Playing with Fire A Comedy of Horrors
Playing with Fire A Comedy of Horrors by J. H. Schiller is set to be published by Podium Publishing on September 10, 2024. This edition features 282 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows a witch facing a fiery and potentially paranormal threat as she becomes Earth’s last hope in a witty urban fantasy setting. The story unfolds during Tophet County’s Midnight Carnival, where a series of bizarre and unsettling events disrupt her romantic plans, leading to chaos and danger.
Readers will encounter a blend of humor and horror as the witch navigates mysterious murders, supernatural occurrences, and personal dilemmas involving her boyfriend and friends. The plot thickens with the resurrection of the Witch’s Task Force and the involvement of quirky characters, including a ghost-obsessed Dread Lord. This installment continues to explore themes of fantasy, satire, and the paranormal, offering a unique take on genre fiction that combines elements of horror and comedy.
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Against a fiery–and possibly paranormal–threat, a witch becomes Earth’s last hope, in the second book of this witty and sharp urban fantasy series.
Tophet County’s Midnight Carnival has it all: a mesmerizing (literally) Phæras Wheel, the racy delights of Sphinxter’s All-Archonic Peep Show, and the lip-smacking lure of “things which never should have been fried.” It’s the perfect prelude to the witch’s romantic night with her boyfriend, Chad . . . until a creepy fortune teller makes dire predictions with an enchanted deck of Garbage Pail Kids cards, an otherworldly pyromaniac sets the moon on fire, and a shipload of pasta-faced beasties from Lovecraft’s backlist lands on the Dunwich Park softball field.
These unsettling events are only the beginning of the witch’s troubles. Soon, a series of homicides-by-grievous-immolation sets off a county-wide panic. Then Chad starts keeping secrets and avoiding the witch like a plague of haunted warts. And her good friend Hank O’Brien, aka Deputy Eye Candy, is getting hotter by the hour. The icing on the ghoul-cake? The human mayor has resurrected the Witch’s Task Force and forced her to partner up with the ghost-obsessed Dread Lord of Human Resources to investigate.
Yes, things are heating up in Tophet County. The witch will have to tread carefully as she takes on mysterious murders, lunar refugees, and superstitious eldritch abominations–or she might just get burned.
Blending the out-of-this-world intrigue of supernatural procedurals like The X-Files with the quirky characters and relatable awkwardness of Parks and Recreation, Playing with Fire is the twisty and fun continuation of a must-read horror comedy series.
The second volume of the hit horror fantasy series–with more than 100,000 views on Royal Road–now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!
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