Horror
December 2025

Recent Releases
The Haunting of Paynes Hollow by Kelley Armstrong
The Haunting of Paynes Hollow
by Kelley Armstrong

Traveling to Paynes Hollow, Samantha is faced with the realities of her childhood and the secrets kept hidden in the shadows of her memories. Plagued by nightmares and paranoia, she begins hearing sounds in the forest and seeing shapes crawling from the water as the rippling waves of the lake promise something dark lurking just below their surface.
King Sorrow by Joe Hill
King Sorrow
by Joe Hill

Blackmailed into stealing rare books, college student Arthur Oakes and his friends summon King Sorrow, a powerful dragon from a supernatural realm. The creature saves them -- but their bargain binds them to provide an annual human sacrifice, unleashing dark, magical consequences that shadow their lives for decades.
We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad
We Love You, Bunny
by Mona Awad

The highly anticipated follow up to the viral sensation Bunny, a brilliantly written, laugh-out-loud funny, dark, and delirious novel set in the Bunny-verse.
The Midnight Knock by John Fram
The Midnight Knock
by John Fram

A locked-room mystery meets white-knuckle horror in this mind-bending thriller, where strangers must survive a deadly night in a remote Texas motel.
Spread Me by Sarah Gailey
Spread Me
by Sarah Gailey

A routine probe at a research station turns deadly when a strange specimen is unearthed beneath the sand. Against protocol, Kinsey brings the mysterious find inside the station. Soon the crew realizes the organism is seeking a living host. And one member of the team is the perfect match.
The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry
The Place Where They Buried Your Heart
by Christina Henry

On an otherwise ordinary street in Chicago, there is a house. An abandoned house where terrible things happened. The children who live on this block are told by their parents to stay away from that house. But of course, children don't listen. Children think it's fun to be scared, to dare each other to go inside - until one of them doesn't return...
Ask for Andrea by Noelle West Ihli
Ask for Andrea
by Noelle West Ihli
 
He hunted them online, masquerading as an eligible bachelor. Then he played the perfect gentleman, a thick layer of charm and a thousand-watt smile hiding the fact that his first dates end in shallow graves. He's gotten away with murder three times now. The only thing that might keep him from killing again? The women he murdered. 
Her Wicked Roots by Tanya Pell
Her Wicked Roots
by Tanya Pell
 
Cordelia Beecher escapes her oppressive charity school to find her missing brother, Edward. Guided by clues in his old letters, she travels to the quiet town of Farrow. But the townsfolk insist they’ve never heard of him. Even the master he was meant to apprentice under denies Edward ever existed.
Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce
Psychopomp & Circumstance
by Eden Royce

Phee St. Margaret, born to a free Black family in Reconstruction-era New Charleston, learns her estranged Aunt Cleo has died. Defying her mother, she accepts duty of planning the funeral. In the remote town of Horizon, she enters her aunt’s eerie home. There, visions and shadows stir in every reflection, revealing secrets beyond life and death.
Atlas of Unknowable Things by McCormick Templeman
Atlas of Unknowable Things
by McCormick Templeman
 
A young professor studying the occult joins a secluded research institute in the Rocky Mountains. Among aloof colleagues and occult-laden surroundings, she’s soon troubled by nightmares and sleepwalking. She learns an attendee vanished under strange circumstances. Now, that person seems to be leaving her clues about the center’s true purpose 
Contact your librarian for more great books!
Smyrna Public Library
100 Village Green Circle, Smyrna, Georgia 30080
770-431-2860

www.smyrna-library.com