Welcome to the Halloween Heat author blog hop. I and my fellow contributors in Halloween Heat I are joined by Tara Lain from Halloween Heat IV to offer you the chance to win prizes by hopping from blog to blog leaving comments.
Comment below for a chance to win a $10 Amazon gift certificate with the name of your favourite horror story and your email address. then follow the links below to go from blog to blog and win other prizes. Posts open for comments until Sunday midnight EST – I’ll pick the winner on Monday.
Halloween Heat I
An Anthology of Erotic Paranormal M/M Romance
Five erotic stories of gay love and passion with a paranormal twist—ghosts and spirits and otherworldly delights, perfect for Halloween.
“Love Lies Deep” by Tristram La Roche
“Idle Hands” by Reneé George
“Costumes” by Dianne Hartsock
“Eden” by Kiran Hunter
“Set in Stone” by Elin Gregory
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Halloween Heat IV
Erotic Contemporary M/M Romance
Two hot tales of contemporary gay romance to fill your goodie bag this Halloween.
“Trex or Treat” by Tara Lain
“Desert Candy” by AC Fox
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My story, Set in Stone, is set in the Brecons Beacons in Wales. They aren’t as high or craggy as some but the Mountain Rescue volunteers work and play as hard as any. New boy, Joe, accepts that he has to earn his place but his initiation, to spend the night at a remote standing stone high in the hills, is more exciting than expected.
Read on for a SFW excerpt.
I eased out of my sleeping bag, keeping low, and crawled into a hollow behind the standing stone. I should have known that there would be more to the hazing than simply denying me the comfort of the bunkhouse for the night.
Try to ambush me and you’ll deserve all you get, you silly bastards.
There – I heard the scuff of a foot on the turf, a breath. I roared as I hurdled the stone.
I saw him clearly, massive shoulders gleaming in the light of a huge full moon, hair flying as he whirled and the blade in his hand leapt out toward me. I ducked and hit him in the midriff with my shoulder, grunted as the hilt cracked down into my ribs, swore as we crashed into the standing stone. I snatched at his wrist and twisted. The blade, too long for a knife, too short for a sword, fell to the ground. He had my other wrist now. As we strained against each other, feet hooking and kicking to try to throw the other off balance, my lungs filled with the sharp scent of mingled wood smoke, mutton fat, sweat and blood. But mostly—my breath caught as I breathed it in—he smelled of man. Strong, healthy, and aroused. Distracted, I stumbled as he hooked at my ankle. My back and head slammed into the stone with a startling clash of metal and we stared at each other. Moonlight shone on his pale eyes, the lime spiking his dark hair, the whorl of blue on his cheek under his left eye. The twisted beasts on the finials of the band of gold around his thick neck snarled at me. He laughed.
Participating Authors
and finally Tristram La Roche whose post will be going up at midnight tonight.
I don’t suppose the Rabbit Rabbit novels count for horror? I’ve always found Rabbit’s well-meaning negligence to be the type of thing that makes me want to take a cold shower. I must say, I really like Dracula.
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Dracula would be my favourite too. 🙂 Modern horror is too – messy for me.
Rabbit – would that be John Updike’s Rabbit? I ave to admit that I haven’t read those – they just look too depressing.
There’s a whole series of Updike’s Rabbit novels, and they are depressing.
I don’t mind messy horror, Dracula is just such a great book. The image of him feeding Mina his blood is one that really sticks in my mind.
My favorite is Midnight by M.J. O’Shea. It’s a ghost short story about a 50 year old college mystery, and it has a HEA. I’m not much into chilling, creepy, horror stories.
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Ooh thanks for the recommendation 🙂 I’m not comfortablle with the more viscerally upsetting type of horror either.
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Oh, boy…I’m so chicken, I’ve always kind of avoided horror! I remember being impressed with Stephen King’s short story “I Know What You Need”–it’s a college-set story of college romance turned psychological thriller, without any viscera, thank goodness. (I’ll have to check out “Midnight,” too, as I like MJ O’Shea.)
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I’ve just started reading Stephen King [I’m a bit chicken too] and I think you might enjoy his Hearts Over Atantis. I found that a very satisfying read.
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Well, I don’t really have a fave, though I do like a few of Stephen Kings’ books. Though I just read a creepy one by Varian Krylov called Dead Souls. It was creepy in the “mindf*ck, what if it really happened” way.
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I’m slowly coming to grips with Stephen King. A friend loans me the less splattery ones. 🙂
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I will have to go with Salem’s Lot by Stephen King.
I follow your blog.
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Thanks for the follow, Sherry.
I did read some of Ann Rice’s books and found them very scary.
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I enjoyed Interview with a Vampire, but badly needed to give Louis a shake. 🙂
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Loved your story, Elin! Don’t want to say too much about it, but the ending is perfect! Happy Hopping!
Oh thank you! Yours made me smile a lot, apart from the chilling bits.:)
So I would have to go with the Saw movies. I have only seen two of them and they were just scary.
Thanks for the giveaway.
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I don’t watch horror movies *shudders*
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I don’t read too many scary books, but like scary movies. The paranormal activity movies 1, 2, & 3 scared the crap out of me. Next week my husband and I are seeing #4. You are a new author for me. Loved the excerpt.
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Just the trailers of the paranormal activity films had me running for cover but I do like Hitchcock – as long as I can watch it in company and keep the lights on for a night or two. So glad you liked the excerpt. Thanks for commenting.
How about Interview with a Vampire? How many gorgeous men play in it!! Anything Vampire, especially with hunks, Is a winner in my book!
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Interview is such a fun film – more fun than the book because Louis incessant whingeing got on my nerves a bit. 🙂 How about Lost Boys? That’s worth a look just for the fashions.
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My favorite horror story is probably It by Stephen King
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You’re brave. 🙂 That’s one of the Stephen King stories I’ve been advised not to read. I tried Cell and that was a mistake. 11.22.63 was good fun though.
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Hi! Happy Halloween! Thanks for the awesome hop and great giveaway! 😉 You have a wonderful Sunday! 🙂 I actually dont read any horror stories. Im a HEA person. I love romance..and sex. lol I do love scary movies though! Anything that will make me jump, cover my eyes, have me looking over my shoulder, its on the favorite list! lol I dont think i can name a favorite one though. So im gonna name a few. lol I like the Aliens movies, Child’s Play, Hell Raiser, The Puppet Master, Halloween, ect. 🙂
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Oh! And i cant forget Pumpkin Head. This movie scaried me horribly when i was little. And i still watched it over and over. And the Freddy Krueger movies too! 🙂
Hi, Shadow. I haven’t seen any of those. Total wimp you see. The last horror movie I watched all the way through was Dog Soldiers – low budget, British, man in rubber costume werewolves – but that was played for laughs.
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Hi. Well I’ve read my share of scary stories over the years but one of my favorites right now is called ” What Zombies Fear” by Kirk Allmond. You can get it at Amazon.com It’s the 1st in a great series.
Chris
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Hi Chris. Thanks for the recommendation and thanks for commenting.
I love horror movies (grew up watching Freddy, Michael, Jason, etc. Probably my favorite horror stories would be Stephen King…about any except IT….Clowns are just EVIL! *shudders*
June
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Hi June *hugs* so glad it’s not just me who finds clowns unspeakably creepy. Thanks for commenting.
Congrats for the release! I’m always so happy when I stumble upon a new author blog (new for me, of course) 😀
Unfortunately (not) I absolutely hate horror. I’ve never even willingly got close to a horror book before. I remember starting “Shining” by Stephen King and, even though it was really sucking me in, the moment I found out it was tagged as horror, I immediately put it down.
I love happy stories, those that leave me smiling and fantasizing for a very long time.
But, I have to say, I once had to watch a horror movie, the one someone else mentioned above, “Saw”. It was back in high school and me and a group of friends decided to hang out at a friend’s house. One of them came up with the genius idea of watching “Saw” that had just been released. Needless to say I was the only one in the room covering my eyes and screaming as if possessed. I never heard the end of it. They laughed at me for two whole weeks and they still recall my being a wimp to this day.
So this is as far as my relationship with the horror genre went. And I don’t regret it at all.
Sorry for the rambling 😛
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Oh you poor soul! There’s nothing worse than having to watch something you know you’re going to hate because friends want to see it.
I have watched the Shining -it was on TV here and a close friend in Texas put her DVD on and basically talked me through it by IM. 🙂 It was less horrifying than I expected but I still have no plans to watch It or Pet Semetary or Cujo. *shudders*
Let’s stick to what we like, eh? Thanks for commenting.
Thinner by Stephen King is my favorite horror story.
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Thanks for the recommendation, and thanks for commenting.
My favorite Horror story- this is difficult but the first one that popped into my head is Beneath Lake Redemption by Libby Drew
Wow, even the cover of that is scary. 🙂 Thanks for the recommendation and thanks for commenting.
The story sounds great! But i am also a total chicken! : )
Me too – see my feathers? All white ones. 🙂 Thanks for commenting, Tara.
Elin, I really enjoyed “Set in Stone.” It was truly bittersweet.
Renee
Thanks, Renee. 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I’d say any of Stephen King’s book.
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He’s a mastercraftsman sure enough. 🙂 Thanks for commenting.