There are only 60 days left until Halloween this year, and that means all manner of ghoulish spectres and impossible horrors are starting to rise from deep, dark cracks, worming their way into the minds of unwitting Black Library writers.*
Yes, it’s a season of horror for Black Library once again, with three brand-new titles to chill you to your core – in a thoroughly enjoyable way, of course.
First up, we visit the melancholy town of Hollow in darkest Shyish, where the Gothghul family sequester themselves in a lonely castle, keeping terrible family secrets buried. Something sinister soon upheaves their dismal peace and they come under attack by malign forces in Gothghul Hollow by Anna Stephens.
You may recognise “Mhurghast”, a name of ill-portent featured in C.L. Werner’s Castle of Blood and previous Warhammer Horror Anthologies. But what does it mean?
This is a question that Gothghul Hollow will explore as the first novel in the Mhurghast sequence. The answer won’t be easily found though, as this dread name spreads its tendrils throughout the Age of Sigmar, with far-reaching consequences.
Perhaps some clues may be found in the next Horror anthology, The Accursed, featuring stories by Peter Fehervari, David Annandale, Ray Cluley, Richard Strachan, and many more. This anthology delves into the lives of cursed souls across the Mortal Realms and the Imperium of Man as they wrestle with the darkness that lurks around every corner.
As with our previous Horror collections, The Accursed is a perfect place to dive into the more macabre corners of Black Library, with stories that cover the whole breadth of Warhammer.
While the endless horrors of the 41st Millenium usually relate to the Imperium’s unending wars, sometimes the most terrifying things transpire in unlikely places, such as the agri-facilities featured in The Bookkeeper’s Skull by Justin D. Hill.
If you can’t wait to get your hands on these blood-soaked new Black Library tales, never fear!** Plenty of gruesome stories are already available, including Maledictions, Invocations, and Anathemas anthologies, which hint at the Mhurghast enigma.
Do you have a favourite Warhammer Horror story? Or do you have a theory about what Mhurghast means for the denizens of the Mortal Realms? Tell us all about it on the Black Library Facebook page.
* After all, their contracts do explicitly state that they must willingly become thralls to the Dark Powers at a moment’s notice
** On the other hand, you absolutely should fear these abominable yarns.