CaffeineNights

Halloween has a mask. So does this book. In Guy Fawkes: Blood and Fire by Dominic Philpot an ancient mask is unearthed and the bodies start burning. Which frightens you more, the face behind the mask or what the fire leaves behind? Answer in the comments.

Halloween night reading: Heathen, Dark Country or Dead Already. One of them keeps you awake. Which one do you read tonight, and which one never leaves the shelf after dark? Answer in the comments. All three direct from the publisher with code CNBOOKS10.

Pick your poison: Breeding Ground, Deadhead, Night Is Watching or What Waits in the Red. Which one do you read tonight, and which one stays in another room? Answer in the comments. All four direct from the publisher with code CNBOOKS10.

Two volumes, one very bad idea. The Gin Wars Volume Two: The Lure of the Lunar Lander Eleven is out now at £9.99. Volume One, The Pull of Penhalligan's Pier, is where it all starts. Straight to the moon, or back to the pier first? Answer in the comments.

Brass, copper and a machine built to reach the moon. The Gin Wars Volume Two: The Lure of the Lunar Lander Eleven by Paul Eccentric is out now, £9.99. Steampunk with the boiler stoked. Climb aboard, or stay on the ground? Answer in the comments.

He sold fortunes for a living. Then the fortunes started coming true. Mystic Maguire by Garry Bushell is out now, £9.99. A psychic conman with real power, plus two new Harry Tyler stories. The con, or the comeuppance? Answer in the comments.

A back room, a glass ball and a man who swears he can see tomorrow. We are not telling you his name yet. Pay for the reading, or walk away from the table? Answer in the comments.

Remember, remember the 5th of November. Guy Fawkes: Blood and Fire by Dominic Philpot is out now, £9.99, all formats. Now a major horror-thriller film from Shogun Films. Mask or fire: which would you rather face? Comment below.

The shelf is nearly empty. A handful of the limited edition Hollow Point hardbacks by Shaun Hutson remain, no reprint, exclusive to Caffeine Nights. Will you be the one who got there in time?

Twenty copies left. No reprint. The limited edition hardback of Hollow Point by Shaun Hutson closes for good this week. Exclusive to Caffeine Nights. Claim one of the last 20: caffeinenightsbooks.com. Will you take one or let it go?

In The Crew by Dougie Brimson, belonging and territory meet in football crime fiction. Which is harder to break: loyalty to the group or loyalty to yourself? Answer in the comments.

Which lands harder in Monolith by Shaun Hutson: terror that’s ancient and unexplained, or modern and man-made? Answer with your choice in the comments.

Why can an ordinary rural setting feel unsettling? In Parasite Crop, Mark Cassell opens the discussion: does horror work better in a familiar place or a strange one? Comment FAMILIAR or STRANGE.

Which breaks a character first in British crime fiction: loyalty or ambition? Comment LOYALTY or AMBITION, and tell us why. Top Dog by Dougie Brimson.

Revenge can drive a crime story, but does it deepen the lead or diminish our sympathy? In Nick Oldham’s Vendetta: more compelling or less sympathetic? Comment with your choice.

What is more frightening: primal terror that attacks the body, or psychological dread that attacks the mind? Comment BODY or MIND.

Face Down by Garry Bushell: when justice operates outside the law, which matters more. Justice or the law? Comment JUSTICE or LAW. #FaceDown #BritishCrime

Four weeks of dark-fiction debate, one question to keep alive: with Lomax: The Tip of the Iceberg, what should we discuss, fear, setting, voice, character or world-building? Answer with one choice in the comments.

Beyond the launch, what matters more from a publisher: ongoing author support or a lasting reader conversation? Answer in the comments.

What do you want from an unsettling book? A: sleepless nights. B: a lingering idea. C: a shock. D: a world you can’t forget. Answer A, B, C or D in the comments.