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Hemlock
by Melissa Faliveno
Sam, finally sober and stable, returns to her family’s decaying Northwoods cabin, where her mother once vanished, and finds herself slipping back into addiction as strange, possibly supernatural forces close in. As reality blurs, she must confront whether the darkness stalking her comes from the woods or from within. Hemlock is a queer Gothic tale of inheritance, transformation, and survival. Read this next: Han Kang's The Vegetarian.
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| Dark Sisters by Kristi DeMeesterUnfolding across three timelines, Kristi DeMeester's fast-paced latest centers on the "Dark Sisters," a pair of vengeful witches whose hold on the women of small-town Hawthorne Springs spans centuries. For fans of: The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia; Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth. |
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The Great Work
by Sheldon Costa
In the post-Civil War Pacific Northwest, Gentle Montgomery and his nephew Kitt hunt down a legendary giant salamander in an attempt to resurrect Gentle's best friend using alchemical knowledge. This profound and unsettling speculative Western will appeal to fans of Karen Russell and Victor LaValle.
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Widow's Point: The Complete Haunting
by Richard Chizmar and W.H. Chizmar
In this remarkable collaboration, father and son writing team Richard and W.H. Chizmar combine forces to deliver a chilling found‑footage ghost story. A group of thrill‑seekers enters the long‑abandoned and notoriously cursed Widow’s Point Lighthouse, a place tied to nearly two centuries of mysterious deaths and disappearances. Cut off from the outside world, they soon discover they are not as alone as they believed, echoing two terrifying incidents from 2017 and 2025.
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The Graceview Patient
by Caitlin Starling
Margaret, isolated by a rare autoimmune disease, enters an experimental trial at Graceview Memorial that will nearly destroy and regenerate her immune system. As the grueling treatment pushes her body and mind to the brink, she begins sensing something sinister spreading through the hospital. Caught between potential hallucination and a terrifying reality, she fights to escape as darkness closes in around her.
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The Wishing Pool and Other Stories
by Tananarive Due
American Book Award-winning author Tananarive Due's second collection of stories includes offerings of horror, science fiction, and suspense. From the mysterious, magical town of Gracetown to the aftermath of a pandemic to the reaches of the far future, Due's stories all share a sense of dread and fear balanced with heart and hope. In some of these stories, the monster is racism itself; others address the monster within, each set against the supernatural or surreal.
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Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology
by Vince A. Liaguno and Rena Mason
An anthology of original new horror stories edited by Bram Stoker Award winners Vince Liaguno and Rena Mason that showcases authors from underrepresented backgrounds telling terrifying tales of what it means to be, or merely to seem, other. Try this next: Queer Little Nightmares: An Anthology of Monstrous Fiction and Poetry by David Ly and Daniel Zomparelli.
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Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese Horror
by Yimei Tangguo
An anthology of unsettling tales from contemporary China, translated into English for the very first time. Fourteen dazzling horror stories delve deep into the psyche of modern China. From the menacing vision of a red umbrella, to the ominous atmosphere of the Laughing Mountain; from the waking dream of virtual working to the sinister games of the locked room...this is a fascinating insight into the spine-chilling voices working within China today - a long way from the traditional expectations of hopping vampires and hanging ghosts.
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| Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror by Jordan Peele (editor)Edited by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele (Get Out), this creepy anthology collects stories from lauded Black authors including N.K. Jemisin, Tananarive Due, Caldwell Turnbull, and more. It's "essential reading for any horror fan" (Publishers Weekly). Try this next: The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar by Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris (nonfiction). |
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Growing Things and Other Stories
by Paul Tremblay
A masterful anthology featuring nineteen pieces of short fiction, Growing Things is an exciting glimpse into Paul Tremblay's fantastically fertile imagination. From global catastrophe to the demons inside our heads, Tremblay illuminates our primal fears and darkest dreams in startlingly original fiction that leaves us unmoored. As he lowers the sky and yanks the ground from beneath our feet, we are compelled to contemplate the darkness inside our own hearts and minds.
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