Horror
April 2025
Recent Releases
Victorian Psycho
by Virginia Feito

In this gruesome and unputdownable riff on American Psycho, a downtrodden governess in 19th-century England turns to murder to sate her dark impulses. For fans of: Maeve Fly by CJ Leede.
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.
At Dark, I Become Loathsome
by Eric Larocca

Grief-stricken by the death of his wife and the disappearance of his young son, bisexual widower Ashley Lutin finds solace in rituals with suicidal clients who pay him to bury them alive for 30 minutes to help them re-gain the will to live. When potential client Jinx enters the picture, the two begin a relationship that could expose the long-buried secrets Ashley has been fighting to keep hidden. For fans of: Poppy Z. Brite.
 
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Our Winter Monster
by Dennis Mahoney

En route to a ski trip that they hope will rekindle their troubled relationship, Brian and Holly's car crashes during a blizzard and the pair are pursued by a giant snow monster that crushes everything in its path. Can they survive the night? Try this next: Cold Snap by Lindy Ryan.
 
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Something in the Walls
by Daisy Pearce

In small-town Banathel, England, child psychologist Mina meets journalist Sam at a grief group and they team up to investigate the case of 13-year-old Alice, who claims a witch haunts her. As Alice worsens, Mina uncovers dark secrets in Banathel, where superstition and trauma collide -- until she realizes her own past may be the real threat. Try this next: Clever Little Thing by Helena Echlin.
 
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Wake Up and Open Your Eyes
by Clay McLeod Chapman

When Noah Fairchild's parents stop returning his calls, he races to his childhood home in Richmond, Virginia, where he discovers them in a trance inflicted by a far-right cable news channel. Attempts to help them are met by physical attacks, and before long Noah and his young nephew are the only ones that remain unaffected. Can they stop this strange affliction from possessing more families before it's too late? Try this next: This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno.
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