They Hunt By Night has arrived from Camden Park Press.
This is a collection of 13 historical horror tales, and it includes Sidney’s “Red Moon Over Manhattan,” a novelette.
Set in 1948 New York City, the tale follows a Navy veteran as he seeks to navigate a treacherous business world while concealing the fact he’s a werewolf..
Check it out in trade paper and ebook formats here.
GNELFS are back. They’re half-gnomes and half-elves from a children’s cartoon show infiltrated by insidious symbols that inadvertently link to dark spirits.
Crossroad Press has released an all-new trade paperback via its Macabre Ink imprint with the original cover art from Richard Newton who illustrated many classic horror novels.
Formats and links are here:
A new bit of flash fiction, or microfiction or whatever you want to call a very brief tale, has just gone live over at the site Horror Sleaze Trash.
The story’s dubbed “Sum of the Parts” and it was little extreme-ish for a Facebook author page post.
Check it out if you have a couple of minutes.
Preorder links are here for Dark Corners of the Old Dominion. It includes the Sidney Williams tale “Odditorium” and many other horror stories set in Virginia plus a foreword by Brian Keene.
All proceeds from the book go to benefit Scares that Care, an IRS approved, 501(c)(3) charity. Founded in 2006, “Scares That Care!” to date has raised and donated over $300,000 to organizations and families with a child affected by illness, burns or women fighting breast cancer.
Enter now for a chance to win one of four trade paper copies of Long Waltz on Goodreads.
The giveaway will run July 25-August 25, 2023.
In this second adventure for Si Reardon, he faces quirky movie stars, threatening gangsters and incredible forces of nature.
Visit the Long Waltz Goodreads page now to enter.
Sidney’s story “Odditorium” will be included in the upcoming charity anthology Dark Corners of the Old Dominion.
Published by Death Knell Press, the anthology was developed by a group of Virginia horror writers to benefit the Scares That Scare cancer charity. Scares That Scare is a 501(c)(3) charity.
Dark Corners includes stories by a host of writers from Virginia including Stephen Mark Raine, Bryan Nowak, Sonia Tailor, Joseph Madderly, Michael Rook, D. Alexander Ward, Brad Center, Sirrah Medeiros, María Badillo and many more. Check the full TOC at the Death Knell site. A pre-order link is coming soon.
Author Bryan Nowak welcomed Sidney back to the All Things Writing Podcast for a chat about Long Waltz, Dark Corners of the Old Dominion and more.
Check out the episode wherever you listen to podcasts or click here:
The all new historical horror novelette “By Side-Saddle” appears in the anthology Unknown Superheroes vs. the Forces of Darkness edited by Will Jacques and Steve Dillon. Will also illustrated the book, which includes stories by many great writers including Lee Murray, Owl Goingback, Jonathan Mayberry, Will Murray and more.
“By Side-Saddle” introduces Cilla Frane, a Georgian-era traveller who encounters a mysterious and dangerous figure at the old Roman baths in Bath, UK.
Available in trade paper, hardback and ebook, Unknown Superheroes can be ordered here from Amazon.
Fool’s Run has been named one of Barnes & Noble’s handpicked #TopIndieFavorites from independent publishers.
They said: “we know you’ll love; the hottest pre-orders and top new releases everyone is reading on NOOK!”
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The latest issue of the new incarnation of Sanitarium magazine has just been released.
It features my short story, “The Fury.”
It’s a tale of suburban revenge. Neighbors can drive each other crazy after all, and frustrations of the job can carry over to other areas of life.
Sid is Alive 