Warhammer Horror – First Looks And New Books
The time draws nigh when the Warhammer Horror line opens its doors to unleash untold terror from the Black Library. Today we’ve got a look at some of the first books – as well as what’s coming later.
It’s not even October and yet there are spine-tingling chills, and hair-raising thrills in the air–the sort of thing you might expect if there was a skeleton trying to eat you, or a ghost trying to take over your body, or a dracula trying to drink all of the blood that you keep hidden away inside you. Don’t let that dracula drink your blood! It’s yours–you went to all the trouble of hiding it in your body, so you should probably keep it.
If, however, you are able to risk–nay, stomach–these horrors, then the Warhammer Horror line might be just the thing for you. It launches later this month, bringing terrifying tales (even scarier than a skeleton!) from the 41st Millennium and the Mortal Realms right to your very eyes. We’ve been looking forward to this one for a while folks, and today we’re going to take a closer look at Maledictions, an anthology of 11 different stories from both settings.
via Warhammer Community
Maledictions is our inaugural collection of spine-chilling short stories. In this anthology, we welcome back long-established Black Library authors such as David Annandale, Graham McNeill, and C L Werner, and introduce a host of new and highly-regarded horror writers including Cassandra Khaw, Paul Kane and Lora Gray.
All have delved into the shadowy recesses of their imaginations to bring you flesh-creeping tales of the weird and uncanny. Their stories will expose nightmares, detail the macabre and possess the minds of hapless victims. They feature creatures whose baleful malevolence will freeze the blood in your veins. This collection sets the sinister tone of Warhammer Horror and displays the full diversity of dread experienced by those who suffer the 41st Millennium and endure the Mortal Realms.
From Gothic tales of grief and tragedy and harrowing accounts of psychological torment to murderous hauntings and bizarre, cosmic horrors, we’re taken on a terrifying and emotional journey to discover the wakeful terror of life in the Warhammer universes.
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But that’s not all–there are new additions to the Horror line, starting with a very old book, one that predates even the Black Library. Drachenfels–along with its sequels Genevieve Undead, Beasts in Velvet, and Silver Nails, will be published in the range with brand new editions that look utterly gorgeous (and feature introductions by series author Kim Newman).
And that’s just the first brush of new additions. You’ll also see:
…three novels delving into the darkest depths of the Warhammer universes. Josh Reynolds will detail the Dark Harvest, David Annandale will open the doors to The House of Night and Chain, and C L Werner will venture into the Castle of Blood. In addition to these, a new short story anthology and more audio dramas will ensure that you have plenty of terrifying tales to keep you huddled under the bedsheets with a book all winter long.
So be on the lookout for that, and enjoy…
Enjoy, but beware!
