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Dread Ink
This triple dose of terror compiles three Bryan Smith novellas never previously published in paperback. In THE HALLOWEEN BRIDE, a mysterious woman in black lures a grieving widower through a crack in reality to Willowblack Lane, where Halloween is eternal and a clue to the truth behind his wife’s untimely death awaits. BLOODRUSH is a tale of vampiric compulsion and one man’s descent into helpless obsession with a beautiful and merciless priestess of the undead. THE DIABOLICAL CONSPIRACY looks at the Satanic truth behind the idyllic serenity of a seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood.
Behind the mundane façade of ordinary life lurks an underbelly of darkness few wish to acknowledge, an insidious evil force driven by an insatiable need to corrupt and destroy. Some are aware of its presence but try not to think about it in the interest of preserving precious illusions. Yet that feeling remains, bubbling under the surface, that dreadful suspicion the unknown thing lurking in the dark will soon rise up . . . and consume.
Behind the mundane façade of ordinary life lurks an underbelly of darkness few wish to acknowledge, an insidious evil force driven by an insatiable need to corrupt and destroy. Some are aware of its presence but try not to think about it in the interest of preserving precious illusions. Yet that feeling remains, bubbling under the surface, that dreadful suspicion the unknown thing lurking in the dark will soon rise up . . . and consume.
248 pages, Paperback
Published July 12, 2024
About the author
Bryan Smith
110 books777 followersBryan Smith is the Splatterpunk Award-winning author of more than forty horror and crime books, including 68 Kill, the cult classic Depraved and its sequels, as well as The Killing Kind, Slowly We Rot, The Freakshow, and many more. Bestselling horror author Brian Keene called Slowly We Rot, "The best zombie novel I've ever read."
68 Kill was adapted into a motion picture directed by Trent Haaga and starring Matthew Gray Gubler of the long-running CBS series Criminal Minds. 68 Kill won the Midnighters Award at the SXSW film festival in 2017 and was released to wide acclaim, including positive reviews in The New York Times and Bloody Disgusting.
Bryan also co-scripted an original Harley Quinn story for the House of Horrors anthology from DC Comics. He has worked with renowned horror publishers in both the mass market and small press spheres, including Leisure Books, Samhain Publishing, Grindhouse Press, Death’s Head Press, and more. His works are available wherever books are sold, with select titles also available in German and Italian.
68 Kill was adapted into a motion picture directed by Trent Haaga and starring Matthew Gray Gubler of the long-running CBS series Criminal Minds. 68 Kill won the Midnighters Award at the SXSW film festival in 2017 and was released to wide acclaim, including positive reviews in The New York Times and Bloody Disgusting.
Bryan also co-scripted an original Harley Quinn story for the House of Horrors anthology from DC Comics. He has worked with renowned horror publishers in both the mass market and small press spheres, including Leisure Books, Samhain Publishing, Grindhouse Press, Death’s Head Press, and more. His works are available wherever books are sold, with select titles also available in German and Italian.
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January 10, 2025
Loved these three novellas. I had been wanting to read them for ages and I am so happy they were put together in this book. Fun, edge of your seat, gory, sex fests, very fun reads for sure and all I expected and more. If you are a fan of Bryans work you will love this book.
July 12, 2024
Nothing better than an unexpected Bryan Smith release while on vacation! These 3 novellas had been in my TBR for ages and thank you Bryan and Grindhouse Press for this crazy, wonderful package.
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