Crossroad Press has released the first digital edition of Kathryn Ptacek's Gila! Originally published under her pen name Les Simons, Gila! is a tale of grisly horror with man being the hunted and Mother Nature being the hunter. Description: Harkening back to the days of giant creature movies of the 1950s, a horde of giant Gila Monsters is on the loose in New Mexico, threatening every living creature in sight. Nothing and no one is safe from the ravenous creatures as they tear their way through the desert and into heavily populated areas. Can these atomically mutated creatures be stopped or is this the beginning of the end for mankind? It's up to Chato del-Klinne and Dr. Kate Dwyer to kick the hiss out of the oversized lizards! The digital edition is available for only $2.99. You can pick up the Kindle edition here: Gila!

We reviewed Simon Spurrier’s A Serpent Uncoiled (read the review here) and rather enjoyed it. So when he released this clever video to help promote the book, we thought you might rather enjoy it. See what you think... And if this inspires you to want to read his book, you can order from Amazon here: A Serpent Uncoiled

10 Day Book Club has published the digital edition of Fiend - The Manifestation by Phil Bolos. Description: Nothing much happens in the sleepy resort town of Larkin, Wisconsin. Until Adam, the town’s sheriff, begins having the same nightmare over and over. Is it a sign of things to come or is Adam just going insane? When Adam is visited by a mysterious woman that only he can see, he realizes that things are about to get a little more harrowing in his small town. His dreams are visions of the future and it is up to him to keep his town safe from the terror that is about to unfold. Fiend, is a gripping tale told by new author, Phil Bolos. Chilling and disturbing, Fiend will keep you turning the pages to discover who wins the gruesome, apocalyptic battle between good and evil. "The story is the first part in a three part series," says Bolos. "It takes readers on a trip into a nightmarish world filled with terrifying creatures. The heroes, both in our world and the other, must join together to stop Barian, the manifestation of evil." You can order the Kindle edition here: Fiend

Alkemara Press has released the digital edition of Douglas Clegg's novel, The Children's Hour, for only $3.99. Description: In a town in West Virginia the first one disappeared... On the highway down from Baltimore a successful writer returns home with his wife and children, remembering his childhood in the West Virginia hills, haunted by the disappearance of a young girl and by an accident that should have killed him, but didn't. Now The Others Must Follow On the doorstep of her parents' house a small, badly wounded child has been found. Bleeding more blood than any child could possibly bleed, she will not live. Nor should she. She disappeared thirteen years before. Beneath a house on Watch Hill, in a town called Colony, a door has been opened. Those who have been waiting, waiting for their Angel, are about to come out. And for the good people of Colony, for the ones who never left and those who have come back, the Hour has come at last... "I think you'll dig my novel The Children's Hour," says Clegg. "Children, vampyrism, vanishings and an old mining town called Colony, West Virginia - one of my best novels of old school horror, where the creatures are nasty and the suspense is intense." You can pick up the Kindle edition here: The Children's Hour

Roc has released the paperback edition of Left Hand Magic by Nancy Collins. This is the 2nd book in the Golgotham urban fantasy series. Description: Located on Manhattan's Lower East Side, Golgotham has been the city's supernatural ghetto for centuries. Populated by countless creatures from myth and legend, the neighborhood's most prominent citizens are the Kymera, a race of witches who maintain an uneasy truce with New York City's humans... Tate Eresby has accepted the unusual sights and sounds of Golgotham and made it her home. Unfortunately, a magazine has alerted trendsetting hipsters to its existence and they've descended upon the community-along with an anti-Kymera faction known as The Sons of Adam. The sudden influx of tourists escalates racial tensions to a boiling point when two Kymerans are murdered and rioting fills the streets. Here's the book trailer: Welcome to Golgotham, the strangest neighborhood in the Big Apple! Come for the potions and charms, stay for the shopping, dining, nightlife and so much more! Brought to you by the Golgotham Business Owners Organization (GoBOO). You can order directly from Amazon here: Left Hand Magic

Digital Fabulists has released the digital edition of Demonic and Other Tales: The Short Fiction of Garon Cockrell for only $2.99. Description: A collection of 10 horrifying tales by Garon Cockrell, founder of Pop Culture Beast. Included in this edition:

• Demonic
• Eggs
• Home Alone
• What's Your Pleasure?
• The Strange Tale of Griffin Shard
• Looking Glass
• Interrogation
• Manny
• Prelude
• Haven

"First and foremost, says Garon, "I wanted to scare people with these stories. Whether it's a blatant nerve wracking scare or a more cerebral 'holy god that could happen!' type of thing. As long as there is some kind of emotional reaction to these stories then I feel like I did my job. I love horror and hope I did the genre justice with these stories. I touched upon a lot of the things that freak me out the most in some of these stories (Home Alone, Prelude), the others (like Eggs) I have no idea where they came from. They just sort of ... came out. One thing I do know is that I loved writing them and can't wait to get more out to the world." You can order the Kindle edition here: Demonic and Other Tales

John Nevel has released the paperback edition of his book, Dreaming With The Dead, through Lulu. Description: Josh Stone is buried alive with a pen and a notebook. With no idea why this has happened, he ends up becoming friends with the notebook. The notebooks name is George, and George is his only friend. From the twisted mind of horror author John Nevel, take a journey into the depths of horror itself ... as you learn about the life of a serial killer and cannibal. This story is about the life of Psycho Stone... You can visit his website at: John Nevel And you can order the book directly from Lulu here: Dreaming With The Dead About The Author: John Nevel was born in Tulsa, OK on August 8 1982. He began writing when he was around 10 years old. He is a war veteran and served in Iraq from 2003-2004. He has a bachelors degree in criminal justice and is currently working on his Masters degree. John's favorite authors are Bentley Little, Edgar Allan Poe, and Stephen King. He is happily married with children and currently resides in North Carolina, where he was raised for most of his life.