A Selection of Horror Books Released, 24 to 30 Mar 2024
Themes: Supernatural, psychological, haunted house, cursed object, space, western zombie vampire, and slasher horror
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Table of Contents
The Angel of Indian Lake – Stephen Graham Jones
Slasher horror – Book 3 of The Indian Lake Trilogy
It’s been four years since Jade Daniels last saw her hometown of Proofrock, Idaho, the day she took the fall, protecting her friend Letha and her family from incrimination.
Since then, her reputation, and the town, have changed dramatically. There’s a lot of unfinished business in Proofrock, from serial killer cultists to the rich trying to buy Western authenticity.
But there’s one aspect of Proofrock no one wants to confront … until Jade comes back to town. The curse of the Lake Witch is waiting, and now is the time for the final stand.
Dead Girls Walking – Sami Ellis
YA slasher horror
Temple Baker knows that evil runs in her blood. Her father is the North Point Killer, an infamous serial killer known for how he marked each of his victims with a brand. He was convicted for murdering 20 people and was the talk of countless true crime blogs for years. Some say he was possessed by a demon. Some say that they never found all his victims. Some say that even though he’s now behind bars, people are still dying in the woods.
Despite everything, Temple never believed that her dad killed her mom. But when he confesses to that crime while on death row, she returns to his old hunting grounds to try see if she can find a body and prove it.
The farm that was once her father’s hunting grounds and her home has been turned into an overnight camp for queer, horror-obsessed girls. Temple poses as a camp counselor to go digging in the woods. While she’s not used to hanging out with girls her own age and feels ambivalent at best about these true crime enthusiasts, she tries her best to fit in and keep her true identity hidden.
But when a girl turns up dead in the woods, she fears that one of her father’s fans might be mimicking his crimes. As Temple tries to uncover the truth and keep the campers safe, she comes to realize that there may be something stranger and more sinister at work, and that her father may not have been the only monster in these woods.
Diavola – Jennifer Thorne
Haunted house horror
Anna only has one rule for the annual Pace family vacations: tread lightly, and survive.
It isn’t easy when she’s the only who doesn’t seem to fit in. Her twin brother Benny goes with the flow so much he’s practically dissolved, and her high-strung older sister Nicole is so used to everyone falling in line, including her blandly docile husband and two young daughters, that Anna often ends up chastised for simply asking a question. Her Mom is baffled by Anna’s life choices, and her Dad, well, he just wants a little peace and quiet.
The villa outside a remote Tuscan town seems like the perfect place to endure so much family time, not to mention Benny’s demanding new boyfriend, Christopher. If her family becomes too much to handle, then at least Anna can wander off to a wine tasting or lose herself in an art gallery. That is, until strange things start to happen: strange noises at night, food rotting within hours, dreams that feel more like memories.
Then, the unsettling warnings from the locals: don’t open the tower door.
But Anna does open it.
A Graveyard of Stars - Crystal Lake Publishing
Space horror – Book 15 of Dark Tide Horror Novellas
Three sci-fi horror novellas that explore threats lurking in a forbidden and blighted sector of space.
The Temple by Joseph Sale: After an audacious crew of salvagers crosses into dangerous territory seeking otherworldly treasure, they discover an occult secret that could change everything.
The Station by Lee Mountford: The intrepid crew of the Argento encounters unimaginable horrors after discovering a mysterious, drifting megastructure in the depths of space.
Graveyard of Stars by Dan Soule: A routine maintenance job on the edge of the notorious Demon Star system goes terribly wrong, leaving the stranded engineers caught between the unfathomable forces of Algol and the lethal dangers of the encroaching defense net they are sworn to uphold.
Lost Man’s Lane – Scott Carson
Supernatural horror
For a sixteen-year-old, a summer internship working for a private investigator seems like a dream come true, particularly since the PI is investigating the most shocking crime to hit Bloomington, Indiana, in decades. A local woman has vanished, and the last time anyone saw her, she was in the backseat of a police car driven by a man impersonating an officer.
Marshall Miller’s internship puts him at the center of the action, a position he relishes until a terrifying moment that turns public praise for his sharp observations and uncanny memory into accusations of lying and imperiling the case.
His detective mentor withdraws, friends and family worry and whisper, and Marshall alone understands that the darkness visiting his town this summer goes far beyond a single crime. Now his task is to explain it, and himself.
The Saga of Dead Eye, Book Three: Man-Eaters, Mummies, & Murderous Maniacs – Ronald Kelly
Western zombie vampire horror
Driven by the desire to rescue his abducted son and a relentless thirst for retribution, the zombified gunfighter, Dead-Eye, continues his search for the renegade vampire, Jules Holland, and his unholy entourage. Accompanying him on his journey is the Louisiana mojo man, Job, who is hellbent on putting an end to his daughter’s wicked shenanigans. As long as she possesses the demonic tome, Necronomicon, and holds the ability to open the otherworldly Hole Out of Nowhere, no territory is safe from the infinite evil the dark enchantress has at her fingertips!
As Dead-Eye and Job travel across the scorching deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, horrors await them, such as flesh-devouring critters, rampaging mummies bent on revenge, and the town of Hellbound, a haven for deranged and bloodthirsty desperados who kill at the drop of a hat.
Stitches – Hirokatsu Kihara
Horror manga
A tumor shaped like a man’s face slowly moves across a woman’s body. The sea shoots glowing balls into the sky, much to the distress of beachgoers. And a girl dressed up for a holiday has no eyes, no nose, nothing; her face is a total blank.
Hirokatsu Kihara pens true stories of unsolved mysteries, stitched together with page after page of Junji Ito’s original illustrations in this collection of nine eerie tales and a bonus manga story.
Through the Blur – Yolanda Sfetsos
Psychological horror
Peg’s twin sister vanished months ago and her mother has checked out. She’s a mess and barely leaves her room. But Peg never gave up hope and expects Chrysa to return at any moment.
One night, after months of living a lonely life with only her cards and best friend to keep her company, Peg discovers a hidden room in their barn. An impossible place that shouldn’t exist but leads her to an unfathomable discovery.
This revelation sets off a chain of events that will force Peg to confront the reality of who her mother really is, and what Peg will have to do to survive the ancient family legacy. But she can’t do it alone. Not again…
Published: 30 March 2024
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