Fearsome Fiction

A Selection of Horror Books Released, 4 to 10 Jan 2026

5 horror books this week

Themes: Supernatural, witch, dystopian, and historical horror

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Table of Contents

The Bloody Brick Road – Maude Royer

Dystopian horror

The Bloody Brick RoadWhen nineteen-year-old Dorothy Noroît finds out she is pregnant, the road ahead seems bathed in golden light. She has a hard-working boyfriend, a beautiful home, and a job where she works with her best friend. But on October 2nd, 1994, everything changes.

Fast forward twenty-four years.

The city of Montreal is plagued by extremist group, The Winged Monkeys. The gruesome murder of a young man has just made headlines.

Just when Lieutenant Henri Duhaime and his partner Detective Emilianne Saint-Gelais begin to wrap their heads around this heinous act of violence, another young man is found brutally murdered. And then another. As the body count rises, they race against the clock to track down the killer.

Everything But the Skin – Radar DeBoard

Witch horror

Everything But the SkinSomething is devouring the kids of Shallowroot, and young Sophia may very well be next.

Evil has come to the town of Shallowroot, and it’s picking off the children, one by one.

To make matters worse, Sophia has some kind of connection with whatever is behind it, and it seems to be coming after anyone who is close to her.

How long will it be before it finally comes for her?

Slaughtered Lambs – CJ Brodie

Supernatural horror

Slaughtered LambsThey were raised to believe. They were raised to obey.

In the small West Texas town of New Eden, faith isn’t just a way of life, it’s law. Scripture governs the home, the church, and the spaces in between. The Reverend Malachai Delphus leads his congregation with certainty and conviction, teaching that sin must be punished, doubt must be crushed, and obedience is the highest form of love.

His children have grown up inside those rules. They have learned what is righteous. They have learned what is forbidden. They have learned that God is always watching.

When a youth group retreat in the Texas woods turns wrong, belief is no longer distant or abstract. It becomes immediate. Personal. Dangerous.

Solomon Kane: Suffer the Witch – Shaun Hamill

Historical horror

Solomon Kane: Suffer the WitchPuritan. Fiend. Fanatic. Solomon Kane.

In the wake of several grisly murders, Solomon Kane has been summoned to Windsend, England, to determine a woman’s guilt. Is Sybil Eastey a witch? And is she behind these gruesome crimes?

His first night in Windsend, Kane awakens from horrific nightmares only to witness a man being torn asunder. Fear quickly turns to something more sinister and the villagers are ready to lynch Sybil before Kane intervenes.

Kane must establish Sybil’s true nature and solve the macabre mystery before more blood is spilt. However, nothing is what it seems in Windsend.

The Wind Witch Murders – Casey Dunn

Witch horror

The Wind Witch MurdersHer mother took secrets to the grave. They didn’t stay buried.

1999, Arkansas. Being the daughter of a witch and alleged murderer isn’t easy. Yet Raven has carried that burden for the twelve years since her mother, Deanne, was locked away for the apparent ritualized murder of two boys. Murders she never admitted to.

Now Deanne is dead, the truth buried with her. When a stranger appears at her funeral to place a feather on her casket, Raven realizes the mystery of her mother is still alive and well.

But as she looks harder into Deanne’s past, more lies about her own life surface. Lies that drag her to the infamous cult at the edge of town that Deanne once belonged to.

As Raven connects the secrets surrounding the cult, the infamous Wind Witch murders, and her mother’s death, she finds herself in incredible danger.

Published: 10 January 2026

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