Horror
June 2025
Recent Releases
Cold Eternity
by S.A. Barnes

On the run after a political scandal puts her in danger, whistleblower Halley Zwick takes a job guarding the long-abandoned cryogenically frozen bodies of wealthy patrons on the Elysian Fields spaceship. But her quiet refuge becomes a nightmare when she begins seeing -- and hearing -- things that shouldn't be there. For fans of: Caitlin Starling; TV's Severance.
 
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When the Wolf Comes Home
by Nat Cassidy

When aspiring actress Jess finds a terrified five-year-old boy hiding outside her apartment complex, she takes him in, only to discover he's on the run from his father, a violent man with a wolf-like creature in tow. After they're attacked by the creature, the pair try to stay one step ahead of their beastly foe while new threats emerge. For fans of: The Twilight Zone.
 
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Eat the Ones You Love
by Sarah Maria Griffin

Single and unemployed Shell Pine moves back in with her parents in the Dublin suburbs, where she takes a job at a flower shop in a run-down mall. When the shop's owner, Neve, catches her eye, she'll have to compete for Neve's attention with a monstrous, possessive orchid that's taken over the mall -- and Neve. For fans of: Little Shop of Horrors, Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell, and But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo.
 
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The Staircase in the Woods
by Chuck Wendig

In 1998 Pennsylvania, five teenage friends on a camping trip found a mysterious staircase in the woods. When one of their number ascended the staircase, it disappeared -- taking him with it. Twenty years later, the staircase reappears, and the guilt-ridden survivors reunite to find their friend, though they'll have to face the horrors hidden within the mysterious structure. For fans of: It by Stephen King; The Dissonance by Shaun Hamill.
 
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2024 Bram Stoker Awards
I Was a Teenage Slasher
by Stephen Graham Jones

Stephen Graham Jones follows up his Indian Lake trilogy with the gruesome and darkly humorous confessional of murderer Tolly Driver, who went on a killing spree as a teen in 1989 Lamesa, Texas. For fans of: The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay.
 
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Incidents Around the House
by Josh Malerman

Bestselling author Josh Malerman's (Bird Box) latest stars eight-year-old Bela, whose relationship with her menacing imaginary friend "Other Mommy" pushes her parents to their breaking point. For fans of: Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage.
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