Horror
August 2025
Recent Releases
The Bewitching
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A graduate student researching a mysterious horror author uncovers dark family secrets and a haunting past linked to witchcraft and disappearances spanning decades in this multi-timeline gothic novel rich with folklore, suspense, and supernatural terror. 
Girl in the creek
by Wendy N. Wagner

When she discovers the corpse of a local woman in a creek, Erin unknowingly puts herself in the crosshairs of very powerful forces―from this world and beyond―hell-bent on keeping their secrets buried.
It was her house first
by Cherie Priest

Silent film star Venita Rost's malevolent spirit lurks spider-like in her cliffside mansion, a once-beautiful home that's claimed countless unlucky souls. And she's not alone. Snared in her terrible web, Inspector Bartholomew Sloan - her eternal nemesis - watches her wreak havoc in helpless horror, shackled by his own guilt and Venita's unrelenting wrath.
Tantrum
by Rachel Eve Moulton

After giving birth to Lucia, a ravenous, unsettling baby with a devilish glint, Thea struggles with growing dread, resurfacing childhood trauma, and the terrifying possibility that her daughter's monstrous hunger could consume the world around her.
The killer on the road ; The babysitter lives
by Stephen Graham Jones

A must-have collector’s item for horror fans, comprised of two novels, The Babysitter Lives and Killer on the Road, from the new master of horror Stephen Graham Jones.
Departure 37 : a novel
by Scott Carson

After pilots across America refuse to fly following mysterious calls from their mothers, some long dead, a teenager in Maine becomes entangled in a decades-old secret tied to a 1962 naval experiment, a deadly discovery and rising global tensions.
Scary (Short) Stories
You like it darker : stories
by Stephen King

Delving into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal, the legendary storyteller and expert in short fiction presents this exhilarating collection of twelve tales, many never-before-published, about fate, mortality, luck and the folds in reality where anything can happen.
The beast you are : stories
by Paul Tremblay

Tremblay has won widespread acclaim for illuminating the dark horrors of the mind in novels and stories that push the boundaries of storytelling itself. The fifteen pieces in this brilliant collection are all monsters of a kind, ready to loudly (and lovingly) smash through your head and into your heart.
Isolation : the horror anthology
by Dan Coxon

Masters of horror come together in this chilling collection of stories about the crippling fear of isolation that includes contributions by Ramsey Campbell, Tim Lebbon, Ken Liu, Nina Allen and A. G. Slatter.
When things get dark : stories inspired by Shirley Jackson
by Ellen Datlow

Featuring contributions from some of today’s best horror writers - including Paul Tremblay, Elizabeth Hand, and Joyce Carol Oates - this collection of new and exclusive short stories are inspired by and pay tribute to the genius of Shirley Jackson.
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