August 2026 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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Bad Things Happen Here
by Mark Morris
In 2004 a group of six students are beset by supernatural forces, which seem to center around a 5th floor room in an otherwise innocuous student hall of residence. So insidious and terrifying is their ordeal that one of the six commits suicide. Twenty years later the malign force is back.
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Death Do Us
by Ruthy Mason
Bea, a promising young archaeologist, has just gotten engaged. It should be the most exciting time of her life, but something is wrong. Something is crawling under her skin. Someone is watching her from the shadows...
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Headlights
by CJ Leede
Seemingly innocent people are waking up on the side of the highway, with no memory of how they got there, wearing the skin of victims they've allegedly never met. And they each share one haunting detail: a strand of a stranger’s hair is tied around their tongue.
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It Came from Neverland
by Cynthia Pelayo
1914, Wendy Darling works by day as a school teacher, and by night, she assists soldiers who have returned home from the Western Front, while trying to forget the past. But when children start to go missing, she realizes she must find a way to stop Peter Pan once and for all.
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Marion
by Leah Rowan
A twist on Hitchcock's iconic classic Psycho--where the leading lady doesn't die, but instead turns the knife on Norm, kicking off a crime spree that turns the silver screen victim into a heroine for our times.
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The Secret Attic
by Chelsea Conradt
The past isn't just haunting her―it's hunting her.
Addison Lowe knew her mother-in-law despised her, but inheriting Barb's estate after her death feels less like closure and more like a trap. Barb's hoarded rooms aren't just filled with clutter―they're filled with secrets. And it's Addison's job to unearth them.
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Slasher Summer
by E. L. Chen
In this campy love letter to the slasher films of the 1980s, seven friends reunite for a weekend of fun—only to be hunted down by a cold-blooded killer. But the real horror is not being able to escape who you were in high school!
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The Summer Fun Massacre
by Craig DiLouie
Camp Summer Fun has a horrifying history. In the ’80s, there was a massacre that left a sole survivor. One final girl. The killer never caught. Deputy Tom Bailey is always on edge this time of year. There are rumors that the woods are haunted. That the killer might one day return.
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Tillinghast
by Clare Cavenagh
Stutley Tillinghast is a priest whose bloodthirsty life has extended far longer than any mere human's—and is upended when a stranger comes to town.
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Vervain Hollow
by Catriona Silvey
Two years ago, Laura was in a cult. But when the sprawling house burned down with Vervain trapped inside, Laura had nowhere to go but home. Now she's heard that Daniel, one of the other acolytes, has been lured back to the hollow by a message from Vervain: He's still there.
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