A Selection of Horror Books Released, 20 to 26 Oct 2024

4 horror books this week

Themes: Supernatural, found footage, and dark fantasy horror

Found 2 – Andrew Cull and Gabino Iglesias (editors)

Found footage horror anthology

Eighteen more tales of found footage terror.

Featuring stories by Linda B. Adams, Kathy M Bates, Caleb Bethea, Amanda M Blake, Elou Carroll, Aristo Couvaras, C.J. Dotson, Jason Fischer, Rhiannon A Grist, Matthew J. Hockey, E.S. Huberty, D.A. Jobe, Soon Jones, Laura Keating, Steve Loiaconi, Chris Panatier, Peter Rosch, Angela Sylvaine.

Memorials – Richard Chizmar

Supernatural road trip horror

A group of students encounter a supernatural terror while on a road trip.

1983: Three students from a small college embark on a week-long road trip to film a documentary on roadside memorials for their American Studies class. The project starts out as a fun adventure with long stretches of empty road and nightly campfires where they begin to open up with one another.

But as they venture deeper into the Appalachian backwoods, the atmosphere begins to darken. They notice more and more of the memorials feature a strange, unsettling symbol hinting at a sinister secret.

Paranoia sets in when it appears they are being followed. Their vehicle is tampered with overnight and some of the locals appear to be anything but welcoming.

Before long, the students can’t help but wonder if these roadside deaths were really random accidents…or is something terrifying at work here?

Monstrous Nights – Genoveva Dimova

Dark fantasy horror – Book 2 of The Witch’s Compendium of Monsters

With her magic reclaimed and her role in the community of Chernograd restored, Kosara’s life should finally be back to normal, but, of course, things can’t possibly be that simple.

She is now in possession of twelve witch’s shadows. Holding them may grant her unprecedented power, but that doesn’t mean they’re always willing to do her bidding.

Across the wall in Belograd, Asen chases his only lead on the latest witch murder case. He follows the trail of smuggling kingpin Konstantin Karaivanov to an underground monster auction, which leads him right back to Chernograd.

There, sinister events follow one after another: snow falls in midsummer, a witch with two shadows is found dead, and monsters that should only appear during the Foul Days are sighted. The barrier between worlds thins… and Kosara is certain it’s her fault, and her job to fix.

Where the Dead Brides Gather – Nuzo Onoh

Supernatural horror

Set in Nigeria, a powerful tale of possession, malevolent ghosts, family tensions, secrets and murder.

Bata, a young girl tormented by nightmares, wakes up one night to find herself standing sentinel before her cousin’s door. Her cousin is to get married the next morning, but only if she can escape the murderous attack of a ghost-bride, who used to be engaged to her groom.

A supernatural possession helps Bata battle and vanquish the vengeful ghost bride, and following a botched exorcism, she is transported to Ibaja-La, the realm of dead brides.

There, she receives secret powers to fight malevolent ghost-brides before being sent back to the human realm, where she must learn to harness her new abilities as she strives to protect those whom she loves.