THE PAYOFFS ARE WORTH IT. FANS OF THE SILENT PATIENT WITH A LOVECRAFTIAN TWIST, OR HOUSE OF LEAVES BUT WITH MORE TANGIBLE HORROR, WILL EAT THIS UP.”
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- JONATHAN OLIVER, AWARD-WINNING EDITOR AND AUTHOR OF THE LANGUAGE OF BEASTS
“I CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS ONE ENOUGH TO YOU IF YOU ENJOY YOUR FANTASY DARK AND WITH A SIDE OF HORROR. 5?”
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”IF YOU ARE A FAN OF HORROR OR WEIRD FICTION YOU NEED TO READ THIS ASAP. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AT ALL.”
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“THE WRITING WAS JUST BRILLIANT, FROM THE WORLD BUILDING TO THE DESCRIPTIONS - I HAD SUCH VIVID IMAGES IN MY HEAD OF EACH ENCOUNTER. I LOVED THE FAST-PACING AND THE SHORT CHAPTERS KEPT TEMPTING ME TO READ ON AND ON.”
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Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author, continues her spellbinding series set in the Hidden Legacy world where magic controls everything…except the hearts of those who wield it.

As Prime magic users, Catalina Baylor and her sisters have extraordinary powers—powers their ruthless grandmother would love to control. Catalina can earn her family some protection working as deputy to the Warden of Texas, overseeing breaches of magic law in the state, but that has risks as well. When House Baylor is under attack and monsters haunt her every step, Catalina is forced to rely on handsome, dangerous Alessandro Sagredo, the Prime who crushed her heart.

The nightmare that Alessandro has fought since childhood has come roaring back to life, but now Catalina is under threat. Not even his lifelong quest for revenge will stop him from keeping her safe, even if every battle could be his last. Because Catalina won't rest until she stops the use of the illicit, power-granting serum that's tearing their world apart.