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• All These Sunken Souls

  a Black Horror Anthology

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  Young Adult Fiction. From haunted, hungry Victorian mansions, temporal monster--infested asylums, and ravaging zombie apocalypses, to southern gothic hoodoo practitioners and cursed patriarchs in search of Black Excellence, All These Sunken Souls…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unworthy

  a Novel

  Bazterrica, Agustina María, 1974-

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  Fiction. Bazterrica’s absorbing feminist literary horror novel... stars an unnamed narrator who documents her deplorable situation in an illicit diary as a survivor living in a converted monastery... This satirical horror is incisive and convincing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Herculine

  a Novel

  Byron, Grace

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  Fiction. A woman seeks refuge at an all-trans girl commune, only to discover that demons haunt her fellow comrades--and she's their next prey. (NoveList)

• The Possession of Alba Díaz

  Cañas, Isabel

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  Fiction. In 1765, a plague in the city drives Alba and her family to her fiancé's isolated silver mine. But more than silver lurks within, seizing Alba and causing sleepwalking, hallucinations, and violent episodes.

• The Midnight Shift

  Cheon, Seon-Ran,

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  Fiction. Seon-ran... crafts an intricate vampire mystery set in contemporary Korea that explores profound themes of loneliness, queer desire, and moral ambiguity. (Publishers Weekly)

• Carmilla

  the First Vampire

  Chu, Amy

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  Fiction Graphic Novel. The languid lines of gorgeous, full-color artwork will draw you into this graphic novel retelling of Sheridan Le Fanu’s 1872 “Carmilla”. Set in 1990s New York, Athena is a social worker turned amateur sleuth dedicated to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Diet Riot

  a Fatterpunk Anthology

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  Fiction. Literature has a problem with fat people... Horror is no different... [This] anthology of fat-positive horror tales flips the script on the problems fat characters often face in fiction, making them the heroes. (Book Riot)

• Spread Me

  Gailey, Sarah

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  Fiction. Gailey sets this sleek, sexy thriller in a six-person research station in space. Kinsey, the head scientist and researcher, stumbles across the discovery of a lifetime in the desert surrounding their base: proof of life on another planet...…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gathering Dark

  An Anthology of Folk Horror

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  Young Adult Fiction. Tapping into timeless fears such as ghosts and monsters, and interweaving overarching themes of friendship and love, this unique and delightfully creepy anthology delivers scares while inviting contemplation. (Publishers Weekly)

• Overgrowth

  Grant, Mira

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  Fiction. Three-year-old Stasia wandered into the forest and was eaten by an alien plant that digested her and remade itself in her image, sending her back home to tell everyone that an alien stole the real Stasia and one day they will come back for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

  Hartmann, Sadie

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  Nonfiction. Horror's most well-known fan, Hartmann presents a volume for readers... to rejoice over, whether they are established fear fiends or terror newbies. (Library Journal)

• Paperbacks From Hell

  the Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

  Hendrix, Grady,

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  Nonfiction. This hilarious history from Hendrix is a comprehensive survey of the dime-store horror paperbacks from the 1970s and 1980s—an often overlooked but integral piece of horror literature as a whole. (Library Journal)

• I Spit on Your Celluloid

  the History of Women Directing Horror Movies

  Honeycutt, Heidi,

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  Nonfiction. In this comprehensive debut study, journalist Honeycutt examines how contemporaneous attitudes toward women have shaped female filmmakers’ contributions to the horror genre... Insightful and encyclopedic, this is a bloody good time.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Direct Descendant

  Huff, Tanya

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  Fiction. This cozy stand-alone horror novel set in modern-day Toronto is the perfect balance of dark and delightful; a charming love story about a small-town baker, a quick-witted PI, and, yes, an ancient evil. (NoveList)

• Horror for Weenies

  Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch

  Hughes, Emily C.,

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  Nonfiction. Hughes presents a book best described as a conversation with a horror-fan bestie. She includes 25 influential films from three eras, spanning the 1960s to the 2010s. (Library Journal)

• Curse of Dark Shadows

  Hurd-McKenney, Craig

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  Fiction Graphic Novel. This graphic novel reinvigorates the 1960s campy soap “Dark Shadows” and works well for both new and established fans. The cartoonish, full-color illustrations complement Hurd-McKenney's story well, making this a gently creepy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Only Good Indians

  a Novel

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  Fiction. An own voices horror novel that begins with four young Native American men on a hunting trip that will haunt each of them in unimaginable ways. (LibraryReads)

• Uncanny Valley Girls

  Essays on Horror, Survival, and Love

  Lisowski, Zefyr, 1994-

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  Nonfiction. Poet Lisowski (Girl Work) reflects in these moving personal essays on gender, class, and the pain and redemption found in horror films. (Publishers Weekly)

• Silver Nitrate

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia

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  Fiction. Helping a cult horror director shoot the missing scene from his magic film that was never finished to lift a curse, sound editor Montserrat and her best friend Tristan start seeing strange things and must unravel the mystery of this film…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Futility

  Onoh, Nuzo,

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  Fiction. Onoh wows in this marvelously weird horror novel set in Abuja, Nigeria...Lush with folklore, body horror, and dark humor, this will leave readers both wincing and cackling. (Publishers Weekly)