Get Your First Peek at M.R. Carey’s THE BOY ON THE BRIDGE

January 17, 2017 The Librarian 0

There are few things we’re more excited about here at the Library than the upcoming release of Mike Carey’s prequel to his 2014 novel The Girl With All the Gifts (which is also now a damned fine film – you can read more about that in Rue Morgue’s Jan/Feb 2017 cover story written by yours truly). But today we got our first look at the cover of The Boy on the Bridge (out May 2 [READ MORE]

GROUP HEX Vol. 1 available now!

December 14, 2016 The Librarian 0

We’re pleased to announce that Group Hex – the first anthology from the Library’s partner podcast, the Great Lakes Horror Company – is now available. The collection features new and reprinted works from Kelley Armstrong, Nancy Kilpatrick, John R. Little, Julianne Snow, Suzanne Church, Douglas Smith, the Library’s very own Librarian, and many more. Here’s Group Hex‘s official teaser: The Great Lakes Horror Company presents this collection of 19 new and previously published horror stories from some of the best [READ MORE]

Colour Krampus this holiday season with CREEPY CHRISTMAS

December 2, 2016 The Librarian 0

Hello, ghoulish boys and girls. Is Christmas just a little too sweet for your fangs? Want to put a bit more bite into your holidays? Well, if you are a colouring book fan, Creepy Christmas: A Merry Macabre Coloring Book, the latest offering from British artist Mister Sam Shearon (Heavy Metal, Fortean Times), will give you good reason to look forward to the gifting season. Better still, the 166-page book (available on Amazon from Vesuvian Books) [READ MORE]

Cover Reveal: ALYS ARDEN’s The Romeo Catchers

November 22, 2016 The Librarian 0

Here at the Library we’re huge fans of Alys Arden’s atmospheric, New Orleans-set, YA, vampire-vs.-witches novel The Casquette Girls, so it’s a pleasure to be able to participate in the cover reveal for the book’s sequel, The Romeo Catchers. The second book in the trilogy drops on May 23, 2017 from Skyscape. Behold… More about The Romeo Catchers: Is blood thicker than magic in La Nouvelle-Orléans? Tormented by the fate she condemned her mother to, and by [READ MORE]

John Palisano’s ALL THAT WITHERS debuts with book trailer

November 15, 2016 The Librarian 0

Bram Stoker Award-winning writer John Palisano’s first short story collection, ALL THAT WITHERS, launches today. Better still, it’s got a spiffy new book trailer to help introduce it to the world. Check it out below. Does it make you want to know more about the book? Well, here’s the official word from the publisher’s website: Bram Stoker Award winner John Palisano’s first collection, All That Withers, the stories range from Lovecraftian musings to terrifying explorations of [READ MORE]

HELL’S BOUNTY Limited Edition Hardcover available now!

November 4, 2016 The Librarian 0

Attn: Joe R. Lansdale fans and completists. Short, Scary Tales Publications has opened up orders for it’s signed, limited hardcover edition of Hell’s Bounty (by Lansdale and his brother John L. Lansdale, and featuring cover art by Ben Baldwin). This hand-numbered edition will be limited to 200 copies worldwide and includes the complete Hell’s Bounty screenplay by Joe R. Lansdale & John L. Lansdale and a four-colour laminated dust jacket, and is printed on acid-free paper. [READ MORE]

Colour the ZOMBIE ‘POCALYPSE today!

October 11, 2016 The Librarian 0

Colouring books for grown-ups have been all the rage these last few years, but it seems the trend is now starting to wriggle its way into the world of horror, as evidenced here by Uncle Glenny’s Zombie ‘Pocalypse by celebrated genre illustrator Glenn Chadbourne and Dave Hinchberger. “I love zombies,” writes “Uncle Glenny” in the book’s introduction. “I’ve loved them in all their many forms since I was a carpet crawler (or, ‘youngwun’ as they [READ MORE]

AMERICAN GODS comic adaptation coming from Dark Horse

October 6, 2016 The Librarian 0

Fans of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods are set to get a bounty of adaptations in 2017. Joining the television series, which is being adapted by Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) and will be premiere on the Staz network next spring, is another retelling of the story, this time in comic book form. Dark Horse announced the new title yesterday; the first issue (American Gods: Shadows #1 ) has an on-sale date of March 15, 2017. It finds “Shadow Moon released [READ MORE]

Coming Soon: SHADOW CASTING: THE BEST OF PAUL KANE

October 4, 2016 The Librarian 0

This morning, Short, Scary Tales Publications (SST Publications) owner Paul Fry announced the upcoming collection Shadow Casting: The Best of Paul Kane. According the official press release, the collection will gather “some of Paul Kane’s very best fiction and celebrates his twenty years as a professional writer.” The book will feature an introduction by Muriel Gray (Furnace, The Ancient) and cover art (pictured left) by award-winning artist Vincent Chong. Shadow Casting will be released in three editions: [READ MORE]

Nicholas Kaufmann’s IN THE SHADOW OF THE AXE out now!

September 26, 2016 The Librarian 1

Hot on the heels of the cover reveal, the ebook of In the Shadow of the Axe has been released, courtesy of Crossroad Press. Its Amazon blurb reveals the following about the story: The year is 1847, and Kasch Möllhausen has returned to the small German mountain village of Helmburg in disgrace. Kicked out of the Swiss boarding school where he was unforgivably abandoned by his father, Luther Möllhausen, his humiliating homecoming is further complicated by [READ MORE]

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