June 2026 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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Bodies of Work
by Clay McLeod Chapman
Winston Kemper is a collector of voices, and his magnum opus—The Butterfly Girls—is a sprawling epic, a fantasia of words, images, and blood. As part of his 'art' he has been murdering forgotten women. Winston takes their lives, their voices. But now he can hear them. They whisper to him. They talk of revenge.
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Dark is When the Devil Comes
by Daisy Pearce
The woods are known as the place to avoid. What goes in, doesn’t come out. People in town whisper of a threat that can’t be shaken. The woods are known for being restless. And Cathy knows the old saying: If you go looking for trouble, you just might find it.
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The Hive
by Ronald Malfi
The residents of Mariner’s Cove are changing…
A collective obsession is rapidly developing among the people of the neighborhood. Random, everyday items seem to call out to them, which turns into unwavering infatuation. They hide their items, obsess over them, and they will do anything—anything—to protect them.
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Invasive Species
by Ellery Adams
omething’s not right in Cold Harbor—more so than usual. While this town has seen its fair share of monsters in cheating husbands and leering bosses, none are as hungry as Mrs. Smith. Her secret? Nine human sacrifices to feed her immortality.
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Molka
by Monika Kim
When a hidden camera scandal rocks the city, Dahye’s dreams of a fairy-tale romance twist into a grotesque nightmare. Her boyfriend abandons her. Her parents reject her. Her grip on reality begins to shatter. And Dahye must go to extreme lengths to bring the truth to light!
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Morsel
by Carter Keane
A delicious folk horror debut about learning to bite back when the world is determined to eat you alive.
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Mrs. Jekyll
by Emma Glass
A brilliant, feminist retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, in which a woman gives in to the murderous and sensual force that awakens within her as she battles the ravages of breast cancer.
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Mrs. Shim is a Killer
by Kang Jiyoung
Mrs. Shim needs money. She's lost her husband and her job as a butcher, and she's got three mouths to feed. When she answers a vague job ad, Mrs. Shim expects it will be a cleaning position. But the Agency wants her to do a very different kind of cleaning--they want her to be an assassin.
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These Familiar Walls
by C. J. Dotson
After moving back into her old family home, Amber finds that the familiar walls are haunted by more than just bitter memories and old stress. Although she tried to brush off the strange happenings, Amber is soon forced to admit that something much more real―and more dangerous ―haunts her family.
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Thrall
by Rebecca Mahoney
Lucy Easting has at last broken free from her grim home life and is ready to truly live. But her long-awaited new beginning at Rollins University isn’t what she expected. After attending the first campus party of the year, Lucy awakens the next day with a memory block… and two puncture marks on her neck.
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We Call Them Witches
by India-Rose Bower
Nearly everyone died the first night they came… Two years ago, monstrous beings tore through Britain, leaving few survivors. Now Sara and her family live on the run, relying on scraps of folklore and fading pagan rituals to stay safe from the eldritch creatures they call "witches".
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