The New Year is upon us, and along with a new page in the calendar come the announcements of countless novels from some of the best horror writers in contemporary storytelling. Whether you’re a fan of witches, revenge, the apocalypse, or conspiracies, there’s something to satisfy all of us horror-heads. So, prepare some space on your bookshelves and make it a part of your New Year’s resolution to read more with these upcoming tales of terror.
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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
From the horror scholar behind the Indian Lake trilogy (My Heart is a Chainsaw, Don’t Fear the Reaper, and The Angel of Indian Lake) and The Only Good Indians comes a story about an early-20th century Lutheran pastor and a Blackfeet named Good Stab. Jones’s storytelling beautifully marries page-turning prose with shocking imagery that will leave you dying to read more. Due to hit shelve at the end of March, you don’t want to miss The Buffalo Hunter Hunter.
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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
Known for his legendary efforts in “The Great Stephen King ReRead,” Grady Hendrix has solidified his position on bookshelves with novels like My Best Friend’s Exorcism and The Final Girl’s Support Group. Hendrix is undeniably a super-fan of the genre, and you’ll feel right at home with his brand of off-kilter humor and tense explorations of the bizarre. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls hits shelves at the end of January.
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The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand edited by Christopher Golden
It’s nearly impossible to talk about horror fiction without mentioning the modern master Stephen King, and this list would be incomplete without the upcoming collection The End of the World As We Know It. Edited by the prolific Christopher Golden (Hark! The Herald Angels Scream!, Hellboy: The Bones of Giants, and Road of Bones) comes a collection of stories exploring the world of The Stand, with contributions from over 30 authors, including Poppy Z Brite, Richard Chizmar, Paul Tremblay, and Joe R. Lansdale. The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand is expected in bookstores at the end of August.
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Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Gretchen Felker-Martin’s debut novel Manhunt took the literary world by storm upon its 2022 release, being named best book of the year by Vulture. A film critic and novelist, Felker-Martin’s prose is equally acidic and heartwarming while offering cultural and social criticism. Black Flame explores themes of sexuality and the occult through the lens of an infamous exploitation film. Black Flame will be available for your reading pleasure in the first week of August.
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Another by Paul Tremblay
With M. Night Shyamalan’s 2023 film Knock at the Cabin, an adaptation of the novel The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul Tremblay broke out of the literary world. His exploration of themes of mental illness and the supernatural through an ambiguous lens leaves readers all the more horrified by the stories they’ve just read (ahem, A Head Full of Ghosts and The Pallbearer’s Club). Tremblay’s experimentation with form and reimagining of genre tropes add a layer of uncertainty that will undoubtedly pique your paranoia. His latest novel, Another, breaks from the mold of his past work by delving into the middle-reader category, offering young horror hounds the chance to scare themselves silly, as we all did. The horror world has a massive chasm in the area of approachable content for younger readers, with most content leaving much to be desired, and Tremblay seems a suitable and promising figure to spearhead the movement. Another is for release in July, perfect for those in need of a summer read.
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