Her Soul to Take by Harley Laroux (2021)

Like Buffy or The Vampire Diaries but with tons more spice, a titillating fork-tongued demon, and a ritualistic monster cult, the edgy dark romance that set Tiktok on fire is now here as a special edition with bonus content for fans of Scarlett St. Claire, Penelope Douglas, and Katee Robert. The demon didn't just want my body. He wanted my soul. My reputation among magicians is unblemished. Killer, they call me; killing is what I’m best at. One wrong move and you’re dead. Except her . The one I was supposed to take, the one I should have killed. The cult that once controlled me wants her, but I’m not about to lose my new toy to them. I’ve always believed in the supernatural. Hunting for ghosts is my passion, but summoning a demon was never part of the plan. Monsters are roaming the woods, and something ancient—something evil—is waking up . . . and calling my name. I don’t know who I can trust, or how deep this darkness goes. All I know is my one shot at survival is the demon stalking me, and he doesn’t just want my body—he wants my soul.

Пищеблок by Алексей Викторович Иванов (2021)

Жаркое лето 1980 года. Столицу сотрясает Олимпиада, а в небольшом пионерском лагере на берегу Волги всё тихо и спокойно. Пионеры маршируют на линейках, играют в футбол и по ночам рассказывают страшные истории; молодые вожатые влюбляются друг в друга; речной трамвайчик привозит бидоны с молоком, и у пищеблока вертятся деревенские собаки. Но жизнь пионерлагеря, на первый взгляд безмятежная, имеет свою тайную и тёмную сторону. Среди пионеров прячутся вампиры. Их воля и определяет то, что происходит у всех на виду. „Пищеблок“ — простая и весёлая история о сложных и серьёзных вещах. Есть дети как дети — с играми, ссорами, фантазиями и бестолковостью. Есть пионерство, уже никому не нужное и формальное. А есть вампиры, которым надо жить среди людей, но по своим вампирским правилам. Как вампирская мистика внедряется в мёртвые советские ритуалы и переделывает живое и естественное детское поведение? Как любовь и дружба противостоят выморочным законам идеологии и вампиризма? Словом, чей горн трубит для горниста и под чей барабан шагает барабанщик?

The House of Little Bones by Beverley Lee (2021)

**He thought he was untouchable...** David Lansdown, esteemed British horror writer and supernatural sceptic, is used to basking in the glow of the press. Until a hastily snapped photo hits the headlines and makes his affair with his publisher’s son public. When David finds himself at Bone Hollow, a house with a glass wall overlooking a wild and desolate moor, his only concern is writing his next best seller to bury his misdeeds in the past. But something stirs beneath the earth. Something bound to the land. Something determined to take everything from him. Luca Fox-Waite is still in love with the man who cast him aside, but his own childhood demons lurk in his shadow. As he discovers more about Bone Hollow’s history, he finds himself ensnared in its story—a story steeped in time and tragedy. Because curses lie in bones, and they do not die.

The Mourning Bells of Scythe by Ayshen Irfan (2021)

Life and death have danced with one another since the breaking of the first dawn; black and white, good and evil, and immortality and the transcience of life have found harmony in the grey of reality. The Reaper, a soulless, immortal creature, has spent his eternal existence bringing balance to life with the deliverance of souls to their Judgement. As an invisible deliverer of equilibrium, the Reaper lives an existence shrouded in fear by humans, damned to eternal solitude. Until murders start occurring nightly in the city of Scythe. Enthralled by the mysterious princess Thana and bound by duty to escort the deceased's Souls, the Reaper finds himself falling into mortal traps...

Crimson Is the Night by Beverley Lee (2021)

Vampires are, by nature, mainly solitary creatures. Master vampires even more so. Vauquelin and Clove have never met, though they have orbited each other for centuries. Together with Clove’s Bloody Little Prophets, who are already spinning their own dark narrative, this night will see their perception of each other change. Because even those whose existence is legendary, desire to know the truth. ---------- A novelette sequel to ***Beguiled By Night*** by Nicole Eigener and the ***Gabriel Davenport*** series by Beverley Lee. Spoilers for all books.

Cackle by Rachel Harrison (2021)

All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh start. She accepts a teaching position that moves her from Manhattan to a small village upstate. She’s stunned by how perfect and picturesque the town is. The people are all friendly and warm. Her new apartment is dreamy too, minus the oddly persistent spider infestation. Then Annie meets Sophie. Beautiful, charming, magnetic Sophie, who takes a special interest in Annie, who wants to be her friend. More importantly, she wants Annie to stop apologizing and start living for herself. That’s how Sophie lives. Annie can’t help but gravitate toward the self-possessed Sophie, wanting to spend more and more time with her, despite the fact that the rest of the townsfolk seem…a little afraid of her. And like, okay. There are some things. Sophie’s appearance is uncanny and ageless, her mansion in the middle of the woods feels a little unearthly, and she does seem to wield a certain power…but she couldn’t be…could she?

Horseman by Christina Henry (2021)

Everyone in Sleepy Hollow knows about the Horseman, but no one really believes in him. Not even Ben Van Brunt's grandfather, Brom Bones, who was there when it was said the Horseman chased the upstart Crane out of town. Brom says that's just legend, the village gossips talking. More than thirty years after those storied events, the village is a quiet place. Fourteen-year-old Ben loves to play "Sleepy Hollow boys," reenacting the events Brom once lived through. But then Ben and a friend stumble across the headless body of a child in the woods near the village, and the discovery makes Ben question everything the adults in Sleepy Hollow have ever said. Could the Horseman be real after all? Or does something even more sinister stalk the woods?

Of Darkness and Light by Despoina Kemeridou (2021)

Slewfoot by Brom (2021)

**Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it.** Connecticut, 1666. An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood. The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector. The colonists call him Slewfoot, demon, devil. To Abitha, a recently widowed outcast, alone and vulnerable in her pious village, he is the only one she can turn to for help. Together, they ignite a battle between pagan and Puritan – one that threatens to destroy the entire village, leaving nothing but ashes and bloodshed in their wake. ***“If it is a devil you seek, then it is a devil you shall have!”***

The Haunting Season by Bridget Collins (2021)

Winter, with its unsettling blend of the cosy and the sinister, has long been a popular time for gathering by the bright flame of a candle, or the warm crackling of a fire, and swapping stories of ghosts and strange happenings. Now eight bestselling, award-winning authors - master storytellers of the sinister and the macabre - bring this time-honoured tradition to vivid life in a spellbinding collection of new and original haunted tales. From a bustling Covent Garden Christmas market to the frosty moors of Yorkshire, from a country estate with a dreadful secret, to a London mansion where a beautiful girl lies frozen in death, these are stories to make your hair stand on end, send shivers down your spine and to serve as your indispensable companion to the long nights of winter. So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the spell of The Haunting Season...

Hapi by Lisa Henry (2021)

Jayden Sanders is a dead man. Jayden is trying to reach Cairns when his car dies on the highway and leaves him stranded in a caravan park in Innisfail. As the rain comes down and the crocodile-infested river rises, Jayden becomes fascinated by the strange man who lives across the river—Hapi. What Jayden doesn’t know is that Hapi has already marked him for his own. Hapi and his brothers, the sons of Horus, prepare the souls of the dead for their father, and each claim protection over a part of the body. When Hapi pulls Jayden from the flooded river, he claims Jayden’s lungs, and his breath, as his due. But what happens when he decides he wants more than that? Jayden refuses to believe it when Hapi tells him he’s dead, but his only hope of getting out of Innisfail alive is by playing along with Hapi’s delusions. And with Horus due to arrive any day, time is running out for Jayden. Or maybe it already has.

저주 토끼 [Jeoju tokki] by Bora Chung (2021)

From an author never before published in the United States, Cursed Bunny is unique and imaginative, blending horror, sci-fi, fairy tales, and speculative fiction into stories that defy categorization. By turns thought-provoking and stomach-turning, here monsters take the shapes of furry woodland creatures and danger lurks in unexpected corners of everyday apartment buildings. But in this unforgettable collection, translated by the acclaimed Anton Hur, Chung’s absurd, haunting universe could be our own. “The Head” follows a woman haunted by her own bodily waste. “The Embodiment” takes us into a dystopian gynecology office where a pregnant woman is told that she must find a father for her baby or face horrific consequences. Another story follows a young monster, forced into underground fight rings without knowing his own power. The titular fable centers on a cursed lamp in the shape of a rabbit, fit for a child’s bedroom but for its sinister capabilities. No two stories are alike, and readers will be torn whether to race through them or savor Chung’s wit and frenetic energy on every page. Cursed Bunny is a book that screams to be read late into the night and passed on to the nearest set of hands the very next day.

A Hole Walked In by Cavar (2021)

A Hole Walked In is a thrilling piece of surrealist-gothic-body-horror short fiction, featuring a protagonist whose face just won’t stop bleeding. Following writers like Carmen Maria Machado and Helen Oyeyemi, A Hole Walked In traverses the feminist Weird and leaves a red trail in its wake. –Publisher

Harrow County Omnibus, Volume 2 by Cullen Bunn (2021)

**The second half of the highly acclaimed, Eisner-nominated horror fantasy tale, collected in a value-priced omnibus.** While Emmy has been focused on dealing with supernatural threats from the outside world; a much bigger problem has been brewing at home, leading to an epic confrontation that will alter the fate of the entirety of Harrow County!

Elektro Krause by Patricia Eckermann (2021)

„Wer ist die denn?! Wo ist der Krause?“ „Ich bin Krause“, antwortete ich und registrierte, wie mein Herzschlag sich spontan verselbstständigte. Nazis und Rassisten, ob tot oder lebendig, erkenne ich sofort. Dafür hat unsereiner einen feinen Radar. Dieses Exemplar hier war nur ein ekliger Rassist, also nicht lebensgefährlich, wie zum Beispiel die Nazis, die in Bielefeld ihr Unwesen trieben. Psychisch aber war er ebenso verletzend und unangenehm. Ich ballte die Fäuste und zählte bis zehn. Ich war nicht in dieses Dorf gekommen, um Nobbys Kundschaft noch weiter zu dezimieren.“ Krause - Schwarz, Elektrikerin und Geisterjägerin a.D. - kommt in die rheinische Pampa. Ende der 80er Jahre, auf dem Dorf, begegnen ihr dort viele Weiße mit Vorurteilen. Entsprechend schnell will sie eigentlich wieder raus aus „Milchschnittenhausen“. Doch sie muss im Betrieb ihres Vaters Nobby aushelfen, denn der ist seit einem Arbeitsunfall nicht mehr derselbe. Krause ahnt, dass der Grund dafür kein einfacher Stromschlag war. Bei der Suche nach der wahren Unfallursache macht Krause nicht bloß unerfreuliche Bekanntschaft mit toten und lebendigen Nazis. Sie stößt auf eine okkulte Verschwörung, die ganz Deutschland bedroht ... Eine unkonventionelle Geisterjägerstory, verbunden mit einem humorvoll analytischen Blick unter den verbeulten Familienteppich der alten BRD.

Cthulhu Reloaded by David Conyers (2021)

Mistress of Geese by Antonija Meznaric (2021)

The undiscovered, occasionally almost uninhabited remote areas of the old European land of Croatia hold secrets only the bravest of women can find. The only question is, will they survive the discovery or be taken into darkness as the land demands? Mistress of Geese is a collection of folk horror tales about isolation, loneliness, destructive powers of nature, magic and creatures lurking in the dark.

Strange Skies by Jeb Bohn (2021)

**“Something’s wrong. These *aren’t* clouds.”** July 17, 1987. A typical summer day in Bisbee, Arizona, is rolling along. The weather is beautiful, providing a picturesque backdrop for hikers, tourists, and everyone else lucky enough to be around. As dusk falls and people settle into their evening routines, a large thunderstorm rolls in without warning. Unfortunately for the town’s residents, it’s bringing much more than just rain and lightning. At the local radio station, calls pour in from frantic listeners. They report bizarre and macabre events unfolding throughout town. When the power at the station goes out, the host finds out just how bad the situation is. Is this strange storm causing mass hysteria, or is there something in the clouds? Beyond that, will anyone be left alive once the storm breaks? Settle in with *Strange Skies* and find out… just make sure you leave the lights on.

Stand Still - Stay Silent, Book 3 by Minna Sundberg (2021)

90 years ago, a cataclysmic pandemic turned the Old World into a place of silence and fear. An underfunded, questionably selected, rag-tag team of explorers (and a cat) are assembled and launched into the Old World in a search for books - valuable relics of their past. The plot thickens as the crew follows timeworn clues hinting at a cure to an old, fortified hospital located inland. As they go deeper into the silent lands, strange spirits grow closer. Will this lead be fruitful, or will they suffer costly losses?

Wally's Christmas Revenge by Penny Moonz (2021)

Gory, fun and violent. For adults only. Wally loves Christmas and when the checkout lady doesn't take his expired coupon he looses his holiday cheer. Get ready for a goretastick, wild ride! Fun and exciting and hilarious. A fast holiday treat you won't want to stop reading.