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. For fans of: The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes.
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.
The Lamb
by Lucy Rose

In their secluded forest cottage, Margot and her mother welcome “strays,” lost travelers whom Mama feeds and ultimately consumes, but when a striking stranger named Eden arrives during a snowstorm, Margot must confront her family's dark practices and assert her own desires. Try this next: Bloom by Delilah Dawson.
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.
Clever Little Thing
by Helena Echlin

After her daughter Stella begins mimicking the personality of her deceased babysitter, Blanka, pregnant Charlotte becomes convinced that Blanka has possessed her child, leading her on a chilling and obsessive quest to uncover the truth and save her daughter. For fans of: The Push by Ashley Audrain. 
The Unworthy
by Agustina Bazterrica

In a dystopian convent sheltering women from a climate-ravaged world, a narrator yearning to ascend within the Sacred Sisterhood confronts her forgotten past and unsettling truths when a mysterious stranger breaches the convent's walls. Try this next: Wool by Hugh Howey.
The Haunting of Room 904
by Erika T. Wurth

Paranormal investigator Olivia Becente, struggling with her sister's death and her sudden gift to commune with spirits, investigates mysterious deaths at a Denver hotel, uncovering ties to a cult and dark secrets about her sister's hidden life. For fans of: The Whispering Dead by Darcy Coates. 
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