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The House by the Cemetery — John Everson

TITLE: The House by the Cemetery AUTHOR: John Everson RELEASES: October 6th, 2018; Flame Tree Press GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: Rumor has it that the abandoned house by the cemetery is haunted by the ghost of a witch. But rumors won’t stop carpenter Mike Kostner from rehabbing the place as a haunted house attraction. Soon he’ll learn that fresh wood and nails can’t keep decades of rumors down. There are noises in the walls, and fresh blood on the floor: secrets...

Kill Hill Carnage — Tim Meyer

TITLE: Kill Hill Carnage AUTHOR: Tim Meyer RELEASED: July 15th, 2018; Sinister Grin Press GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: In 1991, hell was unleashed upon Saint Christopher’s Summer Camp for Kids. The killers left behind piles of bodies and rivers of blood. Some say a family of inbred cannibals was responsible. A masked psychopath with a butcher’s knife is another popular theory. Some still believe a camp counselor lost his mind and went crazy on everyone with an axe. But there’s also the...

Horror Recommendations, Pt. I (& a read-along!)

If there’s one post that has been requested of me more than anything else during my entire time hosting this blog, it has to be… A horror recommendation list! Check out pt. II of the list here! But, first… Before we jump into the recommendations, I wanted to take a moment to announce a creepy October read-along! (photo credit to Kathy!) Kathy and I have been discussing an It read-along for ages, so we decided to finally host it in...

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...

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...

Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft — Jessica Spotswood & Tess Sharpe

TITLE: Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft EDITORS: Jessica Spotswood, Tess Sharpe RELEASES: August 28th, 2018; Harlequin Teen GENRE: Anthology AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: From good witches to bad witches, to witches who are a bit of both, this is an anthology of diverse witchy tales from a collection of diverse, feminist authors. The collective strength of women working together—magically or mundanely–has long frightened society, to the point that women’s rights are challenged, legislated against, and denied all over the world. Toil &...