Terribly Serious DarknessThe Complete SeriesBy Sam Hooker Award-Winning Finalist, Fiction Series, Chanticleer International Book Awards You’ll find only fools and madmen in the Old Country. And goblins, of course. And the draconian foot soldiers loyal to the Domnitor, long may he reign. Then there are the bloodthirsty cannibals from the neighboring kingdom of Carpathia, secret societies devising all sorts of bloody …
Dead of Winter
Dead of Winter Eight chilling tales to read under the Cold Moon.Winner, 2021 International Book Awards, Anthologies Award-Winning Finalist, 2020 Chanticleer Reviews Shorts A tinker’s son acquires a cursed soul. A dying woman is haunted by her own reflection. An uninvited presence haunts a Christmas seance. A festive holiday turns macabre. Despite the twinkling lights and steaming cocoa, the end …
2020 International Book Awards Winners and Finalists
2020 International Book Awards Winners and FinalistsBlack Spot Books and Vesuvian Books&bnsp;Winner – Anthology – A Midnight Clear by Sam Hooker, Alcy Leyva, Laura Morrison, Cassondra Windwalker, Dalena Storm, and Seven Jane Finalist – Novella – Come Back to the Swamp by Laura Morrison Finalist – Historical – The Isle of Gold by Seven Jane Finalist – Women’s Fiction – …
N. J. EMBER
N. J. EMBERN.J. Ember is a paranormal fiction author who loves to write stories about survival and triumph over adversity. Whether her characters are dealing with the paranormal or everyday life, she seeks to show that strength is not always about being superhuman or invulnerable. She enjoys anything with mystery, suspense and horror, so when she’s not writing you can …
Now Before the Dark
Now Before the DarkTerribly Serious Darkness, Book 3By Sam Hooker Time is running out for the Old Country. How does one save a nation when the erstwhile gods are against the idea? In the finale of Terribly Serious Darkness, it’s up to Sloot Peril–the world’s greatest accountant and poorest everything else–to figure it out. Unfortunately, he’ll have help. A philosopher who’d …
SAM HOOKER
SAM HOOKERSam Hooker writes darkly humorous fantasy novels about things like tyrannical despots and the masked scoundrels who tickle them without mercy. He knows all the best swear words, though he refuses to repeat them because he doesn’t want to attract goblins.www.SHooker.co
A Midnight Clear
A Midnight Clear Six stories of not-so-merry Yuletide whimsy. A woman so cold she hardens to ice on a winter’s eve. Risen from his grave before his time, a winter god alters the balance between seasons. A wolf’s holiday season is interrupted by a strange curse. From a murder at the Stanley Hotel to demons of Christmas past, present, and …
Soul Remains
Soul RemainsTerribly Serious Darkness, Book 2By Sam Hooker It’s dark in the Old Country. Where do goblins come from? Why do they only turn up in the Old Country, and why do they like swearing so much? Sloot Peril—a “hero” who’s staunchly averse to heroics—goes searching for answers. Much to his chagrin, he finds them. Everything changed after the Fall of …
The Winter Riddle
The Winter RiddleBy Sam Hooker Once upon a time, the North Pole was a very noisy place. A kingdom cowered under the maniacal rule of the White Queen, The Vikings raided and pillaged as they were wont to do, and the Winter Witch avoided talking to any of them. When her peace and quiet are obliterated by threats of war and …
Peril in the Old Country
Peril in the Old CountryTerribly Serious Darkness, Book 1By Sam Hooker What terror lurks in the shadows of the Old Country? Well, there are the goblins, of course. Then there are the bloodthirsty cannibals from nearby Carpathia, secret societies plotting in whispers, and murder victims found drained of their blood, to name a few. That’s to say nothing of the …