Weird West
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Freakshow by 3cheersforcoffee
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Ava Mckenna never truly fit in anywhere. She was always the black sheep of the crowd. Though despite her seclusion from society, her true passion for aerial arts and acrobatics made her feel on top of the world. Little did she know that she would come across a freakish circus she would soon call home and a dark clown, Johannes, whom she'd grown to cherish.
The Freakshow Massacre by -livingd3adgirl-
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There was no way to save the dead; only to seek revenge. And even then, the dead would remain dead. Five teenager friends are visiting an amusement park to celebrate the beginning of their holidays. When they arrive there, the amusement park is nowhere to be seen. There's just an abandoned old circus which is full of psychopathic, freakish clowns who want to torture and kill them. And so the friends take every risk they can to escape. Cover credits: @l3sbianaf - thank you so much!!!!! 1st place in the 2019 Constellation Awards, horror 2nd place in the 2019 Golden Awards, horror #blossomingawards
Freakshow by JadenWilkes
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She's a freak Born with congenital analgesia, Olivia York's inability to feel pain is expected-feeling nothing at all is not. Betrayed and unemployed, Olivia joins Cirque des Curiosités, a traveling circus with heavy emphasis on the strange and exotic. She's hired to sell tickets, but when her unique oddity is discovered, she becomes Orion the ringmaster's assistant in a dangerous performance on the centre stage. He's off limits Cairo, the son of the Cirque's ringmaster is the one man Olivia needs to stay away from. But his rippling muscles, dark tattoos and sensual lips intoxicate her, and before long she surrenders. When girls start to go missing, her burning need to solve the unfolding mystery leads her to After Dark, the erotic late-night version of the Cirque. Orion is determined to break her bond to Cairo through any means possible, even if it leave Olivia scarred or dead. In a world built on illusion and deception, Olivia's quest to feel something more than curiosity might come at a very steep price. ** Deals with sexual themes that some readers may find offensive. This is a standalone dark urban fantasy novel.
The Only Way Out - Book Two of the Western Girls Trilogy by RRunning79
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Morgan has to get out. Something very wrong is going on at the First Street Orphanage, and she's not sure what. But even if her suspicions are right, how could she possibly prove it? She's only been there for a couple of years, but girls have been going missing and with her eighteenth birthday coming up, she's afraid she might be next. She has family in San Fransisco, so her best bet is to make it there and hope they'll take her in. But to get there is going to take some clever planning and if she's caught, it could mean the end for her. Is being brave enough or will she have to use every skill her older brother ever taught her to survive?
Caleb: A Western tale, circa 1880's by JulieMullen7
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Suddenly discovering himself to be a wanted man, Caleb Waite flees a posse, barely escaping with his life. Taking refuge on a slightly-rundown ranch called 'Infinity' in order to heal, Caleb soon discovers that nothing is as it appears. Will Caleb fall victim to the secrets contained within the ranch's borders- or to a hangman's noose? Jan. 2020- #1 in clean-romance
Adventure on the Oregon Trail by RRunning79
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Sarah is moving west with her family. Having just turned eighteen, she was perfectly content to stay in the town where she grew up, however, she has no choice but to go along. She's heard horror stories about the man leading the wagon train west and does her best to stay out of his way and not call attention to herself. If only trouble wasn't so easy to get into. It was as if it followed her around and tripped her up every chance it got. She's certain she won't survive the trip west. Either the wagon master is going to kill her, or her bad luck will.
The Half Killed by QuenbyOlson
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Dorothea Hawes has no wish to renew contact with what lies beyond the veil. After an attempt to take her own life, she has retired into seclusion, but as the wounds on her body heal, she is drawn back into a world she wants nothing more than to avoid. She is sought out by Julian Chissick, a former man of God who wants her help in discovering who is behind the gruesome murder of a young woman. But the manner of death is all too familiar to Dorothea, and she begins to fear that something even more terrible is about to unleash itself on London. And so Dorothea risks her life and her sanity in order to save people who are oblivious to the threat that hovers over them. It is a task that forces her into a confrontation with her own lurid past, and tests her ability to shape events frighteningly beyond her control.
Lourdes: A Vampire In The Old West by petertatara
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The year is 1877. The reclusive vampire Lourdes has gone West to escape the temptation of the growing American nation; however, what he presumed was a pure land of only sky and sand turns out to be filled with vice and worse - more of his preternatural kind. And when Lourdes shoots dead a vampire preying on the closest thing to innocence in the Old West, a brothel worker named Katterina, he ends up igniting a war that puts himself, Katterina, and the whole of her little town in the crosshairs of a gang of vampire outlaws. To save the girl, Lourdes must do battle with otherworldly bandits, a corrupt priest, a cowardly sheriff, and the relentless desert sun. And, even if Lourdes can overcome these obstacles, he will have to protect Katterina from his own vampiric hunger. Lourdes's story threads a central narrative rich with gunfights and fangs together with interludes into the inner workings and underbellies of the denizens the vampire cowboy encounters on his journey. It paints a portrait of a lawless world which no longer exists, one in which the difference between good, bad, law, and outlaw is often no bigger than a grain of sand. "With Lourdes, Peter Tatara has delivered a well-crafted genre mash up and an unforgettable main character. Fans of Stephen King's Dark Tower cycle are sure to love this novel." - Robert Place Napton (Dark Wraith of Shannara, Son of Merlin, Battlestar Galactica Origins: Adama) "Tatara is to be commended for his remarkable ambition, talent, and skill, and I am quite positive this won't be the last we'll be hearing from this vibrant new author." - Joshua Ortega (The Other Dead, Gears of War) "Anyone new to the Vampire Western genre should most certainly allow Lourdes's odyssey to be their very first bite." - Matt Hawkins (FORT90, Attract Mode) Cover Design by Eric Maruscak - PepperInk.com Cover Photo by Olivier Le Queinec - Shutterstock.com
The Beautiful Dead by MJcomiclover
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Richard McCarty, an aging gunman, and Pete Hastings, a young naive man longing for adventure and fame, venture out to find a gang of vicious outlaws in the winter of 1850. Alone, with the snow building up and a storm on the horizon, paranoia, guilt and terror bring forth one man's deepest fears during his descent into hell and the cold, brutal wilderness. Inspired heavily by Jack London's story To Build A Fire, this is a western story steeped in gothic horror reminiscent of Poe and King that is sure to satisfy fans of western, horror, or adventure stories.
Faerunners by Poundcake93
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It is the turn of the century and night is falling on the last days of the old west. The wild years of settling the frontier with a rifle in one hand and a spell book in the other are at an end. But the magicians of the Old West are not going down without a fight. Tallis Bertrand is a young man of the back lines of the growing conflict, trapped in a dead end job, struggling to work for a cause he doesn't believe in, and dreaming of something. Tallis' wishes are granted in the worst possible way when he is betrayed and finds himself on the wrong side of the law. The battle lines are drawn between cold civilization, and the wild world of magic, and Tallis is forced to choose a side. Whether he fights for the old ways or chooses to stand with the new, one thing is certain, his world will never be the same.