Glimpses: The Best Short Stories of Rick Hautala Free this Xmas! Holes for Faces by Ramsey Campbell Shipping!

Published: Fri, 12/20/13

Glimpses: The Best Short Stories of Rick Hautala illustrated edition Free on the Amazon Kindle from December 22nd to December 26th!
This Xmas we're giving the gift of Rick Hautala's timeless fiction. Glimpses: The Best Short Stories is one of Rick's last published books while he was still with us, and it brings together many of his greatest short works accompanied by 8 striking interior illustrations by artist Glenn Chadbourne.

The illustrated Amazon Kindle edition of Glimpses: The Best Short Stories of Rick Hautala will be offered free from Sunday, December 22nd to Thursday, December 26th at the following page: http://www.amazon.com/Glimpses-Best-Short-Stories-Hautala-ebook/dp/B00AEGD5EI

Rick Hautala (February 3, 1949 - March 21, 2013) was an American speculative fiction and horror writer. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1974 where he received a Master of Art in English Literature. Rick arrived on the horror scene in 1980 with many of his early novels published by Zebra books. He has written and published over 90 novels and short stories since the early 1980s. Many of his books have been translated to other languages and sold internationally. Cold Whisper, published in October, 1991 by Zebra Books, Inc. was also published in Finnish as Haamu by Werner Söderström, Helsinki, Finland, in August, 1994. Recently he has published many of his works with specialty press and small press publishers like Cemetery Dance Publications and Dark Harvest. His novel The Wildman (2008), was chosen to be Full Moon Press' debut limited edition title.

Hot in December by Joe R. Lansdale On Track to Becoming Bestselling Dark Regions Press title of 2013
The new thriller novella Hot in December from award-winning author Joe R. Lansdale is on track to becoming the bestselling Dark Regions Press published title of 2013 and one of the bestselling DRP titles of all time!

Only 7 deluxe lettered hardcover editions remain for customer preorder while about 50 limited hardcover copies remain! Remember that the signed hardcover editions include 5 exclusive illustrations by artist Erin Wells and the ebook/trade paperback editions will be delivered/shipped to the customer after hardcover preorder is placed.
The Holes for Faces by Ramsey Campbell dust jackets.... HAVE ARRIVED! Limited Hardcover shipping to customers!
The signed limited edition hardcover of the critically-acclaimed collection "Holes for Faces" by Ramsey Campbell is now shipping to customers! The cowhide-bound deluxe hardcover edition should be in the DRP office within the next 7 business days (our binder is nearly finished hand-binding the cowhide around the books).

If you haven't ordered Holes for Faces by Ramsey Campbell yet, now's a great time: get $10 off with your free store credit given to all customers until January 6th 2014!
Holes for Faces collects many of Ramsey Campbell's best tales from the first decade of this century. An attempt to avoid a haunted house leads into worse danger. The announcements at a railway station deal with stranger things than trains, and is that another railway station in the distance or a different kind of destination? A childhood game becomes a source of terror, and so does a radio quiz show. Even Christmas decorations may not be trusted, and beware of that Advent calendar! A hotel provides amenities you mightn't welcome, and a visit to a tourist attraction attracts an uninvited follower. A train journey may never end, unless it already has, and a visit to a hospital brings back more than memories. A myth about a horror film has unwanted consequences. There are angels you mightn't want to see too clearly, if that's what they are. And you'll have to decide if it's better to stay in the dark or see what's waiting there. You'll find uncanny dread in these pages, and disquiet and terror, but also poignancy and comedy of paranoia. One theme runs through all the stories: youth and age.

Get Addicted to the Dead by Shane McKenzie for $5 Off with Coupon Code MERRYDEADMAS
This edition of Addicted to the Dead by Shane McKenzie features a new introduction by author Joe McKinney, the title novel, bonus novella Knock His Teeth Out and the bonus short story "Like a Brother."

"I'll take McKenzie over Laymon any day of the week. His ideas are wilder, his social conscience waaaaay the fuck greater, and he punches every bit as hard. Right now, I'd put him on a track to challenge the ground between Bentley Little and Brian Keene, in the modern horror sweepstakes." - John Skipp, author of The Bridge and The Long Last Call

Use Coupon Code MERRYDEADMAS for $5 Off Addicted to the Dead by Shane McKenzie on DarkRegions.com
Bring the blood sucking undead into your home this holiday season with the popular novel Hard Boiled Vampire Killers by Jim Gavin. We have several signed limited edition hardcovers temporarily discounted at 33% OFF with coupon code VAMPIRESFORXMAS

"Hard Boiled Vampire Killers" is a rip-roaring, gun-slinging, ass kicking, Kung Fu, vampire and ghost extravaganza that does not disappoint and is a welcome addition to the genre. If you are tired of romantic, wimpy, depressing sparkly vampires look no further than Jim Gavin's exceptional "Hard Boiled Vampire Killers" to get your fill of vampires that are actually vampires...it might just be the most fun I have had reading a book this year." - Peter Schwotzer, Famous Monsters of Filmland
Only 5 Deluxe Hardcovers Remain for Customer Purchase of New Weird Wild West Novel The Ravine by William Meikle!
The new weird wild west horror novel from author William Meikle (The Hole, The Invasion, Sherlock Holmes: Revenant) is now 80% sold out! Only 5 Signed Deluxe Slipcased hardcover copies remain for customer purchase. Preorders of the deluxe hardcover include the trade paperback and ebook edition that will be shipped/delivered after customer order is placed!

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Cavalry officer Stephens wants to keep his troopers safe, but when he is pulled into the oldest conflict of them all, he must choose - to serve, or to die.

Saloon-hand Jacob wants to live a quiet life, play his fiddle, and sink a few beers. But something has come to his town-something old, hungry, and far from quiet.

Farmer Joe Clancy wants to keep his herd alive long enough to be able to sell them and save his farm. But first, he has to save his family, as death stalks the corrals.

To fight the growing menace, the three men must confront their inner demons and an all too real evil, one that threatens the lives of everyone it touches. 

Preorder 1 of the last 7 Deluxe Hardcover editions before they're gone at: http://www.darkregions.com/books/the-ravine-by-william-meikle

The Universal and Other Terrors by Tony Richards Shipping to Customers!

Horror World has called Tony Richards "one of today's masters of dark fiction." Now's your chance to find out why. Because this 'tour guide to terror' is going to take you on a whistle-stop journey through the world's most frightening places. And the most alarming thing is that they look completely harmless till you get too close.

What could be so bad about a golden Greek beach with scores of beautiful young people lying on it? Where could be the danger in a perfectly normal-looking southern English seaside town? Or an even more ordinary town out in the Nevada desert? An old, abandoned building on a rocky shore...what could be awful about that?

Discover the truth behind the origins of Abraham van Helsing. Find out how a decrepit old man continues to attract beautiful young women. Learn about the real link between crows and the Grim Reaper. Travel a few decades into the future and see a fresh and modern Africa...and the menace that still lurks there. Here are twelve new stories, five of them previously unpublished and unique to this collection, that will open your eyes to the hidden terrors in the world around us. Read them at your peril.

The Devil Behind Me by Christopher Fulbright and Angeline Hawkes available as a Dark Regions Digital exclusive on the Amazon Kindle

Alex Brandt's life is the stuff of lore and legend, but not the fairytale one would welcome. The sole survivor of the Krampusnacht Massacre, Alex was shipped away to America on the heels of tragedy. Childhood trauma followed him to an adulthood plagued with fear and self-doubt. The horror of his past affects him so deeply each holiday season that his girlfriend urges him to resolve his issues once and for all.

Seeking closure to the Christmas tragedy, with the help of his uncle and a retired German police officer, Alex returns to the scene of the crime in Bavaria. But what lurks in the Alpine darkness on the snow-swept mountain slopes knows Alex has come back, and it's seeking some closure of its own...

"Fulbright and Hawkes bite all the way to the bone!" - Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Fall of Night and Marvel Universe vs. The Avengers

"Required reading for the discerning horror connoisseur." - Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award winner and author of The Savage Dead

"Fulbright and Hawkes don't deliver the devil's child, exactly, here...but they do deliver something deliciously wicked: a bloody good read!" - John Everson, Bram Stoker Award winner and author of Violet Eyes

Bram Stoker Award winning collection New Moon on the Water by Mort Castle Now Available on Amazon Kindle
We are happy to announce that the ebook edition of New Moon on the Water by Mort Castle is now available on the Amazon Kindle! New Moon on the Water by Mort castle tied Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection in the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards.

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In a smoky, after hours jazz joint where almost nobody ever dies, or the ranch house next door owned by a monster, or a high rise elevator in which raging terror awaits the next passenger, these brilliant stories discover a world you thought you knew--and a darker one you will never forget. With 13 stories never before collected, NEW MOON ON THE WATER is Mort Castle's first new collection in a decade, presenting the best short fiction of the writer deemed a "horror doyen," "the Charles Dickens of horror," and "the master of contemporary horror."

"Castle's stories are frightening trips inside the dark psyche of common people ... (He is) a must read for the fans of both Stephen King and the fans of Raymond Carver." - Newsweek.pl

"... funny, moving, surprising and dark. Mort Castle is a writer who loves word play, but like every writer worth his salt remembers that even for kids, play is a serious business." - Jack Ketchum, Novelist, author of The Girl Next Door, Bram Stoker Award winner 

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(12/20) Weekly Ebook Giveaway Prizes
As a thank you to our regular readers, we will be giving three ebooks away to three winners each week from over 40 different ebook titles (and growing). Each week, the winners and the new ebook prizes will be announced. Of course, your reviews on Amazon and Goodreads are always appreciated.
This Week's Ebook Prizes:
Addicted to the Dead by Shane McKenzie

What if eating the walking dead was the only way to ensure you don't become one?

Shortly after you die, you wake up. Lost, confused, and scared. It happens to everyone. But if you ingest the meat of the dead, you can avoid this fate. You can rest in peace. People fear death, fear the unknown, so they eat their portion of dead meat every day, even though the meat itself takes away their ability to have children. But if you consume too much of it, or the meat is properly aged, it becomes a highly addictive drug, transforming those who are addicted-the meatheads-into emaciated husks of their former selves, only able to focus on getting their next fix.

Paco's family is dead, and he is alone...until his dead little sister Sophia speaks. But the dead can't talk, can't think. Sophia is special, maybe the link between the living and the dead, and Paco takes her to the city to find a doctor that can help her, figure out what's making her so...alive. But Paco and Sophia quickly find out that the city isn't safe, that the streets are infested with meatheads. And that they are the only children there.

Calico, the city's most feared killer, works for Ted Fleet, the man behind Ted Fleet's Dead Meats, the leading dead meat company in the country-but Ted Fleet is also in charge of the city's illegal meat distribution and Corpse Snuff business. Ted Fleet is holding Calico's dead daughter Beauty hostage while he forces the killer to go out on jobs for him. Then Calico is sent to pick up a little dead girl, one that can talk, can think like she's alive. Calico hopes maybe this girl can help Beauty, that maybe she is the key to changing everything. But when he finds out Ted Fleet's plans for her, he knows he has to stop him.

From the disturbed mind of Shane McKenzie comes this extreme tale of the undead.

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The Ravine by William Meikle

Cavalry officer Stephens wants to keep his troopers safe, but when he is pulled into the oldest conflict of them all, he must choose - to serve, or to die.

Saloon-hand Jacob wants to live a quiet life, play his fiddle, and sink a few beers. But something has come to his town-something old, hungry, and far from quiet.

Farmer Joe Clancy wants to keep his herd alive long enough to be able to sell them and save his farm. But first, he has to save his family, as death stalks the corrals.

To fight the growing menace, the three men must confront their inner demons and an all too real evil, one that threatens the lives of everyone it touches.

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New Moon on the Water by Mort Castle

In a smoky, after hours jazz joint where almost nobody ever dies, or the ranch house next door owned by a monster, or a high rise elevator in which raging terror awaits the next passenger, these brilliant stories discover a world you thought you knew--and a darker one you will never forget. With 13 stories never before collected, NEW MOON ON THE WATER is Mort Castle's first new collection in a decade, presenting the best short fiction of the writer deemed a "horror doyen," "the Charles Dickens of horror," and "the master of contemporary horror." 

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(12/13) Weekly Ebook Giveaway Winners!
The three winners of last week's ebook prizes have been chosen at random from our newsletter subscriber list. Their e-mail domains have been starred out for privacy purposes. The winners have also been e-mailed regarding their ebook prizes.

And the winners are...
Glimpses: The Best Short Stories of Rick Hautala



docyoumans@***.com


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The Walls of the Castle by Tom Piccirilli


jackie533hughes@***.com


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Holes for Faces by Ramsey Campbell


bubthezombie138@***.net


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Didn't win? If you're reading these words you've been automatically entered for this week's prizes, so make sure to check back next Friday!