One of the Best Books of the YearELLE • Autostraddle • Debutiful • Chicago Review of Books • MUBI • Dazed • LitHub • Library Journal • them •Loosey“Devious and diabolical, Herculine is a jaw-dropping and completely unpredictable literary bewitchment about trauma, desire, and identity.” —Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since ...

One of the Best Books of the YearELLE • Autostraddle • Debutiful • Chicago Review of Books • MUBI • Dazed • LitHub • Library Journal • them •Loosey“Devious and diabolical, Herculine is a jaw-dropping and completely unpredictable literary bewitchment about trauma, desire, and identity.” —Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since ...

“If you’re a fan of Stephen King and Stranger Things, then this is the book for you.” —Richard Chizmar, New York Times bestselling authorStranger Things meets The Walking Dead in this chilling horror novel based on the terrifying urban legend about a video game created by the government for psychological warfare.October, 1982. Forced to move to the quiet seaside town of Tasker Bay by her mother, the only ...

**Annihilation meets Manhunt in this gloriously queer psychedelic trip into the heart of an eldritch wood and the horrors of (cis)terhood."A bizarre and fiercely original splatterpunk phantasmagoria of queerness. Deranged and gleefully weird as f*ck, this is an impressive debut from a singular literary talent." —Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke**I see something out there, in the woods. It does not have a face.

This heart-pounding Southern gothic horror debut from Beatrice Winifred Iker, takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCU in the nation. But as one student is about to find out, a long history comes with a legacy of secrets.Zora Robinson is an ambitious grad student in her dream program, Appalachian Studies, at Bricksbury University. When her thesis advisor hands her a strange diary and suggests she research the local folklore about a b...

For readers of Nightbitch and We Ride Upon Sticks, this strange and sexy novel of queer love in a small town is an unsettling reminder that the horrors of modern life is a monster ready to possess us all.Angelina Sicco was born and raised in Cadenze, an ugly little mountain town that's dead most of the year. Determined to be content with her lot in life, she walks her mongrel dog, attends her brother's heavy metal concerts, holds court in the loca...

“If you’re a fan of Stephen King and Stranger Things, then this is the book for you.” —Richard Chizmar, New York Times bestselling authorStranger Things meets The Walking Dead in this chilling horror novel based on the terrifying urban legend about a video game created by the government for psychological warfare.October, 1982. Forced to move to the quiet seaside town of Tasker Bay by her mother, the only ...

This heart-pounding Southern gothic horror debut from Beatrice Winifred Iker, takes readers to Bricksbury Mountain College, the oldest and most storied HBCU in the nation. But as one student is about to find out, a long history comes with a legacy of secrets.Zora Robinson is an ambitious grad student in her dream program at her dream university. When her thesis advisor hands her a strange diary and suggests she research the local folklore about a beast roaming the ...

NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD AND THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD!Annihilation meets Manhunt in this gloriously queer psychedelic trip into the heart of an eldritch wood and the horrors of (cis)terhood.I see something out there, in the woods. It does not have a face.They call it the King’s Breakfast. One bite and you can understand the full scope of the universe; o...

When her sense of safety is shattered, a young girl realizes she must become something untamable—even otherworldly—to find freedom, in this visceral coming-of-age horror debut.A man’s body is found viciously murdered behind a neighborhood corner store, sending shockwaves through the tight-knit community. All the victim’s family and bystanders want is to make sense of this brutal crime and move on with their lives.All seven-year-old Layla wants is a pet donk...

**Southern Gothic meets slow-burn dread in this genre-bending horror novel where an impulsive outcast must confront his small town’s dark secrets."Deeply immersive and darkly mysterious. Certain to be one of the year's standout horror reads." ―Craig DiLouie, author of Episode Thirteen**Eighteen years ago, an infant Jesse Calloway was found wailing on the bank of a river, his mother dead beside him. The mystery of her death has haunted him all his life, and despite ...

Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award for AnthologyFinalist for the World Fantasy Award for Best AnthologyA horror anthology edited by the genre’s greatest, Ellen Datlow, with one side featuring stories about what haunts the night while the other side showcases the terrors that can exist in the light of day in this new addition to the Saga Doubles series.This anthology contains stories from some of the most evo...