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Nightingale — Amy Lukavics

TITLE: Nightingale AUTHOR: Amy Lukavics RELEASES: September 25th, 2018; Harlequin Teen GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: At seventeen, June Hardie is everything a young woman in 1951 shouldn’t be–independent, rebellious, a dreamer. June longs to travel, to attend college and to write the dark science fiction stories that consume her waking hours. But her parents only care about making June a better young woman. Her mother grooms her to be a perfect little homemaker while her father pushes her to marry his business partner’s...

The Good Demon — Jimmy Cajoleas

TITLE: The Good Demon AUTHOR: Jimmy Cajoleas RELEASES: September 18th, 2018; Amulet Books GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Clare has been miserable since her exorcism. The preacher that rid her of evil didn’t understand that her demon—simply known as Her—was like a sister to Clare. Now, Clare will do almost anything to get Her back. After a chance encounter with the son of the preacher who exorcised her, Clare goes on an adventure through the dark underbelly of her small Southern town, discovering...

We Sold Our Souls — Grady Hendrix

TITLE: We Sold Our Souls AUTHOR: Grady Hendrix RELEASES: September 18th, 2018; Quirk Books GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success — but then lead singer Terry Hunt embarked on a solo career and rocketed to stardom as Koffin, leaving his fellow bandmates to rot in rural Pennsylvania. Two decades later, former guitarist Kris Pulaski works as the night manager of a Best Western – she’s tired, broke, and unhappy. Everything changes...

The Haunting of Hill House — Shirley Jackson

TITLE: The Haunting of Hill House AUTHOR: Shirley Jackson RELEASED: 1959; Viking Press GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre. First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a “haunting;’ Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor,...

Kill Creek — Scott Thomas

TITLE: Kill Creek AUTHOR: Scott Thomas RELEASED: October 31st, 2017; Inkshares GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: At the end of a dark prairie road, nearly forgotten in the Kansas countryside, lies the Finch House. For years it has perched empty, abandoned, and overgrown–but soon the door will be opened for the first time in many decades. But something waits, lurking in the shadows, anxious to meet its new guests. When best-selling horror author Sam McGarver is invited to spend Halloween night in one...

Sawkill Girls — Claire Legrand

TITLE: Sawkill Girls AUTHOR: Claire Legrand RELEASES: October 2nd, 2018; Katherine Tegen Books GENRE: Fantasy/Horror AGE RANGE: YA ACQUIRED: ARC SYNOPSIS: Beware of the woods and the dark, dank deep. He’ll follow you home, and he won’t let you sleep. Who are the Sawkill Girls? Three girls’ stories come together on the island of Sawkill Rock, where gleaming horses graze in rolling pastures and cold waves crash against black cliffs. Where kids whisper the legend of an insidious monster at parties and around campfires. Where...

The Siren and the Specter — Jonathan Janz

TITLE: The Siren and the Specter AUTHOR: Jonathan Janz RELEASES: September 6th, 2018; Flame Tree Press GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult ACQUIRED: ARC SYNOPSIS: When David Caine, a celebrated skeptic of the supernatural, is invited by an old friend to spend a month in “the most haunted house in Virginia,” he believes the case will be like any other. But the Alexander House is different. Built by a 1700s land baron to contain the madness and depravity of his eldest son, the house is...

Devil in Ohio — Daria Polatin

TITLE: Devil in Ohio AUTHOR: Daria Polatin RELEASED: November 7th, 2017; Feiwel & Friends GENRE: Horror/Thriller AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS:When fifteen-year-old Jules Mathis comes home from school to find a strange girl, her mother explains that Mae is one of her patients at the hospital and will be staying with their family for a few days. But shortly after, Mae is wearing Jules’ clothes, sleeping in her bedroom, edging her out of her position on the school paper, and kissing Jules’s crush. Then...

Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked — Christa Carmen

TITLE: Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked AUTHOR: Christa Carmen RELEASES: August 21st, 2018; Unnerving GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: A young woman’s fears regarding the gruesome photos appearing on her cell phone prove justified in a ghastly and unexpected way. A chainsaw-wielding Evil Dead fan defends herself against a trio of undead intruders. A bride-to-be comes to wish that the door between the physical and spiritual worlds had stayed shut on All Hallows’ Eve. A lone passenger on a midnight train finds that...

City of Ghosts — Victoria Schwab

TITLE: City of Ghosts AUTHOR: Victoria Schwab SERIES: Cassidy Blake, #1 RELEASES: August 28th, 2018; Scholastic GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: MG SYNOPSIS: Cassidy Blake’s parents are The Inspectres, a (somewhat inept) ghost-hunting team. But Cass herself can REALLY see ghosts. In fact, her best friend, Jacob, just happens to be one. When The Inspectres head to ultra-haunted Edinburgh, Scotland, for their new TV show, Cass—and Jacob—come along. In Scotland, Cass is surrounded by ghosts, not all of them friendly. Then she meets Lara, a girl who...