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Dreaming of You, Melissa Lozada-Oliva
A stream-of-consciousness novel in verse with morbid musings and Selena (sometimes both at once).
My Heart is a Chainsaw, Stephen Graham Jones
Local teen resident is at the beginning of her own slasher film - something she’s been training for her whole life.
The Deep: A Hundred Word Horror Anthology
A hundred word horror anthology featuring tiny tales of terror about the watery deep.
The Dollhouse: A Ghost Story, Charis Cotter
An eerie little tale that twists and turns through dreams and memories.
Heathen: Vol 1, Natasha Alterici
A beautiful and badass story of a warrior fighting injustice, freeing a Valkyrie, and taking on the gods.
The Road to Woop Woop, Eugene Bacon
Truly one of the most original short story collections each short story so different from the others in the collection
I Am America: The Miner's Lament
New series called “I Am America,” highlights Americans from marginalized backgrounds and underrepresented moments in American history.
The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer, Liza Rodman
Part memoir, part investigative true crime, this is the story of a summer spent with a serial killer.
Devolution, Max Brooks
A small high-tech green community is overrun with a pack of Bigfoots after a natural disaster.
The Girl from the Other Side: Vol. 1, Nagabe
A gothic folk horror graphic novel with a young child and her horned protector.
All the Murmuring Bones, A.G. Slatter
A dark fairy tale featuring the fall of the O’Malley matriarchal line and monsters, books with family legends, and practical witchcraft.
The Psychology of Time Travel, Kate Mascarenhas
A genre-bending science fiction murder mystery told in a non-linear format with a wide cast of complex female characters.
The Cold Vanish, Jon Billman
600,000 people vanish every year. Some of the missing are eventually found, but there are many other missing people whose disappearances are not so easy to explain away.
Be Scared of Everything (Horror Essays), Peter Counter
Calling all horror fans for this collection of essays breaking down the horror genre.
The Devourers, Indra Das
A wholly original novel set in India following the story of some wayward werewolves.
Tender is the Flesh, Agustina Bazterrica
When humans are forced to breed and slaughter humans for meat, who becomes the animal?
Hangsaman, Shirley Jackson
Much like the main character, I spent the whole book waiting for something to happen.
Fangs, Sarah Andersen
A beautiful graphic novel about a modern romance between a 300 year old vampire and a werewolf.
Little Darlings, Melanie Golding
A deliciously creepy read featuring magical realism, folk tales, and the true horror of motherhood.
The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones
When a group of teens from the reservation hunt on elder’s land, a bloody tale of revenge soon follows.