Simon Paul Woodward

Horror author

Books

Goodreads Giveaway – 100 Kindle Copies of of new horror collection WEARING SHADOWS (enter by 22 May 2021)

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Goodreads Book Giveaway

Wearing Shadows by Simon Paul Woodward

Wearing Shadows

by Simon Paul Woodward

Giveaway ends May 22, 2021. USA only (due to Goodreads rules… sorry everybody else!)

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Review: Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

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A very-near future dystopia. Animals are infected with a disease that makes them poisonous to humans and their place in our diet, and on our supermarket shelves, has been replaced by human meat. Humans denied speech at birth, raised in ignorance of what they are and then efficiently slaughtered.

Tender is the Flesh is midnight dark and deeply affecting. It’s stylistically simple and written with the urgency of a thriller. Its ending will leave you stunned and possibly despairing of humanity.

The story follows our protagonist, Marcos, a senior employee in a slaughterhouse processing human meat, through a world that has learned how to justify and even to celebrate cannibalism. As we experience his growing disgust at colleagues, family and the world, we are also exposed to a powerful paradox at his core – despite everything that surrounds him, he still desires to become a parent, whatever the cost to his soul.

You can read the review on Goodreads

Review: The Reddening by Adam Nevill

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What a book. I can honestly say I haven’t enjoyed a horror novel so much for a very, very long time. Beautifully rendered, flawed and relatable characters. A creeping sense of dread. Visceral violence dispensed by the cultish Red Folk. An ancient force straining at the barrier between the worlds. All grounded by a wealth of scientific data that makes you second guess your assumptions about what the Red Folk may (or may not) be summoning. A towering horror novel. Mr Neville, I salute you.

Launched Today – WEARING SKIN: 12 Devilishly Dark Horror Short Stories

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Available on Amazon globally as a paperback or e-book: just click here!

None of us are what we seem to be on the outside. We are all pretending. We are all wearing skin.

The Angel of Loughborough Junctions: An amoral filmmaker experiences the horror of the world through an angel’s eyes.
Children of Ink: A living tattoo breaks one of the Five Laws of Ink and suffers the terror of life away from flesh.
Wearing Skin: Bigotry conquers true love in a blood-splattered tale of body swapping, sex and immortality.
American Sexual Lobster: A seafood chef loses his mind and body on a night of shellfish slaughter.
Manny & the Monkeys: An egotistical writer’s life is ripped apart by escalating, and increasingly bizarre, coincidences.

These 12 unsettling short stories include the British Fantasy Society award-winning Manny & The Monkeys. 

If you’re a fan of Stephen King, Joe Hill or JT Lawrence you’ll love these dark stories with a twist. Get ready to stay up all night with award-winning horror author Simon Paul Woodward.

EARLY REVIEWS


“The ideas, the language, the grasp of how people really talk, and think, and how close the dark is to all of us… this is an exceptional collection.”
 
Michael Marshall Smith
New York Times
Bestselling author
 
 
“The core story “Wearing Skin” is about a tale of body swapping touching the mythic questions of immortality and sex. The author presents the scenes in their raw form, shocking the reader and keeping them in fear. The book is an excellent read if you are fan of Joe Hill.”

Joel Stafford
Joelsbooks.com
 
 
“A filmmaker experiences an ungodly world through stolen angel eyes, immortal beings wearing the skin of humans, a doctor able to see into your past when you cry, a world where tattoos can tear away from flesh and come alive, a man ready to take out his enemies is trapped alone in a distant world, and my favourite, the seer, a man with abilities that allow him to travel from his body to the depths of the unknown.”
 
Samantha
Goodreads review