Book Spotlight: The Night Crew II: Bloodlust

 

Today's book spotlight is for The Night Crew II: Bloodlust by Brad Ricks. Enjoy.

The Night Crew II: Bloodlust by Brad Ricks

The hunt never ends—especially when the prey hunts back. 

The Night Crew thought they’d seen it all—werewolves, vampires, and things too monstrous to name. But after barely surviving their last mission, they’re about to face something far more dangerous: a supernatural killer with an insatiable thirst for blood and a plan to unleash chaos on New Orleans. 

For Michael and the team, the city’s neon glow hides shadows that writhe with ancient hunger. Every lead drags them deeper into a twisted web of murder, betrayal, and forbidden magic. And this time, the enemy isn’t hiding in the dark—they’re walking boldly among the living, leaving a trail of corpses in their wake. 

But the Night Crew isn’t just fighting to stop the bloodshed. They’re battling their own demons—haunting memories, deadly secrets, and the creeping fear that not all monsters are born. Some are made.

Book Link: https://getbook.at/NightCrew2

About the Author

Brad Ricks is an author of supernatural horror and thrillers, blending dark settings, paranormal terror, and psychological suspense.

His novels blur the line between psychological horror and terrifying thrillers. His NIGHT CREW SERIES delves deep into the shadows of the supernatural.

Inspired by masters like Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King, Brad crafts stories that haunt readers long after the final page.

He lives in Central Texas with his wife and children, balancing his day job with late-night horror storytelling.

Website: https://www.bradricks.com

Book Spotlight: One-Shot

 Today's book spotlight is One-Shot by Jacy Morris from Torrid Waters. 

One-Shot by Jacy Morris

In One-Shot, Jacy Morris crafts a haunting tapestry of Native American heritage and cosmic horror. 

 

One-Shot, an Indigenous naturopathic insemination expert, is teetering on the brink of sanity. His life takes a sudden turn when he's tasked with transporting his grandfather's ashes from Pittsburgh, PA, to their ancestral reservation.

 

As he embarks on this cross-country odyssey, the scars of past traumas reawaken. The highways become a surreal landscape, where spectral figures from Native folklore and twisted horrors of a Lovecraftian nature emerge. These apparitions are not just hauntings but reflections of a fracturing mind, struggling to discern reality from nightmare.

 

With his grandfather's ashes as his solemn companion, One-Shot confronts these terrors, each mile bringing him closer to a harrowing truth. This journey is more than a physical traverse—it's a pilgrimage through the fragmented realms of memory, heritage, and fear.

 

What lies at the reservation is more than the end of a journey—it's the precipice of insanity.

Book Link:  https://getbook.at/One-Shot

About the Author:

Jacy Morris is an Indigenous author. He is a registered member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz. At the age of ten he was transplanted to Portland, Oregon, where he developed a love for punk rock and horror movies, both of which tend to find their way into his writing. He has written several novels, including the "This Rotten World" series and the "One Night Stand at the End of the World" series. His latest novel, We Like It Cherry was published August 2025 by Tenebrous Press. His next work will be the novel One-Shot from Torrid Waters (November 2025).

Website: Jacymorris.com

Book Spotlight: Lilitu: Bloody Caleb

Today I have a spotlight on the new release, Lilitu: Bloody Caleb by Jonathan Fortin, a gothic horror novel. Enjoy.

Lilitu: Bloody Caleb

Dante’s Inferno meets The Count of Monte Cristo in Lilitu: Bloody Caleb, the newcomer-friendly second volume in a Gothic Dark Fantasy saga of revenge, seduction, and the horrors of Hell.

22-year-old Caleb Schwartzenfeld is a vagrant violinist, struggling to survive the fog-choked streets of Victorian England. But when his search for a patron leads him into the clutches of a sinister cult, he is brutally sacrificed—and awakens in Hell, a nightmarish realm filled with demons who delight in torturing damned souls like him.

Refusing to let eternal agony break him, Caleb vows to escape from Hell, reunite with the woman he loves, and exact revenge on those who murdered him—even if it means becoming a demon himself. But as he becomes seduced into the twisted pleasures and deadly politics of Hell’s elite, Caleb must decide whether reclaiming his life is worth risking his soul.

Book Link: https://getbook.at/Lilitu2

Series link: https://geni.us/LilituSaga

About the Author

Jonathan Fortin is a neurodivergent author and voice actor from Oakland, California, whose dark fiction has been published by such presses as Crystal Lake Publishing, Dark Recesses Press, Mocha Memoirs Press, and Siren’s Call magazine. In 2017 he won the Next Great Horror Writer competition from HorrorAddicts.net. He is an affiliate member of the Horror Writers Association, a graduate of the Clarion Writing Workshop, and a summa cum laude graduate of San Francisco State University’s Creative Writing program. When not writing, Jonathan enjoys wearing Victorian gothic attire, growling along to black metal, and exploring all things odd and macabre in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Website: https://www.jonathanfortin.com/

Book Spotlight: The Exorcist’s House: Resurrection

 A new book spotlight today for The Exorcist’s House: Resurrection by Nick Roberts.

The Exorcist’s House: Resurrection

The final chapter of The Exorcist's House trilogy brings an unrelenting battle against evil—where a mother’s love is tested by the darkest forces imaginable.

Christmas Eve,1999: A brutal tragedy occurs during Midnight Mass at the newly built church on Sunny Branch Way. Nora Hill, a woman still haunted by her past, suspects this isn’t just a random act of violence, but the omen she’s been dreading. As shocking visions continue to plague her, Nora is determined to protect her daughter, Maren, and bring some semblance of peace to their fractured lives, hoping to find her own happiness again. But no matter how far they run or how much time passes, it becomes clear that some demons refuse to let go.

In The Exorcist’s House: Resurrection, the unsettling story of Nora and Maren spans thirteen years, told through five pivotal moments in Maren’s life. And as the darkness slowly encroaches, Nora realizes the terrifying truth: to save her daughter’s soul, she must return to the sinister place where it all began, one last time. But some houses refuse to Fall…

Ideal for readers who enjoy dark horror, psychological suspense, emotionally complex characters, and chilling supernatural mysteries, this book will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.

Book Link: https://getbook.at/THResurrection

About the Author

Nick Roberts is a native West Virginian and a doctoral graduate of Marshall University. He is an active member of the Horror Writers Association and the Horror Authors Guild. His works include Anathema, The Exorcist's House, It Haunts the Mind and Other Stories, Mean Spirited, and others. He currently resides in South Carolina with his family and is an advocate for people in recovery from substance use disorder.

Website: www.nickrobertsauthor.com

Book Spotlight: The Great Dick and the Dysfunctional Demon

A new book spotlight today for The Great Dick and the Dysfunctional Demon by Barry Maher. Enjoy.

The Great Dick and the Dysfunctional Demon by Barry Maher.

A wickedly funny dark humor horror novel that blends supernatural horror with a thrilling murder mystery.

 

“What a page turner! Witty, literate, scary, sexy, and powerfully evocative.”—Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling author

 

It’s 1982. Steve Witowski, a failed songwriter on the run from the law, finds himself caught in a supernatural thriller after an apparently innocent act of heroism—saving a woman from a vicious assault by a seemingly unstoppable wino. The woman, Victoria, is just part of a mystery Steve can’t unravel. Even as he’s looting the decomposing dead for the secrets of a self-proclaimed sorcerer. Even as he plummets into a nightmare of fire and blood and murder. Even then, Steve remains certain the sorcerer’s spells, the occult rituals—the supposed demons and supernatural horror—are simply delusion and fantasy. Steve is wrong.

 

Victoria, who has just bought a dilapidated church with a haunting past, entangles Steve in a deadly game of dark magic and rituals. As, unknown to him, the demon grows desperate, Steve plunges deeper into a world of crypts, grave robbing, and long-forgotten secrets, all while trying to escape his own haunted past. But when the face of the man Steve killed appears on his arm, the line between reality and nightmare begins to blur.

Book Link: https://geni.us/TheGreatDick

About the Author

Barry Maher is a product of four years at the University of Notre Dame, an hour and a half at the Graduate Journalism Program at U.C. Berkeley, and five befuddled weeks at Burger King’s Whopper College. In his misspent youth, his non-fiction appeared in perhaps a hundred different publications and, in order to eat, he held nearly that many different jobs. Sometimes he lived on the beach. Not in a house on the beach. On the beach. With the sand and the seagulls. 

 

After a sentence with a Fortune 100 company, he started speaking professionally. He told stories to audiences across the country and around the world: his client list a Who’s Who of multi-national corporations and large associations. Eventually, that led to the Slightly Off-Kilter syndicated newspaper column.

 

You may have seen Barry on The Today Show, CNN or CNBC and he’s been featured in publications ranging from The New York Times, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal to, his persona favorite, Funeral Service Insider.

 

On the downside, Barry’s also been incarcerated twice. Once for not making a left hand turn out of a left hand turn lane, and once for aiding and abetting a loiterer. He’s deeply repentant.

Website: www.barrymaher.com