Black Voltage 200: The Day of the Door by Laurel Hightower
The Day of the Door
by Laurel Hightower
Once there were four Lasco siblings banded together against a world that failed to protect them. But on a hellish night that marked the end of their childhood, eldest brother Shawn died violently after being dragged behind closed doors. Though the official finding was accidental death, Nathan Lasco knows better, and has never forgiven their mother, Stella.
Now two decades later, Stella promises to finally reveal the truth of what happened on The Day of the Door. Accompanied by a paranormal investigative team, the Lasco family comes together one final time, but no one is prepared for the revelations waiting for them on the third floor.
Black Voltage #200
Artwork by Trevor Henderson
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CREEP OUT. New Jeff Strand limited edition shipping in one week!
Creep Out
by Jeff Strand
Ezra went home for his father’s funeral. He left with an unwanted inheritance: a ventriloquist dummy named Virgil.
Virgil gave him the creeps, but so did all dummies, with their dead eyes and unnerving smiles. There was nothing actually evil about Virgil, right? Of course not.
Ezra drove back on a desolate, winding road. He had music to keep him occupied, as he attempted to ignore the unnerving dummy sitting beside him in the passenger seat.
He told himself that Virgil couldn’t move on his own, though the dummy’s head was somehow staring at him.
Poor Ezra was about to have a very bad accident. One that would leave him trapped where he might never be found. Trapped with Virgil, who was not a very nice dummy. Virgil, who was about to make this blood-soaked nightmare so much worse…
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New John Durgin limited edition shipping soon!
Kosa
by John Durgin
In a secluded mansion hidden away from the outside world, young Kosa lives under the strict and overpowering rule of her enigmatic mother. For Kosa, the rules set by Mother are the guiding principles of her life, shaping her beliefs and actions. She has been sheltered from the truth about the world beyond the confines of their home, conditioned to fear the darkness and malevolence that supposedly lurks outside.
However, as Kosa grows older, she begins to question the reality she has been presented with. Doubts eat away at her, fueled by a deep-rooted curiosity and a burgeoning sense of independence.
But Kosa possesses a mysterious and powerful ability that Mother desperately needs to sustain her own existence. Mother, a figure shrouded in shadows and secrets, will stop at nothing to ensure that Kosa’s power remains potent and under her control. The sinister grasp that Mother has on Kosa becomes increasingly suffocating as she tightens her grip, isolating Kosa further from the truth that exists beyond their home.
In this dark and captivating tale, Kosa’s journey unravels the intricacies of control, the strength of one’s convictions, and the true nature of the world beyond the shadows. The choices she makes will not only determine her fate but also influence the fate of those around her.
Limited to just 40 copies signed by John Durgin.
Cover art by Alex McVey.
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New Brian Keene! New Michael J Seidlinger! Both shipping in one week.
LOVE AND HATE IN THE TIME OF COVID
by Brian Keene
Bram Stoker Award winner and World Horror Grandmaster Brian Keene has long been celebrated for his novels, stories, and comic books, but his readers know that some of his best work is his nonfiction. Now he’s back with an all-new collection of essays and articles spanning a dark time in world history – 2015 to 2022. Keene turns his focus, wit, earnestness, and insight to global events such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the U.S. presidential elections, changes in publishing and horror fiction, societal movements and pop culture moments, and, as always, himself. As civilization seems to obliviously hurtle toward certain doom all around him, Keene struggles to make sense of it all for himself – and his readers. Does anyone get a happy ending, or are we all truly doomed? How do we process nad express… LOVE AND HATE IN THE TIME OF COVID?
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THE BODY HARVEST
by Michael J Seidlinger
Will is a fraud. Olivia is a wreck. They meet at a grief share group and quickly bond over their brokenness. They also have a peculiar hobby; they seek out sickness. Will hunts for the latest strain of flu. Olivia doesn’t feel comfortable in her body if she isn’t suffering from a fever. They become virus chasers, finding confidence in their ability to conquer every affliction they come across.
They soon discover an online community of chasers called The Source and realize that their hobby isn’t all that odd when seen from the right distance. And then the mysterious Zaff literally walks into their life, claiming that he has the goods, knows where the latest outbreak will drop. Intrigued, Will and Olivia decide to take their hobby to the point of obsession, believing that if they can conquer the newest strain, nobody can hurt them.
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New Kristopher Triana, Wile E Young, Chad Lutzke, and Hailey Piper
Thank you for all the positive messages you sent me last week in regards to everything I shared in the last newsletter.
I had a good week for Thunderstorm, by far the best one of 2024.
Nearly all orders have shipped for Veiled, Abhorrent Existence, With Teeth, Roxie Kills, Ballad of Werevixens, For a Few Souls More, How the Skin Sheds, Cruel Angels Past Sundown, and the Dark Kin lettered. I should be wrapping up the last shipments of these today.
I have some individual copies of the Splatterwestern hardcovers available. If you happen to collect by specific author and need a title or two to fill your collection, now is the chance.
BALLAD OF THE WEREVIXENS
by Kristopher Triana
Years after battling the dreaded outlaws known as the Koyotes, Delia Van Vracken travels mountains and valleys, hunting demons that managed to escape Hell. But also traveling across the plains is Balthazar Rott, a subhuman who’s been alive for centuries. He’s searching for something Delia hoped was forever buried, bringing with him a band of bloodthirsty brides. Meanwhile, young prostitute Josie is discovering new changes about herself, particularly when the moon is full. And when sisters Emma and Pearl find a strange sphere in the hands of a dead preacher, they must band together with crusaders to bring the relic to The Reckoning, before the Werevixens come.
Ballad of the Werevixens is the thunderous sequel to The Thirteenth Koyote, part of a trilogy of horror-western epics by Splatterpunk Award-winner Kristopher Triana, author of Gone to See the River Man and Shepherd of the Black Sheep. It celebrates the strength of the women of the American West, weaving a stunning tale of horror, hardship, and hope.
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FOR A FEW SOULS MORE
by Wile E Young
Six years have passed since Salem Covington, the Black Magpie, rode a vengeance trail against those who killed his mentor. Now another lies on her deathbed and she has a message for her former student: He will soon follow her into the next world. But for Salem, there is no opportunity to mourn. A chance encounter with a young outlaw, Amaya, reveals three truths: she is being hunted by strange riders that cannot be killed, they have stolen women, and they answer to a man named Granger Hyde. Left for dead once, Granger has returned to take vengeance for his suffering, and perform a ritual of murder. A ritual with which Salem is intimately familiar. A bloody game of cat and mouse begins as Granger’s riders pursue the pair across the west, led by a woman that awakens long-forgotten fear, and is intent on driving the Black Magpie to his fate and the grave she has prepared for him. FOR A FEW SOULS MORE is the sequel to the Splatterpunk Award-winning novel, THE MAGPIE COFFIN, the second part in a trilogy by Wile E. Young, author of SHADES OF THE BLACK STONE and DUST BOWL CHILDREN. It is an examination of bleak fatality, nihilistic violence, and the iron at the heart of men.
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HOW THE SKIN SHEDS
by Chad Lutzke
When Garrett Walkinshaw pays a visit to his sister, he finds her murdered— throat sliced and nipples missing, his albino niece left emotionally scarred on her bed. Determined on getting revenge, the two set out after the killer, following a bloody trail of skin-lacking bodies. After Garrett’s best friend— a recently freed slave— joins the road-trip hunt, they’re forced to teach Garret’ s niece the dark world of survival and assassination in the gritty, wild west, where they’re met with myriad of roadblocks in the form of evil lawmen, bizarro brothers, a swamp witch, and more. Hap & Leonard meets Leon: The Professional, chasing down Ed Gein.
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CRUEL ANGELS PAST SUNDOWN
by Hailey Piper
New Mexico Territory, 1882: She comes to the Klein ranch at sunset, a strange naked pregnant woman dragging a cavalry saber. Annette Klein and her husband have built peace between their marriage and secret relations beyond, but their serenity dies in bloodshed tonight through a cannibalistic demon and a mad preacher.
Annette barely escapes the bloodbath to the nearby town of Low’s Bend, where she might find safety with a shotgun-toting barkeep, two no-nonsense boarding room ladies, and the gunslinging bounty hunter who’s captured Annette’s heart.
But hell is at her heels. If she’s going to survive until dawn, she’ll have to forget everything she knows about peace and mercy, and face a hollow malevolence more ancient and ruthless than she’s ever imagined.
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Have a great week!
Paul
