Horror Aficionados discussion

Hello all,

We publish speculative fiction that, for our adult content, is more often than not on the darker side of the spectrum.

I'd like to share the upcoming titles that have been announced so far on our website: https://fedowarpress.com/

Coming in August:
Title: Bounties, Beasts, and Badlands: Fantastic Tales of the Weird West
Genre: Weird West Speculative Fiction
Available: 8/24/2021
Goodreads: Bounties, Beasts, and Badlands


Description:
The western landscape holds awesome and spectacular secrets. Between prairies and mountains, deserts and canyons, strange things happen. These are five tales of the fantastic, from the old west to the dystopian future, that share a glimpse of what might be if land told all.

Featuring:
The Hattersfield Dilemma by B.K. Bass
When Samuel Shepherd and his crew hole up in the town of Hattersfield for the night, they don’t expect to find a town plagued with a mystery. And when they start picking that mystery apart, they find more lurking in the darkness than monsters.

Creeper’s Wreath by D.W. Hitz
When Malcolm escaped, he was running for his life. When he returns as a necromancer, it’s to rescue his love and settle an old debt.

Sheriff of the Dead by Jodi Jensen
A desert town full of zombies, a Marshall bent on their destruction, and the Sheriff of the Dead, determined to fight for their right to exist. Only a few will find sanctuary in Demise.

Freedom’s Bounty by Crystal L. Kirkham
Monster Bountyhunter, Ella Fitzgerald has tracked her latest target to a booming mining town in the wilds of the British Columbia mountains. When the trail goes cold, an odd stranger offers to help, and what they discover is more than either of them expected.

Red by Eric Lahti
Between the poison dust and the killer angels, Earth’s days look numbered. There’s just one person who might have a solution. They call her a witch, but in these dark days any chance for salvation is worth the risk.



Coming in September:
Title: Gods are Born by D.W. Hitz
Genre: Dystopian Sci-fi Action with horror elements
Available: 9/21/2021
Description:
This is not the world you know.

When aliens crashed on Earth, everything changed. Humanity has been decimated by predators and plague. Electromagnetic waves render most technology useless. The survivors are afflicted by strange mutations—some troubling, others amazing.

Kaysa simply desires to live her life. When forced to use her powers, someone always gets hurt.

Tony loves being a hitman. The pay is good, and with his abilities, most jobs are a cakewalk.

The bloodthirsty King of the Republic is unsatisfied. A power greater than his own beckons to him from the beyond.

And to realize his destiny, he must bring the others to it.

Gods are Born follows the paths of seven extraordinary beings as they struggle to survive, to find peace within themselves, and ultimately to defeat the King…

…and something far worse than they can imagine.



Coming in October:
Title: Remnants: Volume One
Genre: Survival Horror
Available: 10/19/2021
Description:
Fedowar Press presents a new edition of an amazing anthology originally published by Kyanite Press. Remnants: Volume One is revised, re-edited, and includes 2 brand new tales of the remnants of humanity as they survive beyond the end of the world.

Strange clouds on the horizon herald the coming of the swarm. The undulating masses of the hoard cannot be stopped. Terrifying creatures roam the Earth, seemingly with no aim but to devour all that stands before them. Experience the end of the world as we know it with these sixteen tales of horror, survival, and hope. The world ends in a frenzy of death and miasma of terror, but what will become of the remnants of humanity?

Sixteen tales of post-apocalyptic survival horror!

Featuring:
Resistance by Stephen Coghlan
What will you do to save your soul when the world has gone to Hell?

First Swarm by J.D. Sanderson
No one is prepared. No one is safe. When the first swarm hits, there is only one option: Run.

Heatwave by Aaron E. Lee
Andy West, blogger, monitors the violence and destruction of the modern day world on his website, #Heatwave. When violence turns to malevolence, Andy finds a contact across the world that confirms there is something inhuman at the heart of the chaos.

Megan by J.D. Kellner
The scars of life live through even the apocalypse. The story ‘Megan’ follows a tortured marriage as the world burns around them and the only hope for survival is a bond that can only be found in death.

Against the Darkness by Stephen Coghlan
Deep inside a dying bunker, a small set of doomed survivors cling to one last flame of hope as they party against the encroaching darkness.

Love Song by Rachel Ford
First, the creatures came. Then the real monsters emerged.

The Brood by Ian Fairgrieve
He went to prison for an accident that he had no control over, and he thought his life had become hell. But hell has only just arrived and with it came a horde of unrelenting monsters, a swarm of flying terrors, and a brood of barbaric, merciless beasts.

The Other Side by Michael D. Nadeau
The world has fallen into chaos as humanity is being slaughtered by grotesque abominations. Alana fights to get home amid the turmoil but soon finds out that death is only the beginning of her journey.

The Sheltered Isle by Benjamin Hope
Alexander James believes he has attempted to escape the monstrous horrors of mainland Britain by travelling with his family to the western most uninhabited archipelago within the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Though the beaching of a military naval vessel soon calls in to question whether his reality really is as it first seemed…

Echoes of Faith by Alan Provance
A small group of survivors escaped the savagery visited upon their town, but now their food is dwindling, along with their hope. For those who dare risk journeying into town, what will protect them from the Horde?

The Badlands by Crystal L. Kirkham
As spring comes to the northern Canadian Prairies, a small group of survivors has spent the winter figuring out how to fight back—but will their plan succeed?

Rian’s Path by D.W. Hitz
After Rian’s father’s death, she is sent out into the ruined world. What she finds there will test her faith in humanity and her willingness to survive.

The Forgotten by A.A. Rubin
After constructing his battle armor, Rickson is ready to take his pace among The Forgotten, a band of orphan children who battle The Swarm and the Horde. On the eve of his first battle, he tries to remember the sound of his dead mother’s voice.

A Final Longing by Stephen Coghlan
Is it truly the apocalypse for human kind, or merely the next step in civilization’s evolution?

Plus 2 new stories!



Later this Fall:
Title: Merry Scary Christmas Anthology
Genre: Speculative Fiction / Horror Anthology
Available: Fall 2021
Description:
An anthology of creepy Christmas stories, Hanukkah horrors, New Year’s Eve Evils, with a dose of speculative fiction tossed in.



Coming Summer 2022:
Title: Dear Creator by Asta Geil
Genre: Contemporary Fantasy/Horror
Available: Summer 2022
Description:
The apocalypse has come, and the Dear Creator is behind it. But what can humans really do in the face of godly injustice?

When Vallesia Jade opens a shed, she is horrified to learn that she has just onset an apocalypse orchestrated by the Dear Creator she has spent her entire life worshipping.

The Creator is supposed to have disappeared 22 years ago. His son, the demi-god Birdman, used to hide in a janitor’s closet and tell Vallesia and her rebellious sister, Dahlia, stories of how the Creator brought joy to the world with the snap of his fingers. But now, as murderous lightning follows acid rain, a plague is killing off and reviving loved ones, and the shadows grow fangs, the sisters stand with opposing views.

Dahlia is after justice. She is an apocalypse prepper and her plan is to storm the Creator’s palace, demand answers and, if possible, punch him in the face. Vallesia is slowly unraveling what has made the Creator angry enough to turn on his creation. But the question remains: What can we do in the face of godly injustice? Can we do anything at all?

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions!

Out tomorrow!

Reviews are starting to come in for Bounties, Beasts, and Badlands.

Bounties, Beasts, and Badlands


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"Overall, this anthology is a worthwhile adventure for anyone searching for an eclectic and refreshing look at the wild west. There's something for anyone who likes to spice up their dark fantasy/horror too."
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Cover Reveal!


Fedowar Press presents 7 new stories of holiday horror. Haunted homes, psychotic killers, Santa’s misguided minions, and cursed presents; these tales will creep you to the bone!

Available: 11/15/2021. Preorders coming soon!

Featuring:
Not Another Blue Christmas by Micah Castle
A dark twist on the Hallmark holiday movie trope, “Not Another Blue Christmas” focuses on a socialite who travels home for the holidays, but when her car breaks down along the way she finds herself in a small town which holds weird horrors that she couldn’t have imagined.

The Oaks by David Dixon
“The Oaks” is the Willard family’s ancestral Georgian plantation, a plantation with a secret that’s only a secret to those who refuse to see, and a secret that carries with it the burden of a terrible curse. Blood must pay for blood.

The Dollhouse by Jason Herrington
Bonnie Hurtz is becoming increasingly concerned about her angered outbursts negatively affecting her seven-year-old daughter, Alexandra. When Bonnie’s distant brother, Seth, is suddenly able to join the family for Christmas in Santa Barbara, he brings a long-desired gift for his niece, an ornate dollhouse with questionable origins.

The Land of Taking and Killing by Carlton Herzog
On Christmas Eve, a family of psychotic killers goes head to head with a family of supernatural fiends. As the night progresses, a battle royal between resourceful humans, relentless witches, and zombies ensues.

Chester’s Cave by D.W. Hitz
After a Halloween conflict goes awry, Chester and his friends find themselves haunted by something they don’t understand. As time goes by, they find the truth is worse than any of them could have expected.

Time to Waste by Michael D. Nadeau
Ever wonder what you would change if you could time travel? What if I told you someone already had and we never knew it…

The Naughty List by Patrick Sessoms
The Hansson twins are about to learn that while nice boys and girls get gifts for Christmas, the naughty ones get something much worse. It’s a good thing they planned for this.

Do you sell direct to independent bookstores?

Melissa wrote: "Do you sell direct to independent bookstores?"

Thanks for asking, Melisa.
Our books are listed through Ingram and can be ordered through there with return-ability, or if a store would rather buy directly from us, they can contact me through our website and we can bill them through PayPal and have the books shipped from the printer directly to the store.

The books we offer are here:
https://fedowarpress.com/books/

And our contact page is here:
https://fedowarpress.com/contact-us/

Please let me know if I can help in any way.

Cover reveal!
Brady by D.W. Hitz is a new paranormal cosmic horror novella, available 12/23 for free on BookFunnel, dwhitz.com, and Amazon.


After Karl is forced to put down his beloved pet Brady, he unintentionally releases a beast from another dimension. If he wants to save himself and those around him, he'll have to figure out how to put the beast back and accept that none of us is ever really gone.

Cover art by Evan Scale Art

D.W. wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Do you sell direct to independent bookstores?"

Thanks for asking, Melisa.
Our books are listed through Ingram and can be ordered through there with return-ability, or if a store wo..."

Thanks! I tried setting up an account with Ingram, but the paperwork's enough to give you a migraine, so I've been ordering directly from publishers. I discovered I like ordering direct from publishers, anyway.

Melissa wrote: "Thanks! I tried setting up an account with Ingram, but the paperwork's enough to give you a migraine, so I've been ordering directly from publishers. I discovered I like ordering direct from publishers, anyway."

Totally understand. I look forward to hearing from you via our site.

Fedowar Press is thrilled to announce that because of the number of stellar submissions we received, we will be doing 2 volumes of our Camp Slasher Lake anthology instead of 1.



More news and cover reveals are to come, but preorders are already up. See below for links.

Please congratulate the authors below!
Jay Bower
Justin Cawthorne
John Adam Gosham
Gerri R. Gray
Kay Hanifen
Patrick C. Harrison III
Carlton Herzog
D.W. Hitz
Derek Austin Johnson
J.D. Kellner
Brett Mitchell Kent
Aaron E. Lee
Kevin McHugh
Brian McNatt
Carl R. Moore
Daniel R. Robichaud
Nicholas Stella
Darren Todd
Mark Wheaton
Vincent Wolfram

Links to preorder:
US: https://amazon.com/gp/product/B0B52DTMF9
UK: https://amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0B52...
AU 1: https://amazon.com.au/dp/B0B529ZYVC
AU 2: https://amazon.com.au/dp/B0B5297D7D

Cover Reveal!



Now up for Preorder, Uncanny Valley Days by C.J. Sampera has a cover and a release date.

Rocked by grief and recurring apparitions of her dead brother, Olivia is losing her grip on reality and may have inadvertently invoked a cybernetic, serial-killing slasher demon. Or is it all in her head?

Olivia Peramo is a writer and an artist at heart, barista by trade who struggles with multiple mental health issues. All of which have only been intensified by the recent loss of both her parents and her older brother Alejandro. And to top it off, she may have just inadvertently invoked an evil entity with one passive-aggressive rage tweet.

Soon enough, the people that cross Olivia start winding up dead, and she’s being made to watch each grisly murder as they unfold. Is she part of some elaborate hoax? Is this sinister force really breaking her reality and murdering innocent people? Or has Olivia completely lost it and started killing them herself? Not to mention, the ghost of her dead brother keeps popping up every time she smokes a little weed.

Cover design by Don Noble of Rooster Republic Press

Preorder now and get your copy on 10/12/2022
US https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6D21SXP
UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B6D21SXP
AU https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0B6D21SXP

Cover Reveals!

Check out these amazing covers by Don Noble of Rooster Republic Press.
Available for Preorder now for just 99 cents each, price to rise after release!
Preorder Vol 1 here: http://geni.us/slasher/
Preorder Vol 2 here: http://geni.us/slasher2/

A tribute to the glorious slasher movies of the 1980s.
Volume 1 Featuring:
The Backwoods Decapitator by John Adam Gosham
Tall, Dark and Rancid by Gerri R. Gray
Camp Hell and the Hot Tub Hotties by Patrick C. Harrison III
The Children of Dagon by Carlton Herzog
Work Retreat by D.W. Hitz
The Faith by Derek Austin Johnson
A Love to Die For by J.D. Kellner
Bad Party by Brian McNatt
The Handyman by Nicholas Stella
The Deathless by Vincent Wolfram

Volume 2 Featuring:
Evisceration Liberation by Jay Bower
Disassembler 3: The Revenge Of Billy Burns by Justin Cawthorne
Fat Fran by Kay Hanifen
Custer’s Last Stand by D.W. Hitz
He Hunts at Night in the Boneyard Bog by Brett Mitchell Kent
Borrowed Symbols by Aaron E. Lee
Father’s Day by Kevin McHugh
Skulls on the Shelf by Carl R. Moore
Dirty Little Family Secrets by Daniel R. Robichaud
The Gospel According to Teddy by Darren Todd
Ash Wednesday by Mark Wheaton

Camp Slasher Lake: Volume One has been released!

It's getting some great reviews and is now live on ebook, KU, paperback, and hardcover.



A tribute to the glorious slasher movies of the 1980s.
Volume 1 Featuring:
The Backwoods Decapitator by John Adam Gosham
Tall, Dark and Rancid by Gerri R. Gray
Camp Hell and the Hot Tub Hotties by Patrick C. Harrison III
The Children of Dagon by Carlton Herzog
Work Retreat by D.W. Hitz
The Faith by Derek Austin Johnson
A Love to Die For by J.D. Kellner
Bad Party by Brian McNatt
The Handyman by Nicholas Stella
The Deathless by Vincent Wolfram

on Amazon: http://geni.us/slasher/

Who doesn't love a good slasher? Added to my wish list.

Book Announcement!

Fedowar is proud to announce a gruesome new novel from D.W. Hitz. Bloodtooth, a story of nightmares and murder, will be released on 1/17/23. Preorder the ebook now: https://geni.us/bloodtooth

Available: 1/17/2023
Description:

In the small town of Custer Falls, horror and terrifying nightmares begin in 1992. It’ll be thirty years before they end.

When Wes Henson strays off the path during a field trip to Bloodtooth Caverns, he gets injured and discovers an ancient relic. It doesn’t take long for what’s inside the artifact to take root in the town’s more suggestable inhabitants and nudge them toward murder. Even in sleep, they aren’t safe as it reaches into their nightmares, where wounds can follow dreamers into the waking world.

If Wes and his friends want to survive, they’ll have to put the thing back. Only it doesn’t want to go, and it’ll use anyone at its disposal to stop them, awake or asleep.

Review Copies Available for Bloodtooth.


Bloodtooth is set for release on 1/17, and copies are still available for review. If you are on Netgally or BookSirens, check out the links below.

NetGalley:
https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/boo...
BookSirens:
https://booksirens.com/book/SVTJKJY/K...

Description:
After nightmares begin in the small town of Custer Falls, Montana, in 1992, it’ll be thirty years before they end.

Just outside of Custer Falls, something is sleeping. Life in the small town was never ideal, but it was safe, quiet, and predictable. After Wes Henson and his friends’ field trip to Bloodtooth Caverns, all of that changes.

All they did was stray off the path. They didn’t expect to break their bones and discover an ancient relic. But once it’s in Wes’s hands, he’s the one that has to put it back.

Until he does, the town’s nightmares are no longer harmless. The good side of your conscience may go quiet as the devil on your shoulder speaks up. Children fall into comas, while adults are torn to pieces in their sleep.

If Wes and his friends want to survive, they’ll have to conquer the waking world and the dreamscape.

Because when this evil is awake, no one’s dreams are safe.

Bloodtooth is out on Kindle/KU, paperback, and hardcover. Reviewers have compared it to a cross between IT or Needful Things and A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Description: Part epic small-town horror, part coming-of-age cosmic horror/dark fantasy
After nightmares begin in the small town of Custer Falls, Montana, in 1992, it’ll be thirty years before they end.
Just outside of Custer Falls, something is sleeping. Life in the small town was never ideal, but it was safe, quiet, and predictable. After Wes Henson and his friends’ field trip to Bloodtooth Caverns, all of that changes.
All they did was stray off the path. They didn’t expect to break their bones and discover an ancient relic. But once it’s in Wes’s hands, he’s the one that has to put it back.
Until he does, the town’s nightmares are no longer harmless. The good side of your conscience may go quiet as the devil on your shoulder speaks up. Children fall into comas, while adults are torn to pieces in their sleep.
If Wes and his friends want to survive, they’ll have to conquer the waking world and the dreamscape.
Because when this evil is awake, no one’s dreams are safe.

Kindle:
https://geni.us/bloodtooth
Amazon paperback:
https://geni.us/bloodtoothpb
Amazon hardcover:
https://geni.us/bloodtoothhc

Great news! The nominees for the 2023 Splatterpunk Awards have been announced, and Camp Slasher Lake Vol 1 from Fedowar Press has been nominated for Best Anthology!

It is currently available on ebook/KU, paperback, and hardcover here: https://geni.us/slasher/

Check out the Goodreads reviews here: Camp Slasher Lake: Volume One

It's Release Day!
Larval Seeds is out today! Get your copy on ebook/KU or paperback.

Description:
It's summertime on Sully's street. That means hours of doing nothing, reading comics, and being in love with his neighbor from afar. Then his drunken mom brings home a mysterious hookup.
She may have gotten the night of her life, but she had no idea what she was letting into her bed. And when Sully has to deal with her new friend, strange things happen. New feelings emerge, Sully's mom falls apart, and he's forced to choose between his carnal instincts and his humanity.
It's a test of desire vs. love, body vs. mind, and man vs. bug. A lot of bugs...
Larval Seeds is EXTREME HORROR. You should not read this. You've been warned.

Praise for Larval Seeds:
“As a former nurse and seasoned splatterpunk writer, I like to think I can handle any amount of grotesquerie. Yet, Larval Seeds managed to turn my gut like hot, rotten milk. Delivered with the smooth storytelling D.W. Hitz is known for, Larval Seeds is sure to leave its mark on the extreme horror canon!”
Patrick C. Harrison III, author of Grandpappy and 100% Match

Order from Amazon here:
https://geni.us/larval

Want a signed copy with a custom bookmark? Order from my Etsy store (running about a week behind Amazon, but you can order now).
Order signed from Etsy here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/14249209...