Horror
June 2024
Recent Releases
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: classic sci-fi/horror film Alien; The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling. 
Diavola
by Jennifer Thorne

A family vacation at an Italian villa triggers an escalating series of paranormal phenomena in this darkly humorous latest from Jennifer Thorne (Lute). For fans of: The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden.
Indian Burial Ground
by Nick Medina

Following the mysterious death of her boyfriend on a Louisiana reservation, Noemi Broussard investigates just who -- or what -- is menacing her tribal lands. For fans of: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones; Bad Cree by Jessica Johns.
The Garden
by Clare Beams

In late 1940s Massachusetts, Irene Willard is pregnant again after several miscarriages. Desperate for a child, she goes to a private Berkshires hospital where a husband-and-wife doctor duo specialize in helping people like her. She clashes with the wife, but also makes friends and finds a strange garden where she makes a surprising discovery. Try this next: The Book of Thorns by Hester Fox. 
The Gathering
by C.J. Tudor

In rural Deadheart, Alaska, detective Barbara Atkins investigates the death of a teenager who was found with all the blood drained from his body. Could members of the Colony, an ostracized community of (mostly harmless) vampyres, be at fault? For fans of: Red Moon by Benjamin Percy.
2023 Bram Stoker Awards
The Spite House
by Johnny Compton

Cash-strapped and on the run, Eric Ross accepts an offer to move into Masson House, a haunted property in Texas, along with his two daughters. Tasked with recording any supernatural goings-on in exchange for a big payout, Eric's family discovers secrets about the house that could destroy their safety...and their sanity. For fans of: haunted house classic The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons.
How to Sell a Haunted House
by Grady Hendrix

Following the mysterious deaths of their parents, estranged 30-something siblings Louise and Mark Joyner have a tense reunion in their South Carolina family home, where their mother's prized puppets and dolls seem to have taken on a life of their own. Try this next: The September House by Carissa Orlando.
Don't Fear the Reaper
by Stephen Graham Jones

Four years after surviving the Indian Lake massacre, final girl Jade Daniels returns to her Idaho hometown to square off against escaped serial killer Dark Mill South. The Angel of Indian Lake, the conclusion to Stephen Graham Jones' Indian Lake trilogy, is out now.
The Salt Grows Heavy
by Cassandra Khaw

Two refugees, a mermaid and a plague doctor, seek safety in the forest but instead encounter greater danger in this dark and often disturbing homage to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid." You might also like: Aimee Ogden's Sun-Daughters, Sea Daughters; T. Kingfisher's Sworn Soldier series; Jade Song's Chlorine.
She Is a Haunting
by Trang Thanh Tran

Weaving true horrors from Vietnamese history into an eerie haunted house tale, this young adult debut stars teenage Jade Nguyen, who's in Vietnam helping her father restore a French colonial home when she decides to inspire a fake haunting in hopes of sending her family away. Try this next: And Don't Look Back by Rebecca Barrow.
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