| Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee BakerHaunted by her sister Delilah's murder in the early days of COVID-19, 20-something Cora Zeng takes a job as a crime scene cleaner in New York City's Chinatown, where she soon discovers a serial killer may be targeting East Asian women. Is there a connection between her sister's murder and these crimes?
For fans of: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. |
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| Cold Eternity by S.A. BarnesOn 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 or TV's Severance. |
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| When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat CassidyWhen 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 GriffinSingle 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. |
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| The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck WendigIn 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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House of Bone and Rain
by Gabino Iglesias
In Bram Stoker Award winner Gabino Iglesias' gritty blend of horror and crime fiction, vengeful Puerto Rican teen Bimbo and his friends vow justice for his murdered mother, but find their plans complicated by Hurricane Maria, whose catastrophic storms bring spirits who are seeking some vengeance of their own.
For fans of: S.A. Cosby and Stephen Graham Jones.
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| I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham JonesStephen 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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The Haunting of Velkwood
by Gwendolyn Kiste
Twenty years after surviving a cosmic event that turned everyone in her hometown into ghosts, Talitha Velkwood returns to the site of the haunting to confront past traumas and reckon with horrors both real and supernatural in this character-driven latest from the Bram Stoker Award-winning author.
Try this next: Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy Snyder
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| Incidents Around the House by Josh MalermanBestselling 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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Horror Movie
by Paul Tremblay
The only surviving cast member of a cursed 1990s art house horror flick titled Horror Movie finds himself involved with the reboot -- but will he make it out alive the second time around?
Paul Tremblay's slow-burn love letter to horror films includes sections of Horror Movie's screenplay.
Try this next: Mister Magic by Kiersten White; How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive by Craig DiLouie.
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