It's a good time to be a horror fan (not a good time to be a member of the HWA, however, but that's a story for another time!)
Let's talk about all the horror going on at Bindery!
Boozhoo Books
What Feeds Below, Tatiana Schlote Bonne, 10/6/2026 , a YA horror/fantasy for fans of Annihilation and The Descent following two teen orphaned girls who give cave tours to rich tourists in search of treasure. Each layer of the cave gets more difficult to pass, as quicksand, monsters, mushrooms, worms and more await. Who do you become in the dark?
Cracks, Kristy Park Kulski, 4/27/27, a Korean American teenager's grief summons an ancient water ghost that has been feeding on her family's sorrows for decades. Gracie Russell feels she belongs nowhere. In suburban 1990s Washington, she is constantly at sea—struggling with her biracial identity, her father's violent alcoholism, and her mother's looming mortality. When Ji-eun dies, Gracie will lose her last chance to mend their relationship. But she can already feel her mother slipping away, pulled by the tides of memory back to authoritarian 1970s South Korea. The secret she buried there has awakened something in the deep. And now it is rising.
For readers of Catriona Ward and Han Kang, Cracks is a harrowing vision of heritage, violence, and the histories that possess.
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Book Four? Our marketing director read the first page and messaged me WHAT HAPPENED TO HELLO? HOW ARE YOU? MY NAME IS? I'm currently reading this and :0
Inky Phoenix Press @Kathryn Budig
Strange Beasts, Susan J Morris, Book 1, Available Now, In this fresh-yet-familiar gothic tale—part historical fantasy, part puzzle-box mystery—the worlds of Dracula and Sherlock Holmes collide in a thrilling exploration of feminine power.
Wayward Souls, Susan J Morris, Book 2, Available Now Six days before Samhain—the night when the veil between worlds is thinnest—Samantha Harker, daughter of Dracula's killer, and Dr. Helena Moriarty, daughter of the famed criminal mastermind, are thrown into their next case: the mysterious disappearance of two Society field agents in Ireland. Only this time, the Royal Society is sending Jakob Van Helsing to keep an eye on them.
(This is series is highly recommended for fans of Penny Dreadful (by me lol, I highly recommend it for fans of Penny Dreadful)
Ezeecat Press @Jaysen Headley
Of Monsters and Mainframes, Barbara Truelove, Available Now, Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying—and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system, Steward, would have her believe. These are paranormal murders, and they began when one nasty, ancient vampire decided to board Demeter and kill all her humans.
To keep from getting decommissioned, Demeter must join forces with her own team of monsters: A werewolf. An engineer built from the dead. A pharaoh with otherworldly powers. A vampire with a grudge. A fleet of cheerful spider drones. Together, this motley crew will face down the ultimate evil—Dracula.
She's A Doll, Barbara Truelove, 9/8/2026 Lucy isn’t a normal girl. Ghost. Victim. Killer. She’s a doll on a mission—to find the man who killed her and return the favor.
Mareas @Marines Alvarez
Our Sister's Keeper, Jasmine Holmes, Available Now, Mississippi, 1927. The groanings are coming.
No town is perfect, but East Cobb comes close. It's a wealthy all-Black Free Town―untouched by white oppression―where ambitious Thea Elliot and her husband plan to make good on their big dreams. Little do they know that the idyllic town teems with ghoulish, walking nightmares . . . that only the women can see.
Last Press On The Left @LastPodcastNetwork
Saint's Hotel, M.I. Minaeva, Fall 2027 a depressed, burnt-out architect named Ernest has been having recurring dreams about a Gothic French town since he was a child. He doesn't know whether it's real or not. His parents deny it ever existed. And then one day, he just stumbles upon it. But once he's there, the town of Sainte Verlise won't let him go.
Like House of Leaves or Marcus Kliewer's We Used to Live Here, it's told in a collage style: traditional narration is mixed in with found footage, newspaper articles, footnotes, internet archives, artifacts, and static.
Have you read any of these yet? Which ones are you adding to your TBR? (The correct answer is ALL OF THEM)
