This week I have 2 copies of an excellent dark speculative collection by an up and coming author courtesy of one of my favorite independent Horror presses, one you will be hearing more about in the coming days. Details below, but first, here is how to enter:
- You need to be affiliated with an American public library. My rationale behind that is that I will be encouraging you to read these books and share them with patrons. While many of them are advanced reader copies that you cannot add to your collections, if you get the chance to read them, my hope is that you will consider ordering a copy for your library and give away the ARC away as a prize or pass it on to a fellow staff member.
- If you are interested in being included in any giveaway at any time, you must email me at zombiegrl75 [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line "#HorrorForLibraries." In the body of the email all you have to say is that you want to be entered and the name of your library.
- Each entry will be considered for EVERY giveaway. Meaning you enter once, and you are entered until you win. I will randomly draw a winner on Fridays sometime after 5pm central. But only entries received by 5pm each week will be considered for that week. I use Random.org and have a member of my family witness the "draw"based off your number in the Google Sheet.
- If you win, you are ineligible to win again for 4 weeks; you will have to re-enter after that time to be considered [I have a list of who has won, when, and what title]. However, if you do not win, you carry over into the next week. There is NO NEED to reenter.
Click here to see giveaway #117. Our 2 winners were Kevin from Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library [MI] and Christina from Thayer Public Library [MA]. Now to this week's giveaway.
Three Words That Describe This Book: confident, full spectrum of dark speculative, reclaiming Lovecraft
Draft Review:
Mohamed’s debut collection contains 17 stories that span the entirety of today’s dark speculative landscape and present a vision of its emerging future. Many of tales use a Lovecraftian frame, set in the author’s “real gods” universe, exploring the well trod cosmic concepts of hopelessness and fear with a fresh vision, often incorporating parent-child relationships such as in the Pushcart Prize nominated story “Willing” featuring a farmer and his beloved younger daughter who is summoned by the gods to be sacrificed and the eco-Horror tinged “The Evaluator,” presenting a possessed child in a landscape where the old gods have been destroyed by pollution. No matter the plot or setting, however, each story is marked by a strong narrative voice, confident world building, and an unease that seeps into every corner. leaving readers unsettled but also looking at their world from a new perspective.
Verdict: Introducing an exciting new voice, this collection will be enjoyed by fans of Cassandra Khaw and Lucy Snyder, but more importantly, it presents another stellar collection by Undertow Publications, making the independent publisher a not to miss player in the Horror marketplace.
This is an author you need to know about now. Thank you to Undertow Publications for sending me 2 advanced copies of this collection to give away to 2 of you.
Enter once and you are entered going forward. I have some HUGE authors coming to the giveaway including Daniel Kraus, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Isabel Cañas, Clay McLeod Chapman, Paul Tremblay and MORE! Don't miss out. Enter today.
Good luck!
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