Newt's Nightmares🦎#111

Newt's Nightmares provide subscribers with news on the author's latest work, upcoming releases, and events.

Jul 01, 2025

Newt's Nightmares

Greetings, my wicked darlings!

It was all going so well…

Then I refurbished my office and turned the house into a building site. Perfect timing for Chiltern Dog Rescue to find me Buddy to adopt. I now have an adorable lurcher (half greyhound, half border collie) puppy who is chewing everything and needs three walks a day.

When Buddy the Lurcher met Gill the Tortoise. Excuse the mess. Gill had just entered kaiju mode and destroyed Tokyo. Again.

I’m slimmer, more stressed, and struggling to find time to write, but I managed to release the deranged (and free) comedy horror Invasion of the Hipster Beards last month. (A few people asked if I have a beard fetish. I absolutely do not.) I’ve also just finished the girthy, extreme horror story The Scream, which is out this month.

A few shoutouts from some of the many horror fiction Substacks I follow:

Deaks has making up for my utter sloth by pounding out another banger, Road Trip.
A. J has written, The Sight of Death, as part of her Shadow Gospel’s arc.

In July, you’re getting at least one free short story: The Scream (an extreme horror, short-ish tale). You should receive a couple more, and possibly even the audiobook I’ve been promising—if my office is actually finished on Wednesday as scheduled, and if Buddy doesn’t eat my power cable AGAIN!

Sweet Screams,

Newt

Last Month’s Releases

Free Horror Fiction:

Invasion of the Hipster Beards—Elric’s beard obsession takes a deadly, cosmic horror turn.

Horror Story Compilations

Summer of Horror: 35 FREE horror stories, including ‘The Scream’ and ‘Invasion of the Hipster Beards’.

Beneath the Shadow: 13 FREE horror stories, including: ‘The Braemoor Incident’, ‘The Scream’, ‘Invasion of the Hipster Beards’, ‘The Spinster’, ‘The Wild Hunt’.

Terrifying Tales: 9 horror stories, including ‘Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 1’, ‘Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 2’, ‘Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 3,’ ‘Festival of the Damned,’ ‘The Morrígan.’

What I’ve Been Reading:

I read five horror books this month (Yes. I know I’m obsessed with David Sodergren, just for God’s sake don’t tell him). The top three were:

Death Spell by David Sodergren
Tweaker Creatures by Robert Essig
Predatory Instinct by Michael McBride

What I’ve Been Watching:

I attended the Soho Horror Film Festival, my favourite movies were:

Who I’ve Been Chatting To:

Author Chat #5: Jack Rollins
Author Chat #6: Roland Blake

Tales of the Macabre

You can find my stories on Amazon, as Kindle Unlimited, eBook, Paperback or Hardback.

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.

FREE on Kindle Unlimited

Available to order on AMAZON.

Welcome to the complete collected works of Newton Webb. Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 1-3 are intended for mature audiences.