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. For fans of: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.
Ecstasy
by Ivy Pochoda

In this dreamlike reimagining of Euripides' The Bacchae, recently widowed former dancer Lena accompanies her son and daughter-in-law on a vacation in Naxos, Greece, where she reclaims her power to reject the repressive constraints that have been placed upon her. For fans of: The Change by Kirsten Miller; Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder.
Girl in the Creek
by Wendy N. Wagner

Drowning in mushrooms and fungus not even the local expert can identify, and with stacks of missing persons cases, Mt. Hood National Forest has always been a sanctuary for evil - human and alien. Maybe it’s a serial killer, or maybe it’s the spores infecting the forest and those lost inside. But it's up to freelance writer Erin Harper to find answers before anyone else goes missing. Perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher and Jeff VanderMeer.
The Killer on the Road; The Babysitter Lives
by Stephen Graham Jones

This is a must-have collector’s item for horror fans, comprised of two novels. In 'The Babysitter Lives', a babysitter's worst nightmare has come true: they’re not alone in the house. In 'The Killer on the Road', Harper and her friends go on a road trip. What they don’t realize is that Harper has been marked by a very unique serial killer, and now the killer is after all of them.
 
Midnight rooms : a novel
by Donyae Coles

In 1840 England, Orabella, the orphaned daughter of a white man and a Black woman with no fortune or connections, is married off to the wealthy Elias Blakersby and, whisked away to his family's estate, becomes engulfed by the house's darkness, making her question where her dreams and reality begins.
My Ex, the Antichrist
by Craig DiLouie

Lily and Drake form a punk band and attend Battle of the Bands, but the day ends in a shocking death, and a riot claims the lives of three teenagers. Ten years later, Lily walks into a police station and confesses to murder. What follows is a story of prophecy, death, and apocalypse. A story about love and love lost. A story about the antichrist.

Craig DiLouie lives in Calgary, AB.
A Girl Walks into the Forest
by Madeleine Roux

YA: The beautiful Valla travels through dangerous Gottyar Wood to get to Count Leonid's castle, but her face is torn to shreds en route and the Count is unhappy, in a female-forward narrative that borrows from horror, fairy tales and folklore
The prom queen
by R. L. Stine

YA: "It's 1988 in Shadyside. A spring night, soft moonlight, five beautiful prom queen candidates, dancing couples at the high school prom--these should be the makings of a perfect, romantic night. But Lizzie McVay realizes someone is brutally killing the prom queen candidates one by one and she may be next on the list. Can she stop the murderer before the big dance is over . . . for good?"
Focus on: Science Fiction Horror
Ghost Station
by S.A. Barnes

Tagging along for an exploration mission to a creepy abandoned planet, psychologist Ophelia Bray tries to make in-roads with the tight-knit crew who seem to be hiding something from her. For fans of: The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling. 
The Scourge Between Stars
by Ness Brown

Jaclyn Albright, the acting captain of the starship Calypso, grapples with a mutinous crew and an extraterrestrial intruder stalking the ship's passengers in this action-packed novel perfect for fans of space horror classic Alien.
William
by Mason Coile

Agoraphobic robotics engineer Henry's smart home becomes the stuff of nightmares when William, the half-formed robot AI he's been working on, discovers a penchant for intentionally inflicting pain. For fans of: The Mansion by Ezekiel Boone.
The Luminous Dead
by Caitlin Starling

Having lied about her credentials to secure a coveted spot on a cavern-mapping expedition, Gyre Price discovers that her employers haven't been entirely honest with her, either. Gyre's survival depends on her "topside" handler, Em, who reveals little about herself beyond her ability to control every aspect of Gyre's life-sustaining high-tech caving suit. Try this next: Paradise-1 by David Wellington.
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