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Friday, August 29, 2025

Catz of the Undead: British Occult Zombie Cat Horror Novel by Jools G King


Catz of the Undead: British Occult Zombie Cat Horror Novel
by Jools G King
March 24, 2025
An evil witch called Morella runs a pet cemetery dedicated to cats. Unbeknownst to her grieving clients, she is raising their beloved fur babies from the dead as grotesque zombies. Morella lusts after a half-cat, half-man demon who lies buried somewhere under Norfolk soil. Her feline zombie army can help her achieve her aim.

These zombie cats can infect others through fighting. Amber’s cat, Jasper, zombifies after a scrap in the woods. But Jasper is no ordinary feline zombie. He has unique psychic powers, which makes him valuable to the witch.

Only Amber’s having none of it. She’ll fight to the bitter end to protect her beloved cat from falling into Morella’s clutches. So unfolds a battle between the living and the Undead. Can Amber save Jasper? Or will they both fall victim to the evil Morella?

Will Jasper choose loyalty to Amber or eternal servitude to a witch?

Immerse yourself in a scary tale of witchcraft, zombies and occult horror that beautifully brings out the enduring bond between humans and their pets.

 
About the Author:
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Jools G King is a British horror indie author who takes feverish delight in scaring readers, and occasionally himself. He’s self-published three novels and one novella, with more to come. His latest novel is Catz of the Undead, which features a malevolent witch and zombie cats.

By day, he’s a civil engineer, and when he’s not writing he enjoys watching movies, reading books, especially about history and the occult, chess and travelling. He lives with his cat, Yoshi, who last time he looked has not turned into a zombie. 

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Herencia Encantada ( Faery Sight) Serie El Legado de Las Hadas 1 (Faerie Legacy Series Book 1) by Patricia Bossano + giveaway

¡Ahora en español!
Now Available In Spanish! 
Si te encantan “La princesa prometida” y “Maléfica”, no te pierdas la serie El Legado de las Hadas de Patricia Bossano. Sumérgete en la aventura, el amor y un inolvidable descubrimiento interdimensional.

If you love “The Princess Bride” and “Maleficent” you don’t want to miss Patricia Bossano’s Faerie Legacy Series. Dive into adventure, love, and an unforgettable interdimensional discovery.

Herencia Encantada (Faery Sight)
Serie El Legado de Las Hadas 1 (Faerie Legacy Series Book 1)

by Patricia Bossano
Genre: Fantasía (YA Fantasy)
A los diecisiete años, La Soberanía de las Hadas es el único mundo que Celeste conoce. En su corazón, atesora el sueño de convertirse, algún día, en una de ellas.
Pero los hechos revelados por su madre antes de morir desvían sus ilusiones.
Huérfana y ansiosa por tomar las riendas de su destino, Celeste vacila entre sus certezas de antaño y las nuevas.

¿Es la princesa humana que su madre formó o es el hada-humana que anhela ser?
¿Va a vengar a sus padres y honrar el compromiso de matrimonio que la espera en el mundo mortal o debe obedecer a su corazón y permanecer junto al extraño que acaba de entrar en su vida?

Celeste elige vengar la muerte de sus padres, incluso si eso significa reconocer el lugar que le corresponde en la dimensión humana.

Motivada por la princesa de las hadas, Nahia, y amparada por la Corte Luminosa y por su verdadero amor, Celeste se propone desenmascarar a la insidiosa hechicera Arantxa.
Confía en que nada impedirá su regreso triunfal a la Soberanía de las Hadas… Nada hasta que la identidad de su prometido es revelada. 
**Also available in English! **

Winner of the Literary Titan Gold Award, Readers' Favorite 5-Star Award, and the Golden Quill of Excellence Award.

"Powerful and gripping right from the start." — Aimee Carol Dixon for Readers' Favorite

Faery Sight by award-winning California-based indie author, Patricia Bossano, is the beginning of an epic YA fantasy saga that spans 200 years and multiple dimensions.

It isn't easy being a teenager, especially when you're a human princess living in the faery realm. Celeste yearns to truly belong there, and is ready to relinquish her human identity, but startling revelations from her dying mother expose shocking truths and impede her plans.

Struggling to come to terms with her birthright, Celeste must find her place between worlds while exacting revenge against the evil sorceress who wronged her parents.

Faery Sight is the unforgettable story of navigating the challenges of growing up, embracing your individuality and choosing your own path, even if that means facing a daunting enemy. 
 


Un Don de Cuna (Cradle Gift)
Serie El Legado de Las Hadas 2 (Faerie Legacy Series Book 2)

El día en que nació Maité, su hada madrina le otorgó un don de cuna. Arma y herramienta a la vez, el don de sueños lúcidos le permite a Maité viajar a otros mundos mientras duerme.

A los diecisiete años, el entorno cotidiano de Maité se desgarra con la trágica pérdida de sus padres. Desterrada del único hogar que conoce y aislada en el extranjero, la joven lucha por encontrarle sentido a su nueva vida. Ajena al conflicto en la Soberanía de las Hadas, que se cierne inexorable sobre su realidad, Maité descubre que ella, una humana, está en el centro de la gran batalla por el control absoluto de la soberanía.


A través de su don de cuna, Maité empieza a vislumbrar la magnitud de la influencia feérica en su vida. Dispuesta a retomar las riendas de su destino a partir del transcendental descubrimiento, Maité se apoya en Emily, su mejor amiga, y en David, un joven cuyo interés por la genética ilumina posibilidades que cambiarán la identidad de Maité para siempre.

**Also available in English! **

On the day she was born, Maité received a cradle gift from the faery Nahia—a gift that allows her to travel into other worlds while in a dream state.

At seventeen, Maité’s mortal world is torn apart with the tragic loss of her parents. Uprooted from the only home she’s ever known and isolated in a foreign country, the young woman struggles to make sense of her new life. But the conflict in the realm of Faerie is about to bleed over into Maité’s reality. She finds herself in the middle of an ancient struggle between Nahia and the Beautiful One as they furiously clash for control over the realm.

Through her Cradle Gift, Maité uncovers the extent of the Faerie Realm’s involvement in her life, and in her quest to come to terms with it, Maité has the help of best friend Emily, and David; a young man whose interest in genetics illuminates possibilities that will change her identity forever.

“The characters popped out of the pages. Engaging scenes that carried many themes like loss, friendship, and courage. Cradle Gift sends readers, like myself, deep into the plot.”
–Danielle Urban

“A magical tale written by Patricia Bossano with poetic flair … Women of all ages will love this book, and might very well come away from this make believe world, believing in Fairies.”
–Amazon customer

“… Once again the author is a wonderful story teller and you will find yourself lost in the faery world, cheering for your favorite characters ...”
–AnnLovesBooks

El Legado de Nahia (Nahia)
Serie El Legado de Las Hadas 3 (Faerie Legacy Series Book 3)

La rebelde princesa de las hadas se debate entre satisfacer sus propios deseos y lo que es mejor para sus seres queridos y para el tropel.

Siguiendo su corazón en busca del hombre que ama; Nahia oculta su identidad feérica para integrarse a la dimensión humana.

Después de dar a luz a una hija, el secreto de Nahia queda al descubierto, al igual que la ineludible responsabilidad de haber alterado para siempre la huella genética de su familia. Acorralada, Nahia vuelve a la Soberanía de las Hadas cuyo peso latente recae en la joven princesa después de la muerte del mágico guardián del bosque.

Para salvar su hogar y renovar los lazos con su familia humana y feérica, Nahia debe procurar un receptor mágico para el nuevo Guardián del Bosque, pues sin él no podrá avivar la soberanía ni convertirse en la nueva Reina de las Hadas.

**Also available in English! **

A rebellious faery princess struggles with satisfying her own desires over what’s best for her loved ones. Following her heart in pursuit of the human she loves, Nahia hides her faery identity in order to enter the human dimension.
After giving birth to a daughter, Nahia's secret is revealed, as is the realization that she has forever altered the genetic human footprint. Faced with death, Nahia returns to the faerie realm only to have its dormant weight thrust upon her after the demise of its magical keeper.
To save her home and renew ties with both her human and faerie family, Nahia must find a way to reawaken the realm, become the new Faery Queen, and provide a royal descendant for the new Keeper of the Forest.
“Bossano’s writing is beautiful and rich with detail . . . A vivid and intricate fantasy tale about the ties that bind and the conflicts between two realms.”
–Kirkus Reviews

“A novel of truly epic scale . . . With its deep and detailed dive into the fairy realm, as well as its vivid, high-level vocabulary, Nahia is a complex fantasy novel that should not be missed.”
–Foreword Reviews

Patricia Bossano has done it again; this latest book in her amazing Faerie series is absolutely brilliant and her best work yet, in my opinion. Nahia ties all three books in the trilogy together nicely and once again puts the reader right in the middle of the action with her deep and vivid style . . . These stories have everything you could ask for and more . . . Simply magical, I believe!”
–Amazon customer

“Powerfully written . . . an emotional journey that tugged at my heart.”
–Urban Book Reviews


Galardonada prosista de ficciones filosóficas y merodeos sobrenaturales sin inteligencia artificial. Patricia reside en California con su familia y allí compone sus obras.

“En cuanto entreví la historia original escrita en mi corazón, comencé a repetírmela una y otra vez. Todos los días.

A medida que mi fe en esa historia crece, la realidad que tanto anhelo empieza a cobrar vida. Ahora soy novelista a tiempo completo y editora en jefe de WaterBearer Press, donde puedo abordar la publicación de mis libros, un sueño a la vez”. — Patricia Bossano

* * *
Artisanal wordsmith and old-school scribbler of no A.I. philosophical fictions and supernatural escapes, some of them en español.

“As soon as I caught a glimpse of the original story written in my heart, I began telling it to myself over and over, every day.

As I surrender to believing it, my long wished-for reality is taking shape. I am now a full-time novelist and managing editor of WaterBearer Press, where I get to approach publishing one dream at a time.” — Patricia Bossano





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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Urban Fantasy: Bitten Vampire (The Bitten Chronicles) by Brogan Thomas

I don't think we'll ever get sick of vampire fantasy!

We're celebrating the release of Bitten Vampire this week. Get your copy on August 28th!



Bitten Vampire (The Bitten Chronicles)
by Brogan Thomas
August 28, 2025
Genre: Vampire Urban Fantasy
Fans of slow-burn romance, supernatural suspense, and underdog heroines — meet your next obsession
  • Standalone
  • Strong Heroine
  • Fated Mates
  • Middle-Aged Heroine
  • Slow Burn, No Spice Romance
  • Supernatural Mystery
  • Betrayal & Revenge
  • Found Family
  • Second Chance at Life
Shattered by fate, transformed by blood. Can a feisty, middle-aged psychic survive her new life as a vampire—without losing herself?

Winifred “Fred” Crowsdale thought life couldn’t get worse after a decade-long relationship ended in humiliating betrayal. Then, her rambunctious husky chewed through a door, prompting her furious landlord to kick them out—and ban them from every rental in town. Her only hope? A mysterious, sentient house that offers them a home.

But Fred’s luck takes a deadly turn when a food-delivery gig in the Vampire Sector goes wrong… leaving her with fangs, an insatiable thirst, and a kill-on-sight warrant from the ruthless vampire court. Now she must fight to control her new supernatural powers while staying one step ahead of relentless hunters—and a dangerously enthralling vampire who wants her for himself.

Can Fred harness her evolving psychic gifts, protect her beloved dog, and outrun the lethal slayers?

Bitten Vampire is the high-stakes second standalone book in The Bitten Chronicles urban fantasy series. If you love underdog heroines, unexpected paranormal twists, slow-burn romance and action-packed suspense, sink your teeth into Brogan Thomas’s pulse-pounding new tale.


About the Author:
 Brogan lives in Ireland with her husband and their eleven furry children: five furry minions of darkness (aka the cats), four hellhounds (the dogs), and two traditional unicorns (fat, hairy Irish cobs). 

In 2019 she decided to embrace her craziness by writing about the imaginary people that live in her head. Her first love is her number-one favourite furry child Bob the cob, then reading. When not reading or writing, she can be found knee-deep in horse poo and fur while blissfully ignoring all adult responsibilities.

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Monday, August 25, 2025

Dance of Demons (Poison and Opium) by Alyssa Lauseng

Dance of Demons (Poison and Opium)
by Alyssa Lauseng
03-26-2025
Dark Fantasy/LGBTQ+
Publisher: Shadow Spark Publishing
Content Warnings: Depictions of slavery, Depictions of child abuse, Blood, Death, Animal death, Self-harm, Drinking, Smoking, Drug use

Slave. Soldier. Spy.

Daisuke’s heart has always wandered far from home, hoping for a life beyond what he’d have as a Northern Nomad raised in slavery. One evening, when he learns the Giahatio’s imperial military has arrived in search of recruits, he seizes his chance to flee Okara’s plantations and start anew. However, becoming a footsoldier isn’t the easy escape he expected, and he soon finds himself struggling for a place within the infantry and Giahatian society.

Obito knows he should be grateful for the opportunity to serve as one of the Empire’s elite intelligence operatives, the onmitsu—it’s one of few he’ll ever have in life, and the highest possible honor for a nobleman’s youngest son. But with demons of anger and shame haunting him as he tries to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of a scandal, any pride to take in rank or family name is entirely hollow.

When an act of mercy is born from a senseless murder, the already unlikely friendship between Daisuke and Obito takes an unexpected turn. Not only are they now partnered together as onmitsu, but dark politics are on the rise, leading them toward an ancient, furious magic.


Excerpt
Obito found himself peering into the windows of nearby shops that were already closed for the night. He’d take his two younger sisters around during festival seasons to do the same thing when he still lived at home. The night would often start with them trying to trail their older brothers—Mika joined them, too, as his family always visited then—and wind up with them eyeing gleaming trinkets through the glass as he did now. A row of seven tiny, blown glass green dragons resting on a deep red cushion amid a nest of pearls caught his attention; Yumi and Hina would’ve loved them, though he’d ultimately have to neutralize their inevitable argument about what to name the things. He sighed, slowly and heavily. He missed his sisters and supposed the same went for his brothers, but physical distance aside, that part of his life never felt further away. Everything had changed so…violently and abruptly last year, he barely remembered what he’d been like beforehand. Obito doubted he’d ever know that version of himself again.

Suddenly, everything about the air around him became uneasy, like he could sense something horrendously negative stepping closer and closer. He drew back from the window and checked the street for logical signs of his otherwise unexplainable misgivings, though his mind kept turning to further irrationality. Snow drifted down from the rooftop above him, swirling before his eyes like a thick miasma before a breeze dispelled it. Snakes of fear coiled tighter around his insides with each fresh scan of his surroundings until he spotted a seemingly lost man, bobbing his head as if searching for something. By the time his mind caught up with his emotions, the mounting tension eased from his system at the sight of someone acting so ordinarily in a crowded market. Zhao’s preparations for the Winter Festival were already in full swing, and its marketplace was sizeable compared to the rest of the city due to overall lower prices than most shops in the Capital, so the streets tended to stay consistently busy throughout the day.

Wait… Obito squinted at the man to get a clearer picture.

His blood went cold. Terror chained him to the spot where he stood when he realized he recognized the man as Mika’s father—his uncle. The same person who was responsible for—

He shook himself, desperate to stay in the present, and forced himself into motion again. He sought the shelter of an alley and retreated into the alcove until shadows swallowed him. He wouldn’t have enough time to get past Giichi undetected and knew he shouldn’t stray too far from where he agreed to meet Itsuki; for now, stowing away in a cramped space would have to suffice.


About the Author:
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Alyssa Lauseng is a married mom of two warrior princesses who lives in Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula. So much inspiration is drawn from a life-long love of martial arts, the pointy objects she's obsessed with, and the U.P.'s abundant nature
 
 

Sunday, August 24, 2025

Times Change (Joe Mack Shadow Council Files Book 5) by Gail Z. & Larry N. Martin + giveaway

Joe Mack is back, solving cold cases that eluded Eliot Ness and kicking demon butt.

Times Change (Joe Mack Shadow Council Files Book 5)

by Gail Z. & Larry N. Martin
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Roaring 20's Monster Hunter
Joe Mack is back, solving cold cases that eluded Eliot Ness and kicking demon butt.

Josef Magarac was a brave man, a strong man, a hard-working immigrant who only wanted a better life for his family. Then he was murdered, and an ancient Slavic god brought him back to life, gave him new abilities, and a mission to protect those who can’t protect themselves. Now he's Joe Mack, immortal thanks to the Slavic god, and a champion against dark magic, demons, and things that go bump in the night.

Joe's previous collection of adventures spanned the Roaring Twenties and Prohibition. Now he's in the modern era, working with new partners and adjusting to a whole new century. But old cases have resurfaced, and demons never die. A supernatural serial killer has returned, and some of the evil Joe thought was done and dusted has returned to wreak havoc. It will take all of the supernatural abilities, wit, and will of Joe and his partners—past and present—to stop the dark forces once and for all. If they fail, it will unleash a wave of demonic vengeance, blood, and death unlike anything Cleveland has ever seen.

Times Change is a non-stop thrill ride full of paranormal action, found family, dark magic, and loyal frien
ds. 




Forged (The Joe Mack Adventures Volume 1)

When you ask a god for favors, be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.

From the bloody steel mill strikes of Pennsylvania rose a true man of steel, a steelworker transformed into something more by the power of the old gods. Josef Magarac was a brave man, a strong man, a hard-working immigrant who only wanted a better life for his family. Then he was murdered, and an ancient Slavic god brought him back to life, gave him new abilities, and a mission to protect those who can’t protect themselves.

Now he’s Joe Mack, and together with his allies, Secret Service agent Jack West and heiress Sarah Grace McAllen Harringworth, he handles the hard cases the regular feds won’t touch like magic-wielding mobsters, Lovecraftian monsters, and secret supernatural societies.

The Joe Mack Adventures: Volume One is a non-stop thrill ride full of paranormal action, found family, dark magic, and loyal friends.

This is a collection of four books in the Joe Mack Shadow Council Files by award-winning author team Gail Z. & Larry N. Martin, authors of the Spells, Salt, & Steel and the Wasteland Marshals series. The Shadow Council Case Files are historical fantasy novellas set in the world of Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter, that tell the true stories behind the tall tales surrounding some of the world’s most famous (and infamous) folk heroes.

This collection includes Cauldron, Black Sun, Chicagoland, and Spellbound.



Gail Z. Martin writes urban fantasy, epic fantasy, steampunk and more for Solaris Books, Orbit Books, Falstaff Books, SOL Publishing and Darkwind Press. Urban fantasy series include Deadly Curiosities and the Night Vigil (Sons of Darkness). Epic fantasy series include Darkhurst, the Chronicles Of The Necromancer, the Fallen Kings Cycle, the Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, and the Assassins of Landria.

Together with Larry N. Martin, she is the co-author of Iron & Blood, Storm & Fury (both Steampunk/alternate history), the Spells Salt and Steel comedic horror series, the Roaring Twenties monster hunter Joe Mack Shadow Council series, and the Wasteland Marshals near-future post-apocalyptic series. As Morgan Brice, she writes urban fantasy MM paranormal romance, with the Witchbane, Badlands, Treasure Trail, Kings of the Mountain and Fox Hollow series. Gail is also a con-runner for ConTinual, the online, ongoing multi-genre convention that never ends.

Larry N. Martin is the author of the new sci-fi adventure novel Salvage Rat, and the new portal fantasy series, The Splintered Crown, A Tankards and Heroes novel. He is the co-author (with Gail Z. Martin) of the Spells, Salt, and Steel: New Templar Knights series; the Steampunk series Iron & Blood; and a collection of short stories and novellas: The Storm & Fury Adventures set in the Iron & Blood universe. He is also the co-author (with Gail) of the Wasteland Marshals series and the Joe Mack - Shadow Council series from Falstaff Books.

The Martins have three children, a Maltese, and a Golden Retriever.



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