Horror
April 2025
Recent Releases
Old Soul
by Susan Barker

A chance encounter between strangers Jake and Mariko leads to disturbing revelations about their respective loved ones' recent deaths -- both had encountered a mysterious woman whose presence has been linked to hundreds of deaths throughout history. But when Jake sets out to find the woman, she always seems to be one step ahead. 
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.
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. 
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? 
Stone certainty
by Simon R. Green

A young bishop, Alistair Kincaid, teams up with actress Diana Hunt to document the restoration of an ancient stone circle at Chipping Amesbury, but as unsettling occurrences escalate following the final stone's repositioning, they must confront a terrifying mystery that forces them to grapple with the possibility of real demons.
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