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| Nothing Tastes as Good by Luke DumasDesperate for a change, obese 28-year-old Emmett Truesdale signs up for a clinical trial of Obexity, a new gene therapy treatment designed to help with weight loss. As the weight falls off, Emmett's confidence grows...but he soon discovers there's a dark side to Obexity. This thought-provoking latest from the author of The Paleontologist is "superbly well timed for the current cultural moment" (Kirkus Reviews). Try this next: Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer. |
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| Molka by Monika KimSeoul office worker Dahye is reeling from her boyfriend's betrayal after he's caught up in a hidden camera scandal. Meanwhile, her voyeuristic coworker Junyoung has installed cameras throughout their workplace, which he uses to spy on Dahye and their other women colleagues. As Junyoung's interest in her turns to obsession, Dahye's continued downward spiral becomes a quest for vengeance...with him in the crosshairs. For fans of: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. |
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| The Caretaker by Marcus KliewerCash-strapped Macy Mullins accepts a position as a caretaker for a house on the Oregon Coast, which promises hefty pay for only three days of work. But when she arrives, she's given a list of Rites that must be followed, lest the Visitors from the neighboring woods destroy the world. This menacing cosmic horror novel from the author of We Used to Live Here is "for those who like their thriller stories bowstring taut and their endings pitch black" (Booklist). Try this next: The Spite House by Johnny Compton; The Night That Finds Us All by John Hornor Jacobs. |
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You Should Have Been Nicer to My Momby Vincent TiradoDemons clash with inheritance claims as secrets unfold and violence is unleashed over twelve harrowing hours trapped in a house with the worst thing imaginable: family. Over the course of the night, scandal after scandal is revealed about the wealthy Abreu family. Then a sudden turn causes a vicious night of recrimination, violence, accusations, and murder for the patriarch's favorite daughter, Xiomara, who is faced with an impossible task: uproot a demon and somehow kill it, or excise the ghosts that linger within her own family. Try this next: Fiend by Alma Katsu. |
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| Acquired Taste by Clay McLeod ChapmanClay McLeod Chapman's (Wake Up and Open Your Eyes) 3rd short story collection features 25 previously published stories and balances the author's signature dark humor with creeping dread. Try this next: A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories by Mariana Enriquez. |
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| The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-GarciaA graduate student researching a mysterious horror author uncovers dark family secrets and a haunting past linked to witchcraft and decades-spanning disappearances in this multi-timeline gothic novel rich with folklore, suspense, and supernatural terror. For fans of: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. |
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| The Faceless Thing We Adore by Hester SteelListless bartender Aoife drops everything to travel to Farmstead, an idyllic island community she spots on a postcard. Despite the island's beauty and the inhabitants' friendliness, something doesn't seem quite right...and then Aoife learns that the community believes they are the chosen saviors of a deity trapped beneath the island. For fans of: cosmic horror set in isolated locales, like Alessandro Manzetti and Stefano Cardoselli's graphic novel The Inhabitant of the Lake. |
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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
by Grady Hendrix
At a home for unwed mothers in 1970 Florida, 15-year-old Fern is given a spellbook by a mysterious librarian, which she and her friends initially use to enact petty revenge on their keepers -- until they question whether they should use their newfound powers for darker purposes. This "pulpy throwback" (Kirkus Reviews) from bestselling author Grady Hendrix (How to Sell a Haunted House) offers a violent homage to Rosemary's Baby.
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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
by Stephen Graham Jones
In 2012, college professor Etsy Beaucarne learns about a 100-year-old diary written by her great-great-grandfather, Lutheran minister Arthur Beaucarne, hoping she can utilize it to secure tenure. Contained within its pages are the confessions of Good Stab, a Blackfeet vampire seeking vengeance for the massacre of his people. For fans of: The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo; Lone Women by Victor LaValle.
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Erin's brother Bryan has been missing for five years. It was as if he simply walked into the forests of the Pacific Northwest and vanished. Determined to uncover the truth, Erin heads to the foothills of Mt. Hood where Bryan was last seen alive. He isn't the first hiker to go missing in this area, and their cases go unsolved. When she discovers the corpse of a local woman in a creek, Erin unknowingly puts herself in the crosshairs of very powerful forces beyond-hell-bent on keeping their secrets buried. For fans of Jeff VanderMeer and T. Kingfisher. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Forsyth County Public Library
660 W. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101
336-703-2665forsythlibrary.org |
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