#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway #54: Ramsey Campbell Novel and a Steve Berman Collection

Today's giveaway includes the second book in Ramsey Campbell's epic and critically acclaimed  second book in his Three Births of Daoloth Trilogy and a new collection of queer horror by a well known small press owner.  And both have reviews to help you hand-sell these titles. But first, here is how to enter:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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 #52. The winner was late to respond due to vacation, but it was Aaron from Altadena Library District [CA]. Click here to see giveaway #53. The winner was Miranda from Joliet Public Library [IL]. 

And now on to my latest giveaway.

Ramsey Campbell is Britain's great living horror author and also a genuinely nice human. [One of my fondest StokerCon memories is spending the dinner preceding the Bram Stoker Awards ceremony in Providence sandwiched between him and his wife and Caitlin Kiernan and their wife.] And of all the books he has written, published, and won awards for, his Three Births of Daoloth Trilogy is his most personal [and has won a bunch of awards]. The trilogy has already been published in England, and it is now being released by Flame Tree Press here in America. 

Last year I reviewed the first book in the series in Library Journal. Here is a snippet of that review:

The Searching Dead, a finalist in the Horror category for the British Fantasy Award, is a slow burn with a fantastic pay off, this intense and menacing story framed by superior world building is a good suggestion for fans of It by King or the African Immortals series by Due.

Born to the Dark is book two and as the reviews and as critics have proclaimed across the pond, this is a title worth your time. The Flame Tree Press paperback American releases of this seminal, coming of age, Horror series are an excellent addition to all public libraries. Thanks to the publisher for this ARC. 

And don't forget, Flame Tree Press is one of my top Horror independent presses for libraries. They are distributed by S&S and you can stay on top of their catalog and read e-ARCs via Edelweiss. In general, I suggest adding all of their titles. They are well edited, easy to procure through your normal methods, hold up to multiple checkouts, and represent the breadth of scares and frames that today's Horror offers readers. 

Now on to a smaller press title, but one that is worth your effort to obtain. Fit for Consumption: Stories Both Queer and Horrifying is a story collection by Steve Berman who is also the owner of Lethe Press whose tag line is, "we're queer and you better be okay with that."

My colleague Cody Daigle-Orians reviewed this collection in the current issue of Library Journal. Here is a snippet from that glowing review:

Appetite is everything in Berman’s (Lambda Literary Award winner for His Seed) lush collection of dark queer tales that map the territory between a body that craves and the one it hungers for. It’s a wide-ranging offering of stories, from flamboyant tales that bring to mind Poe and Lovecraft, to quieter, introspective ones that feel piercingly autobiographical.

VERDICT Readers hungry for something dark and queer will find much to chew on in Berman’s bold collection.

Thank you to Lethe Press for a copy of this book to giveaway to one lucky winner.

Enter today and you can win both of these excellent titles. And whether you win or not, I suggest adding them to your collections. Both are out this month!

Good luck!