A small town's crimson-stained secret lies at the center of Trail of Blood, a new novel from Steve Wands and Keith Latch, and we've been provided with the first three chapters to share with Daily Dead readers in today's Horror Highlights, which also includes details on the Kickstarter campaign for Daniel Mark Young and James Craigie's new project, Werehouse, and a trailer for Robin Rippmann's short film Porcelain Stare.

Trail of Blood Excerpt: Written by Steve Wands and Keith Latch, Trail of Blood is out now on Amazon. To read the first three chapters of Trail of Blood, press the cover image below.

Synopsis: "Sam Logan is a vampire hunter on the skids. His detective agency, Fringe Investigations, has seen better days. His partner, Carter Mason, a disabled veteran, refuses to give up on him or their mission; to fight all that goes bump in the night.

Things have been quiet. Debt has been climbing. And Sam just wants the phone to ring. When it does, a cryptic phone call about a man’s missing son leads Sam and Carter into a small town infested with the undead.

As the night goes on, Sam and Carter find themselves battling bloodthirsty abominations at every turn. Daybreak seems like it may never come and as they search for the man’s missing son they leave…a trail of blood."

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    About the Author - Derek Anderson

    Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.

    When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.