Books on Pre-order

These are the books on pre-order that will be released within the next few months. Click the book title links to purchase your copy today.

The Standing Dead

by Greg F. Gifune

(Release date – 2/3/2026)

When Roman’s wife Gabby disappears on a routine hike in the woods near their home, a huge effort immediately gets underway to find her. Nothing is found, however, not a trace of her or any clues as to what may have happened. The mystery deepens when days later Gabby emerges from the forest on her own, seemingly unscathed…except that her hair has turned completely white. While Gabby claims to have no memory of what happened to her or where she’s been, once back at home, Roman begins to notice strange things about his wife that go beyond her new altered appearance. Every night, Gabby leaves home and wanders the town as if in a trance. In addition, she has moments that can only be described as predatory and unnerving. She simply isn’t herself, and when doctors fail to offer any real solutions, Roman desperately turns to Boyce, a mysterious local clairvoyant.

As darkness falls and a snowstorm descends, Boyce arrives at their home. The cold and snowy winter night deepens, and despite Gabby’s opposition, they delve deeper into the circumstances surrounding her disappearance. But in order to uncover the truth, they soon learn they must return to the forest, to the icy darkness between the trees, and confront the terrifying secret still hiding there.

A new, original, never-before-published nightmare from Greg F. Gifune, THE STANDING DEAD is loosely based on a short story of his published many years ago, reimagined and expanded into an intense, harrowing, strangely haunting novella.  

There’s something out there…and it wants us back.


Matilda’s Retreat

by Catherine Cavendish

(Release date – 2/10/2026)

The house kept its secrets – until someone disturbed it

Alone and isolated on a windswept moor, the centuries’ old building had seen its fair share of owners and more than its quota of dark legends when Lynn Schofield and her husband visited their friends there. From the moment they cross the threshold, it’s clear there is something very wrong here. Behind the walls is a house unlike any other and the horrors it has witnessed are embedded in its very fabric, ready and waiting for the next victim.

Decades later, another couple own the now ruinous house. For Diana, her initial reluctance to move in soon takes a leap forward when she sees something that shouldn’t be there. But as major renovations proceed – and the library starts to reveal its secrets – her mounting fears prove to be only the beginning of her nightmare.

Soon, she will discover the legends of Matilda’s Retreat are not consigned to the annals of history, as her life changes forever.


Pig Iron

by David James Keaton

(Release date – 2/17/2026)

The wells have run dry in Aqua Fría, where the only creatures remaining sweat booze and blood, searching for treasure as their time runs out…

Three days to die of dehydration.
Three days to fight for revenge or redemption.
Three days to right their wrongs.

With a glossary of western terminology, real and imagined, this risible struggle between love and subversion of the western is Deadwood meets A Clockwork Orange, with a shot of “wry.”


The Monster in the Closet

by Bill Gauthier

(Release date – 2/24/2026)

What if the monster in your child’s closet is real?

Tim Beaulieu’s daughter, Cleo, says that the monster is also her invisible friend, whom she blames for innocuous trouble. The whole thing makes Tim uneasy as he tries to remember a part of his childhood that is missing. Surely nothing can be wrong. Can it?

When the boy in the apartment upstairs goes missing after hurting Cleo, horrific memories begin to resurface as Tim finds himself under suspicion for the unthinkable. His daughter and those around him are in danger.

Tim must face his past to save Cleo but can they survive the monster in the closet?


Call Down the Lightning

by Teel James Glenn

(Release date – 3/31/2026)

Tecumseh Scott, a disabled former Marine, lives in a Manhattan apartment above a year-round haunted house attraction at 42nd St., because the screams from below drown out the cries of his dead comrades in his head. Trying to blend in with the emotionally damaged haunt actors and having a rough time dealing with civilian life, his fragile balance is upset by new violence when he saves a young woman from a mugging.

Drawn into a whirlwind mystery when suddenly attacked by a cadre of hired killers, Tecumseh calls upon members of his old unit. Soon they are all targeted for extinction as they try to keep a final promise to a brother-in-arms. Tecumseh attempts to honor the memory of the lighting symbol, their unit mark, and dodge withering live fire at the same time.

Will Tecumseh stop the bad guys before his own inner demons tear him apart? Can he survive a horrible betrayal that threatens to destroy all his hopes for a future?


Korrigan Grimm

by James A. Moore

(Release date – 4/28/2026)

Korrigan Grimm is nothing more than a pawn, caught between his father and their sworn enemy in a war without end. He has spent most of his life as the prisoner of the Sharhadua, as have his siblings. Although he is treated well, his life is not his own. And yet, Korrigan Grimm has a destiny.

As battles are lost and powers shift, his siblings are put to death, one by one, as is the tradition. His time is running out and if he is to claim his power, he must act swiftly. With the help of his only true friend, Whisper, he escapes his bondage and flees toward a father who is a stranger to him. But this is a brutal world, ruled by war and governed by battles both won and lost. Even a stolen dragon’s pearl won’t be enough to save him. He must reclaim his soul-binding artifacts and thus, his power.

Hunted by both sides and feared on the battlefield, Korrigan Grimm fights to reclaim his artifacts and his power. But will his power be enough? Can he somehow seize his father’s power and end the war, all while keeping his friends safe? And what is the price of living forever in a world that never stops trying to kill you?