Release Blitz: All In Fear: A Collection of Six Horror Stories
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Want something a bit different for the holidays? Horror has never
looked this enticing! New release, All in Fear, is a gorgeous
collection of horror tales from some of the hottest names in queer
fiction. Be prepared to be titillated...and terrified.
All in Fear
Horror wears many faces, and its masks can be tantalizing. Some of
the top names in queer fiction come together to spin their own
versions of horror. Worlds rife with dark beauty and mystery, the
familiar becoming terrible, creatures ethereal and alluring—and all
bearing the gleam of love. Does hope lie along these grim passages or
only doom? It will become clear. All in time—and all in fear.
Nick Levy’s family is falling apart and he has no friends, but at
least he can escape into the world of his favorite comic book series,
The Face of the Vampire. Naturally, when the vampire in
question shows up one day, Nick is enthralled. After all, what could
be better than his own personal fantasy made real? Except that Nick
isn’t exactly sure whether Michel is real or not. And when the
arrival of a new boy in school promises romance, Nick sees a side of
Michel he never could have imagined. This Michel is cruel, jealous .
. . and he’ll do anything to keep Nick for himself.
Palmer's
life is as good as it gets. Well, okay, so he hates his mind-numbing
office job. But he's found a hot, smart, incredibly kinky guy.
The sex is explosive. The power play is off the hook. And if he
gets his way, Jon will soon be his husband.
When Palmer asks, Jon says yes. For the first
time ever, Palmer thinks things might be really good. Sure, bad
things happen in the world—to other
people. But this is all he needs: Jon at the end of the day, in their
bed, arms around him.
How
could he have possibly been so stupid?
Johanna Oakley will do anything to save her beloved Arabella from the
cruelty of Mr Fogg’s madhouse—but ‘anything’ turns out to be
more than she bargained for when she finds herself working for a man
suspected of worse than murder. As Johanna is plunged from the horror
of Sawney Reynard’s barber shop into the foul, lawless labyrinth at
the heart of London, can she or anyone get out alive?
Joining Zeta Psi isn’t Steve’s dream, it’s his dad’s.
Nevertheless his dad’s gift of the mysterious Bailey flask gets
Steve an in to the frat house, and maybe his best shot at being
accepted on campus. But the flask’s silver sheen may only be
lighting his way into the darkness at the heart of the frat—and the
darkness he’s learning is within himself. Steve wants to choose who
he is, but choices are dropping like flies as he learns the true
mystery of the Bailey flask. How does he give back a gift that’s
also a curse?
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When
Dr. Lester Usole attends an event at AI developer Carnificiality,
he’s introduced to Beauties: artificial beings designed to provide
tailored sexual experiences for their human owners. Lester isn’t
interested in sex—but he is fascinated by Ira, a Beauty too violent
to be sold.
Lester
convinces Carnificiality to give Ira to him. Lester has always wanted
the chance to work with an adult AI, and around Lester, Ira isn’t
violent. He’s strangely innocent, uncannily perceptive, and his
company does much to ease Lester’s loneliness. Except something’s
not quite right: Ira roams at night, even when Lester’s sure he’s
locked Ira’s door.
Soon
Lester is certain of only one thing: Ira has a secret. Something that
will link their pasts and change the course of their future—if
Lester is willing to face what’s on the inside.
Learn
more on Goodreads.
“An
engaging anthology of queer fiction filled with monsters, mysteries,
and menace.”
—
Kirkus Reviews
About the
Authors:
Steve Berman
Steve
Berman loves to tell stories that are both queer and weird. He was a
Zeta Psi back in his college days at and remembers being hazed. He
survived and graduated and even earned a Masters Degree in Liberal
Studies. He has written and sold over a hundred articles, essays, and
short stories. His YA novel, Vintage, was a finalist for the Andre
Norton Award.
Website:
www.steveberman.com
KJ
Charles
KJ
Charles is a writer and freelance editor. She lives in London with
her husband, two kids, and a cat with murder management issues. KJ
writes mostly historical romance, mostly queer, often with fantasy or
horror in there.
Find
her on Twitter @kj_charles,
pick up book info and free reads on her website,
get the infrequent newsletter,
or join her Facebook
group, KJ
Charles Chat, for sneak peeks
and exclusives.
Avon Gale
Avon
Gale wrote her first story at the age of seven, about a “Space Hat”
hanging on a rack and waiting for that special person to come along
and purchase it — even if it was a bit weirder than the other, more
normal hats. Like all of Avon’s characters, the space hat did get
its happily ever after — though she’s pretty sure it was with a
unicorn. She likes to think her vocabulary has improved since then,
but the theme of quirky people waiting for their perfect match is
still one of her favorites.
Avon
grew up in the southern United States, and now lives with her very
patient husband in a liberal midwestern college town. When she’s
not writing, she’s either doing some kind of craft project that
makes a huge mess, reading, watching horror movies, listening to
music or yelling at her favorite hockey team to get it together,
already. Avon is always up for a road trip, adores Kentucky bourbon,
thinks nothing is as stress relieving as a good rock concert and will
never say no to candy.
At
one point, Avon was the mayor of both Jazzercise and Lollicup on
Foursquare. This tells you basically all you need to know about her
as a person.
Roan
Parrish
Roan
Parrish lives in Philadelphia where she is gradually attempting to
write love stories in every genre.
When
not writing, she can usually be found cutting her friends’ hair,
meandering through whatever city she’s in while listening to torch
songs and melodic death metal, or cooking overly elaborate meals. She
loves bonfires, winter beaches, minor chord harmonies, and
self-tattooing. One time she may or may not have baked a six-layer
chocolate cake and then thrown it out the window in a fit of pique.
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Kris Ripper
Kris
Ripper lives in the great state of California and hails from the San
Francisco Bay Area. Kris shares a converted garage with a little kid,
can do two pull-ups in a row, and can write backwards. (No, really.)
Kris is genderqueer and prefers the z-based pronouns because they’re
freaking sweet. Ze has been writing fiction since ze learned how to
write, and boring zir stuffed animals with stories long before
that.
J.A.
Rock
J.A.
Rock is the author or coauthor of over twenty LGBTQ romance,
suspense, and horror novels, as well as an occasional contributor to
HuffPo Queer Voices. J.A. has received Lambda Literary and INDIEFAB
Award nominations for Minotaur,
and The Subs Club received
the 2016 National Leather Association-International Pauline
Reage Novel Award. J.A. lives in Chicago with an extremely judgmental
dog, Professor Anne Studebaker.
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