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In the Shadow of Spindrift House — Mira Grant

TITLE: In the Shadow of Spindrift House AUTHOR: Mira Grant GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: Nature abhors a straight line. The natural world is a place of curves and softened edges, of gentle mists and welcoming spirals. Nature remembers deviation; nature does not forgive. For Harlowe Upton-Jones, life has never been a straight line. Shipped off to live with her paternal grandparents after a mysterious cult killed her mother and father, she has grown up chasing the question behind the curve, becoming...

The Resurrectionists — Michael Patrick Hicks

TITLE: The Resurrectionists (Salem Hawley, #1) AUTHOR: Michael Patrick Hicks GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: Having won his emancipation after fighting on the side of the colonies during the American Revolution, Salem Hawley is a free man. Only a handful of years after the end of British rule, Hawley finds himself drawn into a new war unlike anything he has ever seen. New York City is on the cusp of a new revolution as the science of medicine advances, but procuring bodies for...

The Fearing #1: Fire & Rain — John F.D. Taff

TITLE: Fire and Rain (The Fearing, #1) AUTHOR: John F.D. Taff GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: In the American high desert, vacationers returning from a road trip are thrust into a heart-stopping flight from death as they try to avoid a cataclysmic end. In rural Missouri, the lives of a group of high school students are destroyed after their small town is devastated and they’re forced to confront the end of everything they’ve ever known. And on the eastern seaboard, there’s someone...

Choking Back the Devil — Donna Lynch

TITLE: Choking Back the Devil AUTHOR: Donna Lynch GENRE: Horror/Poetry AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: Choking Back the Devil by Donna Lynch is an invocation, an ancient invitation that summons the darkness within and channels those lonely spirits looking for a host. It’s a collection that lives in the realm of ghosts and family curses, witchcraft and urban legends, and if you’re brave enough to peek behind the veil, the hauntings that permeate these pages will break seals and open doorways, cut throats...

The Black Farm (HOLY CRAP, that's dark!) — Elias Witherow

TITLE: The Black Farm AUTHOR: Elias Witherow GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: After the loss of a child along with a slew of agonizing misfortunes, Nick and Jess decide to end their lives. Unable to cope with the misery that fills their days, they commit one last act together and die in loving relief. But when Nick wakes up, he soon realizes that death isn’t the gentle darkness he expected. Panicked and horrified, he struggles to understand the twisted abominations and...

Asylum — Madeleine Roux

TITLE: Asylum (Asylum, #1) AUTHOR: Madeleine Roux GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, New Hampshire College Prep is more than a summer program—it’s a lifeline. An outcast at his high school, Dan is excited to finally make some friends in his last summer before college. But when he arrives at the program, Dan learns that his dorm for the summer used to be a sanatorium, more commonly known as an asylum. And not just any asylum—a last resort for the...

Joe Hill: The Graphic Novel Collection — Joe Hill

TITLE: Joe Hill: The Graphic Novel Collection AUTHOR: Joe Hill GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: New York Times Best Seller Joe Hill is the creative force behind this collection of graphic novels that showcase the world-building and bone-chilling talents of the famed Locke & Key co-creator. This deluxe hardcover includes: The Cape illustrated by Zach Howard, The Cape: 1969 illustrated by Nelson Daniel, Thumbprint illustrated by Vic Malhotra, Kodiak illustrated by NatJones, and Wraith illustrated by Charles Paul Wilson III....

Bones — Andrew Cull

TITLE: Bones AUTHOR: Andrew Cull GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: ‘Bones’ brings together four chilling ghost stories by award winning writer-director Andrew Cull. Four monsters collected in paperback for the first time. We buried dad in the winter. It wasn’t until Spring that we heard from him again....