Passages of Peculiarity 2: A Collection of Dark Tales by Mark K. McClain is an anthology of individual short stories that lean into the unusual and unsettling, each reading independently. The Candle in the Crypt sees a woman return to Alderwick Manor after her father’s...

Jessica Piro’s Thieving Shadows is an exciting steampunk mystery thriller. Rookfall is a city sharply divided between the wealthy elites and the impoverished lessers. The lessers are ordinary people living in the Barrows. Some lessers are thieves, stealing from the elites. The punishment for thieves...

Lies Between Friends by A.A. Abbott is an intriguing story that unfolds among the elite circles of Bristol. Gail may appear to have the perfect family with her husband, Nick, a successful businessman. But slowly, it is revealed that Nick is a controlling and abusive...

Coming Up For Air by Jessica Natalie Reino is a thrilling fantasy novel set in the small town of Oceanbrook. The story follows Sarah D'Antonio, a teenager who is disturbed by the disappearance of her cousin, Lena. While everyone believes Lena drowned by accident, Sarah...

Assassin Royale by Richard Davis is a compelling fantasy that follows the journey of Killian Lord, a deadly assassin, on a mission for his king. It begins when the mysterious and ruthless Maximilian Durandal violently seizes an independent estate, killing off its master and mistress....

Bibiana Krall's Deathcap (Winter Ghosts: Book 2) takes readers into the heart of the 1990s supermodel world. Zoey Jones, fresh from being crowned Supermodel of the Year, takes a private jet to Le Château Bien Être, a French alpine retreat. Her friend, Suki Murphy—a former...

Ghost Writer by Arjay Lewis is a paranormal novel with the undertones of a psychological thriller. The story follows Joe Riley, a once-successful thriller author whose divorce and writer’s block push him to retreat to a secluded cabin he has inherited. While struggling with loneliness,...

In Eastern Shadows by Peter Nordgren, nineteen-year-old Ploy Soikham buys a one-way ticket to Thailand, the country of her birth. Ploy posts videos on social media, insisting that she is safe and that no one should come looking for her. But when Ploy fails to...

Monsterland Below is the third novel in the Monsterland series by Michael Okon. The story of Wyatt Baldwin and his friends continues after the catastrophic fall of the monster theme park. Believing the worst is over, Wyatt soon learns that the nightmare has only just...

Simon Chewton is a journalist for The Daily Trumpet, and he has stumbled upon some unusual things going on in Glastonbury. A group of new-age feminists is encouraging people, men and women, to join their community, one without technology, and where women rule. Philomena is...