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Epeolatry Book Review: Only the Living are Lost by Simon Strantzas

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Title: Only the Living are Lost
Author: Simon Strantzas
Genre: Weird Horror
Publisher: Hippocampus Press
Release Date: 3rd November, 2023

Synopsis: A new collection of 11 stories from one of the leading luminaries of the current wave of new weird fiction. Canadian author Simon Strantzas has been acknowledged as a key writer in this evolving area, thanks to a succession of insidiously disturbing shorter stories. This compilation, his first in five years, shows why.

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Epeolatry Book Review: Best Horror of the Year Volume 15 Edited by Ellen Datlow

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Title: Best Horror of the Year Volume 15
Editor:Ellen Datlow
Publisher: Titan Books
Genre: Horror Anthology, Best Of
Release date: 14th November, 2023

Synopsis: For more than four decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror readers crave. Now, with the fifteenth volume of the series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night. Encompassed in the pages of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as: Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Stephen Graham Jones, Joyce Carol Oates, Laird Barron, Mira Grant, and many others.

With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the fears of an earlier generation seem quaint. But this light creates its own shadows. The Best Horror of the Year chronicles these shifting shadows. It is a catalog of terror, fear, and unpleasantness as articulated by today’s most challenging and exciting writers.

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Epeolatry Book Review: Christmas and Other Horrors Edited by Ellen Datlow

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Title: Christmas and Other Horrors: An Anthology of Solstice Horror

Editor: Ellen Datlow

Genre: Horror/Thriller

Publisher: Titan Books

Release date: October 24, 2023

Synopsis: Hugo Award winning editor, and horror legend, Ellen Datlow presents a terrifying and chilling horror anthology of original short stories exploring the endless terrors of winter solstice traditions across the globe, featuring chillers by Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu and many more.

The winter solstice is celebrated as a time of joy around the world—yet the long nights also conjure a darker tradition of ghouls, hauntings, and visitations. This anthology of all-new stories invites you to huddle around the fire and revel in the unholy, the dangerous, the horrific aspects of a
time when families and friends come
together—for better and for worse.

From the eerie Austrian Schnabelperchten to the skeletal Welsh Mari Lwyd, by way of ravenous golems, uncanny neighbors, and unwelcome visitors, Christmas and Other Horrors captures the heart and horror of the festive season.

Because the weather outside is frightful, but the fire inside is hungry…

Featuring stories from: 

Nadia Bulkin
Terry Dowling
Tananarive Due
Jeffrey Ford
Christopher Golden
Stephen Graham Jones
Glen Hirshberg
Richard Kadrey
Alma Katsu
Cassandra Khaw
John Langan
Josh Malerman
Nick Mamatas
Garth Nix
Benjamin Percy
M. Rickert
Kaaron Warren

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Epeolatry Book Review: The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 14, ed. Ellen Datlow

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Title: The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 14
Author: Various, ed. Ellen Datlow
Genre: Horror
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Release Date: 15th November, 2022

Synopsis: For more than four decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror readers crave. Now, with the fourteenth volume of the series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night. Encompassed in the pages of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as: Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Stephen Graham Jones, Joyce Carol Oates, Laird Barron, Mira Grant, and many others.
With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the fears of an earlier generation seem quaint. But this light creates its own shadows. The Best Horror of the Year chronicles these shifting shadows. It is a catalog of terror, fear, and unpleasantness as articulated by today’s most challenging and exciting writers.

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