A Selection of Horror Books Released, 23 to 29 Mar 2025
Themes: Supernatural, psychological, vampire, gothic, folklore, and serial killer horror
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Table of Contents
Blood on Her Tongue – Johanna van Veen
Vampire horror
The Netherlands, 1887. Lucy’s twin sister Sarah is unwell. She refuses to eat, mumbles nonsensically, and is increasingly obsessed with a centuries-old corpse recently discovered on her husband’s grand estate.
The doctor has diagnosed her with temporary insanity caused by a fever of the brain. To protect her twin from a terrible fate in a lunatic asylum, Lucy must unravel the mystery surrounding her sister’s condition, but it’s clear her twin is hiding something. Then again, Lucy is harboring secrets of her own, too.
Then, the worst happens. Sarah’s behavior takes a turn for the strange. She becomes angry… and hungry.
The Dream Killer – Adam Cosco
Psychological horror
Ethan Webman is a man living a quiet, unremarkable life.
Then he discovers the body of a missing girl his basement. With no alibi and suspicion mounting, he must prove his innocence before it’s too late.
His quest leads him to a scientist who believes people could kill within their dreams.
As Ethan unravels a global conspiracy, every clue ensnares him deeper, unveiling horrors beyond imagination.
Gory Violent Fun for All – Cory Andrews
Horror collection
Seven tales from the gross to the grisly.
Gary Strickland just wants one last night with the love of his life.
Two stoners in a death metal band take a road trip to a record store where an ancient demon awaits.
Do the sins of our youth follow us?
Dustin Yackman finds himself in the virtual world of the Ultra-Violent Hockey League.
Modern dating gone wrong in the Pennsylvania backwoods.
Burt recounts the night Halloween changed forever.
A broken escort, tired of life, wants out of Sin City.
Gothictown – Emily Carpenter
Gothic horror
A restauranteur lured by pandemic-era incentives moves her family to a seemingly idyllic small town in Georgia, only to discover a darkness lurking beneath the Southern hospitality and sun-dappled streets.
The email that lands in Billie Hope’s inbox seems like a gift from the universe. For $100, she can purchase a spacious Victorian home in Juliana, Georgia, a small town eager to boost its economy in the wake of the pandemic. She can leave behind her cramped New York City rental and the painful memories of shuttering her once thriving restaurant and start over with her husband and her daughter. Plus, she’ll get a business grant to open a new restaurant in a charming riverside community laden with opportunity. It seems like a dream come true, or a devil’s bargain.
A few phone calls and one hurried visit later, and Billie, Peter, and six-year-old Meredith are officially part of the Juliana Initiative. The town is everything promised and between settling into their lavish home and starting her new restaurant, Billie is busy enough to dismiss any troubling signs.
But Billie’s sleep is marred by haunting dreams, and her marriage with Peter is growing increasingly strained. Meanwhile the town elders, all descended from Juliana’s founding families, exert a level of influence that feels less benevolent and more stifling day by day.
The Huntsman – Devin Cabrera
Supernatural horror
In the darkest depths of the South, an unholy terror stalks the darkness. The Huntsman, a figure of twisted legend, leads his pack of hellish hounds through the shadows, driven by a hunger for blood and a thirst for vengeance.
For generations, his name has been whispered around campfires and in hushed tones, a cautionary tale used to frighten disobedient children into submission. But when a plantation owner hires him to track down a runaway slave, The Huntsman’s malevolent power is unleashed upon the land.
With his trusty axe in hand and his hounds by his side, The Huntsman will stop at nothing to capture his prey, leaving a trail of blood and terror in his wake.
No one is safe from The Huntsman’s wrath. No one can escape his relentless pursuit. And when he finally catches his prey, the screams will echo through eternity.
Nameless Things – Ernest Jensen
Supernatural horror
In the aftermath of a painful breakup, Mike and his friend Wade seek solace in the remote beauty of Devil’s Cup State Park, Colorado. Their quest for peace is abruptly ended when a meteor strike causes a rock to fall, trapping them and a diverse group of campers within the ancient volcanic caldera. As they grapple with their new reality, a far more sinister challenge emerges from the depths of the earth.
The sanctuary they sought becomes a hunting ground as the group discovers the ground infested with lethal, flesh-piercing worms. The situation turns dire when they realize these predators are merely the heralds of something far more terrifying. With no way to call for help, survival hinges on their ability to outsmart the unseen terror lurking beneath their feet.
As alliances form and fray under the weight of fear, Mike is propelled into a desperate bid for freedom. Facing treacherous terrain, dwindling supplies, and the psychological toll of their predicament, the campers must confront the true nature of the horror they face. In a thrilling fight for survival, Mike’s journey to escape and reveal the nightmare within Devil’s Cup becomes a testament to the human spirit’s resilience against the unknown.
Nowhere – Allison Gunn
Folklore horror
After losing her young son in an accident, Rachel Kennan throws herself into her career as police chief of a small Virginia town to avoid focusing on her grief. Meanwhile, her husband, Finn, a washed-up writer whose alcoholism led to the devastating tragedy that changed everything, struggles to redeem himself before his family completely falls apart. Their two daughters are the only things keeping Rachel and Finn together, but the girls have demons of their own.
At the same time, a disturbing crime rocks their tightknit, religious community, sending Rachel chasing leads in a place that does not take kindly to outsiders. When an ominous force in the forest starts calling to the children, fear spawns hate among the townspeople, placing the Kennan family directly in the line of fire.
Left with no choice but to rely on each other, Rachel and Finn must come together to face threats inside and out.
rekt – Alex Gonzalez
Psychological horror
Once, Sammy Dominguez thought he knew how the world worked. The ugly things in his head – his uncle’s pathetic death, his parents’ mistrust, the twisted horrors he writes for the Internet – didn’t matter, because he and his girl, Ellery, were on track for the good life in this messed-up world.
Then a car accident changed everything.
Spiraling with grief and guilt, Sammy scrambles for distraction. He finds it in shock-value videos of gore and violence that terrified him as a child. When someone messages him a dark web link to footage of Ellery dying, he watches, first the car crash that killed her, then hundreds of other deaths, even for people still alive. Accidents. Diseases. Suicides. Murders.
The host site, chinsky, is sadistic, vicious, impossible. It even seems to read his mind, manipulate his searches. But is chinsky even real? And who is Haruspx, the web handle who led him into this virtual nightmare? As Sammy watches compulsively, the darkness in his mind blooms, driving him down a twisted path to find the roots of chinsky, even if he must become a nightmare himself.
Roommates with a Writer – Emilie Knight
Serial killer horror
Note to self: no matter how desperate you are, do not move in with someone you just met.
They may end up as your best friend, or a serial killer.
Turns out, Vic is both.
Root Rot – Saskia Nislow
Psychological horror
Nine children travel with their families to their Grandfather’s vacation property, where strange things begin to happen: eyes blink from the bottom up, mushrooms ooze blood, people’s faces don’t hang right anymore-except they do, once you look more closely. Transformations warp the children’s sense of time and place, the very land itself seeming to encroach upon them.
As The Liar watches the children succumb one by one to an unknown fate, she must make sense of absent stars in the night sky, vials of amber liquid that taste of milk, a funny little rope tied in knots.
She’s faced with a choice: join or resist, only the choice is not so simple.
The Way We Used to Walk – Megan Engelhardt and Mark Beall
Supernatural horror
Fifteen years ago, six college housemates accidentally opened a dimensional threshold, unleashing monsters into their world. Charlie was the only one who dared to touch the portal, gaining the secret language to close it-at a terrible cost. His wife died, and his friends’ memories of the trauma were erased, leaving him to carry the burden alone.
Now, Charlie and his estranged friends are worn down by adulthood, battling burnout, divorce, and deep personal demons. When the monsters return Charlie tries to walk away-until his conscience drags him back.
To stop the Nowhere Men for good, Charlie teaches his found family the secret language that saved them once before. Together, they must confront their past, their lost friend, and the monsters threatening reality itself.
Published: 29 March 2025
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