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Gift Guide--Horror

Bound In Flesh: An Anthology of Trans Body Horror By Lor Gislason (Editor) Cover Image
By Lor Gislason (Editor)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781943720835
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Published: Ghoulish Books - April 18th, 2023

BOUND IN FLESH: An Anthology of Trans Body Horror brings together 13 trans and non-binary writers, using horror to both explore the darkest depths of the genre and the boundaries of flesh. A disgusting good time for all Edited by Lor Gislason.


Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror By Jordan Peele (Editor), John Joseph Adams (Editor), Jordan Peele (Introduction by), N. K. Jemisin (Contributions by), Rebecca Roanhorse (Contributions by), Tananarive Due (Contributions by), Nnedi Okorafor (Contributions by) Cover Image
By Jordan Peele (Editor), John Joseph Adams (Editor), Jordan Peele (Introduction by), N. K. Jemisin (Contributions by), Rebecca Roanhorse (Contributions by), Tananarive Due (Contributions by), Nnedi Okorafor (Contributions by)
$30.00
ISBN: 9780593243794
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Published: Random House - October 3rd, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates this groundbreaking anthology of all-new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our nation.


Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology By Shane Hawk (Editor), Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. (Editor) Cover Image
By Shane Hawk (Editor), Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. (Editor)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593468463
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Published: Vintage - September 19th, 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to be un-settled?”

“Never failed to surprise, delight, and shock.” —Nick Cutter, author of The Troop and Little Heaven

Featuring stories by:


The Reformatory: A Novel By Tananarive Due Cover Image
$28.99
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ISBN: 9781982188344
Published: Gallery / Saga Press - October 31st, 2023

A New York Times Notable Book
“You’re in for a treat. The Reformatory is one of those books you can’t put down. Tananarive Due hit it out of the park.” —Stephen King

A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr.


Brainwyrms By Alison Rumfitt Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250866257
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Published: Tor Nightfire - October 10th, 2023

“Smart, seething social horror…Rumfitt gives her worms the grotesque and triumphant glory they demand.” —The New York Times Book Review

From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror” (Publishers Weekly) — comes Brainwyrms, a searing body horror novel of obsession, violence, and pleasure.


Tell Me I'm Worthless By Alison Rumfitt Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250866233
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Published: Tor Nightfire - January 17th, 2023

Alison Rumfitt’s Tell Me I’m Worthless is a dark, unflinching haunted house story that confronts both supernatural and real-world horrors through the lens of the modern-day trans experience.


The Haunting of Alejandra: A Novel By V. Castro Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593499696
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Published: Del Rey - April 18th, 2023

A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona in this “utterly terrifying and wholly immersive . . . story about generational trauma, colonization, systemic oppression, and the horror at the heart of motherhood” (Library Journal, starred review).


Silver Nitrate By Silvia Moreno-Garcia Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593355367
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Published: Del Rey - July 18th, 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about the curse that haunts a legendary lost film—and awakens one woman’s hidden powers.


The September House By Carissa Orlando Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593548615
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Published: Berkley - September 5th, 2023

“Why run from a haunted house when you can stay and ignore the ghosts?


Maeve Fly By CJ Leede Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250857859
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Published: Tor Nightfire - June 6th, 2023

A Best Horror Book of the Year (Esquire) • An Indie Next Pick!

"This is gory and brutal and beautiful and painful and terrifying and a pure delight."—Stephen Graham Jones


Camp Damascus By Chuck Tingle Cover Image
$25.99
ISBN: 9781250874627
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Published: Tor Nightfire - July 18th, 2023

INSTANT USA TODAY & INDIE BESTSELLER
A Best Book of the Year (Vulture) • A Best Horror Book of the Year (Esquire) An Indie Next Pick!

“A joyful, furious romp through dark places, Tingle proves he's as good at fear as he is at love.” ―T. Kingfisher, bestselling author of What Moves the Dead


How to Sell a Haunted House By Grady Hendrix Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593201268
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Published: Berkley - January 17th, 2023

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Wildly entertaining."-The New York Times

"Ingenious."-The Washington Post

New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—and your family—can haunt you like nothing else.
 


The Only Safe Place Left is the Dark By Warren Wagner Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781943720866
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Published: Ghoulish Books - August 29th, 2023

In The Only Safe Place Left is the Dark, an HIV positive gay man must leave the relative safety of his cabin in the woods to brave the zombie apocalypse and find the medication he needs to stay alive.


Monstrilio By Gerardo Sámano Córdova Cover Image
$27.00
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ISBN: 9781638930365
Published: Zando - March 7th, 2023

A "wholly unique" and "uncompromising" literary horror debut about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man, and the people who love him in every form he takes (Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes)


My Darling Girl By Jennifer McMahon Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781668019061
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Published: Gallery/Scout Press - October 3rd, 2023

The New York Times bestselling author of the “otherworldly treat” (People) The Drowning Kind and The Children on the Hill returns with a spine-tingling psychological thriller about a woman who, after taking in her dying, alcoholic mother, begins to suspect demonic possession is haunting her family.

Alison has never been a fan of Christmas.


Bloom By Delilah S. Dawson Cover Image
$22.99
ISBN: 9781803365756
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Published: Titan Books - October 3rd, 2023

A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella with the slow build menace of Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber—from a New York Times-bestselling author hailed by Chuck Wendig as "a storyteller working at the top of her class.”


Mister Magic: A Novel By Kiersten White Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593359266
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Published: Del Rey - August 8th, 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and discover the secret of its enigmatic host—in this “skin-crawling story of pop culture fandom and ‘90s nostalgia” (Melissa Albert, author of The Hazel Woods) from the author of Hide.


Hemlock Island: A Novel By Kelley Armstrong Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9781250284198
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Published: St. Martin's Press - September 12th, 2023

A standalone horror novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong.


The Stranger Upstairs: A Novel By Lisa M. Matlin Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593599952
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Published: Bantam - September 12th, 2023

Most people wouldn’t buy an infamous murder house to renovate for fun . . . but Sarah Slade is not most people.
 
“This debut novel deftly explores our shadows—the dark parts of ourselves we don’t want others to see. I couldn’t stop reading.”—Julia Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of The Writing Retreat


The Spite House: A Novel By Johnny Compton Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250841414
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Published: Tor Nightfire - February 7th, 2023

A Best Horror Book of the Year (Esquire)!

A terrifying Gothic thriller about grief and death and the depths of a father's love, Johnny Compton's The Spite House is a stunning debut by a horror master in the making—The Babadook meets A Head Full of Ghosts in Texas Hill Country.


Fever House: A Novel By Keith Rosson Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593595756
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Published: Random House - August 15th, 2023

A small-time criminal. A has-been rock star. A shadowy government agency. And a severed hand whose dark powers threaten to destroy them all.

“Rosson’s novel plays out like a nightmare—one that’s nearly impossible to put down.”—Tor


A Haunting on the Hill: A Novel By Elizabeth Hand Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780316527323
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Published: Mulholland Books - October 3rd, 2023

From award-winning author Elizabeth Hand comes the first-ever novel authorized to return to the world of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill Housea "scary and beautifully written" (Neil Gaiman) new story of isolation and longing perfect for our present time.
 
Open the door . . .


A House With Good Bones By T. Kingfisher Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250829795
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Published: Tor Nightfire - March 28th, 2023

A Barnes & Noble Best Horror Book of 2023

A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots lurking just beneath the veneer of a perfect home and family.


"Mom seems off."


The Militia House: A Novel By John Milas Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250857064
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. - July 11th, 2023

Longlisted for The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize

“An extraordinary novel about the quiet and not so quiet horrors of war.” —Roxane Gay


Stephen King meets Tim O’Brien in John Milas’s The Militia House, a spine-tingling and boldly original gothic horror novel.


Night's Edge By Liz Kerin Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250835673
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Published: Tor Nightfire - June 20th, 2023

“Complex and fully realized, Kerin’s vampire apocalypse has a palpable beating heart."—Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six

Night’s Edge by Liz Kerin takes a bite out of vampire lore in this blood-soaked novel about the darkest secrets we hide and how monstrous we can be to the ones we love most.


Linghun By Ai Jiang, Yi Izzy Yu (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Ai Jiang, Yi Izzy Yu (Foreword by)
$14.99
ISBN: 9781958598023
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Published: Dark Matter Ink - April 4th, 2023

From acclaimed author Ai Jiang, follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. to the mysterious town of HOME, a place where the dead live again as spirits, conjured by the grief-sick population that refuses to let go.


Looking Glass Sound By Catriona Ward Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250860026
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Published: Tor Nightfire - August 8th, 2023

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER • A Best Book of the Year (Vulture) • A Best Horror Book of the Year (Esquire) An Indie Next Pick • A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Pick!


Ghost Eaters: A Novel By Clay Chapman Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781683693789
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Published: Quirk Books - June 6th, 2023

“A Gothic-punk graveyard tale about what haunts history and what haunts the human soul. An addicting read that draws you into its descent from the first page.”—Chuck Wendig, New York Times best-selling author of The Book of Accidents


Black Sheep By Rachel Harrison Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593545850
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Published: Berkley - September 19th, 2023

A cynical twentysomething must confront her unconventional family’s dark secrets in this fiery, irreverent horror novel from the author of Such Sharp Teeth and Cackle.
 


And Then She Fell: A Novel By Alicia Elliott Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593473085
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Published: Dutton - September 26th, 2023

A Most Anticipated Book Pick by Good Morning America, Bustle, CrimeReads, Electric Literature, Debutiful, Ms. Magazine, The Nerd Daily, and Paste


Our Share of Night: A Novel By Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell (Translated by), Pablo Gerardo Camacho (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell (Translated by), Pablo Gerardo Camacho (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780451495150
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Published: Hogarth - September 12th, 2023

“A masterpiece of supernatural horror.”—The Washington Post
An enchanting, shattering, once-in-a-lifetime reading experience.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)