Category: Goat Leader
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Mood Swings – by Dave Jeffery

A series of micro-collections featuring a selection of peculiar tales from the best in horror and speculative fiction. From Black Shuck Books and Dave Jeffery comes Mood Swings, the thirty-sixth in the Black Shuck SHADOWS series. Dark bleatings, my moody tribe! I’m here today to talk about Dave Jeffery’s contribution to the Shadows collection. As you’ll…
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Incarnate – by Richard Thomas

In a frozen tundra, a sin-eater fights for redemption and absolution as monstrous creatures ravage a community already struggling to survive. Sebastian Pana is a sin-eater, a shaman-like figure who can absolve the dead of their transgressions before they move on to the afterlife. But when a tear in the fabric of reality allows hideous…
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Wish Upon A Dark Star – by Richard Clive

A teenager bullied for her gender identity, a gang member haunted by the deeds of his past, a woman trapped in an abusive relationship, struggling to keep a secret that could endanger her life… Wish Upon a Dark Star compiles eleven tales of terror in Richard Clive’s follow up to his critically acclaimed debut collection,…
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At Dark, I Become Loathsome – by Eric LaRocca

From the Bram Stoker Award®-finalist and Splatterpunk Award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, a grim yet gentle, horrifying yet hopeful tale of grief, trauma, and love. If you’re reading this, you’ve likely thought that the world would be a better place without you. A single line of text, glowing in the…
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Laid to Unrest – Anthology Edited by P.J. Blakey-Novis

From the people who brought you Castle Heights, Sweet Little Chittering, and Unceremonious, comes a new horror anthology of intertwining tales… Laid to Unrest. On the day of the funeral for self-made millionaire Morton Clark a motley crew of mourners gather to say their farewells, but no-one is an innocent as they first seem. Whilst the circumstances around Morton’s…
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Into the Wild Green Yonder – by Peter Crowther and Tim Lebbon

With their first child on the way, Sally and Gordon are looking for their forever home, and they think they’ve found it in 44 North Drive. It needs some work, sure. Walls are crumbling, carpets are rotten, and the plumbing is leaky. But it’s the large overgrown garden that excites them most. Though there is…
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Dark Worlds We Wander – by Kristin Kirby

Unfolding through fourteen short stories and one novella, DARK WORLDS WE WANDER offers a fresh take on Earth’s last, desperate survivors who will do whatever it takes to keep from starving through a nuclear winter; a woman trapped in her laundry room who battles something terrifying in the clothes dryer; a convicted criminal who picks…
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The Dead Children’s Playground – by James Kaine

A cemetery filled with innocents. A ghostly chill in the air. Will a short walk through the woods awaken a dark power? Kylie Macklin is eager to live a normal life. Freshly moved from Florida to Alabama and finally in remission from cancer, the optimistic nine-year-old is used to dodging her overprotective mom’s warnings. So…
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Introducing…Grumpy Goat!
Dark bleatings, my glorious tribe. We’re kicking off 2025 in the most delightful way possible – with a new goat added to the tribe! Since Jolly Goat and Angry Goat swanned off, it’s just been little old me – your tireless Goat Leader – tending to the grass and growing the flowers here at Happy…
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Neighbourly Mischief – by Cristina Mirzoi

In this peculiar story, we follow the lives of a few distinctive individuals living in an old apartment building, ranging from angsty youth to middle-aged couples and senior citizens. Sorrows, insecurities, longings, frustrations, and, above all, secrets are concealed within each of these characters in an intricate maze of dysfunctional yet humorous relationships. The intrusion…