SNM Horror Magazine

Here is where you can really show your support to these dark, brilliant writers that make up the very pages of SNM. Below is where SNM published authors have just recently released their debut novels that are available for sale on Amazon & B&N and other reliable sources. Who here has earned the right for you to purchase their book? Please show your support to them by purchasing a copy of the works from the newest up and coming pioneers of horror and dark fiction. There is a link that goes to their buy book page. Aren't you bored of Stephen King by now? SNM has published over 100 authors last year, but only about 20 have complete-themed novels published; that's one in five. There are 10 books posted below from now until next January. 10 more will be added added then. Please show your support. NOTE: SNM receives no royalties for any author's book sales so ALL proceeds go to the authors and supports their dark visions.

       Coming Soon in January 2010

  *See featured authors on the bottom of the homepage.

SNM Horror Author of the Year:

James Cheetham

           

Some children are forced to grow up quickly while others aren't meant to grow up at all. Little Rita existed between these two spectrums, wandering in between reality and dreams, suffering and surviving in the here and now.

Some people go over the edge with courage or blind faith while others wade along the shoreline contemplating what might lay beyond. Rita found the edge and clutched the rocks. There, she lingered as a child in the cold water while hanging on for dear life. There, with broken fingernails and white, waterlogged skin she remained until she became an adult. All she needed was a little nudge.

Her past haunting her every waking moment, her present still confusing her troubled mind, she wonders about her future. Fate awaits, but what if her destiny is delievered? The universe changes and lives spiral out of control. Rita lives one such life and carries her sins close to her heart; a weed amongst flowers.

"Bold and penetrating...deliciously disturbing...psychologically acute. Entertaining as it is dark and inspiring."

-- Harvey  Wallbanger, Cocktail Reviews.

              To Buy This Book:

  http://www.wildchildpublishing.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=71&products_id=198

          Additional Author Contact:

   www.myspace.com/jamescheetham

Meet female's answer to Clive Barker.  Let us not soon forget that Elizadeth Hetherington currently has the most amount of published stories by SNM Mag and she is clearly the Queen of SNM with huge fan support. With 5 published stories, she sets the record amount of the year. She also appears in both of the Bonded By Blood SNM Horror Anthologies. Here's what one of our featured SNM Authors had to say about Elizadeth's work

“Elizadeth is one of the most interesting writers on SNM. Her stories tend to explore very humanistic themes, and cut out all the other crap. She avoids many of the standard clichés that other writers cannot seem to escape from and doesn't rely on cheap scares.” – Joel Peterson, 4 time published SNM Author.

Nature of the Daughters is a milestone journey into the rotten mind of a female psychopath. Through the waves of change, Renata Savannah finds a balance in her natural desire to kill. Obsessed with nature and science, young Renata displays her firsthand account of the the obstacles and challenges to being the successor of natural evil. A sharp, brilliant glow onto the possibilities of the irrational woman, Nature of the Daughters leaves a permanent scar.

Sylvania Ohio sets the gore-soaked scene of the fresh murderer in the wraps of social development. In a most unusual family, Renata learns the dark secrets of her history and clenches to the adventure in discovering the most scared of lessons: love, friendship, violence, lust, and the Nature of the Daughters.

Meet 22 year old horror prodigy writer, Joel Peterson. He is an author to watch out for. He writes in a fresh and non-cliched fashion in the tradition of Poe and Lovecraft and has his own signature style that is unmistakably Joel. He has 4 published SNM stories to date and you will be hearing more about this author over time. A true wordsmith with a very unique voice, this marks his debut novel as he enters into the writing world. His fourth story has just been accepted in the June issue of SNM Mag as a collaborative with senior editor Steven Marshall.

On Guts, Glory And Goin' Out With A Bang, this book is a true throwback to cheap pulp and sci-fi and a treat for any fan of gore and violence. It is the first in series of novella known as The Polaris Account, which features the comic book style art of Michael K. Silva.

The setting takes place in Nexus, the biggest "supercity" in the western world. An ex-"Janitor" named Seth Fremont is on the loose and causing mayhem, and only Caleb Lang can stop him; a washed up super cop with a penchant for brutality and a chip on his shoulder. During his mission, he begins to unravel the mystery behind a deadly ailment known as The Polaris Virus, which if left unchecked, threatens to plunge the whole city into terror and chaos. Drug addicts, jaded terrorists, a marauding God of metal death, exploding corpses and a machete wielding cop killer; for Caleb Lang. It's all in a days work and pretty standard stuff for a treatise On Guts, Glory And Goin' Out With A Bang!

Now this is a writer to watch out for; much better than I was at his age, and true wordsmith with a unique and non-cliche style.

--Steven Marshall, SNM Horror Mag

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                     Additional Author Contact:

     www.myspace.com/diaries_of_caleb_lang

Kerry Morgan has been dishing up terror for over thirty years now  and she still adores it. She's had a few publishing credits in Ezines. The Astral Avenger is Kerry's debut novel and she is working on the sequel.  Kerry now has 2 stories published in SNM Horror Mag. She also has two shorts published in the Ladies of Horror Anthology and will be participating in the PI-Con4 in Enfield, Massachusetts this year. Visit her websites: www.kerryamorgan.com and www.paganimagination.com. She just launched Pagan Imagination which is a new free e-zine.

Astral Avenger: An everyday woman with extraordinary powers astrally travels and speaks with the dead in The Astral Avenger.

Angela Mystique, paranormal assassin extraordinaire, delivers justice for innocents that the world has long forgotten. With an unnatural ability for astral travel as well as the uncanny ability to psychically read and interact with the dead, Angela’s clients find her after their tragic deaths and ask her to kill the people who led them to their demise.

Now Angela's best friend has been murdered and it’s up to her to find them to deliver vengeance for the one person she loved most in the world.

"Awesome visuals and the almighty battle while still in astral flight. Readers will enjoy her dusting of humor all throughout. Chapter one really showcased her talent as a great story teller and will keep you turning the pages, wanting more."

--Hitcher

                                To Buy This Book:

   www.eloquentbooks.com/TheAstralAvenger.html

                 Additional Author Contact:

              www.myspace.com/krymrgn

Ken Kupstis is a writer, rock musician and all around Playboy. He has been a part of SNM Mag from the beginning with two published stories, one of which appears in Bonded By Blood. Ken has established himself with an array of published books: "Clownwhite" a comedy of Horrors, "Voodoo Highway," a short story collection, Inhuman Resources, as seen above along with "Staplegun Logic," his newest release, and "Rock Her World," an audio book and a self-help audio guide for men and women on sexuality, lovemaking and polyamory. His latest published work  includes a short story appearing in the Atrum Tempestas anthology from Black Hound Press, just released on May 15th.

K.K's Inhuman Resources is a collection of seventeen horror stories compiled to form a spine-tingling anthology. Each story is  horrific, gory, or in the case of Eyes For Breakfast, just gross.

Ranging from demonic weight machines, to aliens, insanity and science fiction, you will surly find something that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. The story that freaked me out was, This Won't Hurt A Bit. I have an all new fear of dentists thanks to this story. As K.K.'s character said, "if you put a white lab coat on, people will believe anything."

Ken Kupstis is a horror author I wouldn't want to cross. If he can think of such grotesque ways that his secondary characters meet their demise, I would hate to see what he could do if he was really mad! He's an astonishing author. Horror is clearly his genre of expertise.

Each story is more grotesque than the last! --Crystal Adkins, Crystal's Book Reviews, June 5, 2008.

Jade Eckert is no stranger to SNM with 3 published stories and featured story in the SNM Horror Anthology: Bonded By Blood She just released her debut novel called "Blackness" published by Mystic Moon Press and is nominated for a Derringer award. Jade has had several online magazine publications aside from her featured anthology stories. Blackness is her first step into a debut horror novel release. She is working on her second novel called House of Ten Dogs. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

Blackness is a dark fiction thriller and supernatural romance. Sarah Tilton leaves her abusive husband, Jesse, the night he beats her so badly she miscarries. While Sarah is in the hospital recovering Jesse begins a killing spree that may end with Sarah. Now, though, the ghost of his first victim is helping Sarah. Will it be enough? Aided by a kind paramedic and finding herself falling in love with him, Sarah runs for her life, knowing that everyone she turns to for help could end up a victim at the hands of a man she once loved. Based on the award-nominated short story of the same name, Blackness is a thrill ride from the first page. This book has 200 pages, 76,000 words.

                To Buy This Book:

    www.mysticmoonpress.com/authorpages/jadeeckert.html

             Additional Author Contact:

         www.myspace.com/jadeeckert

Alan Draven has authored Bitternest and The Bypassed mind. He is also the editor of Sinister Landscapes, a Goth anthology. Alan's published SNM Story, Hershell's Motel, is featured in Bonded By Blood. He also has other anthology publications and is the co-author in a new horror trilogy just released called "Creeping Shadows," a trilogy Novella. "Bitternest" was Alan's debut  novel and "The Bypassed Mind" is also available on sale. Alan's books and anthologies can be found on Amazon & B&N. Being both a writer and editor makes his writing very concise.

Bitternest: A Louisiana city of sunken dreams and drunken ambitions. A hidden gateway to hell infused with dark myths and a sinister history where evil lurks in every fog-shrouded corner. A pandemic of avian influenza is slowly crippling the world. Only this city appears to be resisting...but at what cost?

Following a grim discovery, Detective Terry Graves is taken to a secret underground crypt and thrown into the dark realm of vampires. There he learns that their numbers are dwindling; their only salvation lies in creating an alliance. Together they must face a new breed of creatures waging war to both man and vampires while a drug lord with a hidden agenda plans the city’s downfall.

Nothing is what it seems. Terry finds himself drowning in a web of deception. Upon seeking answers, he realizes that something much worse is looming in the city, for an ancient evil has been unleashed—and cannot be stopped! 

"Draven's down-to-earth writing style makes this book an easy read, and the ever-changing plotline keeps up an invigorating pace. Bitternest delivers the chills and thrills."

-- Dark Realms Magazine

--Vampress.net

"Bitternest is a roller coaster ride of horrific delights from the beginning to the very end. Brilliantly portrayed situations and characters add to his overall vivid storytelling ability. A debut novel of epic proportions, Bitternest is certain to be a much talked about novel. With its fresh approach to the vampiric race --and its many plot twists and turns, Bitternest will be a great addition to the horror genre."

--Authors After Dark

                                To Buy This Book:

                                                                         ISBN 978-0-9799884-3-1

Tamara Wilhite blends a nice combination of horror and Sci-Fi. She has been twice published by SNM Mag with stories and a featured article. Her material is very well researched and very concise in her writing. She also has a story in Bonded By Blood. "Sirat" is her second published book. Her debut novel was first released in 2005 entitled "Humanity's Edge" and she has just completed her third novel to be announced. If you want a blend of Sci-Fi in your horror, we recommend checking out her work.

Sirat is the mythical border between Heaven and Hell. Sirat is also the violent, inhospitable world the Archer crew has been stranded upon. Despite disaster after disaster and the many deaths they brought, The Archer’s crew and their descendants, managed over generations to change both Sirat and themselves and find a tentative Paradise in the process. They remake their world, their society and even themselves in an effort to improve both. As the high technology of the Archer and its high minded principles fade from memory, new explorers from Earth arrive, changing the face of Sirat forever. The arrival of a new starship from Earth threatens to throw them and their world into the mass chaotic abyss. Can they find a new balance in the process?

 "A futuristic science fiction novel that is very well thought out, well-written and very enjoyable."

--Crystal Adkins, Crystal's Book Reviews 

                        To Buy This Book:

http://www.amazon.com/Sirat-Through-Fires-TamaraWilhite/dp/0979988438/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242820530&sr=8-2

                Additional Author Contact:

        www.myspace.com/humanitysedge

 
Meet John Grover, author of Feminine Wiles as well as 2 time published author in SNM Horror Mag. John has a range from dark fiction to horror, combining seduction with destruction in this latest novel; a horror erotica collection of females masked in dark veils, mistresses of deception, and soul stealing succubi whose beauty and horror you cannot deny. This book has just recently been released and is now available on sale. John has 5 published books to date and has many anthology publications. Get your copy from Amazon or directly from the publisher here

http://www.bluphier.com/

Think that women are the softer sex? Well, think again! These women  will prove you dead wrong. Gathered in this volume are sixteen tales of ladies of darkness, women of horror, sisters of the night who turn the tables on their male counterparts with cunning, intelligence and beauty to blaze a hellish path through horror fiction. From the fair maiden to withered crone women, each have always had their place in supernatural and horror literature but never have they taken the spotlight as they do now. They prove men aren't the only villains to be reckoned with and that they can be every bit as lethal. Every story in this collection features a female villain in all her dark glory from the femme fatale to the wicked witch. No damsels in distress or dim-witted victims here -- only seductive, cunning, savage and strong villains to make your nightmares sweeter than you could ever imagine. Will you go willingly when they summon you? Will you succumb when they completely seduce you? Will you fall prey to their Feminine Wiles?                            

"Every so often I come across an author I really admire. John Grover is one of those authors. The guy can just plain write circles around many of his peers and he proves this with his newest collection of short stories, Feminine Wiles: Sixteen tales dealing with female villains. He writes about these women with such authority, I can't help but wonder if he's met a few of these women. I can tell he had fun writing these tales because it really shines through on the page. Discover him now. I promise you won't be disappointed in the least!"

 -- R. Thomas Riley, Author of The Monster Within Idea and Phrenetic.

                                To Buy This Book:
http://www.amazon.com/Feminine-Wiles-John-Grover/dp/0982384513/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242866169&sr=8-1

            Additional Author Contact:

      www.myspace.com/writerjohn

Eric S. Brown has just released his zombie army on SNM Mag! Run and hide...nevermind, it's too late! *Brain sucking sound.* Eric was featured in our "March To The Kingdom of the Dead" issue and has had an SNM feature interview. A true authority on zombies, and hugely influenced by George A. Romero, Eric's other works also include Season of Rot from Permuted Press, and the critically acclaimed Zombies: Inhuman, the second edition from Black River Publishing. Both are set for release in 2009. His short fiction has been published hundreds of times in markets ranging from Dark Wisdom to Ethereal Tales. Some of his past books and chapbooks include Cobble, Madmen's Dreams, Zombies: The War Stories: As We All Breakdown, and Viruses and Vamps to name a few. Eric just signed a two book deal with Coscom Entertainment: War of the Worlds: Blood, Guts and zombies and the follow up novel with Season of Rot. 

H.G.Wells's classic meets the undead in this amazing book by H.G. Wells and Eric S. Brown. Martians, zombies, panicking Londoners and a whole lot of zombie mayhem! --Coscom

The invasion begins...and the dead start to rise.

There’s panic in the streets of London as invaders from Mars wreak havoc on the living, slaying the populace with Heat-Rays and poisonous clouds of black smoke. Humanity struggles to survive against technology far beyond its own, meeting fear and death at every turn.

But that’s not the only struggle mankind must face. The dead are also rising from their graves with an insatiable hunger for human flesh. Friends, neighbours and loved ones lost to the war of the worlds are now the enemy and the Earth is forever changed.

It’s kill or be killed, if you want to survive, otherwise you might become one of the walking dead yourself.

                To Buy This Book:

 http://coscomentertainment.com/warzombie.html

        Additional Author Contact:

    www.myspace.com/ericsbrown

Here I am appearing merely as another fellow writer and not a publisher or editor. My hope is that by offering this free online horror magazine to the public, we can generate some profits on book sales. Books are the only thing that we have for sale here. 

My debut novel "Rituals of Terror" released in 2006, published by Authorhouse,  has 8 short stories which intertwine into one theme of characters who don't know each other, but meet and create this chain of events. The Dark Art of Wonder is my third novel, picking up where Rituals of Terror left off, but is not yet published. The Banished is my first complete themed novel of 205 pages, 70,000 words. It is my second published novel and only stand alone novel to date. It's also a cotrast to the more cerebral, visceral stories I write and loaded with action scenes!

                            Synopsis of The Banished: 

Welcome to a world where death is certain yet life is not. Deep in the woods of a sunless forest, a strange hybrid race of savage mutant cannibals fancy human flesh for nourishment. They have been driven away from their world, banished from society, and must survive out in the woodlands on their own with their most basic and primal instincts of hunting and killing for food. They unite and form a pack, feeding off the vast wildlife…until people start entering their world and become the main course! Backpackers, hikers and hunters all start disappearing and are torn to pieces for their tasty delicacy of their fine, fresh flesh offerings. Soon the mutant’s precious resources dwindle and winter is on the horizon...  

A honeymooning couple celebrating their upcoming wedding are hiking and camping out in the woods. Soon their romantic excursion becomes a fall from paradise when they encounter this strange savage breed. What devilish atrocities await them as they're taken hostage and used not for basic consumption, but as a means of escape from the creature’s dying habitat?  

A National APB has been issued for escaped prison inmates traveling north in a U-Haul and state police and The National Guard are called out to the scene.  Soon a viscous battle ensues between man and mutant for the right to live, while Hell is unleashed upon a small town in Michigan with vast acres of forest and underground lakes, where the creatures lurk in the shadows and rule in their dominion. Only one race can survive as it’s a fight to death and a slaughter to the finish…

What trials and tribulations must the bride-to-be face and what crucial role does she play? Together they journey into darkness to unveil much greater revelations than any of them expected. And by that time it may just be too late...as their fate is already carved in stone.           

Steven Marshall's dark and cryptic novel "The Banished" will keep you repulsed and yet intrigued about what will happen next all throughout the novel. This fast-paced, action-horror novel is very well-written with detailed blood bath scenes -- as well as true human emotion to make it come to life and gives it dimension. It proves that inside of every dark, savage creature there is still some shred of humanity clinging on…a must read!

--Crystal Adkins, Crystal's Book Reviews

Mr. Marshall deliberately creates the sense that he is a hopeless romantic and will inevitably deny the reader of any hardcore sex, violence or horror. His writing almost makes you blush and it even feels like he’s getting tongue tied. It’s just a ruse! When you least expect it, (he) dispenses with the romance and takes you for a ride. A characteristic of Marshall’s prose is that he forces you to watch. You want to look away, but he draws you in with both his well-choreographed fight scenes and vivid sexual encounters.

--David Saliba, Sceptic Thomas

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