New books arriving! Joshua Chaplinsky, JV Gachs, Brandon Ford, Mona Kabbini, and Ross Jeffery
All,
Yeah, it has been a strange couple of months, I tell you that. Normally, I don’t have so many titles arriving all at once (sort of a long story that even other publishers wouldn’t find all that interesting). And under normal circumstances, I could spread out the announcements and spread out the shipments. However, taking a look at the calendar over the next six weeks or so (especially July), I am not going to have room to even breathe. Wrapping up some house projects (some which can’ be done in the Arizona heat…talk about a deadline), multiple out of town family events, etc…and then going to my first, and more than likely only, convention for this year (Killercon in Austin TX August 1st-3rd) means I am going to ship as many books as I can get done in the remaining weeks of June.
Just click on the cover image if you are interested in ordering!
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Black Voltage line. 40 copies produced. $135
Letters to the Purple Satin Killer
by Joshua Chaplinsky
Jonas Williker is considered one of the most sadistic serial murderers of the modern era. This epistolary novel explores the aftermath of his arrest and the psychological trauma of those who lived through it.
The Pennsylvania native brutalized his way into the zeitgeist during the early part of the new millennium, leaving a trail of corpses across five states before his eventual arrest. All told, Williker was responsible for the rape and murder of 23 women, and is suspected in the deaths of dozens more. His calling card—a torn piece of fabric found on or inside the bodies of his victims—helped popularize his now ubiquitous nickname.
The Purple Satin Killer.
In the years following his arrest, Jonas Williker received hundreds of letters in prison. Collected here, these letters offer a unique glimpse into a depraved mind through a human lens, including contributions from family, the bereaved, and self-professed “fans.” They represent a chilling portrait of the American psyche, skewering a media obsessed culture where murderers are celebrities to revere. What you learn about the man from these letters will shock you, but not as much as what you learn about yourself.
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Black Voltage line. 40 copies produced. $125.
They’re Already Here
by Mona Kabbini
Three books under all under one cover:
THE BELL CHIME:
A girl suffering from paralyzing night terrors finds a missing poster hanging from the door of her apartment building. On that poster is a photograph of a frighteningly familiar face.
It’s her.
Only, she’s never seen this photo before and something about its grin scares her. How its eyes seem to follow her no matter where she finds herself in the room.
Over a series of strange events to follow—events that will make her question whether her sanity is still there or fleeting—she must discover:
What is real and what is the nightmare?
FOR YOU:
Bayarj is overrun by wightsights—humans turned monsters terrorizing citizens by night. As the death count grows, the High Table devises a plan to quell the horror.
A hunt.
Night after night, volunteers arrive at the Cultcrowder and devote their lives to killing wightsights. But be warned, it can be difficult to tell a wightsight from a human. And the High Table does not tolerate human deaths.
Muharib Ka, the soon-to-be textile empress of Country, has found herself amongst the hunters. And they quaver at her presence.
Because why would the wealthiest heir in all of Country come to a place like this?
They don’t know. And neither does Muharib.
Perhaps only the gods know.
VANILLA:
The cure for the sick is in the Devil’s blood. He invests this magic in the children. One child’s life saved in exchange for a sacrifice. And parents are eager to sacrifice. But what happens when the Devil comes across a child he cannot find the will to return? A child he wishes to keep.
Vanilla sits in the concrete room—the one she has lived in since she can remember—and smiles when the Devil enters. She reaches her arms out, lets him cradle her against his chest, and calls him Daddy. Daddy fills her mind with nightmares of the Outside. With all its creatures, lurking, waiting to steal her from him. And she dreams of staying with him forever.
But forever is infeasible.
That is, until the Devil makes his own sacrifice.
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Black Voltage line. 50 copies produced. $125.
Harvesting the Nightmare Fields
by Ross Jeffery
xxxx awakes to the nightmare of a broken mind and body, at the mercy of a local farmer with a dark, abominable secret, who pulls him from the twisted wreck of his car.
As he recovers, clawing his way back through tortured memories and twisted nightmares, xxxx realizes the person he fights to remember should have been best left forgotten, buried alongside the truth of his own personal demons.
And those demons are breaking through into reality…
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Tempest line. 45 copies produced. $75
Unholy
by J.V. Gachs
Magdalena, a forty-eight-year-old cloistered nun, has two days to stop the Apocalypse.
After she recruits Ana, a sex shop owner and domestic violence survivor, the duo set out to infiltrate the sex cult that will host the Antichrist’s birth.
Magdalena’s faith and determination are put to the test as she embraces her more sinful and sexual needs during the infiltration and second-guesses her childhood encounter with an archangel. Meanwhile, atheist Ana’s worldview collapses at the realization of God’s existence and the fact that an omnipotent being allowed the brutal murder of her eight-year-old daughter.
As they fall for each other, they will face the question: Would the Apocalypse be so bad after all?
J.V. Gachs, author of Epiphany and the forthcoming Spooky Lovers, brings readers her signature brand of Spanish religious horror in Unholy.
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Screaming Cacti line. 26 copies produced. $135.
Temp to Perm
by Brandon Ford
“Never believe he isn’t there simply because you can’t see him.”
Sent by a temporary agency, Tristan arrives at a massive estate to apply for a position
as a personal assistant. To his surprise, he’s face-to-face with Asher Penn, a staple of gothic
horror cinema a generation before. Tristan is offered the job on the spot. In addition to a
generous salary, he is given room and board, as well as money for personal expenses.
Duties for the reclusive and eccentric entertainer begin as shopping for electronics and a
new wardrobe. Soon, Tristan is picking up strangers at odd hours and returning them to the
estate. He is told to leave them outside Asher’s bedroom and return to his own quarters.
Nothing more.
As seasons change, Tristan begins hiring staff to renovate the backyard into a
picturesque wonderland, which will be the setting for an extravagant summer event.
One that will take this temporary chapter in Tristan’s life and turn it into something very
different.
And very permanent.
