Free Horror #66
Newt's Update provides subscribers with news on the author's latest work, upcoming releases, and events. This week, he introduces his latest free short story, The Coconut Killer.
NEWS
I am no longer testing positive for Covid (Yay!) but I have a dratted cough that just won't quit (Boo!).
A few dates for everyone
7th of December: THE MORRÍGAN is released in both eBook and paperback on Amazon.
14th of December: THE IRON DOOR is released as a free eBook.
11th of January: THE ROAD REVENANT is released as a free eBook.
January 2022 - Newton's Macabre Tales: Audiobooks, returns!
OUT THIS WEEK
THE COCONUT KILLER (Free download!) Please help me everyone, I've alternated at least twenty times with the title from The Coconut Club to The Coconut Killer. What does everyone think? Pop me an email at newton@newtonwebb.com and let me know!
WHAT AM I WORKING ON NOW?
NaNoWriMo! So far, I've written:
A novella involving victorian smugglers and the occult.
A short story about a serial killer at Halloween.
I'm currently writing a novella set in the victorian era, where an artist comes face to face with the unseen world.
WHAT'S NEXT?
So much editing...
A new fish tank!
The first collected works of Newton Webb.
The Coconut Killer by Newton Webb
A Murderous Horror Short Story
Sam is a gay teenager who is struggling to come to terms with his sexuality, but soon he finds himself battling an even more dangerous threat.
Newton's Macabre Tales
These short stories and novellas are 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.
Death and madness stalk The Night Foxes in Victorian London.
The sins of four teenagers catch up with them, with deadly consequences.
As the black fog rolls in to the sleepy down of Grimsdyke, the body count rises.
Connor and Macha have the perfect relationship until a death in the family exposes a terrifying secret.
Recommended Stories
WOLF OF THE TESSERACT by CHRISTOPHER SCHMITZ, FREE download.
When her father’s long-time friend, an elderly language professor, decodes a primeval text, Claire learns that cultists believe there is magic in her veins. Only her blood has the power to allow those chasing her to breach an inter-dimensional gate that must never be opened and unleash an ageless evil.
ENTANGLEMENT by ADAM JOHNSON, FREE download.
Love... It’s a most curious thing. I’ve watched as Galaxies sprung from dust. I’ve had a front-row seat to the stars, bringing life to the cosmos. I have held the most powerful forces known to us in my hands and yet, I never suspected something so simple—so delicate, could unravel the entire universe.
DRAINED: A VAMPIRE NOIR by CODA LANGUEZ, FREE download.
Two detectives investigate the grisly murder of a suburban couple. At first, the primary suspect is their college-aged son. However, the evidence does not add up; the injuries, the damage to the home, and worse, a horrifying video denote that no human hands could've committed the crime.
A WORLD FALLEN by NICHOLAS CARTER, FREE download.
Ever since she was a child, Rosaline has battled to survive the monsters that made her an orphan.
In desperate times, trust is a risk. But Rosaline will have to break her own code and trust people again as she risks everything to keep her son safe and give humanity a chance to rebuild the fallen world.
CHRONICLES OF THE UNDEAD by A. F. STEWART, FREE download.
Inside the personal journals of the Harrington family, watch a dark and dangerous odyssey unfold. Three members of this tormented family, Samuel, his son Edmund, and Edmund's daughter Charlotte, must come to terms with evil. Set during the 18th and 19th century in London, England, this family must struggle against horror as their lives intersect with supernatural forces.
HANGING HOUSE: AN EMMIE ROSE HAUNTED MYSTERY by DEAN RASMUSSEN, FREE on Kindle Unlimited or available for purchase.
Emmie just wants to get as far away from her psychic past as possible. Who can blame her? Seeing dead children isn’t a “gift." It's heartbreaking terror.
But once she loses her job in the big city, there’s only one place for her to go: back into the heart of her trauma and fears. Her childhood home.
Hanging House.
NO WAY OUT by TANYA R. TAYLOR, FREE on Kindle Unlimited or available for purchase.
After they left home, Mira now thousands of miles away soon discovers that her loved ones' vacation is about to turn into a horrible nightmare.
Unable to reach her mother or her daughter by phone, can she possibly warn them in time?
DON'T TELL THEM I'M ALIVE by TIM KIZER, FREE on Kindle Unlimited or available for purchase.
In August of last year a superyacht named Lady Athena disappeared with 27 people on board. Twelve months later, plastic surgeon Natalie Finlay meets a man who looks exactly like one of its passengers. What she doesn't know is that he is a vicious killer.
SPECIES TRAITOR by KATE L. MARY, FREE on Kindle Unlimited or available for purchase.
Even before I met Finn, I was determined to stand up for what was right, but from the moment I laid eyes on him, we had a connection I’ve never experienced before. But with the election of a new and radical mayor on the horizon, tensions are high, and people are calling for change. They want to make my cousin’s marriage illegal and punish any human who goes into the District, but I refuse to back down from this fight.
No matter the cost.
Free Story Compilations
FREE HORROR by Fiction Gateway, Featuring 45 horror stories. Including: THE SINFUL CHILD and THE TOKOLOSHE.
HORROR GIVEAWAY, Featuring 29 horror stories. Including: THE SINFUL CHILD and THE BLACK BOX.
HORROR GIVEAWAY, Featuring 22 horror stories. Including: THE HASTINGS HARVEST and TERROR FROM THE TRASH.
Shout Out
When Charles X. Cross declared he was going to write a novel in a week for NaNoWriMo, everyone said he was mad, that it couldn't be done.
But not I. No, I had full faith in him. Because, I've read THE MAN-BUTCHER PRIZE and THE BUTCHER IN THE NIGHT and I'm pretty sure he wrote them in a week too.
Newton Webb Bibliography
Available on Amazon
Read a collection of free short stories by Newton Webb on his website.