In R. A. Busby’s novella "You Will Speak for the Dead", a house cleaner faces an unexpected personal crisis while wrestling with his most bizarre job yet. Putrid kitchens, bug infestations, and massive piles of junk are all in a... Read More

In Meg Ripley’s subversive, thrilling novel "Necrology", a wise girl raised on the wonders of the wilds is forced to contend with those who would see her kind extinguished. In an alternate version of America, magic pulses through the... Read More

An inherited property, a child who sees ghostly presences, and a brooding, handsome love interest make "The Inhabitants" a Gothic treat. Combining Gothic and modern influences with intricate and sinuous pacing, Beth Castrodale’s... Read More

A woman proves indomitable in the face of extraordinary circumstances in the Cold War–era horror novel "Burning Times". In James K. Rone’s novel "Burning Times", atrocities are enacted against so-called witches, and strange... Read More

Monika Kim’s bold, brutal novel "The Eyes Are the Best Part" sears with feminine rage and unflinching body horror. Ji-won is not the perfect first-generation American daughter. She is friendless, average in academics, and lacks the... Read More

An isolated teenager finds a companion in another loner, but their friendship leads to tragedy in the graphic novel Dark & Twisted: The Killing Hole. In 1979, Stewart lives in Virginia with his divorced mother. He meets Peter in... Read More

In Nicole M. Wolverton’s hair-raising thriller "A Misfortune of Lake Monsters", a teenager who fakes cryptid sightings confronts a monster from her nightmares. Lemon knows that Old Lucy isn’t real. Her family has been responsible for... Read More

A man on the edges of a dystopian society seeks riches in the exciting novel "Ride the Snake Road". A pseudo-Western thriller set in an immersive dystopian landscape, LeRoy Wow’s novel "Ride the Snake Road" is set eleven hundred years... Read More