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Pig Iron – David James Keaton – Release Date: 2/17/2026
The wells have run dry in Aqua Fría, where the only creatures remaining sweat booze and blood, searching for treasure as their time runs out...
Three days to die of dehydration.
Three days to fight for revenge or redemption.
Three days to right their wrongs.
With a glossary of western terminology, real and imagined, this risible struggle between love and subversion of the western is Deadwood meets A Clockwork Orange, with a shot of "wry."
SPOTLIGHT
Joseph A. Citro:
Native Vermonter, novelist, and public radio commentator, Joseph A. Citro has done a lot to keep New England's history and folklore alive in the popular culture. His 14 books include five novels of suspense, four volumes of historical oddities, a collection of regional humor, three "eccentric" travel guides, and a co-edited book of essays.
His classic and best-selling Green Mountain Ghosts, Ghouls and Unsolved Mysteries (Houghton Mifflin 1994) was the most comprehensive collection of offbeat Vermont lore ever assembled; it has survived over 15 printings
It was supplemented by Passing Strange (1996), Green Mountains, Dark Tales (1999), The Vermont Ghost Guide (2000), and Curious New England (2003). His newest addition is a collection of crypto-creatures called The Vermont Monster Guide, named by Cryptomundo as one of the TOP 10 Cryptozoology books of 2009.
His first ebook, a collection of short fiction called NOT YET DEAD is now available.
Joe Citro's novels present a dark and mystical side of the Vermont experience. They include Shadow Child, Guardian Angels, The Gore, Lake Monsters and Deus-X.
Since 1992 his commentary series on public radio has featured Vermont and New England's best-loved ghosts, monsters, madmen, and mysteries.
Since becoming a professional writer in 1987, he has taught at local colleges, lectured widely, and appeared on regional and national radio and television. Two videos based on his work are now in production.
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The Evil – by Hugh B. Cave – performed by Michael T. Bradley – AUDIO SAMPLE
From one of the grandmasters of horror! Brand new audio: Crippled, unable to move, Margal moves you instead, speaks to your mind, commands you to act. There are no doors you can lock to keep The Evil out, no barriers he cannot breach. He calls to those he needs, and they must obey, just as you must obey. The Evil will not be denied!
FREE AUDIOBOOK DOWNLOAD CODES FOR AUDIBLE
Here is our new list of books we are offering free download codes for. We are trying to build reviews, and while we don’t require a review for a free download, even just a rating on Audible or Amazon can make a huge difference in visibility. Beneath the new books are those from last week, because all still have some codes available for US and UK listeners. We will offer them to the first five who request them, and only one title per requester. To request a code send a note to [email protected]
THIS WEEK’S TITLES:
Survivor’s Game by David Karmi – AUDIO SAMPLE - A heart-wrenching true story of one young man's journey into, through, and out of the Holocaust.
Some people have a knack for survival, for getting out of jams. Twelve-year-old David Karmi found himself face to face with the ultimate test. With his homeland consumed by fear, David entered a world of human slaughter. Whole towns were vaporized. Cities obliterated in firestorms. More than 50 million people died - 12 million either gassed, shot, hanged, worked to death, or subjected to biological experiments. David survived.
Separated from his parents and siblings, David Karmi was hurled into a nightmare of death camps, forced marches, sickness, violence, and depravity. On his own, through the tortuous months that followed, he endured. He is a survivor of Auschwitz, Dachau, and the Warsaw Ghetto. He endured forced marches, starvation, and even persecution after the Allies freed him from the camps. This is a story of strength, courage, some luck - and an amazing man, told in his own words. It is the biography of a survivor.
Junction – by Deborah Morgan – AUDIO SAMPLE - In his introduction to the book, best-selling author Loren D. Estleman says "It's hard work being Deborah Morgan". A multiple award-winning author in both the mystery and Western arenas, Morgan has collected here in Junction a selection of stories guaranteed to show you why.
Join her at the crossroad and choose which of her versatile characters you'll visit first, from FBI agent turned antiques picker Jeff Talbot (from the best-selling Antique Lovers Mysteries) to Detroit's hard-boiled PI Mary Shelley to the motley and indomitable cast found in her tales of the old—and changing—West.
Entries in this collection include two never-before-published stories: Fittingly, one is Western, the other is mystery. "Tinsel Town" offers a glimpse of the Hollywood frontier, courtesy of Tully and Wall—two bona fide cowboys looking to lasso an easier life. "Campaign for a Corpse" plops Jeff Talbot into the middle of a glamper (glamorous camper) event at a campground where someone's been murdered.
Through this collection, you'll walk Motown's mean streets and ride the vast and often brutal frontier; you'll get an inside look at Jeff Talbot's killer antiques world, as well as towns struggling for survival—whether they be contemporary Detroit or beyond the lawless threshold of the 19th-century West.
From the introduction: "There are no low points between these covers. Working fields as tried-and-true as the western and the mystery, [Morgan] manages to reinvent the genres with freshness, wit, and a way with a phrase that makes one think of a master cabinetmaker hand-rubbing raw mahogany to a high gloss. Call it talent, genius, or magic; what follows is all those things and the bucket of sweat we call professionalism."
Night’s Plutonian Shore – by Garrett Boatman – AUDIO SAMPLE - Researching sustainable energy, Rick’s best friend Wally has discovered a means to tap into the bioplasmic energy field that surrounds all living things. He envisions trains and office towers running off collective psi. But when he invites his friends to test his psychotronic generator, they unleash demons residing in the human old brain, the seat of aggression and primal drives.
As the body count rises, it becomes clear, for these creatures of the id to survive, their creators must die. Pursued by police and hunted by their doubles, the choice is simple: kill or be killed.
Even if the face of the enemy is your own.
LAST WEEK REVIEW COPIES -Codes still available
A Mind for Murder: The Real-Life Files of a Psychic Investigator – Noreen Renier – Performed by Ann Howlett – AUDIO SAMPLE
Catherine the Ghost – Kathe Koja – Performed by Jennifer Pickens – AUDIO SAMPLE
Ghost of a Marriage – Richard Dansky – Performed by Sam Rosenthal – AUDIO SAMPLE
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