A Selection of Horror Books Released, 2 to 8 Mar 2025
Themes: Psychological, action, medieval, dystopian, vampire, and small town horror
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Table of Contents
Burn to Shine – Jonathan Maberry
Action horror – Book 4 of Rogue Team International
A covert group is infiltrating the world’s most secure bio-weapons research sites. All across the country, people are acting as human ‘disease bombs’ by infecting themselves and walking into public places. And heavily-armed groups of illegal private soldiers are massing for some unknown strike.
Joe Ledger and the members of Rogue Team International, still reeling from the devastation and heartbreaking losses of their last mission, are forced into relentless action to try and save the country, if not the entire world.
Old enemies are rising and joining forces to hit Joe and his team with one devastating blow after another. What is the end game for all of this madness and terror?
Outnumbered, outmaneuvered, and outgunned, Joe Ledger has to find a way back from the fires of grief in order to make a stand between these enemies and millions of potential innocent lives.
But Joe has allies, too. His team, the vicious fighters of Arklight, and friends who may or may not be entirely human.
A Conclave of Crimson Book Three – Nicole Eigener & Beverley Lee
LGBTQ+ vampire horror – Book 3 of A Conclave of Crimson
Teal and Éric have exactly what they fought for: a chance at life together. But all hard-won conflicts come with a cost, especially of the heart, and the fallout has left Teal separated from his brothers, Gabriel and Moth, now back in the inhospitable fortress called Gehenna.
Éric, though head over heels in love with Teal, the ethereal young vampire with witch blood in his veins, has his own trauma. How to navigate the dynamics of his rapidly-evolved relationship with Vauquelin: now their romantic ties have been severed, and they all must live under the same roof.
But the boys are not the only ones trying to come to terms with the new normal that has ripped them apart. Clove must make a crucial decision.
There’s a question he will pose to Vauquelin … the answer to which would rock the core of the vampire world.
The Eris Ridge Trail – Larry Hinkle
Cosmic road trip horror
You won’t find the Eris Ridge Trail on any map. You won’t find the people who go missing on it, either.
The Eris Ridge Trail has no beginning. No end. It runs forever, connecting realities across space and time.
Four travelers find themselves lost on the Trail…
A novice reporter who learns that some shortcuts are anything but.
A grieving author who’s reunited with his dead dog in the tunnels beneath a haunted hotel.
A young man who tries a new ride-share app that abandons him in the space between Nebraska and Colorado.
A seasoned hiker and his aging dog who discover the remains of a six-legged rodent near the sign for a trail they’ve never heard of.
Disoriented by an ever-changing landscape and hunted by otherworldly predators, can they work together long enough to find their way home, or will they fall prey to the cosmic beast that guards the Trail?
F.A.F.O. – RJ Roles
Horror collection
Fourteen tales.
Delve into twisted depths of terror as you take a journey through lonely space, a weekend in the woods that turns darker than three boys could’ve imagined, and see what’s really going on behind the masks of everyone’s favorite movie killers.
If you’ve ever been curious as to how much someone would sacrifice to save the one they loved, or what happens when a person reaches their breaking point and finally puts an end to their tormentor, then you won’t want to miss this.
The Memory Ward – Jon Bassoff
Psychological horror
They say it’s always beautiful in Bethlam, Nevada. No place you’d rather live. The people are friendly, if a little nosy, and there’s no crime to speak of. Life is pretty perfect.
But postal worker Hank Davies has started to suspect something is off in this idyllic little town. And he’s certain of that when he realizes the letters he’s been delivering are just blank pages.
Hank isn’t the only one who’s noticed the oddities in Bethlam. One such person knocks on his window in the middle of the night, urging him to investigate his bedroom wall. When Hank pulls back the wallpaper, he discovers dozens of sheets of paper, full of a story that is either complete madness or unbelievable truth.
As he begins looking beyond the veneer of his smiling neighbors and their white picket fences, Hank is drawn further and further into a disturbing new reality
Once was Willem – M.R. Carey
Medieval horror
Eleven hundred and some years after the death of Christ, in the kingdom that had but recently begun to call itself England, I, Once Was Willem, rose from the dead to defeat a great evil facing the humble village of Cosham. The words enclosed herein are true.
I speak of monsters and magic, battle and bloodletting, and the crimes of desperate men. I speak also of secret things, of that which lies beneath us and that which impends above. By the time you come to the end of this account you will know the truth of your own life and death, the path laid out for your immortal soul, your origin and your inevitable end.
You will not thank me.
The Unworthy – Agustina Bazterrica
Dystopian horror
From her cell in a convent, a woman writes the story of her life in whatever she can find: discarded ink, dirt, and even her own blood.
A lower member of the Sacred Sisterhood, deemed an unworthy, she dreams of ascending to the ranks of the Enlightened at the center of the convent and of pleasing the foreboding Superior Sister.
Outside, the world is plagued by catastrophe. Cities are submerged underwater, electricity and the internet are nonexistent, and bands of survivors fight and forage in a cruel, barren landscape. Inside, the narrator is controlled, punished, but safe.
When a stranger makes her way past the convent walls, joining the ranks of the unworthy, she forces the narrator to consider her long-buried past, and what she may be overlooking about the Enlightened.
As the two women grow closer, the narrator is increasingly haunted by questions about her own past, the environmental future, and her present life inside the convent.
Welcome to Cemetery – C.J. Daley
Small town horror
A strange town with a strange name, Cemetery, NY, is filled with crime and secrets.
When a car accident one fateful night leads to a search for two missing bodies, detectives Abby Williams (an almost-thirty-year-old with something to prove) and Ed Reyes (a jaded, senior officer with a career as long as his partner is old) set out to solve the latest mystery.
Before long, a string of missing persons becomes a collection of bloodless bodies that has even the police pathologist stumped.
As the bloodshed continues, it becomes clear that the gruesome killings plaguing the town of Cemetery may not be the handiwork of some shadowy figure but of something even more sinister.
What Fresh Hell is This? – Del Howison
Horror collection
Step into the twisted mind of Del Howison with this unflinching collection of dark tales that brings together stories from across Howison’s prolific career, each one exploring the eerie and the macabre, examining humanity’s deepest fears and desires.
Drawing on his rich life experiences – from being baptized in a river and attending a private Christian college to his ownership of the famed Horror bookstore Dark Delicacies – Howison crafts tales that delve into the darkest corners of the human soul.
These tales push boundaries, blending the supernatural with psychological terror, and invite readers into worlds where the unimaginable becomes real. From paranormal happenings to supernatural horrors, Howison’s storytelling prowess ensures that these stories will stay with you long after you turn the last page.
Published: 8 March 2025
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