Newt's Nightmares🦎#114
Newt's Nightmares
Greetings, my wicked darlings!
The Newt is healed. Well, mostly. A steady diet of chicken soup and green tea gut-punched the flu, and I’m back in action. I did write a story while fever struck, but it was not at the level of quality that I am happy publishing. Homicidal newts are fun and all, but perhaps fever isn’t always the best muse.
Fun fact, Festival of the Damned was written when I had COVID.
Speaking of which, I was dabbling while ill with Elsie. The lucky darling was happily murdering gangsters in a bar.
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FREE eBooksThe Doll House Killer: 1980s Slasher Flash Fiction: A quiet evening of babysitting in Berkshire turns into a bloody battle for survival.
Live Narration of TotM 1I’m currently auditioning narrators for the audiobook of TotM v1. I narrated most of it myself over the years, which you can find below, but wanted a higher studio quality for the final audiobook.
The Grimsdyke Ghouls: (renamed from The Hastings Harvest) In the 16th century, a family kicked out from their homes in Grimsdyke finds a new and murderous way to survive.
The Black Fog: When the black fog rolls in, death follows. In 1950‘s Grimsdyke, two lovers encounter a horror unlike any other.
Rock Bottom: Aussie back packers come face to face with primal adversaries in the cold peaks of Nepal.
The Platinum Service: When you have almost bottomless wealth, you can buy your way out of almost anything. But sometimes, actions come with unexpected consequences.
Festival of the Damned: Four teenagers are hired to perform at a county fair, but they soon realise that they were each chosen for a very specific reason.
The Sinful Child: Held captive in her father’s basement, Amelia struggles to escape. But reality isn’t always what it appears to be and soon she will learn an earth-shattering secret.
Terror from the Trash: Climate change is a very real threat to the world, but scientists find new perils, as something long thought to be dead, awakens.
The Tattoo: A hitchhiker and a lorry driver exchange tales on the road. Soon, they realise that neither of them is whom they claim to be.
The Tokoloshe: In South Africa, there exists a demonic entity that can make wishes come true, but the consequences cannot always be predicted.
The Heir Apparent: Keen to support his parents’ failing farm, Keith asks his wealthy cousins for a position in the family firm. As he becomes more and more entrenched in the business, he discovers that limitless ambition can be murderous.
The Wrong Crowd: Tim just wanted to apologise to his girlfriend, but soon finds himself in peril as he accidentally joins a very exclusive, very deadly club.
The Black Box: Waking up from a coma after a severe accident. Jack finds it is better to read the small print when offering your body to medical science. The Illusive Passenger In the distant future, a freighter captain picks up a most unusual cargo.
The Ghouls of Bangalore: In outer space, greed and narcism still plague the human race. An engineer whose life is at its nadir learns a terrifying secret.
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Review Reader OpportunityI’ve teamed up with BookSprout to offer review copies of Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 3 if anyone is looking for a complimentary eBook.
Horror Story CompilationsThe Fiction Giveaway Extravaganza!: 68 FREE horror stories, including ‘The Doll House Killer’, ‘The Enigmatic Skeleton’.
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What I’ve Been ReadingI read six books in October. My top three being:
Rotten Tommy by David Sodergren. This cost me a night’s sleep. It has all the most vital components of horror. Lighthouses, muppets and pugs. I cannot recommend this book or David Sodergren enough.
Night Shoot by David Sodergren. You can’t go wrong with David Sodergren. Mutant rich people, cannibalism, degenerate. A wonderful mix.
Our Dead Girlfriend by Jon Athan. Utterly gross and morally reprehensible. I fully recommend it.
If anyone wants to listen to my author chat with David Sodergren, it is HERE.
Also, the following Substacks I follow released:
A E Deakin: Released the free short story ‘Signed Off’
A J Burton: Released the free short stories ‘A Day with Death’, ‘Delvina’.
What I’ve Been WatchingI watched twenty six horror movies. The top three being:
Who I’ve Been Chatting ToTracy Fahey is an award-winning Irish author of six books. Her collection, I Spit Myself Out, won the 2025 Rubery International Book Award and her novella What Happens At The End, was awarded the 2024 Paul Cave Prize for Literature. Fahey has been a British Fantasy Award finalist in 2017, 2022, and 2024, and in 2024 she was also shortlisted for the London Independent Story Prize. In 2023 she received a Saari Fellowship from the Kone Foundation.
Sample her short story ‘I Look Like You, I Speak Like You, I Walk Like You’ here.
Ash Ericmore is a British horror author. He resides in the south, in the Garden of England. He writes horror that is sometimes fantastical, sometimes grounded, but always deeply graphic, and black with humour.
You can find him at his website by searching Google for ashericmore, or on Facebook, Patreon, Twitter and more!
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This collection of stories is designed for quick reads, whether over a coffee or during a commute. Either way, they promise to deliver exquisitely disturbing nightmares that gaze without flinching into the abyss—and linger in the mind long after.
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