As the crisp air of fall begins to settle in, there's no better time to cozy up with a great book. At WordFire Press, we're celebrating the season with some exciting new offers, including exclusive preorders and unbeatable 99 cent deals that are sure to make your autumn reading list even more exciting!
Exclusive Preorders: Get Ahead of the Curve
This week, we're thrilled to announce two exclusive preorders that you won't want to miss. These upcoming releases are perfect for anyone looking to add a bit of fall flair to their bookshelf:
Mystic by Jonathan Maberry
About the book:
Gerald "Monk" Addison used to be a soldier. Sometimes he’s a bounty hunter. Mostly, he’s a killer of killers.
His body is covered with the faces of victims of serial killers, human traffickers, and other monsters. Their blood is mixed with holy water and then inked onto his skin, allowing him to relive their deaths. To feel what they felt, and to see what they saw. The faces of the killers.
And then Monk goes hunting.
He is forever haunted by the ghosts who hire him. A madman mystic. A man driven to darkness and acts of shocking violence. Monk is a good man on a dark and dangerous road in search of personal redemption. In search of red justice.
Mystic collects the Monk Addison case files, pitting him against the most dangerous kinds of human monsters. These are stories of a complex and driven hunter of men. They are tales of a mystic hunting the nightmare streets and back alleys.
New York Times bestselling author and 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry—creator of Joe Ledger, the Rot & Ruin series, and NecroTek—presents tales that are equal parts mystery, horror, supernatural thriller, and breathless action.
Foreword by Jim Butcher, New York Times bestselling author of The Dresden Files!
About the author:
Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times bestselling author, 5-time Bram Stoker Award winner, 4-time Scribe Award winner, Inkpot Award winner, editor, and comic book writer. His vampire apocalypse book series, V-Wars, was a Netflix original series. He writes in multiple genres including suspense, thriller, horror, science fiction, fantasy, and action, for adults, teens and middle grade. He is the editor many anthologies including The X-Files, Aliens: Bug Hunt, Don’t Turn Out the Lights, Nights of the Living Dead, and others. His comics include Black Panther: DoomWar, Captain America, Pandemica, Highway to Hell, The Punisher and Bad Blood. He is the editor of Weird Tales Magazine, and the president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. Follow Jonathan at jonathanmaberry.com, @jonathanmaberry on Instagram, Twitter, and Threads, and on Facebook at jonathan.maberry.5.
Prophets of Death and Madness: The Book of Ancient Evil 3 John Haas
**Preorder special! For a limited time, preorder Prophets of Death and Madness and receive a free eBook of "Shades of Springbourne," a short story spinoff from one of John Haas's most popular characters!**
About the book:
The Necronomicon lies on the ocean floor, but there are other hidden copies. That loathsome tome contains ways to contact creatures far superior to even horrific Cthulhu.
Elder gods who could destroy all reality in the blink of an eye.
Death lies in wait for Doctor Archibald Shaw, recent survivor of the sinking of the Titanic. Dangers, both new and familiar, unseen and overt, conspire to drag him deeper into the dark secret world. Shaw struggles to resist an undeniable pull toward Arkham, Massachusetts … and whatever new nightmare awaits there.
Meanwhile Singh crosses the Atlantic in pursuit of his only friend, convinced he may already be too late. He faces dangers of his own in the ocean’s depths, dangers that may prevent him from ever reaching Shaw.
Separated for the first time in decades, the two struggle against impossible odds—alone.
Monsters. Nightmares. Exotic portals. Elder gods. A strange new cult.
Will Shaw and Singh reunite before death claims them all?
About the author:
John Haas is a Canadian author, born and raised in Montreal before moving to Calgary, where he lived for twelve wonderful years. Now he lives in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, but still misses seeing those Rocky Mountains in the distance.
John has been writing for most of his life, but only became serious about being published in the last decade or so. In that time he has published twenty short stories in various venues, including Writers of the Future volume 35. His first three novels have also been released—The Reluctant Barbarian (2017), The Wayward Spider (2019) and The Unavoidable Quests (2020), a fun and humorous fantasy trilogy.
Currently he is hard at work on the next novel of Shaw and Singh’s struggles against the forces of darkness.
His goal is to become a full-time writer (rich and famous would be nice too, but not the main goal).
He lives with his two wonderful sons who continue to give him motivation, support and time to write.
99 Cent Wednesday Deals: Fall in Love with a Bargain
Timeweb: The Timeweb Chronicles 1 by Brian Herbert
Brian Herbert creates a universe of wondrous possibilities that is populated by sentient spaceships, shapwshifters, intriguing robots, and miniature aliens with mysterious powers.
Humanity has become a mercantile society that has spread throughout the galaxy, ruled by wealthy merchant princes who live in decadent splendor—entirely unaware of another realm just beneath the fabric of the universe.
When galactic ecologist Noah Watanabe discovers the cause of a strange, cosmic disintegration, he embarks on an epic journey to restore the ancient balance to the crumbling galaxy. Noah must work with warring, alien races to unlock the secrets to a vast celestial puzzle.
A Brief History of Jazz Rock by Mike Baron
Jazz rock flourished from 1968 to 1974, offering a distinctively cool and innovative hybrid sound that captivated a generation—and beyond.
Superstar bands like Blood, Sweat and Tears and Chicago have earned their place in popular consciousness, but the movement included many other powerful, innovative groups such as Tower of Power and Malo.
Author Mike Baron explores the history of this music fusion, its rise and fall in popularity. He offers highlights—and his own unique insights from a front-row seat in jazz rock—into what made the era so special.
A Brief History of Jazz Rock is a sax-meets-Strat bible that dares to inspire a Renaissance—to cultivate a new generation of musicians who might mix brass with bass, and help return forgotten bands like If and Dreams to their place on the main stage.
This World Is Not My Home: Rock Band Fights Evil 5 by D.J. Butler
Can the band find and rescue their lead singer?
The band heads to Hell, taking a short cut through Mab's Queendom. They're sidetracked when old enemies intercept them and capture Jim, forcing Twitch to confront her own past as well as Infernal pursuit, the Queen's Rangers and the Queendom's native monsters.
How will they escape Mab's wrath? And what are they going to do about Rahab the dragon?
Coming Soon: Books to Watch For
Looking for something to look forward to? We've got two "coming soon" titles that are sure to be your next favorite reads:
Kevin J. Anderson's Short Story Collections, Volumes 1-7
About the collection:
Kevin J. Anderson is one of the best-selling novelists working in the field today, but over the course of his long career he has produced a steady stream of short fiction, ranging from hard science fiction, to fantasy, to horror, dark fantasy, and humor. He has won or been nominated for the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Bram Stoker Award, Shamus Award, Colorado Book Award, Scribe Award, New York Times Notable Book, and many others.
This extraordinary multi-volume set collects over 130 of Anderson’s short stories spanning fifty years of his career and across multiple genres. It even includes his very first story, written at age 8, and his first publications in small press magazines. Each piece is introduced by an original personal note placing the story in context, describing the inspiration or special relevance.
About the author:
Kevin J. Anderson has published more than 180 books, 58 of which have been national or international bestsellers. He has 24 million copies in print in 34 languages.
He has written numerous novels in the Star Wars, X-Files, and Dune universes, as well as the unique Clockwork Angels steampunk trilogy with legendary Rush drummer Neil Peart. His original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series, the Wake the Dragon and Terra Incognita fantasy trilogies, the humorous Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. series and The Dragon Business series.
He has edited numerous anthologies, written comics and games, and the lyrics to two rock CDs as companions to his Terra Incognita trilogy.
Anderson is the director of the graduate program in Publishing at Western Colorado University, and he and his wife Rebecca Moesta are the publishers of WordFire Press.
Midnight Lullabies: Unquiet Stories and Poems by Jonathan Maberry
**Coming September 17, 2024! Receive a free short story when you preorder Midnight Lullabies! "The House on Hummingbird Lane" eBook will be delivered on release day. **
About the book:
It’s dark out there…and it lasts a long time…
Midnight Lullabies: Unquiet Stories and Poems is a collection of horror short stories and poems—both old and new—by New York Times bestselling author and 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, Jonathan Maberry.
In the darkest hours of the night the natural world yields to the creatures who dwell in the dark. A serial killer who adopts orphaned children during the apocalypse; a heartbreaking reconciliation of two estranged brothers; a paralyzed MMA fighter receiving an offer he can’t refuse; strange voices crying out from the heart of a collapsed mountain; a little girl who enlists the aid of the monsters in her closet to battle cosmic horror; a delicious revenge by a refugee from the death camps; rednecks battling zombies; a terrified child whose family has become monsters; Earth-borne horrors taking hold on an alien world; and more! Plus new horror tales and eerie poems.
With a foreword by New York Times bestseller Joe R. Lansdale
About the author:
Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times bestselling author, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, anthology editor, and comic book writer. His vampire apocalypse book series, V-WARS, was a Netflix original series. He writes in multiple genres including suspense, thriller, horror, science fiction, fantasy, and action; and he writes for adults, teens and middle grade. His works include the Joe Ledger thrillers, Ink, Glimpse, the Rot & Ruin series, the Dead of Night series, The Wolfman, X-Files Origins: Devil’s Advocate, Mars One, and many others. Several of his works are in development for film and TV. He is the editor of high-profile anthologies including The X-Files, Aliens: Bug Hunt, Out of Tune, New Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Baker Street Irregulars, Nights of the Living Dead, and others. His comics include Black Panther: DoomWar, The Punisher: Naked Kills and Bad Blood. His Rot & Ruin young adult novel was adapted into the #1 comic on Webtoon, and is being developed for film by Alcon Entertainment. He is a board member of the Horror Writers Association, the president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, and the editor of Weird Tales Magazine. He lives in San Diego, California. Find him online at www.jonathanmaberry.com
This fall, let WordFire Press be your go-to source for all things bookish. From exclusive preorders to can't-miss deals, we've got everything you need to make this season one to remember. So grab a cup of tea, settle into your favorite reading nook, and let the stories begin!
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