Crystal Lake – Tim Waggoner
Horror TV series novelization
Reinterprets the origin story of two horror icons into a grisly slasher saga.
In 1971 the drowning death of 11-year-old Jason Voorhees broke something in his mother, Pam.
As her grief curdles into bloodlust, a series of horrific revelations threaten to shatter the small town of Crystal Lake.
Dead Echo – Chris Heinicke & Kate Reedwood
Supernatural horror – Book 3 of Supernatural Slayers
The Springfield Mall incident left more questions than answers.
In its aftermath, whispers circulate through the underground of cursed items stolen and sold, creatures captured and enslaved, a Paranormal Black Market trading in things that were never meant to exist. When the Agency moves to dismantle the operation, they send in the perfect operative for the job: the disembodied soul of an ’80s rock star.
Ricky Gibson is embedded deep inside a world where possession is procedural, and morality is negotiable. He infiltrates Project Ferryman, an off-the-books investigation into the machinery that handles supernatural creatures like currency. To maintain his cover, he must inhabit a life that isn’t his and pretend to be a different man.
As the lines between role, identity, and consent begin to erode, Ricky is forced to confront the cost of staying inside the lie and the possibility that completing the mission means losing himself.
The Heretic – Matthew Lutton
Supernatural horror
Where does faith end-and insanity begin?
Locked away in a crumbling asylum, Dan must come to terms that maybe his meeting with the Devil never happened.
Maybe the things lurking in this asylum aren’t actually there, and demons don’t actually exist, or maybe they do.
Dan’s sanity and faith are pushed to the limits.
It Looks Like You in the Dark – Mathilda Zeller
Folk horror
The only people who know are the people who have gone. Those people no longer have throats to tell us.
Tapeesa is newly out of high school and working in a fish processing plant in the Inupiat village, Chukchi, where she’s lived her whole life. Maybe that’s why people tend to assume she isn’t that bright―or maybe her mama is right and she does have bad blood. Either way, she knows the legend, and she knows the history. Her Ahna told her that the hungry creature – the kushtuka – appears to us in the form of someone we love. It will try to get us to follow it. Follow it where? Those who have gone no longer have throats to tell us.
The Kobuk River Valley of remote Alaska draws greedy white men time and time again. But whenever they come, death comes too. This time the white men are here for the long term, to create an open pit, a rare earths mine just north of the village. When her sister Esther goes missing, Tapeesa will do anything to get her back. Seeking justice, Tapeesa must track down the kidnapper in the darkening Arctic. What awaits beyond the warmth of her village is more horrible than she could imagine and closer to her than she knows.
Look What the Cat Dragged In – Jason Rekulak
Psychological horror
Meet Penny Padgett, a twenty-seven-year-old cartoonist in Philadelphia who agrees to pet-sit a very peculiar cat named Godfrey in her home.
At first, he’s a warm and affectionate companion who follows Penny all around the house and insists on sleeping by her side every night. But soon strange things are happening: Penny is haunted by disturbing and violent nightmares.
There’s a terrible insect infestation in her basement. Her cute cartoon illustrations turn dark and surreal, as if influenced by some invisible hand. And her health starts failing, as if her mind and body are under attack by a sinister, malevolent force.
Penny may be a cat person, but she’s starting to think Godfrey is no ordinary cat.
Nordic Nightmares – Margrét Helgadóttir (editor)
Horror anthology
You know them from the stories whispered around the campfire. Sometimes, they’re dark creatures from tall forests or murky bogs, luring their victims to their death, or the apocalyptic roar of a volcanic eruption. Other times, they’re closer to home: an unsettling new neighbour, or the overly friendly people you meet on the train, or the bureaucrat who thinks he’s saving the world.
Nordic Nightmares opens a window into the horror landscape of the Nordic countries, from Finland to Greenland. The anthology is expertly curated to showcase the work of twenty modern masters of horror to keep you company during long, cold nights.
Off the Reservation – Stephen Graham Jones
Supernatural horror – Book 2 of The Only Good Indians
A ragtag group of activists sets out to repatriate the bones of a Blackfeet boy taken to the infamous Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
Five years have passed since the massacre on the Blackfeet reservation. Nathan Yellow Tail, one of the survivors of the revenge murders, finds himself in the hospital after a terrible accident that should’ve killed him and that nearly killed his best friend, Sebby, who is hanging on to life in a room a few doors down.
Nate’s life is out of balance, so when he is given the chance to reset his life, and maybe save Sebby in the process, Nate steps up, again. This time it’s into a camper van that is almost as run down as his broken body, filled with three older Blackfeet, to find the bones of the lone Blackfeet boy who died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, where many Indigenous children were abused, and repatriate this boy home.
The problem is, when they get the bones, something terrible has escaped with them.
Saw: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book – Vance Kelly (illustrator)
Horror movie novelty book
Jigsaw’s twisted games come alive in the ultimate interactive tribute to the legendary horror franchise. This deluxe pop-up book features twelve pages filled with exclusive pop-ups of the most iconic Saw traps.
Inside are more than twenty terrifying pop-ups that bring the franchise’s most unforgettable moments to life. Readers can turn wheels, pull tabs, move levers, and relive the Reverse Bear Trap, Angel Trap, and the bathroom set that started it all.
Richly detailed and outrageously interactive, this book celebrates twenty years of Saw’s legacy of terror.
Trick ‘r Treat: Witching Hours – Legendary Comics
Graphic novel horror anthology
4 new, never-before-published stories featuring everyone’s favorite mischief maker: SAM.
One Last Halloween: At a rundown nursing home, a group of lonely patients summons the spirit of Halloween in order to celebrate one last spooky holiday together, with unexpected and frightening results.
Did You Miss Me: When a man returns from the dead on Halloween, he’s given one night to find closure and reunite with his beloved wife, only to discover a horrifying and tragic secret.
Harvest Moons: Far across the galaxy and untethered from the now-defunct roots of Earth, a group of kids on a conservative space colony will discover that Halloween is more than a long-lost tradition.
Halloween Country: Deep in Wyoming corn country, three ranch hands break up a strange occult ritual and find themselves hunted by a half-formed creature straight out of Halloween folklore.
The Woman of the House – Kate Mooney
Psychological horror
Rose Crawley isn’t the perfect wife, or the perfect woman, that her husband thinks she is. And she isn’t about to let him find that out, ever. She’s finally gotten everything she’s ever wanted: a house by the lake, an adoring husband, and a fresh start from the past she’s long tried to outrun.
But the house she now calls home seems to have other plans. She wakes with bloody scratches lining her arms. She sees reflections in mirrors, only to find she’s standing alone. She hears the floors creak under invisible footsteps. And when Rose lies awake in the dark, the air feels heavy, like the house is pressing in on her, waiting for her to crack.
When Rose learns that the previous occupant, a wife and mother named Angela, vanished under suspicious circumstances, she becomes obsessed with uncovering what happened. Drawn deeper into the disappearance by her peculiar and prying neighbor, Rose digs into Angela’s past. But the more she discovers, and as the house’s strange occurrences escalate, Rose finds herself questioning not just what happened to Angela, but whether she’ll share the same fate.
‘Twas the Night – Kevin Johnson
Christmas, Cult horror
A young reporter follows a string of disappearances into the middle of a terrifying Christmas cult.
You better watch out. You better not cry. It’s Christmas in the village of Yule, Maine.
In fact, it’s always Christmas in Yule. Here, Santa Claus isn’t a storybook figure. He’s an icon. A god. The villagers don’t just believe in him, they worship him. And the world is better for it.
Halley Belanger hates Christmas, and she doesn’t have much love for Santa either. But when a string of child disappearances across Maine seems to spare only the village of Yule, Halley, a sharp, skeptical reporter, decides to investigate.
What she finds is a town that guards its secrets with gingerbread smiles and a snow globe sheen. Outsiders aren’t welcome. She isn’t welcome. And something sinister is keeping the Christmas spirit alive.
As Halley digs deeper, she begins to uncover the horrifying truth behind Yule’s eternal cheer. Christmas comes at a grisly cost. And Santa Claus is no saint.
