September 2026 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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The Brides
by Charlotte Cross
"Come to me, and be mine for eternity."
Creepy, sumptuous and incredibly gripping, The Brides is a feminist gothic horror about the three women who became the brides of Dracula – and the fourth who managed to escape...
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Carry Me to My Grave
by Christopher Golden
"Maggie Wise will take your eyes."
Local kids made up that chant, claiming his mother was a witch. Now, years later, Maggie is dying, and Malcolm is holding vigil at her bedside. A dark figure waits and watches from across the street. Long-buried things are coming to make Maggie Wise pay for her past.
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Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die
by Mallory Arnold
One isolated cabin. One cheating boyfriend.
One plan to get even.
Nora, Ruby, and Cham lure their cheating boyfriend to a remote mountain cabin, only to realize that darkness lurks within the walls, waiting to pick them off one by one.
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Fabulous Bodies
by Chuck Tingle
An aspiring fashion influencer by day, Poppy moonlights as a grave robber to make ends meet. When flamboyant rockstar Eddie Michaels unexpectedly dies, Poppy gets a call to retrieve his body. But the night’s delivery quickly veers off course when Eddie wakes up.
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A Fate Worse Than Drowning
by Sarah L. Hawthorn
One deal with the devil makes a fool. Two? A villain...
Elle is a lighthouse keeper who made a devil's bargain to save her sister, but when a shipwrecked survivor washes ashore, she is left with an impossible choice.
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The Knocking
by Laura Lee Bahr
In a house this haunted, both the living and the dead pose dangers...
It’s 1850 when intrepid journalist and women’s-rights advocate Edith Ann, “E. A.,” Howe arrives at the home of Horace Greeley. Her assignment is to chronicle the uncanny gifts of Cathie Fox, an eleven-year-old medium in Horace’s charge. But E. A. begins to suspect foul play.
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The Red Sacrament
by Sara Hinkley
A savage, hypnotic dive into the lives and deaths of a coven of vampires living in 19th Century Paris on the cusp of revolt and revolution.
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Scary Movie Night
by Miranda Smith
A horror-themed birthday party turns deadly when guests start disappearing—and birthday girl Tippi realizes that she must face a long-buried secret to make it out alive.
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The Sea Hides Its Dead
by Megan Bontrager
Trapped in an underwater cave, a group of academics face a series of deadly, supernatural trials--each one demanding they confront and atone for their greatest sins... or die.
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We Sent Them Down Singing
by Libby Edwardson
Jubilee, West Virginia. Phinnie “Skinny” Caldwell is obsessed with uncovering the truth about Zell Dorsey. But she's not prepared for this: Behind Dorsey’s charming veneer, is a creature both older and far more evil than any devil, and he’s hellbent on turning everyone Skinny loves into oil-slicked monsters.
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The Whisper
by Chelsea Iversen
Rule 1: When the trees whisper, listen.
Rule 2: Don't go into the woods alone.
But all rules are forgotten, all bonds broken, when one of their group is found dead in the trees.
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White Rabbit
by Abigail Rose-Marie
Eleven-year-old Penelope Willows grapples with her father's sudden departure and her new companion—the ghost of Sylvia Plath—in a crumbling seaside house that holds more secrets than memories.
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The Winter Folk
by Jen Julian
Every year, the mythical Winter Folk gather at a secret lodge, a place known only as Deerhaven. But Deerhaven is dangerous. The rules are exacting. The consequences for break them are dire. Moth was a housekeeper there once, but has not been allowed back in decades. Still, she will finder her way back. No matter the cost.
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