Horror
February 2026

Recent Releases
A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James
A Box Full of Darkness
by Simone St. James

Eighteen years after the sudden disappearance of their six-year-old brother, Ben, the Esmie siblings return to their childhood home in upstate New York at the urging of Ben's ghost, hoping to find answers.
Hollow
by Celina Myers

A fresh, intriguing novel about a woman who finds her destiny and her family after being turned into vampire.
The Forest of Missing Girls by Nichelle Giraldes
The Forest of Missing Girls
by Nichelle Giraldes

Lia Gregg always hoped she would outgrow her fear of the woods surrounding her childhood home. Girls much like Lia have disappeared into them for years, never to be seen again. It's been quiet lately, but when a break-up sends Lia back home, she finds that the woods are just as unsettling as she remembers. And that her mother knows more about what's hiding within the trees than anyone could have guessed..-
I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200
by Robert Brockway

A balance of comedy and catharsis, this dual-narrative tackles both the fear of growing up and the scars our childhood leaves behind.
The Johnson Four by Christina Hammonds Reed
The Johnson Four
by Christina Hammonds Reed

A 1960s teen pop group determined to conquer the music world must contend with the cost of fame - and a ghost with a grisly past - in this riveting family story.
Dark Sisters by Kristi DeMeester
Dark Sisters
by Kristi DeMeester

Unfolding across three timelines, this story centers on the "Dark Sisters," a pair of vengeful witches whose hold on the women of small-town Hawthorne Springs spans centuries. 
Focus on: Graphic Horror
The Harrowing Game by Antoine Revoy
The Harrowing Game
by Antoine Revoy

The rules of the game are simple: Three ghosts gather to tell their stories in turn. Scariest story wins. Only the winner may move on. Tonight, the storytellers locked in this existential battle are a recently deceased girl with no memories, an old woman trapped in a mirror, and a smirking boy in a bathtub.
Final Cut by Charles Burns
Final Cut
by Charles Burns

A young horror filmmaker's obsession with his unwilling muse exacerbates his inability to distinguish fantasy from reality. 
A Guest in the House by E.M. Carroll
A Guest in the House
by E.M. Carroll

Newly married Abby begins seeing the spirit of her husband's first wife, Sheila, suspecting that the woman's tragic death wasn't really from natural causes. 
My favorite thing is monsters. Book one by Emil Ferris
My favorite thing is monsters - book one
by Emil Ferris

Filled with B-horror movie and pulp monster iconography, the diary of ten-year-old Karen Reyes records her investigation into the murder of her upstairs neighbor Anka Silverberg, a Holocaust survivor.
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