Celebrate Independence, Fight for Freedom and Equality!

 

Hey all you Beasties and Ghouls, Darkling Here!

It’s the 4th of July (as if you didn’t know) and I’m dropping by with an extra special announcement. Sure, Lycan Valley’s having a sale, but not just any sale!

All ebooks, audiobooks and ebook/audiobook bundles are 50% off and all paperbacks and pre-order packages are 25% off on our website this weekend.*

Wait, I didn’t tell you the best part yet! Lycan Valley is donating all profits from sales on their website from midnight July 4 through 11:59 pm July 6 to La Resistencia (@laresistencianw) to help aid in their efforts to support and fight for immigrant rights and the closure of the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, a for-profit ICE facility known for overcrowding, mistreatment, neglect and illegal practices.

We also want to give a shout out to Montana Book Company (@mtbookco) who inspired us to create this sale and if you’re local to them, stop by because they’re donating July 4 profits to a family affected by ICE.

And ya’ll know what goes great with books! Tea! Giving a quick shout out to Moody Teas (@moody.teas) in Chicago because who doesn’t love organic tea from a company willing to fight against bigots, racists, terfs, billionaires…

Living, Dead, Undead or somewhere in between, human or otherwise, no one is illegal in the Machleif Cemetery! Celebrate independence and fight for freedom and equality!

See you around the valley!

*** Only purchases made on our website lycanvalley.com qualify. Donated profits do not take money from the authors. Purchases must be made between Midnight July 4 and 11:59 PM PST July 6. There is no sponsorship or endorsement from La Resistencia, Montana Book Company or Moody Teas.

Juneteenth Freedom Day Giveaway!

Hey, all you Beasties and Ghouls! Darkling here. 

I just snuck away long enough to let ya'll know that all Lycan Valley eBooks and audiobooks are free today!

Mhmm, they really made them all free!*

Just hop on over to Lycan Valley's website, add any ebook, audiobook or bundle to your cart and prepare to download some horrifically terrifying stories that are best read with the lights on... in the middle of the day... with friends. 

Ha, who I am kidding... wait for the sun to set, turn down the lights, crawl under the covers and let the nightmares begin!

All right ya'll, it's been fun but I gotta get back to the Machlief Cemetery where the spirits of the damned await! Until next time, go snag a free book or two and tell your friends.

See you around the valley!

* (applies to all ebooks, audiobooks and ebook/audiobook bundles at lycanvalley.com only, pre-order packages and print books not included)

PRE-SUMMER SPECIAL! June 14-June 21

PRE-SUMMER SPECIAL! June 14-June 21

Purchase the ebook/audiobook/bundle of The Barricade, The Blight on the Deep Woods, Her Shadow Side or Dog Fight and receive another random Lycan Valley title free! …OR… Purchase all 4 and receive a free paperback chosen at random (free shipping in US only, outside US may choose ebook/audio bundle instead) (Valid only on purchase made through Lycan Valley at www.lycanvalley.com or through payhip links below June 14-June 21 11:59 pm PST)

The Barricade https://payhip.com/b/bPFHc 

The Blight on the Deep Woods. https://payhip.com/b/4pIEF

Her Shadow Side  https://payhip.com/b/WI8lB

Dog Fight  https://payhip.com/b/dTbFB

Launch Day! The Nightmare People by JG Faherty

 

Oni, el cuco, the boogeyman…

Ken returns and comes face to face with the demon responsible for thousands of deaths around the world.

You met Ken and Rob in The Nightmare Man and were introduced to the oni and el cuco, now the tale continues with The Nightmare People... 

Available now in ebook and paperback (audiobook coming soon)!

Forty years ago, rookie cop Bill Furman pursued suspected serial killer Arthur Blanke into the basement of Blanke’s house and witnessed something that has given him nightmare his entire life.

Blanke turning into a demon and disappearing from a locked room.

Now Furman is Chief of Police and gruesome murders are once again rocking the small town of Moonrise Cove in North Carolina. Children and their parents torn to pieces. Other children missing. The crimes are eerily familiar to the ones Arthur Blanke committed. But they also seem to have something to do with Allison Navarro’s family. Furman is aware Allison and her children survived an attack by a similar serial killer in Rocky Point, New York, twenty-five years ago. His suspicions about her family’s involvement grow stronger when Allison’s estranged son, Ken, is arrested at one of the murder scenes telling tales of a Japanese demon, the oni, being responsible.

Furman’s life is turned upside down when he and Ken come face to face with the demon and he learns that it’s been responsible for not just the deaths in Moonrise Cove and Rocky Point, but for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of deaths around the world. Because the oni is the Boogeyman of legend.

And it’s out to finish the game it started decades ago.

BOOK 1 -- THE NIGHTMARE MAN: On sale this month! $1 ebook or $3.50 audiobook!

As a young boy in Japan, Kenji is left home alone and plays Hitori Kakurenbo, a game of hide-and-seek with a demon, an Oni. His family comes home and the demon kills them all. A traumatized Kenji ends up in the foster system, with no memory of what happened that night. The doctors convince him he witnessed a human murder his family. Several years later he’s adopted by a US family. His adoptive father, Rob, also witnessed the demon when he was young, and still has nightmares about El Cuco, the boogeyman of Puerto Rico.

When local kids start going missing or turning up dead, their bodies violently torn apart and half-eaten, Rob begins investigating the cases. His nightmares return, and Ken begins having them, too. After seeing a psychiatrist about their nightmares, Rob’s premonitions start coming true and he fears he may be the murderer.

Is Rob the boogeyman or is Ken right and the Oni has returned? 

A life-long resident of New York's haunted Hudson Valley, JG Faherty has been a finalist for both the Bram Stoker Award and ITW Thriller Award, and he is the author of 9 novels, 11 novellas, and more than 80 short stories. He writes adult and YA horror, science fiction, paranormal romance, and urban fantasy. He grew up enthralled with the horror movies and books of the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, and as a child his favorite playground was a 17^th-century cemetery. Which explains a lot. 

Launch Day! DOG FIGHT by Lucas Pederson

 

It’s book launch day! 

Survival, instinct, fight. Lon is ready to take on the fight of his life... are you?

Enslaved werewolves fight against each other for billionaires...

...until one of the caged werewolves finally escapes, and the game changes into a hunt.

Winner gets top prize...

Get the ebook 50% off through June 15: https://payhip.com/b/dTbFB

Pre-order Package deal extended through June 15: https://payhip.com/b/6VOLy

(Audiobook coming soon)

Cover art by Greg Chapman, Video clip by Lucas Pederson

Lucas Pederson is an American novelist and short story writer of horror, dark fantasy, young adult and science fiction. He lives in a small Iowa town with his family and they're all pretty sure their cat is an alien. He can be reached at lucaspederson@yahoo.com, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

Launch Day! The Malthusian Correction by JG Faherty

 

It’s book launch day! 

Meet Roger Brenner. 

Ordinary guy, wife and kids, sitting at home, the game’s on — NY Giants, his favorite team, not quite halftime yet… suddenly, he gets the uncontrollable urge to take a walk. 

A walk that will change his life—and the world—forever. 

Once you start walking with Roger, you won’t be able to stop!

Get the ebook 50% off through May 31: https://payhip.com/b/F1Y8W

Pre-order Package deal extended through May 31: https://payhip.com/b/PXN7Z

Walking... Walking... Must keep walking...

When will it end?

And what happens next?

The world is about to find out.

"The Malthusian Correction was the last book I ever wrote in my old office in NY, and in a way it mirrors my move south and my major life transformation (although, as far as I know, I have not died or caused a religious upheaval!)."

A life-long resident of New York's haunted Hudson Valley, JG Faherty has been a finalist for both the Bram Stoker Award and ITW Thriller Award, and he is the author of 9 novels, 11 novellas, and more than 80 short stories. He writes adult and YA horror, science fiction, paranormal romance, and urban fantasy. He grew up enthralled with the horror movies and books of the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, and as a child his favorite playground was a 17^th-century cemetery. Which explains a lot. 

Launch Day! HER SHADOW SIDE by Jennifer West

When eighteen-year-old Josephine flees her abusive mother and the third-floor bedroom she was locked in, she hopes to start a fresh, simple life with her boyfriend Ben and their unborn child in a quiet northern town. But some wounds don't stay buried for long.

Though hopeful, Jo continues to see shadows no one else can see—hear whispers only she remembers from her childhood: the stories her beloved grandmother once whispered to her in the dark about the Fae.

After a devastating loss, Jo spirals. Reality bends. The shadows whisper. And the line between grief and madness begins to blur. As her mind fractures under the weight of old stories and new trauma, Jo clings to her grandmother’s folklore like a lifeline—until she can no longer remember where the stories end and where she begins.

Available now in ebook and paperback! Audiobook coming soon!

"This book was born in the in-between — between naptimes, moon phases, and customers at the coffee shop.

It is my first novel, shaped in the quiet hours, in the margins of motherhood, and it carries the vulnerability and the chaos of a beginning...

I experienced two pregnancies and births during the writing of this book and since completing it, I’ve become a birth worker, honored to walk alongside people through pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. With this knowledge, I would have written parts of this story differently. But I’m leaving it as it is: a snapshot of where I was then, a reflection of what I knew, felt, and feared most of all.  It is a reminder that we are always becoming. Always learning. Always deepening into our work.

And to anyone out there who picked up this book hoping for a little scare, this story is meant to be extreme. It’s folklore and fear, identity and unraveling, the weight of motherhood, and the shadows we’re told not to look at too closely. But beneath the fiction lies a very real truth — postpartum depression and psychosis are real — and they are not rare.

If you know someone who’s recently had a baby, check in on her. She probably won’t become murderous, but there’s a good chance she’s not totally okay. The postpartum period is deeply important to a woman’s experience as she integrates becoming a mother. It should not be ignored. She should not be ignored. Check on her. Care for her."

Jennifer West lives in British Columbia, Canada with her husband and three daughters. When she’s not painting glitter onto little girls’ eyelids or reading, she is cohosting the In Her Good Books podcast and hiking the mountains of the Okanagan.  In 2018, she opened her own coffee shop so that she would have a place to write and that’s where you can usually find her - writing horror and pouring latte art.