#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: King Sorrow (ARC) and Who Is the Liar (Finished Copy)

Today I am giving away 2 books to one winner: 1 is a title that everyone is excited about and 1 that you would be excited about if only you knew more about it.  Details below but first, here are the rules on how to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American 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 for the previous giveaway. Our winner was Ellen from CT. Now on to today's giveaway.

First up, the first Joe Hill novel in 9.5 years. Here is my post from when the review was published in Booklist:

STAR

King Sorrow
By Joe Hill
Oct. 2025. 896p. Morrow, $38  (9780062200600); e-book (9780062200624). 
First published August 2025 (Booklist).

Hill’s first stand alone novel in nearly ten years, taking inspiration from Tolkien, introduces readers to Arthur, Colin, Allison, Donna and Donvan (twins), students at a small Maine college 1989, and Gwen, a high school townie, whose mom works for Colin’s wealthy family. When Arthur falls into debt with local drug dealers, the group tries to summon a dragon to take care of the problem. When King Sorrow actually emerges on that winter evening, the friends are forced to pay by providing the name of a person to be sacrificed to the dragon each and every Easter. Set between 1989 and 2022, readers are brought back every 5 years, watching the unintended consequences of their choices reverberate through time and space. Real history overlaps with unsettling verisimilitude as the six friends bear this secretive, unshakable burden, one that is not easy to hide. Hill’s remarkably well-paced character-centered epic, blanketed in unrelenting dread, escalating to pure terror every Easter is perfectly suited for this moment. Pitting the computer age vs folktales this is a story that seriously contemplates the costs of power. However, the real horror may be that there are plenty of dragons to go around. For fans of terrifying tomes like The Wanderers Duology by Wendig, or Our Share of Night by Enríquez.

Three Words The Describe This Book: epic in length but moves well; blanketed in unrelenting dread; the horrific costs of power

That is a picture of me interviewing Joe Hill at ALA Annual on June 30th. 

This book is almost 900 pages but it is worth your time. I am sending that giant honker of a book which I read for my review to someone today. 

But wait! There's more!

The giveaway will be off the next two weeks while I am on vacation, so while you wait, I am adding a book by an author who is a legend in the Bizarro genre-- Laura Lee Bahr. The Wonderland Book Award is the highest honor in that genre. Click here to see a list of winners, which includes Gabino Iglesias and Bahr. Haunt, one of Bahr's award winning novels is consider a favorite Bizarro novel of all time by many readers and writers. 

Well she has a new mainstream novel that just released, Who Is the Liar:

An ingenious novel of suspense about sisterhood, innocence, murderous games, and how far we’ll go to protect the ones we love.

In a tight-knit town in the 1980s, a child-killer is on the loose. And Topaz’s parents are on edge. At ten years old, Topaz is so vulnerable. But she has nothing to worry about. Her eldest sister, Ruby, has made sure of that. Swearing Topaz to secrecy, Ruby reveals she has trapped the monster in their root cellar. 

Bound and bloodied in the cold space is kindly Brother Johnson from the Church. Pleading with Topaz to cut him loose, he says her reckless sister is a liar. Brother Johnson is right about that: Ruby does lie. She also likes to scare people. Still, even Ruby wouldn’t lie about this. Would she? The game—and the secret—is in her hands. But Topaz just wants to do the right thing.

Let Brother Johnson die in the cold space? Or try to set him free—and then see what happens next?

The August issue of Booklist even had a glowing review here. An excerpt from that review:

Bahr’s twisted tale, told solely from Topaz’s point of view, is an unnerving walk in the shoes of an impressionable child who has no one to trust. At times a coming-of-age story and at times pure suspense, this dark and disquieting book will keep readers off balance all the way to the last page.

This book will have wide appeal for general library audiences. This is for fans of Zoje Stage, Catriona Ward, and Sarah Pinborough.

With a Booklist Review and my seal of approval, you should be able to order this for your collections. But one winner this week will get a finished copy to add to their collections in the same package as the Joe Hill ARC.

That's 2 books for 1 winner!

Enter once and you are entered going forward, and forward is full of great books. I have the giveaway set up for the rest of September already.

Good luck!

Oh and one last thing, if you have a moment, click on over to RA for All to watch the unboxing video for my book.

#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: Veil by Jonathan Janz

Today I am giving away an ARC of a book that was part of the Booklist/LibraryReads Read N Rave at ALA Annual.  Details below but first, here are the rules on how to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American 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 for the previous giveaway. Our winner was Kelsey from AZ. Now on to today's giveaway.

Jonathan Janz is an example of a midlist horror author who your patrons would love, if only you had books by him to hand out. He has a story in the Stand anthology-- The End of the World As We Know It--which is going to be a bestseller next week. Janz is always a great readalike for Stephen King. And in my book, Why I Love Horror, I suggest Janz for fans of Josh Malerman. When Josh was giving his essay a final once over and saw my suggestion of Janz for his readers, he emphatically gave me a "Hell Yeah!" for that comp. 

Janz has a book coming out September 16th from Blackstone Publishing entitled Veil. From the publisher's summary (with a blurb from Malerman):

“The voice in Veil is as present, strong, charming, singular, and desperate as any I’ve read. The story of a family man who will stop at nothing to protect those he loves. Even if those threats are beyond sanity, reason, and a once agreed upon reality. Janz has written another absolute gem of the genre.” —Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box

From beloved horror author Jonathan Janz, Veil is a heart-stopping story of one father who will stop at nothing to save his family.

It begins at night. People vanish from parks and city streets. Then in broad daylight, they’re dragged screaming into the woods, into the water, into the sky. People take refuge in their homes, but still the invisible creatures come, ripping people away from their horrorstruck loved ones. Spouses. Parents. Children. Nowhere is safe and no defense can stop them. Because nothing can save you from what you can’t see.

High school teacher John Calhoun loses his son the first night. A day later, they take his wife. For two months, he and his thirteen-year-old daughter manage to survive, but in the end, she is abducted too. In John’s darkest moment, he meets a motley group of survivors who have a a near-fatal car accident has given one of them the ability to detect what normal human eyesight cannot.

The survivors believe they can replicate the brain injury that will enable them to see the creatures. To discover how they’re invading our world. To fight them. Desperate to save his family, John volunteers. And after the veil of invisibility is lifted, he and his new friends will risk everything to achieve the enter an alien world and bring their loved ones back.

This is a book you need in your collections. It is an example of a book people would love if only they knew about it. 

Thank you to Blackstone for this ARC to giveaway to one of you.

Enter now and you are entered going forward. Click here for a preview of next week's giveaway. It's huge both literally and figuratively.

Good luck!

#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: An ARC of My Book and a Virtual Appearance for All

Today I am giving away an ARC of my book. Literally the last ARC left. One I have saved solely for this purpose today. Details below but first, here are the rules on how to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American 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 for the previous giveaway. Our winner was Renée from WI. Now on to today's giveaway.

I am offering an ARC of my book, courtesy of Saga Press. From the starred review in Booklist magazine:

“Horror isn’t just a genre, it’s a calling,” writes Sadie Hartmann in her introduction to this fine collection of essays that delves deep into the appeal of the macabre. Spratford, well-known in the library world as a horror expert, has gathered the most important voices in the genre today—Brian Keene, Stephen Graham Jones, Tananarive Due, and more—and invited them to respond to the simple titular prompt. The results are illuminating, moving, and inspiring. Many of the authors were scared kids or faced trauma (Cynthia Pelayo’s harrowing tale comes to mind) and found comfort in the monstrous. Gabino Iglesias reflects on his grandmother’s belief in ghosts and spirits. Alma Katsu, who worked for “a few three-lettered government agencies,” talks about what historical horror can teach us about the present. Nuzo Onoh describes how horror helped her escape the real-life terrors of the Biafran War. Rachel Harrison masterfully relates the terror of low-fat yogurt. Each essay is put into context with an introduction by Spratford, who, like a good librarian, also provides read-alikes for each author. A treasure trove for readers of horror, this collection will also serve as a useful readers’ advisory tool and may convince the horror-curious to give the genre a try. — Susan Maguire

The book is out in just over 6 weeks and I have a lot of events lined up-- in person, virtual, and podcasts-- starting tomorrow. You can see all of those details including how you can participate and a bookstore that is currently offering personalized books via a pre-sale, on the main blog here. 

Head over to the main blog for more info, but first, enter for your chance to win an ARC of Why I Love Horror, the book that Daniel Kraus calls,"A celebration, an incantation, and a revelation."

Ever now and you are entered going forward.

Good luck!

#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: Spread Me by Sarah Gailey

Today I am giving away an ARC for a book by an author who is VERY popular with library audiences. Details below but first, here are the rules on how to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American 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 for the previous giveaway. Our winner was Brandi from OK.

Now on to today's giveaway. Sarah Gailey has a new book coming out. Spread Me and the advance praise for this novel is off the charts! Via Goodreads:

Spread Me is a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey, after a routine probe at a research station turns deadly when the team discovers a strange specimen in search of a warm place to stay.

Kinsey has the perfect job as the team lead in a remote research outpost. She loves the solitude, and the way the desert keeps her far away from the temptations teeming out in the civilian world.

When her crew discovers a mysterious specimen buried deep in the sand, Kinsey breaks quarantine and brings it into the hab. But the longer it's inside, the more her carefully controlled life begins to unravel. Temptation has found her after all, and it can't be ignored any longer.

One by one, Kinsey's team realizes the thing they're studying is in search of a new host—and one of them is the perfect candidate....

Here's the thing though, this description works very hard to not give anything away, but it might work too hard. I think it leaves out some key appeal info about this erotic horror novel. So, I have added three blurb from an author and one from a librarian (that I know irl):

“A pure giddy delight of an erotic horror story. It will leave you scandalized, terrified, and delighted.” —Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author

"John Carpenter's The Thing is back and it's sandier, and hornier, and wants to be inside of YOU! Made me blush so hard I cried." —Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

“Hot, messed-up horror that puts you in a maniacal 'sickos meme' state. The vivacious pace keeps the pages flying, while the core of Spread Me is a blooming flower, revealing its beauty petal by petal. Another reason Gailey is one of my favorite authors.” —Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Game in Yellow

"I just finished @sarahgailey.bsky.social 's SPREAD ME last night and Y'ALL... I never felt so flushed about desert life before." -- Kristi C, @booksnyarn.bsky.social

I think most of you have this book on order already, but just in case....get on that! This book come out on 9/23/25.

I am giving away one ARC courtesy of Tor Nightifre to one winner. 

 Enter once and you are entered going forward.

Good Luck!

#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: Two Finished Books for 1 Winner

Today I am giving away two finished books (to one winner) that I am pretty sure many of you missed, but I think are worth your time. Details below but first, here are the rules on how to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American 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 for the previous giveaway. Our three winners were (in order): Jamie from MN, Adam from KS, and Jenny from NY.

Now on to today's giveaway. 

I have 2 books which were brought to my attention as I attended conferences last month. The first came to me via StokerCon. As I was going through the dealers room and talking with authors I met Ari Loeb. Loeb is an example of an author who is getting the critical praise for his excellent work, but is having trouble breaking through into places like libraries-- where there would be many readers who would enjoy his novels-- mostly because he is being published in smaller presses. 

We had a great conversation and he is a super interesting person. (See also his memoir-- in essays-- coming out soon.)

To help more people know about his latest novel, The Stunted Man (which has a blurb from Nick Cage and that alone is enough for you to know as to why your readers will love it), which has won numerous awards and accolades, I am featured a finished copy here on the blog. From Goodreads:

"Compelling, poetic, and funny as hell." —Nicolas Cage

"Best Psychological Horror 2024" —American Fiction Award

"Best Fiction" —Literary Titan Award

Aging stuntman Lex Mercier battles addiction and his own demons while searching for his last shot at redemption on a dangerous gig with Universal Pictures. But will his fractured mind and broken body allow him to perform? Can he ultimately quell his addictions and conquer his darkest fears? Or will his misery overtake him . . .

Written from an insider's perspective on the stunt industry, The Stunted Man invites you to peek behind the curtain at the men and women who risk their lives to bring you the high-octane cinema you love. Horror fans, metalheads, and iconoclasts will revel in Lex's journey throughout the dark alleys, haunted film locations, and seedy sub-terrains of New Orleans, as he explores the depths of depression, the haunting allure of stunt work, and the ultimate cost of chasing one’s dreams.

If pop culture makes you uncomfortable, you will absolutely love this book.

"A Confederacy of Dunces meets Frankenstein."

"Myth-making at its finest. An air-tight bloody triumph."

I highly recommend you add this book to your collections, whether you win this week's giveaway or not. It is a great example of survival horror with an interesting and frame-- the stunt industry. That alone will get pique readers interests. The fact that the reading the book is totally worth their time, well that will be icing on the cake.

Next up is a finished book from Poisoned Pen Press (Sourcebooks) that I had missed completely when it came out in mid-June-- The Farmhouse by Chelsea Conradt:

Every woman who has lived on this farm has died. Emily just moved in.

When Emily Hauk's mother dies, it's time for her and her husband, Josh, to finally leave San Francisco. A farm in rural Nebraska is everything they want for a fresh start: clear skies, low costs, and distance from the grief back home.

They should have asked why the farm was for sale.

Three years ago a teenage girl went missing from the farm. Soon afterward, the girl's mother mysteriously died. The deeper Emily digs the more stories she uncovers of women connected to her new home who've met their own dark ends.

With each passing day Emily's sanctuary slips further away. The barn seems to move throughout her property as though chasing her. Her mother's favorite music drifts across the cornfield. She swears she saw blood in one of the farmhand's trucks. And the screams that wake her are not fox howls, no matter how many times her husband says they are. If she wants to claim this place as her own she'll have to find out the truth before whatever watches from the cornfield takes her, too.

The Sourcebooks Library Marketing Team talked to me about this book while I was at ALA Annual and gave me this finished copy to give away to one of you. I had not heard about this book at all, even as I was reviewing other titles from the imprint-- and loving them. Keep your eye out for their great titles. Like all Sourcebooks titles, these are books that are PERFECT for a general library audience.

Reminder, both of these books are finished copies, so the winner should consider adding them to their collections.

But it is more than that. All of you reading this should consider adding both of these books to your collection...right now! I do this giveaway not only to give the advanced copies of the books I have read for review away, but also, to alert you to books that you would not know about otherwise. I can't review them all, but I can fit a few more in with my Becky seal of approval here on the giveaway.

Next week I will begin featuring books with September release dates! 

Enter now, so you can be entered going forward. Last week I had a winner from 4 years ago who had forgot she entered as well as someone who had entered that week. You never know.

#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: 3 Books for 3 Winners

Today I have three books which I wrote reviews for in the July 2025 issue of Booklist  Details below but first, here are the rules on how to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American 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 for the previous giveaway. Our winner was Samantha from WI.

Now on to this week. I have MANY books to giveaway in the coming weeks so I am going to get a jump on the overflow with three titles whose reviews just published.

Below I will list the books in the order of which I will pull the winners with the title and my three words for each book, with the link going my draft review and bonus appeal info from the general blog. Three books, three distinct winners.

• We Are always Tender With Our Dead by Eric LaRocca
• Three Words That Describe This Book: transgressive, engrossing, epic
• STARRED Review
• Tantrum by Rachel Eve Moulton
• Three Words That Describe This Book: generational trauma, bad seed novel reimagined, sinister
• 8114 by Joshua Hull
• Three Words That Describe This Book: verisimilitude, haunted small towns, trauma

Good luck to all. 

#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: A Shirley Jackson Award Nominee and Two Bonus Books

Today I have three books from Lethe Press for one winner including a title that is nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award which are all being handed out next weekend.  Details below but first, here are the rules on how to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American 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 for the previous giveaway. Our winner was Michelle from Hawaii

Today I have a prize pack courtesy of 3 finished books from Lethe Books which I got from them while attending StokerCon. You can add all of these to your collections immediately.

First up is a novella which, as I said above, is up for a Shirley Jackson Award in the novella category. My colleague Stephanie Klose gave it a star last year in Booklist:

STAR

A Scout Is Brave.

By Will Ludwigsen. July 2024. 150p. Lethe, paper, $15 (9781590216606).

First published June 1, 2024 (Booklist). 

When Bud Castillo and his parents move from Queens to tiny oceanfront Innsmouth, Massachusetts, he’s startled to find that the town contains only one other kid: naive, earnest Aubrey Marsh. Missing his Boy Scout troop, Bud suggests that he and Aubrey start their own, leading to adventures that include breaking into a derelict hospital and sneaking onto the offshore drilling rig where Bud’s father works in an effort to learn more about “the Unpleasantness” that led to Innsmouth being abandoned 30 years earlier and its connection to the mysterious Reverend Pritchett’s current plans for the town. Bud’s first-person narrative voice is wry and engaging, telling his fish-out-of-water story with both the wonder of the child he was and the canny perspective of the adult he’s become. With teen protagonists and equal attention paid to the narrator’s coming-of-age and the eldritch horrors (possibly) lurking under the water, this perfectly polished gem of a novel is ideal for readers who loved YA horror, such as White Smoke (2021), by Tiffany D. Jackson, or The Dead and the Dark (2021), by Courtney Gould, as well as for adult fans of cosmic horror, such as John Langan’s The Fisherman (2016) or Nick Cutter’s The Deep (2014). — Stephanie Klose

Next up is  H.P. Lovecraft's Commonplace Book: Weirdly Illustrated:

Artist Michael Bukowski takes the entries in H.P. Lovecraft's Commonplace Book and creates a memorable addition to any bookshelf devoted to the weird. Featuring a mix of full-color spreads and cleverly monstrous spot art surrounding Lovecraft's imaginative notions, it is the perfect gift for any fan of the Cthulhu Mythos. Only 1d6 SAN lost with each reading.

Paperback, 84 pages with a selection of full-color artwork on many pages!

And finally Monstrous Alterations by Christopher Barzak:

In this new collection from Shirley Jackson Award winning author
Christopher Barzak, discover stories where fairy tales, gothic narratives, and classic monster stories are transformed into new wonders. A princess who yearns only for freedom dances her nights away at clubs in defiance of tradition. A young man plots revenge on his murderer from the underworld. Two friends discover a goblin market where they are offered the fruit of forbidden love. On the streets of London, a man destroys the life of a little girl in an instant. The caretaker for a woman confined to her room frees her from the circumstances that have bound her. A maid at an inn discovers the powerlessness and power of invisibility. A teenager, locked into Kensington Gardens after closing time, is brought face to face with the reality of a childhood icon. A man is born, grows up, and dies, all within the span of a day. A bank clerk determines to save himself and his friend from the destinies their overbearing fathers have made for them. From the Brothers Grimm to Kafka, Barzak imaginatively traverses the history of the dark and the fantastic, and returns with new tales for an ever-changing world. 

"In Monstrous Alterations, Christopher Barzak fashions old tales into modern marvels, trimming, embellishing, and turning them inside out. A spellbound tailor, he is both witty with his scissors and entranced by his source material, enmeshed in Poe, Kafka, Christina Rossetti, and the vast fairy tale tradition. These stories display not only the power of craft but the helplessness of desire: that intoxicating stuff we call inspiration." -Sofia Samatar, World Fantasy Award winning author of A Stranger in Olondria.

All three finished copies for 1 winner!

Enter now and you are entered going forward. Good luck!