From the author of the National Book Award finalist Ghostroots, a debut novel that thrills with its eerie mix of folklore and history. Something is haunting the pregnant women of Lagos. Across the city, they are walking into water . . . and drowning. Twenty-three-year-old Yosoye arrives in Lagos ready to start her life. Working
Some stories begin with “Once Upon a Time…” This one begins with loneliness. From the bestselling author of WistWood comes THE WEDNESDAY BOX, an illustrated supernatural horror novel for readers who love the haunting edge of stories like Coraline, The Thief of Always, The Graveyard Book, Neverwhere, and The Nest. “At its heart, it’s a brilliant coming-of-age tale that isn’t
“If Black Mirror and psychological body horror had a nightmare child.” — Denise P., NetGalley At Ashwood High, everyone uses Pulse. It offers perfect, convincing advice at your fingertips. Always available, always validating. Emma needs a scholarship.Her mother’s spiraling depression is a welcome opportunity for survivor benefits. Elias doesn’t know how to talk to girls,
A hundred different ways to break your heart, a hundred different ways to take your last breath. Sienna and Finn are exploring their strange attraction to each other until strange becomes something sinister. The clock is ticking as they fight to unravel the mystery of what draws them together on fateful Friday, the 13th.
Discharged unexpectedly from the British military at the peak of her career, Jade Palmer must find a way to rebuild her life. Haunted by strange nightmares and fragments of her own fractured memories, Jade finds herself thrust among unfriendly family and unfamiliar friends. Her only comfort is in the cobbled streets, quaint cottages and winding
The Ordinary Bruja is a haunting and heartfelt coming-of-age novel wrapped in Dominican magical realism and psychological horror. Marisol Espinal doesn’t believe she’s special. Not when she’s back in her small Ohio hometown, working as a barista, haunted by grief and the girls who once made her life hell. But when mirrors flicker with strange
Heidi Christopher’s LIES THE DIRT KEEPS, pitched as SHARP OBJECTS meets Southern gothic grit with ghosts, in which a woman returns to her backwater home in search of her missing sister, but instead unravels a dark secret covered up by local derelicts and even her own family, to Betsy Reavley at Bloodhound Books, in a two-book deal, for publication in November
A girl who feels invisible finally faces her worst fear on her sixteenth birthday and hastily makes a dark deal. An old man returns to the same place every year on the anniversary of his wife’s death, to have one last moonlit dance with her. A woman’s health concerns are ignored, and it leads to
A girl who feels invisible finally faces her worst fear on her sixteenth birthday and hastily makes a dark deal. An old man returns to the same place every year on the anniversary of his wife’s death, to have one last moonlit dance with her. A woman’s health concerns are ignored, and it leads to
Welcome to Thorn Valley, where the dead make the rules and the living follow them. Everyone knows what goes on at the Thorn Valley Cemetery. The locals never stray from the three sacred rules. Don’t speak when you enter through the gate. Never visit at night. Never visit alone. Seems simple enough, but in this
When they were boys, Ray Dawley, Eddie Sayers, and Matthew Kauffman were the best of friends. Then new kid Bobby “Bones” Bonetti fell through the ice at Blackamore Pond. The other boys saved Bobby from drowning, but something else came out of the water that day, something dangerous that would tear their friendship apart and
Readers can expect three chilling tales, each steeped in Irish folklore, history, and psychological horror. A Terror Triptych: Ireland is the second set of short horror by Kasey Fallon, with stories that delve into the darker side of the Emerald Isle. Each story is accompanied by original poetry and hand-drawn illustrations, enhancing the atmospheric tension
Dark pacts. Those fallen from grace now roam the shadows. The line between salvation and damnation blurs as the wicked are cursed to roam. In this bleak world, redemption is a mere illusion. Fear guides each step as they confront the retribution of a world that has forsaken them. In forgotten realms, the path to
“That’s what happens here, Paul. Every power has its price. It always gets worse.” For Paul Prentice things have gotten much worse. His house was destroyed in the battle with the Koŝmaro. He’s on thin ice at his job, where instead of working he loses himself in the Between’s computer game, trying in vain to
Hands Clean: Afterburner A costly mistake, that set in motion a horrific chain of events, seemingly have Lili paying for eternity. One being, walking the world’s oldest streets and dirt pathways, has the power to save her – if there is any of her soul left to save. Witch Bitch: Assassin To the people in
Recluse Sophie Vanguard’s winter cabin retreat turns ominous when blue flowers mysteriously appear. They’re everywhere. On her front porch, in kitchen cabinets, and even on her pillow. It isn’t long before chilling whispers echo in the halls, and her journal repeats seven unsettling entries. Enter the bloodied and beautifully eccentric Ly Thi Ren. Though Ren
False Haven is a young adult horror novel for fans of Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake, Asylum by Madeleine Roux, and Fiendish by Brenna Yovanoff. Seventeen-year-old Vivienne Barston’s life has fallen apart. With her mother recently dead, her father disappears into his grief – leaving Viv to deal with her sadness and anger
Abandoned Horrors. Deranged Souls. A Deadly Survival Story. In the chilling new horror novel, “Urbex Predator,” by Jens Boele, a group of intrepid urban explorers embarks on what they believe to be a routine trip to an abandoned barracks in the middle of nowhere. As a relict from the Cold War era, they are a
When Legends Bite Back . . . Lemon Ziegler wants to escape rural Devil’s Elbow, Pennsylvania to attend college–but that’s impossible now that she’s expected to impersonate the town’s lake monster for the rest of her life. Her family has been secretly keeping the legend of Old Lucy, the famed (and very fake) lake monster
Have you experienced true terror? For three criminals, they’re about to face it head-on! Fresh out of prison, Jeremy vows to steer clear of a life of crime and clean up his act. But he quickly realizes that to the world, he will always be an ex-con and plunges back into his old ways. The
Three stories. One island. No hope. A triptych ~ three parts of one whole, reflecting your worst fears. The new boy in school is finally making friends. On an island with centuries-old secrets, the numerous missing persons flyers are the least of Ryley’s problems as vengeance blurs the lines between then and now in The
Balin stands between two great Powers. One will shatter his mind; the other will destroy his soul. Only one of them can save his people. Fort Resonbirg, a Norse stronghold in the New World, is besieged by the evil sorcerer Ursulard the Dreamspinner. Though their fields are scorched and homes destroyed, the residents and refugees
Balin stands between two great Powers. One will shatter his mind; the other will destroy his soul. Only one of them can save his people. Fort Resonbirg, a Norse stronghold in the New World, is besieged by the evil sorcerer Ursulard the Dreamspinner. Though their fields are scorched and homes destroyed, the residents and refugees
Fate can have many paths. Which would you choose? Kiera’s capacity to face death stems from training, begun when old enough to wield a knife. Befriended by wolves and raised by a group of psychic men sworn to protect humanity, she now faces mercenaries intent on reshaping the world using equal talents. Prodigious keyboard skills
