Before the horror😙

Something has been awakened high in lunar orbit. It doesn’t sleep or rest and won’t stop until it has total control. When the power fails on the Okami-13 asteroid mining vessel, it will be up to Dr. Ira Onyx and her team to figure out how to get home safely before it takes over. Run, hide, evade; it is inescapable; it has chosen you; fear is your only hope to survive, becoming its prey. Check out this story and more here: https://www.colintbates.com/books-1 Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoyed these little teasers for the audio version of Prey On coming out later this week.

I just did a video on Aniara, the 2018 movie about a spaceship that gets lost in space. Not only is it really good as science-fiction cinema, but it's also the best and purest expression of cosmic horror I've ever seen. To quote that guy from Spinal Tap: it's none more black. Here are my thoughts on the movie, and what really makes cosmic horror what it is:

What is the true nature of causality? Do we have free will? Can we ever truly outrun our past? For the Master of Arms of the Bellona, Cassian Fabius, the past has become a dead and rotting albatross around his neck. Yet, on this voyage across the Mediterranean Sea, he and his companions may face something more horrifying than his past. Set in 75BCE, Mortifer takes readers into the past, just before the fall of the Roman republic for a high seas horror adventure! I was inspired by a real archeological discovery of a sunken Roman merchant vessel after reading a bizarre scientific paper linking ancient Roman lead to the search for Neutrinos particles. I also wanted to tell a story that felt like an ancient Roman myth rediscovered. Let me know if I achieved my aims. I hope you enjoy it and keep filling your hearts with unimaginable horrors! Because true dread, is limitless and intoxicating. Check the story out here:https://www.amazon.com/Mortifer-Colin-Bates-ebook/dp/B0F95QX535?ref_=ast_author_dp_aw&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.17gKjS1_dh4_byJd4sTNGwwXAORSIvGIZVLICgoespxGj-BeGz9QSH9LJ0YgW_MX.sUuoEm3NMRc6ZeDaNG0HnOuUg3ZMqiRp-n-rL7Xl8nw&dib_tag=AUTHOR Or here: https://www.colintbates.com/books-1 Available in Paperback, Audio, and Kindle versions. Cover art by me, third image concept art by artist Anna Hyrshchenko.