All In Fear Releases Today!
Spotlight: All in Fear Release Date: 12/1/16
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.
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?
STAFF SERGEANT
JASON ESSEX, YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING ORDERS FROM THE UNITED STATES
MARINE CORPS:
REPORT TO: CAIN
INSTITUTE [ADDRESS REDACTED]
ACTIVE DUTY
COMMITMENT: GUARD AN ENTITY CURRENTLY HELD IN AN ENCLOSURE AT THE CAIN
INSTITUTE. RECORD DAILY MEASUREMENTS. KEEP ANY AND ALL PERSONS FROM ENTERING OR
LEAVING THE FACILITY. ENSURE THE ENTITY REMAINS COMPLETELY INCARCERATED. OBSERVE THE ENTITY WITHOUT ENGAGING.
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 at kjcharleswriter.com, get the infrequent newsletter at kjcharleswriter.com/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.
Connect with Avon:
Website: www.avongalewrites.com/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/avongalewrites
Twitter: @avongalewrites
Sign up for Avon’s Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bOXXp9
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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Website: www.roanparrish.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/roanparrish
Twitter: @RoanParrish
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/ARoanParrish
Instagram: www.instagram.com/roanparrish
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.
Links:
The site: krisripper.com
The Facebook group: Ripper's Irregulars: https://www.facebook.com/groups/405062456366636/
The Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SmutTasticKris
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.
Website: www.jarockauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jarockauthor
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ja.rock.39
That cover is seriously creepy!
ReplyDeleteIt's really good too :) I'll be reviewing it later today.
DeleteI have to say I find the cover striking as well. Great feature and looking forward to your review!
ReplyDeleteAs is typical of me, I waited until the very last minute and have 1/2 of a story to finish. I should have it all together tonight. This is why I don't set goals, lol.
DeleteSeriously creepy cover and it sounds like a good one!!!
ReplyDeleteIt was a solid collection. I really enjoyed every story.
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