Book Mail – Upcoming 2024 Horror

Here is some horror book mail that I’m very excited about – not only because I love the authors but the synopsis for both sound incredible and creepy. More short stories and more extreme horror for the TBR is always a good thing.

WHAT’S IN THE BODY BAG? : A COLLECTION OF DARK FICTION BY THE DEAD BIRDS WRITING GROUP (Released November 16th, 2023)

THE OLD LADY – Kristopher Triana (Releasing February 20th, 2024)

Here are the synopses:

WHAT’S IN THE BODY BAG? : A COLLECTION OF DARK FICTION BY THE DEAD BIRDS WRITING GROUP (Released November 16th, 2023 – Thank you to Dead Birds Publishing for the gifted copy)

Imagine, if you will, coming across a post-it note with the chilling message, “Body outside in green bag – side entrance.” Would you drop it and run the other way? Or would you just have to know more? In this collection of nine stories, ten authors from the Dead Birds Writing Group dare to delve into the strange, the dark, the funny, and let’s face it, the off-kilter stories of the troubled characters who just don’t know when to leave a good body bag alone.

THE OLD LADY – Kristopher Triana (Releasing February 20th, 2024 – Thank you to Kris for the gifted copy)

She never wanted to come home.After the death of her estranged father, Tracey returns to the remote cabin she grew up in. As a traumatized veteran of the Vietnam War, Tracey’s father subjected her to rigorous survival training under brutal conditions, believing it was for her own good. She escaped and never looked back. Now in her fifties with a criminal record, Tracey returns to claim the property she’s inherited.Hiking through the forest, teenage Alicia and her friends get lost in the snow. They stumble upon a compound run by extremists, and when the teens see too much, only Alicia manages to escape. She searches for help and comes across a secluded cabin.With the panicked girl banging on her door, Tracey is launched into combat mode, awakening her inner demons. Though she suffers from extreme PTSD, she is skilled in combat, making her a deadly adversary—perhaps too deadly. As a snowstorm hammers down, the women must work together to save Alicia’s friends from their captors.Alicia has a protector now, but what if this strange old lady is even more dangerous than the people she’s escaped from?The Old Lady is a new tale of survival horror from Kristopher Triana, author of Gone to See the River Man and Full Brutal, and columnist for Backwoods Survival Guide.