Witch Hunts isn’t the only book Rocky Wood, Lisa Morton and Greg Chapman have doing the rounds.
Rocky is known around the world as one of the top experts on best-selling author Stephen King, and his latest work, Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished was revised and updated. Published by The Overlook Connection Press, the book includes updates on fiction and screenplays by King and King himself actually had input into the edition.
Lisa Morton has also expanded her library of works with a new fiction and non-fiction title, being released, just in time for Halloween.
Trick of Treat: A History of Halloween was just published by Reaktion Books, further cementing her reputation as the “Queen of Halloween.
In Trick or Treat, Halloween aficionado Lisa Morton provides a thorough history of this spooky day. She begins by looking at how holidays like the Celtic Samhain, a Gaelic harvest festival, have blended with the British Guy Fawkes Day and the Catholic All Souls’ Day to produce the modern Halloween, and she explains how the holiday was reborn in America, where costumes and trick-or-treat rituals have become new customs. Morton takes into account the influence of related but independent holidays, especially the Mexican Day of the Dead, as well as the explosion in popularity of haunted attractions and the impact of such events as 9/11 and the economic recession on the celebration today.
Bad Moon Books is also taking pre-orders for Lisa’s latest fiction work Hell Manor. Here’s a taste of the story:
Jack Lichtner is the genius behind Hell Manor, America’s most successful Halloween haunted house. Mazes, scare zones, live actors, special effects, crazy gore…Hell Manor’s got it all. But Jack gets in over his head when he hires Maeve, a mysterious woman with a penchant for bloody magic and murderous kin who want her back. This Halloween, Jack must use all his powers of illusion to fight off the real magic of the ancient tricksters who have invaded Hell Manor.
And finally Greg Chapman latest novella, Vaudeville is also available in e-book format from Dark Prints Press.
Young Anthony Moore is desperate to discover the truth about his father’s death. In Keaton Woods, the truth is waiting for him, held by vengeful demons. “The All-American Travelling Troubadours” have a dark story to perform – all they need is an audience of four young souls. Anthony is about to discover just what he is willing to sacrifice in order to seek answers.
Vaudeville is a coming-of-age horror tale, touching on themes of grief, loneliness and the darkest days of the American Civil War, from one of dark fiction’s rising stars, Greg Chapman.
So, if you enjoyed Witch Hunts, then you’re going to love these latest works from Rocky, Lisa and Greg. The perfect Halloween gifts!