Monday, January 31, 2022

YA/MG Horror Spotlight January 2022

The Ladies of Horror Fiction team is putting a spotlight on Young Adult and Middle Grade horror each month. Below we are featuring the books that were released in January as well as what our team has been reading and reviewing.

Young Adult New Releases

In Every Generation by Kendare Blake

A new Slayer for a new generation…

Frankie Rosenberg is passionate about the environment, a sophomore at New Sunnydale High School, and the daughter of the most powerful witch in Sunnydale history. Her mom, Willow, is slowly teaching her magic on the condition that she use it to better the world. But Frankie’s happily quiet life is upended when new girl Hailey shows up with news that the annual Slayer convention has been the target of an attack, and all the Slayers—including Buffy, Faith, and Hailey’s older sister Vi—might be dead. That means it’s time for this generation’s Slayer to be born.

But being the first ever Slayer-Witch means learning how to wield a stake while trying to control her budding powers. With the help of Hailey, a werewolf named Jake, and a hot but nerdy sage demon, Frankie must become the Slayer, prevent the Hellmouth from opening again, and find out what happened to her Aunt Buffy, before she’s next.

Get ready for a whole new story within the world of Buffy!

The first in an all-new series by New York Times best-selling author Kendare Blake continues the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer featuring the next generation of Scoobies and Slayers who must defeat a powerful new evil.

Expected publication January 4th 2022 by Disney-Hyperion Goodreads | Bookshop

It Will End Like This by Kyra Leigh

For fans of The Cheerleaders and Sadie comes a psychological thriller that reminds us that in real life, endings are rarely as neat as happily ever after. A contemporary take on the Lizzie Borden story that explores how grief can cut deep.

Charlotte lost her mother six months ago, and still no one will tell her exactly what happened the day she mysteriously died. They say her heart stopped, but Charlotte knows deep down that there’s more to the story.

The only person who gets it is Charlotte’s sister, Maddi. Maddi agrees—people’s hearts don’t just stop. There are too many questions left unanswered for the girls to move on.

But their father is moving on. With their mother’s personal assistant. And both girls are sure that she’s determined to take everything that’s theirs away for herself.

Now the only way to get their lives back is for Charlotte and Maddi to decide how this story ends, themselves.

Expected publication: January 4th 2022 by Delacorte Press Goodreads | Bookshop

Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children #7) by Seanan McGuire

Welcome to the Whitethorn Institute. The first step is always admitting you need help, and you’ve already taken that step by requesting a transfer into our company.

There is another school for children who fall through doors and fall back out again.
It isn’t as friendly as Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children.
And it isn’t as safe.

When Eleanor West decided to open her school, her sanctuary, her Home for Wayward Children, she knew from the beginning that there would be children she couldn’t save; when Cora decides she needs a different direction, a different fate, a different prophecy, Miss West reluctantly agrees to transfer her to the other school, where things are run very differently by Whitethorn, the Headmaster.

She will soon discover that not all doors are welcoming…

Expected publication: January 4th 2022 by Tordotcom Goodreads | Bookshop

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

A gothic tale full of mystery and romance about a willful female surgeon, a resurrection man who sells bodies for a living, and the buried secrets they must uncover together.

Edinburgh, 1817.

Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry.

Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die.

When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist’s Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham’s lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal with Dr. Beecham: if she can pass the medical examination on her own, the university will allow her to enroll. Without official lessons, though, Hazel will need more than just her books – she’ll need bodies to study, corpses to dissect.

Lucky that she’s made the acquaintance of someone who digs them up for a living, then.

But Jack has his own problems: strange men have been seen skulking around cemeteries, his friends are disappearing off the streets. Hazel and Jack work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart of Edinburgh society.

Expected publication: January 18th 2022 by Wednesday Books Goodreads | Bookshop

Into the Midnight Void (Beyond the Ruby Veil #2) by Mara Fitzgerald

Emanuela has finally gotten what she wanted. Since escaping her catacomb prison, she’s started running things her way. Under her rule, citizens no longer give up their lives at the first, tiny appearance of their omens. As long as they aren’t caught bad-mouthing their queen, they can live out their days like everyone else.

But when cracks in her magic start to show, Emanuela begrudgingly allies herself with her enemies, including her frustratingly alluring archnemesis, Verene. Together, discover deeper truths about the mysterious blood magic Emanuela and Verene both wield. There is a higher, otherworldly authority outside the veils, and in order to save Occhia and the other realms, Emanuela may just have to rip another crown off someone’s head.

Expected publication: January 25th 2022 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Goodreads | Bookshop

Middle Grade New Releases

The Girl in the Lake by India Hill Brown

For fans of Small Spaces, Doll Bones, and Mary Downing Hahn, a truly chilling (and historically inspired) ghost story from the award-winning author of The Forgotten Girl.

Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents’ lake house with her brother, Owen, and their cousins Capri and Daisy, but she’s not.

Bugs, bad cell reception, and the dark waters of the lake… no thanks. On top of that, she just failed her swim test and hates being in the water-it’s terrifying. But her grandparents are strong believers in their family knowing how to swim, especially having grown up during a time of segregation at public pools. Without the opportunity to learn, Grandma’s sister drowned when they were kids.

But soon strange things start happening, like Celeste’s cousins accusing her of waking them up in the middle of the night. But Celeste hasn’t been awake during the night-she knows she’s been fast asleep because she’s been having terrible nightmares about drowning!

Things at the old house only get spookier until one evening when Celeste looks in the steamy mirror after a shower and sees her face, but twisted, different…

Who is the girl in the mirror? And what does she want?

Past and present mingle in this spine-tingling ghost story by India Hill Brown.

Expected publication: January 4th 2022 by Scholastic Press Goodreads | Bookshop

Sneaks by Catherine Egan

Men in Black meets middle school! A school project takes an alien turn when three kids uncover a secret society whose aim is to keep sneaks–mischievous interdimensional sprites–from slipping into our universe!

When Ben Harp sees his teacher’s watch crawling across the hallway, he things he must be dreaming.

But no, he’s just seen his first Sneak–an interdimensional mischief-maker that can borrow the form of any ordinary object.

He figured this school year would be bad–his best friend moved away, the class bully is circling, and he’s stuck doing a group project with two similarly friendless girls, Charlotte and Akemi. Still, he wasn’t expecting aliens!

And he certainly wasn’t expecting that the woman he and Charlotte and Akemi are assigned to interview for their “living local history” project would be a Sneak expert. Or that she’d foist an old book on them to keep safe . . . and then disappear.

Now Ben, Charlotte, and Akemi are trying to understand a book that seems to contain a coded map while being pursued by violent clothes hangers, fire-spitting squirrels, and more. The Sneaks want that book! And they want something else, too: to pull a vastly more dangerous creature into the world with them.

Can three misfit kids decode the book in time to stop an alien takeover? And if they do, will they get extra credit on their group project?

Expected publication: January 18th 2022 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Goodreads | Bookshop

The Keeper by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Inspired by the terrifying true story of the “Westfield Watcher,” this bone-chilling middle grade novel by Mexican American author Guadalupe García McCall will keep readers guessing until the pulse-pounding ending.

The first letter turns up on his desk. The second is stuck between the spokes of his bike.

The third flies through the kitchen window.

And they are all addressed to James from someone called the Keeper.

Moving from Texas to Oregon was a bad idea. No sooner have James and his family arrived in their “perfect” new town than he starts getting mysterious and sinister letters from someone called the Keeper. Someone who claims to be watching him. Someone who is looking for “young blood.” James and his sister, Ava, are obviously in danger. But the problem with making a fuss about moving and having a history of playing practical jokes is that no one believes James—not even his parents.

Now James and Ava need to figure out who is sending the letters before they become the next victims in their neighborhood’s long history of missing children. Because one thing is clear: uncovering the truth about the Keeper is the only thing that will keep them alive.

Full of chilling twists that will keep readers guessing until the end, this middle grade novel is perfect for fans of The Jumbies, The Night Gardener, and other tales of things that go bump in the night. 

Expected publication: January 25th 2022 by HarperCollins Goodreads | Bookshop

Young Adult Books Reviewed

This month Alex and Kathy read and reviewed White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson. Be sure to check out Alex’s review of White Smoke (“WOW – What a way to start 2022! WHITE SMOKE by Tiffany D. Jackson delivered everything and more.”) and Kathy’s review of White Smoke (“From the beginning of her book, [Jackson] reminded me why I love storylines about haunted houses.“)

Kathy also read and reviewed No Beauties or Monsters by Tara Goedjen. Don’t miss Kathy’s review of No Beauties or Monsters (“No Beauties or Monsters has plenty of mystery and suspense to keep readers turning pages well into the night.“)

Middle Grade Books Reviewed

Here are the middle grade books I (Jen) read and reviewed in January!

Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera – Be sure to check out my review of Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls (“I adored Cece’s character and the unlikely friendships she made in this book.“)

Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland – Also check out my review of Ophie’s Ghosts (“I loved Ophie, and I would love to read more Ophie books in the future.“)

Ghost Girl by Ally Malinenko – And lastly don’t miss my review of Ghost Girl (“I love when a horror book turns out to be scary, and Ghost Girl joins the ranks of Hide and Seeker, The Girl and the Ghost, Root Magic, and Where the Woods End for having some amazing horror content!“)


Jen is one of our LOHF admins. Jen manages the technical side of the Ladies of Horror Fiction website. She also keeps a spotlight on middle grade and young adult horror each month.

You can also find Jen on her blog Book Den, Twitter as @bookden, Instagram as @bookdenjen, on Goodreads, and Letterboxd.

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

What We've Been Reading #119

Today our team members are sharing three recent and recommended reads featuring stories by Rachel Harrison, Maria Abrams and C.V. Hunt. We hope you find something you’ll love!

Don’t forget to click either tag above to find more books worth your time ♥


Cackle by Rachel Harrison

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?

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Jen’s Teaser Review

If you need a pick-me-up, I do recommend reading this wicked and witchy book of friendship and living your best life.

Read Jen’s entire review at Book Den.

Laurie’s Teaser Review

Cackle was a delight and just the book I needed right now. It’s witchy and a little dark and incredibly readable. If you’re needing something comforting I feel safe suggesting you should pick yourself up a copy.

Read Laurie’s entire review at Goodreads.


She Who Rules the Dead by Maria Abrams

Henry has received a message: he needs to sacrifice five people to the demon that’s been talking to him in his nightmares. He already has four, and number five, Claire, is currently bound in the back of his van.

Too bad Claire isn’t exactly human

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Audra’s Teaser Review

A fun, fast-paced, one-sitting horror novella by a new (to me) author is just the thing for the #lohfreadathon!

I enjoyed Abrams’s tale, which seems like a straightforward serial killer kidnapping tale, but is in fact much, much more. Abrams’s take on a horror subgenre that is generally a bit tired and played out will definitely have you on your toes—especially toward the end. If I told you anything else, I’d have to kill you!

Read Audra’s entire review at Goodreads.


Cockblock by C. V. Hunt

After the daily grind at their jobs all Sonya and Callie want is to enjoy a quiet night out together at a new restaurant. But making it to their reservation is proving to be a challenge. A few men on the street near their destination verbally assault them. And the situation quickly escalates into a nightmare. Once within the safety of the restaurant the two women discover it’s not just the men outside who’ve lost their minds, men everywhere have gone insane. And they believe they’ve found the origin of the mayhem. A radio in the kitchen is playing a hate filled message against women and it’s being delivered by the President. There’s only one way to stop the men from attacking women and logic tells them they need to terminate the chaos at its source.

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Cat’s Teaser Review

Believe me when I say right off that Cockblock was unique as I’ve NEVER read anything like it before. Imagine the zombie apocalypse as a ball of smooth playdough – we all know what to expect from it by now – but Hunt took that ball and unapologetically smushed it up into her own twisted creation.

Read Cat’s entire review at Red Lace Reviews.


Thank you for joining us today! We hope you found something to add to your tbr list. Please share your recent reads with us in the comments below.

If you are a LOHF writer and have a book you’d like us to consider for a review please visit our review submission page here.


Laurie is one of our LOHF Admins. Laurie creates our review posts, coordinates review requests, oversees the Ladies of Horror Fiction directory, and manages our LOHF Goodreads group.

You can find Laurie on her blog Bark’s Book Nonsense, on Twitter as @barksbooks, on Instagram as @barksbooks, and on Goodreads.

Thursday, January 20, 2022

What We've Been Reading #118

We’re back after a little break with our latest review round-up. We hope you find your new favorite book and don’t forget to click either tag above to find more good books ♥


The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

An unconventional vicar moves to a remote corner of the English countryside, only to discover a community haunted by death and disappearances both past and present–and intent on keeping its dark secrets–in this explosive, unsettling thriller from acclaimed author C. J. Tudor.

Welcome to Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, eight protestant martyrs were burned at the stake here. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And two months ago, the vicar of the local parish killed himself.

Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent with a fourteen-year-old daughter and a heavy conscience, arrives in the village hoping to make a fresh start and find some peace. Instead, Jack finds a town mired in secrecy and a strange welcome package: an old exorcism kit and a note quoting scripture. “But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed and hidden that will not be known.”

The more Jack and her daughter Flo get acquainted with the town and its strange denizens, the deeper they are drawn into their rifts, mysteries, and suspicions. And when Flo is troubled by strange sightings in the old chapel, it becomes apparent that there are ghosts here that refuse to be laid to rest.

But uncovering the truth can be deadly in a village where everyone has something to protect, everyone has links with the village’s bloody past, and no one trusts an outsider.

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Laurie’s Teaser Review

The atmosphere is ultra-creepy and done extremely well. I love stories where the setting is as much a character as the actual characters themselves and that’s the case here. 

Read Laurie’s entire review at her blog Bark At The Ghouls.


Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

Seven years ago, the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a “mockumentary” bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others have called it a maritime tragedy.

Now, a new crew has been assembled. But this time they’re not out to entertain. Some seek to validate their life’s work. Some seek the greatest hunt of all. Some seek the truth. But for the ambitious young scientist Victoria Stewart this is a voyage to uncover the fate of the sister she lost.

Whatever the truth may be, it will only be found below the waves. But the secrets of the deep come with a price

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Angie’s Teaser Review

As yet another testament to the power of Grant’s writing, it wasn’t until the story was over that I realized the impact of what I had just read. You want diverse representation? You’ll find it here, but not in a way that ever makes it feel like tokenism. The characters just happen to be a diverse group of people, just like what happens in reality, you know?

Read Angie’s entire review at her blog Stranger Sights.


Empire of the Wild by Cherie Dimaline

A bold and brilliant new indigenous voice in contemporary literature makes her American debut with this kinetic, imaginative, and sensuous fable inspired by the traditional Canadian Métis legend of the Rogarou—a werewolf-like creature that haunts the roads and woods of native people’s communities.

Joan has been searching for her missing husband, Victor, for nearly a year—ever since that terrible night they’d had their first serious argument hours before he mysteriously vanished. Her Métis family has lived in their tightly knit rural community for generations, but no one keeps the old ways . . . until they have to. That moment has arrived for Joan.

One morning, grieving and severely hungover, Joan hears a shocking sound coming from inside a revival tent in a gritty Walmart parking lot. It is the unmistakable voice of Victor. Drawn inside, she sees him. He has the same face, the same eyes, the same hands, though his hair is much shorter and he’s wearing a suit. But he doesn’t seem to recognize Joan at all. He insists his name is Eugene Wolff, and that he is a reverend whose mission is to spread the word of Jesus and grow His flock. Yet Joan suspects there is something dark and terrifying within this charismatic preacher who professes to be a man of God . . . something old and very dangerous.

Joan turns to Ajean, an elderly foul-mouthed card shark who is one of the few among her community steeped in the traditions of her people and knowledgeable about their ancient enemies. With the help of the old Métis and her peculiar Johnny-Cash-loving, twelve-year-old nephew Zeus, Joan must find a way to uncover the truth and remind Reverend Wolff who he really is . . . if he really is. Her life, and those of everyone she loves, depends upon it. 

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Audra’s Teaser Review

Dimaline offers a natural ease with her writing, and I was swept away by it. This is the werewolf book I didn’t know I needed. 

Read Audra’s entire review at Goodreads.


Thank you for joining us today! We hope you found something to add to your tbr list. Please share your recent reads with us in the comments below.

If you are a LOHF writer and have a book you’d like us to consider for a review please visit our review submission page here.


Laurie is one of our LOHF Admins. Laurie creates our review posts, coordinates review requests, oversees the Ladies of Horror Fiction directory, and manages our LOHF Goodreads group.

You can find Laurie on her blog Bark’s Book Nonsense, on Twitter as @barksbooks, on Instagram as @barksbooks, and on Goodreads.

Monday, January 17, 2022

2022 Resolutions: LOHF Team Edition

We shared some great author resolutions with you all, but now it’s time for our team edition! We love working together to boost and promote diverse writers & voices, and plan to do a lot more of that in the new year – and then some! Check out what our team is aiming for in 2022.



Read for myself and get past the burnout I’ve been experiencing.

Emily | Twitter | Goodreads | Bookstagram

 I want to read more of my backlist titles and books I HAVE PURCHASED for ME. It might mean my reviews are down to two a month for new books, but so be it. I am one person. And I’m okay with that.

Tracy | Twitter | Goodreads | Bookstagram

I have a huge amount of backlist books that I haven’t gotten to get to over the last couple years, and in 2022, I want to slow down & get to more of them! My new release radar is always up, obviously, but I want to give some previously published work a lot of love this year, too. Just ’cause the books are older doesn’t mean they don’t deserve the buzz!

Cassie | Twitter | Goodreads | Bookstagram

My goal is to not wait so long after reading a book to write a review.

Kathy | Goodreads

I’d like to spend more time mood reading and catching up on backlist titles that I haven’t had a chance to read.

Jen | Twitter | Goodreads | Bookstagram

My goal for 2022 is to continue reading diversely and to challenge myself with books from  genres I don’t normally try.

Audra | Twitter | Goodreads | Bookstagram

I want to read more of what I own and all those new releases I celebrated buying last year that I haven’t read still. I want to find balance between examining my backlog and still supporting authors’ new publications in 2022.

Alex | Twitter | Goodreads | Bookstagram

Cassie is one of our prolific contributing reviewers and helps with interviews and website content.

Find her online at her blog www.letsgetgalactic.com, Twitter as @ctrlaltcassie, or over at her Etsy store, where she has amazing original art prints, cross stitch kits, bookmarks, coloring & activity books, and more!

Thursday, January 13, 2022

2022 Resolutions: LOHF Author Edition

IS IT REALLY 2022 ALREADY?! It feels like we blinked, and all of 2021 disappeared right out from under us!

The new year always provides a chance to reflect on how the previous one went – and for good reason! Looking back and honestly identifying what we do and don’t like about our lives and the kind of people we’ve been can be difficult, but it can also be extremely helpful in creating the sort of life that we want for ourselves. What better time to do that than right after the hustle and bustle of the holidays, when we’re finally able to relax and recenter a little?

Did you accomplish all you wanted to last year? Did you spend your time in a way that, upon reflection, makes you happy? Were meaningful connections made, were friendships solidified? Did you put yourself first, or was 2021 spent with you on the backburner?

For a lot of us, the term “resolution” can be hit or miss. Some people prefer a list of clearly outlined goals to aim for achieving each year, while other folks may choose not to make any goals at all come January, preferring to live every day as an opportunity for reflection & improvement. Whichever camp you fall into, know that all of us here on the LOHF team are wishing you a very bright & Happy New Year!

For the second year in a row, we spoke with over 20 incredible writers in the horror genre about what they’re hoping to accomplish in the new year, and we’re very excited to share their answers with you.



In 2022, I hope to read in a freer way, less bound by imaginary ticking clocks on my TBR list, and more by what I’m feeling in the moment, what I’m gravitating toward. While I do want to reach 100 books this year, I believe I can do so without berating myself over how long it’s taking to get to this book or that one.

Hailey Piper, author of QUEEN OF TEETH | Twitter

My 2022 resolution is to just keep going. To keep pushing forward, no matter what happens next. The last two years have been challenging to say the least, and as much as I want to be optimistic about the coming year, I’m not expecting the chaos to let up anytime soon. So my main focus for now is simply to keep going, keep writing, and keep doing the best I can, come what may. It’s at once the easiest resolution I’ve ever had, but given the current state of the world, it may well be the hardest too.

Gwendolyn Kiste, author of RELUCTANT IMMORTALS | Twitter

My main writing resolution for 2022 is to produce a second novel I can be proud of (everything you’ve ever heard about the ‘difficult book two’ is all true, oof). I’d also really like to write more short stories; I’m going to be part of the starting line-up for a new weird fiction magazine (Cloisterfox) and I’m hoping that’ll start the year off right for me. Reading-wise, I’m a hugely voracious reader but have noticed how Anglo-centric much of my horror diet is. I’d like to read more world horror and horror in translation!

Ally Wilkes, author of ALL THE WHITE SPACES | Twitter

I actually laughed when looking over my 2021 bookish/writing resolutions because I think I completed maybe one of those. So, I think for 2022, my resolutions are going to be redefined as loose goals I’m slowly working toward. One of them is for sure to finish a novella I started that features my favorite combination — glitter and gore! I am also shopping around a completed novel manuscript, so I’m determined to keep going with that until it finds a great home, and I will definitely be promoting the heck out of the upcoming anthology I’m editing, Chromophobia. Otherwise, I am taking 2022 one day at a time, and if I don’t read or write as much as others, that’s perfectly fine. Like I said last year and consistently stick by, ‘quality over quantity.’

Sara Tantlinger, author of THE DEVIL’S DREAMLAND | Twitter

My 2022 author resolution is to read for fun! It’s been a whirlwind of deadline after deadline and my reading for pleasure has completely fallen to the wayside. I want to do this for my own sanity, but also support others in the horror community. I’m so grateful for everyone and hope to pay it back.

V. Castro, author of MESTIZA BLOOD | Twitter

My writing resolution for 2022 is to be more mindful and deliberate with what I work on. I’m always multitasking, usually because I have too many irons in the fire, and it leaves me feeling frantic and disjointed. I want to give each story the benefit of my full attention and thought—I may not finish as many projects, but I think I’ll enjoy it a lot more!

Laurel Hightower, author of CROSSROADS | Twitter

To sell a couple of projects to studios and finish two novellas that have literally been haunting me for years.

Rhonda J. Garcia, author in TWISTED ANATOMY: A BODY HORROR ANTHOLOGY | Twitter

I’m going into 2022 with no real expectations, an air of caution, and an armful of possibility. I’m hoping to read more nonfiction, looking forward to reading a ton of vampire stories, and am certain I’ll be swimming through a sea of spooky children’s books as I settle in with my little one and introduce them to a world of magic and imagination. On the writing front, I’m hoping to add some more essays to a current project, tie up some loose ends with a few short stories, and then lose myself in lots of letters and poetry, but mostly, I’m going to just ride the creative storm as it rages next year and see what inspiration hits as things in my life change and shift and blossom into something new.

Stephanie M. Wytovich, author Sheet Music to My Acoustic Nightmare | Twitter

Over the past two years I’ve kept a journal where I set myself attainable writing goals, and my productivity has greatly improved. Not least, it’s also helped me to not feel guilty about taking the time to rest as much as work. I’m going to keep using it in 2022, when I will also be releasing my first novel—a gothic fantasy mixed with speculative memoir.

TL Wood, author of SEEDS | Twitter

My resolution for 2022 is to keep building a new me – one who doesn’t bend over backward for people who don’t care in return and is learning her worth and value, one who continues to showcase, assist, and shout out women writers and artists foremost, focus on my family even if that means setting boundaries, make time for my own writing dreams and for more reading, and hopefully, keep helping writers of all types with their editing needs as well as helping Raw Dog Screaming Press and Corpus Press with PR needs. Most of all, I’m going to try to throw guilt to the side and know I’ve always done, and will do, the best I can. I want to be a good role model for my two daughters in all I do.

Erin Al-Mehairi, author of BREATHE. BREATHE. | Twitter

This past year really taught me to go inward more and to not be distracted by everything going on in the world. I can’t control what is happening around me, but I can control what I say, think and feel. In focusing on me more these past few months I finally was able to realize that happiness really does come from within. So, I’m just going to continue focusing on quiet and stillness and meditation, which have helped me so much especially with my health, creativity and writing. In terms of my overall writing career, I have a few projects in the works, so I’m going to enjoy working on them, and just trusting in the universe that whatever opportunity belongs to me will find me.

Cynthia Pelayo, author of CHILDREN OF CHICAGO | Twitter

In 2022, I hope to be more forgiving toward the writer in me. To not view her through such a critical lens, and to offer grace on the days when the words are hard to pull out. To soften my own expectations and to accept the guilt I feel on the days when the well is dry.

Kristi DeMeester, author of SUCH A PRETTY SMILE | Twitter

In 2022, I’m planning to do… less! The second half of my year is going to add a whole new level of chaos to my life, and as much as I’m going to be rushing to get things wrapped up ahead of that, I don’t want to skid into Round 2 already burned out. So setting boundaries, making sure my expectations of myself are reasonable, and pacing myself are the name of the game! This applies to both writing and reading (and pretty much everything else…)

Caitlin Starling, author of THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE | Twitter

My writing resolution for 2022 is to get my stories finished! I have a whole pile of half-completed story ideas and novel drafts that have been sitting neglected and now I feel I have the skills to polish them up and submit them, so that’s going to be my main focus. I would like to have as much of my work out there being read as possible!

Antonia Ward, author of MARIONETTE | Twitter

My resolution is to write more short stories and finish more of the stuff I already have on the backburner. I’ve got a few works that I haven’t been able to finish this year because I got a full-time job (very exciting!!!), so I want to get those done too. I’d also really like to be involved in another online conference! I was part of Rural Gothic’s Cult symposium and it was an absolute blast.

Kirby Kellogg, author of TRAMPLED CROWN | Twitter

My 2022 resolution is to keep writing and be kinder to myself. Every new word is an accomplishment, and every revision and rewrite helps me hone my craft. Oh, and I’m going to try to make a dent in that TBR pile.

Christine Makepeace, author of THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS (AND OTHER WEIRD TALES) | Twitter

In 2022, I am taking a long break away from general art commissions for the first time in years. I really want to spend this year focusing on writing my books, drawing personal portfolio pieces, and working on helping launch my first video game later in the fall. I’ve worked on so many projects with wonderful author friends that it’s weird to focus on my work for a change, but I’m really excited to share my personal art and books and turn inwards to share what I love to do with others.

Cat Scully, author of JENNIFER STRANGE | Twitter

I have goals instead of resolutions. I find them friendlier! My main goal is to find homes for the three novellas I have that are completed. I’d like to harness my brain and focus on that as much as possible (wish me luck). Of course, I’d like to try writing horror sub genres I’ve never written before. It’s always fun (mostly) to try something new. I’d also like to put down the phone and pick up books more often. Less distraction is a big goal!

Ali Seay, author of TO OFFER HER PLEASURE | Twitter

My big writing goal for 2022 is to push myself to write things that challenge my creativity and my expectations for myself! I’m used to focusing on shorter pieces, so I’m pushing myself to use the next year to focus on longer projects, new formats, and to experiment with genres. I’m also hoping to be kinder to myself and to find more of a work/life balance.

Caitlin Marceau, author of PALIMPSEST: A COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY HORROR | Twitter

First up, I’m one of those annoying soft types who doesn’t like to call them ‘resolutions’- in this day and age being resolute about anything in the face of massive global events utterly beyond my control seems not only unfeasible but also unrealistic. I prefer the idea of goals, not because I like sports analogies, but because aiming for a loose goal and maybe hitting it or maybe not seems like a more sane strategy for navigating the vagaries of life than pinning myself to a specific target or resolution that I can then beat myself around the head with once I haven’t achieved it. And in general, I think this adequately sums up my goal for the year: to basically be a lot nicer to myself, both inside and outside of my life as an author. By that, I mean the following: learning to say ‘no’ to things I don’t feel comfortable doing, writing selfishly again wherever possible, communicating boundaries clearly to others, disengaging from work when it threatens to consume or overwhelm me, and learning how to rest every now and then, which I am notoriously shit at. I also plan on doing a lot of work on my self-esteem, actively seeking out people, activities and materials that help me get a handle on my shocking dysmorphia, which has escalated a lot under the conditions of a pandemic. So yeah, that’s the goal for 2022- be really fucking nice to myself, and hopefully, that should see me right through to 2023 when hopefully, life will look a little more like the ‘normal’ we were all used to and we can all have a massive hug, dust ourselves down, and climb back into the proverbial saddle once more.

Gemma Amor, author of SIX ROOMS | Twitter

This year, I want to write and publish 4-6 books. It’s a goal that scares me, but I’m excited to crush it.

Briana Morgan, author of MOUTH FULL OF ASHES | Twitter

As always, HUGE THANK YOU to the wonderful authors that shared with us this year! Stay tuned for our next resolution post, which will feature goals from the Ladies of Horror Fiction team.


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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

January New Releases

Each month the Ladies of Horror Fiction team posts all the books we are aware of that will be releasing during that month here and on our Bookshop.org page. You can also check out the releases for the whole year here. If you buy books through our Bookshop.org links below or from our page, we get a percentage of the sale, which helps our volunteer team continue our efforts to promote LOHF!

Please let us know if we missed any new releases so we can add them to our lists!


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The Girl in the Lake by India Hill Brown

For fans of Small Spaces, Doll Bones, and Mary Downing Hahn, a truly chilling (and historically inspired) ghost story from the award-winning author of The Forgotten Girl.

Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents’ lake house with her brother, Owen, and their cousins Capri and Daisy, but she’s not.

Bugs, bad cell reception, and the dark waters of the lake… no thanks. On top of that, she just failed her swim test and hates being in the water-it’s terrifying. But her grandparents are strong believers in their family knowing how to swim, especially having grown up during a time of segregation at public pools. Without the opportunity to learn, Grandma’s sister drowned when they were kids.

But soon strange things start happening, like Celeste’s cousins accusing her of waking them up in the middle of the night. But Celeste hasn’t been awake during the night-she knows she’s been fast asleep because she’s been having terrible nightmares about drowning!

Things at the old house only get spookier until one evening when Celeste looks in the steamy mirror after a shower and sees her face, but twisted, different…

Who is the girl in the mirror? And what does she want?

Past and present mingle in this spine-tingling ghost story by India Hill Brown.

Expected publication: January 4th 2022 by Scholastic Press Goodreads | Bookshop


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In Every Generation by Kendare Blake

A new Slayer for a new generation…

Frankie Rosenberg is passionate about the environment, a sophomore at New Sunnydale High School, and the daughter of the most powerful witch in Sunnydale history. Her mom, Willow, is slowly teaching her magic on the condition that she use it to better the world. But Frankie’s happily quiet life is upended when new girl Hailey shows up with news that the annual Slayer convention has been the target of an attack, and all the Slayers—including Buffy, Faith, and Hailey’s older sister Vi—might be dead. That means it’s time for this generation’s Slayer to be born.

But being the first ever Slayer-Witch means learning how to wield a stake while trying to control her budding powers. With the help of Hailey, a werewolf named Jake, and a hot but nerdy sage demon, Frankie must become the Slayer, prevent the Hellmouth from opening again, and find out what happened to her Aunt Buffy, before she’s next.

Get ready for a whole new story within the world of Buffy!

The first in an all-new series by New York Times best-selling author Kendare Blake continues the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer featuring the next generation of Scoobies and Slayers who must defeat a powerful new evil.

Expected publication January 4th 2022 by Disney-Hyperion Goodreads | Bookshop


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It Will End Like This by Kyra Leigh

For fans of The Cheerleaders and Sadie comes a psychological thriller that reminds us that in real life, endings are rarely as neat as happily ever after. A contemporary take on the Lizzie Borden story that explores how grief can cut deep.

Charlotte lost her mother six months ago, and still no one will tell her exactly what happened the day she mysteriously died. They say her heart stopped, but Charlotte knows deep down that there’s more to the story.

The only person who gets it is Charlotte’s sister, Maddi. Maddi agrees—people’s hearts don’t just stop. There are too many questions left unanswered for the girls to move on.

But their father is moving on. With their mother’s personal assistant. And both girls are sure that she’s determined to take everything that’s theirs away for herself.

Now the only way to get their lives back is for Charlotte and Maddi to decide how this story ends, themselves.

Expected publication: January 4th 2022 by Delacorte Press Goodreads | Bookshop


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Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set on an isolated Pacific island with a dark history, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware.

When Lux McAllister and her boyfriend, Nico, are hired to sail two women to a remote island in the South Pacific, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Stuck in a dead-end job in Hawaii, and longing to travel the world after a family tragedy, Lux is eager to climb on board The Susannah and set out on an adventure. She’s also quick to bond with their passengers, college best friends Brittany and Amma. The two women say they want to travel off the beaten path. But like Lux, they may have other reasons to be seeking an escape.

Shimmering on the horizon after days at sea, Meroe Island is every bit the paradise the foursome expects, despite a mysterious history of shipwrecks, cannibalism, and even rumors of murder. But what they don’t expect is to discover another boat already anchored off Meroe’s sandy beaches. The owners of the Azure Sky, Jake and Eliza, are a true golden couple: gorgeous, laidback, and if their sleek catamaran and well-stocked bar are any indication, rich. Now a party of six, the new friends settle in to experience life on an exotic island, and the serenity of being completely off the grid. Lux hasn’t felt like she truly belonged anywhere in years, yet here on Meroe, with these fellow free spirits, she finally has a sense of peace.

But with the arrival of a skeevy stranger sailing alone in pursuit of a darker kind of good time, the balance of the group is disrupted. Soon, cracks begin to emerge: it seems that Brittany and Amma haven’t been completely honest with Lux about their pasts––and perhaps not even with each other. And though Jake and Eliza seem like the perfect pair, the rocky history of their relationship begins to resurface, and their reasons for sailing to Meroe might not be as innocent as they first appeared.

When it becomes clear that the group is even more cut off from civilization than they initially thought, it starts to feel like the island itself is closing in on them. And when one person goes missing, and another turns up dead, Lux begins to wonder if any of them are going to make it off the island alive.

Expected publication: January 4th 2022 by St. Martin’s Press Goodreads | Bookshop


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Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children #7) by Seanan McGuire

Welcome to the Whitethorn Institute. The first step is always admitting you need help, and you’ve already taken that step by requesting a transfer into our company.

There is another school for children who fall through doors and fall back out again.
It isn’t as friendly as Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children.
And it isn’t as safe.

When Eleanor West decided to open her school, her sanctuary, her Home for Wayward Children, she knew from the beginning that there would be children she couldn’t save; when Cora decides she needs a different direction, a different fate, a different prophecy, Miss West reluctantly agrees to transfer her to the other school, where things are run very differently by Whitethorn, the Headmaster.

She will soon discover that not all doors are welcoming…

Expected publication: January 4th 2022 by Tordotcom Goodreads | Bookshop


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A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

From debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last page.

When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, Chloe’s father had been arrested as a serial killer and promptly put in prison. Chloe and the rest of her family were left to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath.

Now 20 years later, Chloe is a psychologist in private practice in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. She finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she’s worked so hard to get. Sometimes, though, she feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. And then a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, and that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, and seeing parallels that aren’t really there, or for the second time in her life, is she about to unmask a killer?

In a debut novel that has already been optioned for a limited series by actress Emma Stone and sold to a dozen countries around the world, Stacy Willingham has created an unforgettable character in a spellbinding thriller that will appeal equally to fans of Gillian Flynn and Karin Slaughter. 

Expected publication: January 11th 2022 by Minotaur Books Goodreads | Bookshop


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The Stars Are Not Yet Bells by Hannah Lillith Assadi

A story of secrets, loss, and the betrayals of memory: a lyrical novel of an aging woman confronting her romantic past under the mysterious skies of her island home

Off the coast of Georgia, near Savannah, generations have been tempted by strange blue lights in the sky near an island called Lyra. At the height of World War II, impressionable young Elle Ranier comes to the island when her new husband, Simon, is dispatched by his industrialist father to find the source of the mysterious lights. There they will live for decades, raising a family while employing much of the island’s population in a quixotic campaign to find and exploit the elusive minerals rumored to lurk offshore.

Fifty years later, as Simon’s business is shuttered in disarray, Elle looks back at her life on the mysterious island–and at a secret she herself has guarded for decades. As her memory recedes, her life seems a tangle of questions: How did the business survive so long without ever finding the legendary Lyra stones? How did her own life crumble under treatment for depression? And what became of the other man they brought to the island–handsome, raffish Gabriel, who risked everything to follow the light to its source?

With echoes of We Are Not Ourselves and even Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea, The Stars Are Not Yet Bells is a darkly romantic story of the tantalizing, faithless relationship between ourselves and the lives and souls we leave behind.

Expected publication: January 11th 2022 by Riverhead Books Goodreads | Bookshop


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Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan

A bold, haunting, and startlingly unique novel about the secrets we leave behind and the places that hold them long after we are gone, a “quintessential novel of Edinburgh at its darkest.” (Irvine Welsh)

There are stories tucked away on every floor of 10 Luckenbooth Close.

1910, Edinburgh. Jessie MacRae has been sent to a tenement building by her recently deceased father to bear a child for a wealthy man and his fiancée. The harrowing events that follow lead to a curse on the building and its residents—a curse that will last for the rest of the century.

Over nine decades, 10 Luckenbooth Close bears witness to emblems of a changing world outside its walls. An infamous madam, a spy, a famous Beat poet, a coal miner who fears daylight, a psychic: these are some of the residents whose lives are plagued by the building’s troubled history in disparate, sometimes chilling ways. The curse creeps up the nine floors as an enraged spirit world swells to the surface, desperate for the true horror of the building’s longest kept secret to be heard.

Luckenbooth is a bold, haunting, and dazzlingly unique novel about the stories and secrets we leave behind—and the places that hold them long after we are gone.

Expected publication: January 4th 2022 by Pegasus Books Goodreads | Bookshop


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Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

A gothic tale full of mystery and romance about a willful female surgeon, a resurrection man who sells bodies for a living, and the buried secrets they must uncover together.

Edinburgh, 1817.

Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry.

Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die.

When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist’s Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham’s lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal with Dr. Beecham: if she can pass the medical examination on her own, the university will allow her to enroll. Without official lessons, though, Hazel will need more than just her books – she’ll need bodies to study, corpses to dissect.

Lucky that she’s made the acquaintance of someone who digs them up for a living, then.

But Jack has his own problems: strange men have been seen skulking around cemeteries, his friends are disappearing off the streets. Hazel and Jack work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart of Edinburgh society.

Expected publication: January 18th 2022 by Wednesday Books Goodreads | Bookshop


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Mestiza Blood by V. Castro

From the lauded author of The Queen of the Cicadas (which picked up starred reviews from PW, Kirkus, and Booklist, who called her “a dynamic and innovative voice”) comes a short story collection of nightmares, dreams, desire and visions focused on the Chicana experience.

V. Castro weaves urban legend, folklore, life experience and heartache in this personal journey beginning in south Texas: a bar where a devil dances the night away; a street fight in a neighborhood that may not have been a fight after all; a vengeful chola at the beginning of the apocalypse; mind swapping in the not so far future; satan who falls and finds herself in a brothel in Amsterdam; the keys to Mictlan given to a woman after she dies during a pandemic. The collection finishes with two longer tales: “The Final Porn Star” is a twist on the final girl trope and slasher, with a creature from Mexican folklore; and “Truck Stop” is an erotic horror romance with two hearts: a video store and a truck stop.

Expected publication: January 18th 2022 by Flame Tree Press Goodreads | Bookshop


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Sneaks by Catherine Egan

Men in Black meets middle school! A school project takes an alien turn when three kids uncover a secret society whose aim is to keep sneaks–mischievous interdimensional sprites–from slipping into our universe!

When Ben Harp sees his teacher’s watch crawling across the hallway, he things he must be dreaming.

But no, he’s just seen his first Sneak–an interdimensional mischief-maker that can borrow the form of any ordinary object.

He figured this school year would be bad–his best friend moved away, the class bully is circling, and he’s stuck doing a group project with two similarly friendless girls, Charlotte and Akemi. Still, he wasn’t expecting aliens!

And he certainly wasn’t expecting that the woman he and Charlotte and Akemi are assigned to interview for their “living local history” project would be a Sneak expert. Or that she’d foist an old book on them to keep safe . . . and then disappear.

Now Ben, Charlotte, and Akemi are trying to understand a book that seems to contain a coded map while being pursued by violent clothes hangers, fire-spitting squirrels, and more. The Sneaks want that book! And they want something else, too: to pull a vastly more dangerous creature into the world with them.

Can three misfit kids decode the book in time to stop an alien takeover? And if they do, will they get extra credit on their group project?

Expected publication: January 18th 2022 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Goodreads | Bookshop


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Such a Pretty Smile by Kristi DeMeester

A biting novel from an electrifying new voice, Such a Pretty Smile is a heart-stopping tour-de-force about powerful women, angry men, and all the ways in which girls fight against the forces that try to silence them.

There’s something out there that’s killing. Known only as The Cur, he leaves no traces, save for the torn bodies of girls, on the verge of becoming women, who are known as trouble-makers; those who refuse to conform, to know their place. Girls who don’t know when to shut up.

2019: Thirteen-year-old Lila Sawyer has secrets she can’t share with anyone. Not the school psychologist she’s seeing. Not her father, who has a new wife, and a new baby. And not her mother—the infamous Caroline Sawyer, a unique artist whose eerie sculptures, made from bent twigs and crimped leaves, have made her a local celebrity. But soon Lila feels haunted from within, terrorized by a delicious evil that shows her how to find her voice—until she is punished for using it.

2004: Caroline Sawyer hears dogs everywhere. Snarling, barking, teeth snapping that no one else seems to notice. At first, she blames the phantom sounds on her insomnia and her acute stress in caring for her ailing father. But then the delusions begin to take shape—both in her waking hours, and in the violent, visceral sculptures she creates while in a trance-like state. Her fiancé is convinced she needs help. Her new psychiatrist waves her “problem” away with pills. But Caroline’s past is a dark cellar, filled with repressed memories and a lurking horror that the men around her can’t understand.

As past demons become a present threat, both Caroline and Lila must chase the source of this unrelenting, oppressive power to its malignant core. Brilliantly paced, unsettling to the bone, and unapologetically fierce, Such a Pretty Smile is a powerful allegory for what it can mean to be a woman, and an untamed rallying cry for anyone ever told to sit down, shut up, and smile pretty.

Expected publication: January 18th 2022 by St. Martin’s Press Goodreads | Bookshop


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Beulah by Christi Nogle

Beulah is the story of Georgie, an eighteen-year-old with a talent (or affliction) for seeing ghosts. Georgie and her family have had a hard time since her father died, but she and her mother Gina and sisters Tommy and Stevie are making a new start in the small town of Beulah, Idaho where Gina’s wealthy friend Ellen has set them up to help renovate an old stone schoolhouse. Georgie experiences a variety of disturbances—the town is familiar from dreams and she seems to be experiencing her mother’s memory of the place, not to mention the creepy ghost in the schoolhouse basement—but she is able to maintain, in her own laconic way, until she notices that her little sister Stevie also has the gift. Stevie is in danger from a malevolent ghost, and Georgie tries to help, but soon Georgie is the one in danger. 

Expected publication: January 25th 2022 by Cemetery Gates Media Goodreads | Amazon


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Hold My Place by Cassondra Windwalker

When librarian Sigrun falls head-over-heels for the sophisticated and very married Edgar Leyward, she never expects to find herself in his bed—or his heart. Nevertheless, when his enigmatic wife Octavia dies from a sudden illness, Sigrun finds herself caught up in a whirlwind romance worthy of the most lurid novels on her bookshelves.

Sigrun soon discovers Octavia wasn’t Edgar’s first lost love, or even his second. Three women Edgar has loved met early deaths. As she delves into her beloved’s past through a trove of discovered letters, the edges of Sigrun identity begin to disappear, fading into the women of the past. Sigrun tells herself it’s impossible for any dark magic to be at play—that the dead can’t possibly inhabit the bodies of the living—but something shadowy stalks the halls of the Leyward house and the lines between the love of the present and the obsessions of the past become increasingly blurred—and bloody.

Expected publication: January 25th 2022 by Black Spot Books Goodreads | Bookshop


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Into the Midnight Void (Beyond the Ruby Veil #2) by Mara Fitzgerald

Emanuela has finally gotten what she wanted. Since escaping her catacomb prison, she’s started running things her way. Under her rule, citizens no longer give up their lives at the first, tiny appearance of their omens. As long as they aren’t caught bad-mouthing their queen, they can live out their days like everyone else.

But when cracks in her magic start to show, Emanuela begrudgingly allies herself with her enemies, including her frustratingly alluring archnemesis, Verene. Together, discover deeper truths about the mysterious blood magic Emanuela and Verene both wield. There is a higher, otherworldly authority outside the veils, and in order to save Occhia and the other realms, Emanuela may just have to rip another crown off someone’s head.

Expected publication: January 25th 2022 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Goodreads | Bookshop


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Generation X-ed edited by Rebecca Rowland

In a unique anthology of monster, folk, paranormal, and psychological horror as glimpsed through the lens of the latchkey generation, twenty-two voices shine a strobe light on the cultural demons that lurked in the background while they came of age in the heyday of Satanic panic and slasher flicks, milk carton missing and music television, video rentals and riot grrrls. These Gen-X storytellers once stayed out unsupervised until the streetlights came on, and what they brought home with them will terrify you. 

Expected publication: January 26th 2022 by Dark Ink Books Goodreads | Amazon


Audra

Audra and her horror hound, Ouija, help manage the Ladies of Horror Fiction Instagram page. When not ghost hunting or rollerskating, she also contributes articles and helps maintain the website.

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