Release Day Spotlight: At Hell's Gate III Bound By Blood

31/7/2015

Today is the day that AT HELL'S GATES III releases, and if you love your horror, dark, gritty and original, then you'll love this anthology.

Just like books one and two, not only does the book contain some of the biggest name in horror right now, not only does it have trapped within its pages some of the darkest, goriest and creepiest horror stories you've read in recent years, but it also supports an amazing cause - The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, (Details below)

If you've been living under a rock for the past year, give or take, then todays your lucky weekend, because books one and two are both on sale in celebration of book threes release. Basically what I'm telling you, is that you can get three amazing horror anthologies, chocked full of amazing horror stories for less than five bucks! That's insane. So go buy them and prepare yourself for a fright!

In the third volume of the #1 Bestselling AT HELL’S GATES series, some of the finest children of the family of horror authors will show you what it means to be BOUND BY BLOOD. Each unique tale of bloodcurdling darkness shows how kith and kin survive the things that go bump in the night…or become them.

All proceeds from this horror anthology series go to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, a charity benefiting military veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury. The authors, editors, and supporters of this series are pleased to donate their time and effort to our nation’s proudest sons and daughters.

It may be thicker than water, but AT HELL’S GATES the blood will flow like a river…

For more information on this release, future anthologies in the At Hell’s Gates series, and how to get involved with the project as an author or editor, click here.

To find more information on how to get involved with The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, visit www.fallenheroesfund.org.

Authors & Stories Involved In This Anthology

LITTLE LOST LAMB BY PATRICK D’ORAZIO
Other Horror -> Creepy Kid

Kevin and Emily are dutiful and caring foster parents. They have taken numerous problem children and teenagers into their home over the years, showing them the love and kindness they so desperately need. Their faith in God has always given them the strength and courage necessary to help these wayward children.

Now they are being asked to take on a new child, found wandering the streets injured, scared, and remembering little of her past life. Little Angela is sweet, adorable, and coping with a very strange phobia that will put Kevin and Emily’s faith in God to the ultimate test.

THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT BY C.T. PHIPPS
Paranormal -> Devil & Demon Hell

A father and daughter struggle to survive in an Earth controlled by demons despite one being a diabetic and the other unable to walk. The two become caught in the games of a demon as the former is forced to rescue the latter from a cult of trailer park Satanists.

MONSTERS BY SHARON STEVENSON
Monster -> Zombies

Losing the only person who ever meant anything to him broke Kieran inside. Being forced to remember that awful day in graphic detail, he fights to survive in his own personal Hell.

THE RIDE BY SEAN T. SMITH
Psychological -> Madness & Paranoia

A broken family faces the past together, trying to find hope in the midst of tragedy.

THE OLD MAN AND THE SEESAW BY STEPHEN KOZENIEWSKI
Monster -> Zombies

It’s a dark day for Prohibition-era zombie PI Braineater Jones. He had to kill a young girl who had gone feral and now his conscience is heavy. He goes to drown his troubles at his favorite speakeasy, and while there his partner, a severed head, begins to relate the history of the bar’s owner. This is the tale of the Old Man, an aborted fetus and ruthless gangster whose relationship with his mother is even more twisted than his umbilical cord. You’ll never be able to unsee what you saw after reading “The Old Man and the Seesaw.”

SPENCER FAMILY TRADITION BY STEVIE KOPAS
Psychological -> Fanaticism

Meeting your significant other’s family for the first time can be scary. But Jessica will find out just how scared she needs to be when Brad brings her home. What dark secrets are The Spencers hiding, and how far are they willing to go to keep the family tradition going?

ROAD TRIP BY CURRAN GEIST
Monster -> Aliens

Life is starting to come together for Jayden. In a few months, she’ll be off to college, and she’ll finally be able to leave her family problems behind. First, she has one last test to ace.

Jayden has to survive a road trip across the country with her overbearing mother.

When Jayden goes behind the wheel, the vacation is spun off course. As daylight dwindles in the desert, things turn more bizarre and dire. Now, Jayden’s fate rests in the hands of the mother she can hardly stand.

What would a mother do to save her child? Anything. Even stare into the eyes of pure evil.

A MOTHER’S HEART BY S.G. LEE
Other Horror -> Creepy Kid

Carrie Guerdon lost her husband first and then her baby but fate brought her an orphan to raise as her own. She vowed that nothing would come between her and her son, Nathan– not lies, murder, or a cult called The Sanctuary of Perpetual Light. It isn’t always easy being a mother but the bond between a parent and child is sacred.

BEAUTIFUL SAVAGE BY DEVAN SAGLIANI
Monster -> Zombies

Two star crossed lovers, Ovidio and Octavia, explore La Paz to Mazatlan before the zombie apocalypse tears them apart. Ovidio, the son of Cesar, head of the Sinaloa cartel, is a ruthless young killer who is next in line to run his fathers drug empire. Octavia, the spoiled daughter of one of Mexico’s richest businessmen, brings out the best side of him, the gentle beast not trying to impress his merciless father, until she is put in danger. Will he remain a beautiful savage or become just like his dad?

PLANETOIDS, PRIVATEERS, AND OLDER THINGS BY S. P. DURNIN
Other Horror -> Sci-Fi Horror

What do interstellar freelancers and world-crushing pseudo-deities have in common?

More than you’d think, as it turns out.

For your reading pleasure, S.P. Durnin brings you a tale that smacks of Firefly/Serenity vs. the Lurkers of the Outer Darkness.

Shiny.

DAMAGED BY TIM MARQUITZ
Paranormal -> Ghost & Spirits

Trapped in an abusive relationship, Ryley dreams of the day she’ll be free. Little did she know what that freedom might cost her.

THE MOTHER TONGUE BY TERRY MAGGERT
Monster -> Vampire

When the Pope is stricken with a disease so rare it has exactly three victims in recorded history, the Church is sent on a quest for a cure that has been hidden since the Crusades. If the search fails, so does the Church. But if they succeed, the cure may be worse than the sickness.

THROUGH MOURNING BY BRIAN W. TAYLOR
Monster -> Zombies

For the past three years Byron Wingate has eeked out an existence in a zombie infested NYC haunted by the fate of his missing daughter. He made a promise to find her. Thus far he’s failed. When he sees a strange girl skipping through the undead hordes he feels compelled to help. The lines between what’s real and what isn’t blur. The girl, he believes, is the key. But will she lead him to salvation or damnation? With his sanity faltering, and the undead closing in, Byron may soon discover sometimes ignorance really is bliss.

NIGHTMARES DO COME TRUE BY SUZANNE ROBB
Monster -> Werewolf

Nightmares do Come True is about a boy named Lars who witnesses a trauma (his parents being killed). He is raised in an institution after displaying violent behavior. A kind doctor takes over his care, and when released, takes Lars under his wings to meet his true potential.

LOVE THAT BINDS BY MIKHAIL LERMA
Monster -> Zombies

Sometimes doing the logical thing to stay alive isn’t possible. How far would you go to stay with your loved ones in the zombie apocalypse? For Jean, living doesn’t seem to have any meaning without his daughter. The true measure of love lies within what you are willing to sacrifice.

THE COFFIN IN THE REEDS BY RJ KENNETT
Monster -> Zombies

When a powerful storm washes out a hillside at the local cemetery and his friend brags about seeing a lost coffin, twelve year old Tommy looks to locate and report it to the authorities. But the coffin holds a secret and Tommy gets more than he bargained for.

IN MINT CONDITION BY DAVID SAKMYSTER
Paranormal -> Supernatural

An autograph dealer sells a rare letter by a long-deceased (and evil) master magician…who’s daughter has been determined to find and destroy any of her father’s mementos, hoping to prevent his escape from beyond the grave.

ARM-RINGS AND HACK-SILVER BY CHRISTINE MORGAN
Psychological -> Madness & Paranoia

When a king’s sons betray him and bring shame to his hall, it is their sister’s grim duty to avenge the dishonor.

BLOOD TYPE BY PAUL MANNERING
Monster -> Vampire

Paramedic Andrei loves his grandmother who raised him from a baby. Now she is dying and he has been using his medical skills to acquire the fresh blood she needs to survive. Now Andrei has encountered a donor who can offer a cure, but is he prepared to pay the price?

NEIGHBORS GOOD AND FAIR BY DOUGLAS DRAA
Monster -> Classic & Mythological

It was Halloween 1940 when Walter’s older brother Butchie disappeared after being lured into the abandoned house built on the old burial mound. It’s now up to Walt and his grandmother Olive to discover what happened to Butchie that night. The unlikely pair of heroes is drawn into a trap laid centuries before by an ancient enemy from across the sea and beyond time.

This nemesis has already taken his parents and brother. And if Walt and Olive fail, then clan Mahaffey will be no more.

FROM DARKNESS WE COME BY KERRY ALAN DENNEY
Paranormal -> Supernatural

In a city plagued by mysterious child disappearances, one devastated man discovers the horrible truth, and must risk sacrificing everything to save his son from an otherworldly entity that is stealing children’s souls.

DOMINIC BY SHANA FESTA
Monster -> Zombies

When an uninvited guest crashes Tommy’s fifth birthday party, the Dalton’s plummet head-first into the eye of the storm. The thing of nightmares has come to life; zombies emerge as the dominant species, leaving nothing in their wake. Dominic Dalton will stop at nothing to keep his family safe from the hordes of undead that plague Southern Florida. In a new world, where the only constant is death and destruction, and a single moment in time can mean life or death, one man must bear the weight of the universe on his shoulders.

SACRIFICE BY TM CALDWELL
Monster -> Vampire

Adileh, a demon-possessed monster hunter, broke the rules when she became pregnant. Now she must escape prison and keep both herself and her child alive while she copes with her hunger for human blood.

A MATTER OF PERCEPTION BY LESA KINNEY ANDERS
Monster -> Zombies

Synopsis Coming Soon!

WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN BY SARAH LYONS FLEMING
Monster -> Zombies

When Clara Jensen’s father, Tom, insists she come home early due to the spreading virus, she’s sure a night in his overbearing presence might kill her.

And she’s right-just not in the way she’d imagined.

THE MOTHER IN THE LAKE BY CHRIS PHILBROOK
Other Horror -> Gothic Horror

So long as everyone at the lake loves She Who Lies Below, and gives her proper offerings… all is well, and Mother provides.

But perhaps the greatest toll to pay for that love is for the mothers who live by the lake.

SUGAR AND SPICE AND SOMETHING NOT SO NICE BY M. LAURYL LEWIS
Monster -> Zombies

When the world wakes to find that terrorists have released a biological weapon, a mother of two is caught between the living and the dead. Trying to keep her two daughters safe from the infected by hiding in the basement of their family home, she will face horrors beyond comprehension.

NO MAN LEFT BEHIND BY TIMOTHY W. LONG
Horror

Synopsis coming soon!

Purchase Links

Amazon USA

Amazon UK

As a special offer, At Hell's Gate 1&2 are at the lower price of $0.99/£0.99, for a limited time. So pick them up while you can. Don't forget that I have one of my stories in Book Two!
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