Free Horror #69

Dec 21, 2022

Newt's Update

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope the Krampus and his punishment pug don't savage you too mercilessly. Be sure to leave out your mince pie, glass of brandy and a bowl of snausages.
THE MORRÍGAN has been getting good reviews on Amazon, which is great news. Also on GOODREADS.
A few dates for everyone
- 4th of January: THE BALLAD OF BARNACLE BILL is released in both eBook and paperback on Amazon. It's an 18th century tale of cosmic horror, featuring the occult, smugglers and the sea.
- 11th January - Newton's Macabre Tales: Audiobooks, returns!
- 18th January - A new FREE short story is released.

I am currently doing the second draft, a heft rewrite of my next novella, which will either be THE SCREAMING MATRON, or THE HORROR OF HARGRAVE HALL. I haven't decided yet…

I've three short stories to polish THE BLACK WIDOW, THE ENIGMATIC SKELETON and THE DOTING WIFE.
I need to take a hard look at HEAVEN'S PEAK. I wrote a long form novella about living in a skyscraper during the pandemic, basing it on the escalating depravities in our own Prime Minister’s house, at 10 Downing Street. It's fun, it's bloody, it's sexually charged but possibly is trying to do a bit too much. I need to strip it down to a new synopsis, whack it on the board and then either repolish it or can it.
I need to hire an artist to create the cover for my first collected works!
I need to head to the post office and collect a parcel. Nothing fills a man with more dread than a note saying, "You have a parcel from Charles Perfidious Cross."