Category: Horror

  • Gift Keepers

    Gift Keepers

    Author: Shade OwensPublisher: Red Raven PublishingPublished: December 1, 2025 This short little novella packs quite a punch! Just in time for Christmas, this is a story about a Yuletide tradition that is a total horror show.  It’s a story about a man saved from addiction, his quest to find his sponsor before a snowstorm descends, and…

  • Breathe In, Bleed Out

    Breathe In, Bleed Out

    Author: Brian McAuleyPublisher: Poisoned Pen PressPublished: September 2, 2025 I’m relatively new to the horror genre, and I didn’t think I’d like slashers, but there was something about this book that allowed me to peek through my fingers at the gruesome goriness! Hannah has lost her boyfriend in a hiking accident, although we get the…

  • This Is How a Villain is Made

    This Is How a Villain is Made

    Author: Amanda HeadleePublisher: Uncomfortably Dark PublishingPublication Date: September 3, 2025 When I first saw the cover of this book, my first thought was, “This is horror?”. When I realized it was both historical and western, I groaned. But since it was a novella, I figured, what do I have to lose? Because I had to know…

  • The Ever End

    The Ever End

    Author: Audrey WilsonPublisher: Bywater BooksPublication Date: August 5, 2025 I don’t know why this stayed on my TBR for so long, because once I started it, I couldn’t put it down. Holy cow! Why didn’t someone tell me about this book sooner? After meeting on a train, Sam proposes to Margo six months later and asks…

  • Bad Things Happened in This Room

    Bad Things Happened in This Room

    Author: Marie StillPublisher: Rising Action Publishing Co.Anticipated Publication Date: September 16, 2025 If insanity is doing the same thing over and over, this book is the definition of that. Willow is stuck in a routine, and even worse, she goes through the motions in such a rote way that she doesn’t even remember doing things. Did…

  • So Shall You Reap

    So Shall You Reap

    Author: Mark JenkinsPublisher: IndieDate Published: July 29, 2025 I may have a serious case of whiplash after reading this book! This is classified as a thriller, but it read more like horror to me! Belle Jackson is one of the original vigilantes, seeking justice for a wrong that was done to her. But she has convinced…

  • We Won’t All Survive

    We Won’t All Survive

    Author: Kate Alice MarshallPublisher: Penguin Group/Penguin Young Readers GroupDate Published: July 29, 2025 Eight people have been selected to participate in a reality show that tests their survival instincts. Only, when they arrive at the site, there is no one from the cast to greet them. The entrance gate is closed and locked, topped by barbed…

  • The Unseen

    The Unseen

    Author: Ania AhlbornPublisher: Gallery BooksDate To Be Published: August 19, 2025 This was the first book I’ve read by Ania Ahlborn, although I know her by reputation. A mother is grieving the loss of her child, and a little child walks out of the forest. Could he take the place of her child Adam? And will…

  • Room 21

    Room 21

    Author: Jessica HuntleyPublisher: Joffe BooksDate Published: May 27, 2025 Jessica, what have you done? This book absolutely wrecked me…in a good way! Kimberley loves her job as a maid. She prides herself on a job well done. But she’s just barely getting by, even though she shares an apartment with several other people. Not friends. Just…

  • Whistle

    Whistle

    Author: Linwood BarclayPublisher: William MorrowDate Published: May 20, 2025 Reading this book, I could not help but make comparisons to the creepy guy in the hat, Charlie Manx, in Nos4a2. Whistle had the same kind of impending dread, of something just beyond consciousness, that you knew was bringing evil to town. How can the words “ChuffchuffCLICKETYCLACKclikcetyCLACK-wooWOOchuffCLICKETYchuffCLICKETYchuff”…