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ANTHOLOGY

Beyond the Bounds of Infinity Vaughn A. Jackson & Stephanie PearreRaw Dog Screaming Press
 
Blood Games: A Vampire Anthology Gabrielle FaustNightshade Productions
 
Brave New Weird: The Best New Weird Horror Vol. Two Alex WoodroeTenebrous Press
 
Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror Sofia AjramGhoulish Books
 
Dark Tides Book 18, Blood And Bullets: A Trio of Western Horror Novellas Keith Lansdale, Michael Knost & James AquiloneCrystal Lake Publishing
 
Escalators to Hell: Shopping Mall Horrors Michael W. Phillips Jr. & Jennifer Jeanne McArdleFrom Beyond Press, LLC
 
Euroschlock Nightmares: Lurid Tales of Cinematic Continental Horror Jonathan RaabMuzzleland Press
 
Howls from the Scene of the Crime Jessica Peter & Timaeus BloomHowl Society Press
 
Northern Nights Michael KellyUndertow Publications
 
Shadows in the Stacks Vincent V. Cava, James Sabata, & Jared SageShortwave Publishing
 
The Black Girl Survives in This One: Horror Stories Desiree S. Evans & Saraciea J. Fennell Flatiron Books
 
We Mostly Come Out at Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures Rob CostelloRunning Press Kids
 
Welcome to Your Body: Lessons in Evisceration Ryan Marie KettererSalt Heart Press
 
Why Didn't You Just Leave Julia Rios & Nadia Bulkin Cursed Morsels Press
 

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FICTION COLLECTION

Ain't No Witch: The Wanderings of Mamma Lucy John Linwood GrantMocha Memoirs Press, LLC
 
All Who Wander Are Lost: Destination Horror Stories Gemma AmorCemetery Gates Media
 
All Your Friends Are Here M. ShawTenebrous Press
 
Change & Other Terrors Jim HorlockQuill & Crow Publishing House
 
Chorus of Whispers Sarah HansDragon's Roost Press
 
Dead Girl, Driving and Other Devastations Carina BissettTrepidatio Publishing
 
Death Aesthetic Josh RountreeUnderland Press
 
Demons In My Bloodstream Candace NolaDeath's Head Press
 
Flesh Communion and Other Stories Holly Rae GarciaEaston Falls Publishing
 
Glass Stories Ivy GrimesGrimscribe Press
 
I Do Not Apologize for My Position on Men Rae WildeOff Limits Press
 
Infinity Mathing at the Shore & Other Disruptions M. Lopes da SilvaWeirdpunk Books
 
Invaginies Joe KochCLASH Books
 
Island Rule Katie M. FlynnGallery/Scout Press
 
Levitating: Stories Gage GreenwoodTanner's Switch Publishing
 
Limelight and Other Stories Lyndsey CroalShortwave Media
 
Madness and Greatness Can Share the Same Face Amanda HeadleeWoodhall Press
 
No Gods, Only Chaos L.P. HernandezSobelo Books
 
Not a Speck of Light Laird BarronBad Hand Books
 
Obscene Folklore Mer WhineryWatertower Hill Publishing
 
One Eye Opened in That Other Place Christi NogleFlame Tree Press
 
Pick Your Potion Ephiny GaleFoxgrove Press
 
Recreational Panic: Stories Sonora TaylorCemetery Gates Media
 
Shrouded Horror: Tales of the Uncanny KC GrifantDragon's Roost Press
 
Stories I Forgot: A Chicago Horror Collection Chaz Williams Independently Published
 
The Dancing Bears: Queer Fables for the End Times Rob Costello Lethe Press
 
The Dead Spot: Stories of Lost Girls Angela SylvaineDark Matter INK
 
The Language of Crows Elaine PascaleDark Ink
 
The Nightmare Box and Other Stories Cynthia GómezCursed Morsels Press
 
The Price of Memory and More Stories Sally McBrideBrain Lag
 
The Skinless Man Counts to Five: And Other Tales of the Macabre Paul JessupUnderland Press
 
The Space Between Larry HinkleTrepidatio Publishing
 
This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances Eric LaRoccaTitan Books
 
You Like It Darker Stephen KingScribner
 

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FIRST NOVEL

Crushing Snails Emma E. MurrayApocalypse Party Press
 
Don’t Eat The Pie Monique Asher Rising Action Publishing
 
From the Belly Emmett NahilTenebrous Press
 
Ghosts of Gravsmith Zack GrahamBraced Books
 
Gladys the Vampire Heather HeinKiki's Castle Independent Press, LLC
 
Grey Dog Elliott GishECW Press
 
Grim Root Bonnie Jo StufflebeamDark Matter INK
 
Hollow Girls Jessica Drake-ThomasCemetery Dance Publications
 
Hush, My Darling Leigh KennySister Creep Press
 
It Eats Your Hunger Joseph MurnaneIndependently Published
 
Living in Cemeteries Corey FarrenkopfJournalStone Publishing
 
Midnight Rooms Donyae ColesAmistad
 
Midnight Rooms Donyae ColesAmistad
 
Mountain Fast S.J. ShankCarthago Nova Press
 
Necrology Meg RipleyCreature Publishing
 
Send Me Your Nightmares Robert KluverIndependently Published
 
Smothermoss Alisa AleringTin House Books
 
The Cleaner Brandi WellsHanover Square Press
 
The Eyes Are the Best Part Monika Kim Erewhon Books
 
The Ojanox Daemon ManxLast Waltz Publishing
 
The Unmothers Leslie J. AndersonQuirk Books
 
The Village of C Adam MillardCrystal Lake Publishing
 
These Things Linger Dan FranklinCemetery Dance Publications
 
This Cursed House Del SandeenBerkley
 
This Wretched Valley Jenny KieferQuirk Books
 
Trve Cvlt Michael BettendorfTenebrous Press
 
We Used to Live Here Marcus KliewerAtria/Emily Bestler Books
 

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GRAPHIC NOVEL

Bad Dreams in the Night Adam EllisAndrews McMeel Publishing
 
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees Patrick Horvath & Hassan Otsmane-ElhaouIDW Publishing
 
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters: Book Two Emil FerrisFantagraphics
 

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LONG FICTION

American Devil James AquiloneDark Tide, Book 18: Blood And BulletsCrystal Lake Publishing
 
City of Spores Austin Shirey Madness Heart Press
 
Coup de Grâce Sofia AjramTitan Books
 
Duncan Ralston is Dead Lisa BreanneAcross the Black Veil
 
Eynhallow Tim McGregorRaw Dog Screaming Press
 
Gardens of Earthly Delight Cat SparksCalvaria FellMeerkat Press
 
Grackle A.C. WiseAbsinthe Books/PS Publishing
 
Hell Pig Anthony EngebretsonOff Limits Press
 
I Love the Flesh Off You Robert ShearmanSkinBag of Bones Press
 
In The Valley of the Headless Men L.P. HernandezCemetery Gates Media
 
In the Tall World Angel Van Atta Independently Published
 
Joanna's Bodies Eugenia TriantafyllouPsychopomp
 
Late Night Bites Natalie DamoreIndependently Published
 
Moribund Jennifer OsbornIndependently Published
 
Mouth Joshua HullTenebrous Press
 
Onitsha Main, Ochanja, The Twins, Nkpor, and the Shadows of Shoprite Somto IhezueEscalators to Hell: Shopping Mall HorrorsFrom Beyond Press, LLC
 
Remedy Jen BruekelaarPS Publishing
 
Rest Stop Nat CassidyShortwave Media
 
Rolling Boil Cindy O'Quinn Discontinue If Death EnsuesFlame Tree Collections
 
Stay on the Line Clay McLeod ChapmanShortwave Media
 
Sunbathers Lindz McLeodHedone Books
 
Ten Thousand Crawling Children R.A. BusbyNightmare Magazine, Issue 136
 
The Ballad of Horse Girl Bitter KarellaSplit Scream Volume FiveTenebrous Press
 
The Butcher of the Forest Premee MohamedTordotcom
 
The Flesh of the Sea Lor Gislason & Shelley Lavigne DarkLit Press
 
The Girl With Barnacles for Eyes Lyndsey CroalSplit Scream Volume FiveTenebrous Press
 
The Lorekeeper Cat VoleurD&T Publishing LLC
 
The Mystery of the Pale King Sam FlynnTimber Ghost Press
 
The Reunion Gemma AmorAll Who Wander Are LostCemetery Gates Media
 
They Come at Night Sandra Becerril Lengua de Diablo
 
What Feasts At Night T. KingfisherTor Nightfire
 

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MIDDLE-GRADE NOVELS

Give Me Something Good to Eat D.W. GillespieDelacorte Press
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NONFICTION (LONG)

Haunted Orlando Josh GinsbergThe History Press
 
Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch Emily C. HughesQuirk Books
 
In Search of Darkness: The Definitive Look at 80's Horror Heather Wixson and Patrick BromleyDark Ink
 
My Quirky Little Memoir: Confessions of a Small Press Writer John R. LittleIndependently Published
 
The Horror Aesthetic: Essays from the Dark Corners of the Genre L. Marie WoodMocha Memoirs Press, LLC
 
The Soul of Wes Craven Joseph Maddrey Harker Press
 

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NOVELS

A Better World Sarah LanganAtria Books
 
A Dark and Endless Sea Blaine DaigleWicked House Press
 
A Sorceress Comes to Call T. KingfisherTor Books
 
A Spectre is Haunting Greentree Carson WinterTenebrous Press
 
After: An Anatomy of Fracture Drew StarlingEerie River Publishing
 
All the Fiends of Hell Adam NevillRitual Limited
 
Black Rain Season Kayli SholzCurious Corvid Publishing
 
Blood Covenant Alan BaxterCemetery Dance Publications
 
Bury Your Gays Chuck TingleTor Nightfire
 
Children of the Dark 2: The Night Flyers Jonathan JanzCemetery Dance Publications
 
Cuckoo Gretchen Felker-Martin Tor Nightfire
 
Cuckoo Gretchen Felker-MartinTor Nightfire
 
Dear Hanna Zoje StageThomas & Mercer
 
Diavola Jennifer Thorne Tor Nightfire
 
Dirty Spirits Sawney HattonDark Park Publishing
 
Face in the Grave R. Kenward JonesWatertower Hill Publishing
 
Forgotten Sisters Cynthia PelayoThomas & Mercer
 
Ghost Mother Kelly DwyerUnion Square & Co
 
Horror Movie Paul TremblayWilliam Morrow
 
House of Bone and Rain Gabino IglesiasMulholland Books
 
I Was A Teenage Slasher Stephen Graham JonesS&S/Saga Press
 
Incarnate Richard ThomasPodium Publishing
 
Incidents Around the House Josh MalermanDel Rey
 
It Will Only Hurt for A Moment Delilah S. DawsonDel Rey
 
Kosa John DurginIndependently Published
 
Mean Spirited Nick RobertsCrystal Lake Publishing
 
Middle of the Night Riley SagerDutton
 
Midnight on Beacon Street Emily Ruth VeronaHarper Perennial
 
NecroTek Jonathan MaberryBlackstone Publishing
 
Necrow Querus AbuttuScary Dairy Press LLC
 
One of Us Knows: A Thriller Alyssa ColeWilliam Morrow Paperbacks
 
Rainbow Black Maggie ThrashHarper Perennial
 
Rotten Tommy David SodergrenPaperbacks and Pugs
 
Shock Induction Chuck PalahniukSimon & Schuster
 
Skull Slime Tentacle Witch War Rick Claypool Anxiety Press
 
Small Town Horror Ronald MalfiTitan Books
 
Strange Beasts Susan J. MorrisBindery Books
 
The Barricade Stephanie EllisLVP Publications
 
The Bog Wife Kay ChronisterCounterpoint LLC
 
The Burying Point Derik CavignanoIndependently Published
 
The Day of the Door Laurel HightowerGhoulish Books
 
The Devil by Name Keith RossonRandom House
 
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years Shubnum KhanViking
 
The Gathering C. J. TudorBallantine Books
 
The Haunting of Velkwood Gwendolyn KisteSaga Press
 
The Kitchen Witches Elaine PascaleThicke & Vaney Books
 
The Redemption of Morgan Bright Chris PanatierAngry Robot
 
The Specimen Jaima Fixsen Poisoned Pen Press
 
The Underhistory Kaaron WarrenViper
 
Voracious Wrath James WhiteCemetery Dance Publications
 
William Mason CoileG.P. Putnam's Sons
 

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POETRY

An Anthem For The Dreaming Lost Samuel HurleyIndependently Published
 
BLACKOUT: Micropoetry Brian BowyerUncomfortably Dark Horror
 
Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud Lee MurrayThe Cuba Press
 
Melancholia: A Book of Dark Poetry Sumiko SaulsonBludgeoned Girls Press
 
Midnight Blue Grace R. ReynoldsCurious Corvid Publishing
 
Moth Frenzy Shane D. KeeneShotgun Logic
 
Phantoms of Providence Sandy DeLucaAlien Buddha Press
 
The Dark Between the Twilight: A Journey Through Evil, Loneliness, and Redemption Jamal HodgeCrystal Lake Publishing
 
Tiny Oblivions and Mutual Self Destructions Maxwell I. GoldRaw Dog Screaming Press
 

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SCREENPLAY

Abigail Stephen Shields & Guy BusickProject X Entertainment
 
Cuckoo Tilman SingerFiction Park
 
I Saw the TV Glow Jane SchoenbrunFruit Tree
 
Immaculate Andrew LobelBlack Bear
 
Lisa Frankenstein Diablo CodyMXN Entertainment
 
Longlegs Osgood PerkinsC2 Motion Picture Group
 
Monster Alim SudioFalcon Pictures
 
Oddity Damian McCarthyIFC Films
 
The First Omen Tim Smith, Arkasha Stevenson & Keith Thomas20th Century Studios
 
Trap M. Night ShyamalanBlinding Edge Pictures
 
True Detective, Season 4, Episode 4: "The Night Country" Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López & Namis KhanTruenorth Productions
 

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SHORT FICTION

"The Man Who Collected Ligotti" Erik McHattonCosmic Horror Monthly #49
 
#NoFilter Ria HillSpindle House
 
A Consequence of the Body Sydney Paige GuerreroLearning to Be HumanFlame Tree Collections
 
AITA for Setting My Dad's Trailer on Fire? Max Booth IIIWhy Didn't You Just LeaveCursed Morsels Press
 
A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now Brandon CaseSmall Wonders, Issue 9
 
Against the Grain Lindz McLeodHex Literary
 
Alabama Circus Punk Thomas Haergot
 
An Angel of God Emma E. MurrayVastarien, Vol. 7 Issue 0Grimscribe Press
 
And Your Fear Shall Define You Dave JefferyMood Swings by Dave JefferyBlack Shuck Books
 
Between the Channels Steve ToaseBourbon Penn 33
 
Blessed Mary Stephen VolkBeyond & Within Anthology: Folk HorrorFlame Tree Press
 
Cherry Cola Lips J.A.W. McCarthyEscalators to Hell: Shopping Mall HorrorsFrom Beyond Press, LLC
 
Clown Heads Em StarrFear of Clowns Kangas Kahn Publishing
 
Darkness Green Laila AmadoOnce Upon a Spring: A Folk and Fairy Tale AnthologyMacfarlane Lantern Publishing
 
Don't Tell Jonathan GenslerCosmic Horror Monthly #46
 
Effigy RL SummerlingCold Signal, Issue Two
 
Enamoured Shelley LavigneScissor SistersBrigid's Gate Press, LLC
 
Fancy Dad David NickleNorthern NightsUndertow Publications
 
First Girls Jessica Luke GarcíaNightmare Magazine, Issue 137
 
Fitcher's Chick Ef DealGrimm RetoldSpeculation Publications, LLC
 
Five Views of the Planet Tartarus Rachael K. JonesLightspeed Magazine, Issue 164
 
Good Company Suzan PalumboWhy Didn't You Just LeaveCursed Morsels Press
 
Grottmata Thomas HaNightmare Magazine, Issue 142
 
It Was a Good Year for Sour Cherries RL SummerlingJMWW Lit
 
Just You and Me, Now KT BryskiApex Magazine, Issue 142
 
Kim, Ray, Trey, and Morgan Christi NogleEscalators to Hell: Shopping Mall HorrorsFrom Beyond Press, LLC
 
Lamai J.A.W. McCarthyWhy Didn't You Just LeaveCursed Morsels Press
 
Less Exalted Tastes Gemma AmorAll Who Wander Are Lost: Destination Horror StoriesCemetery Gates Media
 
Let Sleeping Gods Lie Gemma AmorAll Who Wander Are Lost: Destination Horror StoriesCemetery Gates Media
 
Little Saddleslut Grows Up Avra MargaritiThe Pleasure in PainDragon's Roost Press
 
Live Free or Die Danny BrzozowskiBeyond the Bounds of Infinity Raw Dog Screaming Press
 
Local Specialty Marguerite ShefferThe Man in The Banana TreesUniversity of Iowa Press
 
Manywhere, Manyone, Manything NM Whitley Seize the Press
 
Memorabilia Timaeus BloomCosmic Horror Monthly #45
 
Mrs Crace Cliff McNish Supernatural Tales 55
 
Once There Was Water Katie McIvorThe Dark, Issue 111
 
Open Them If You Don’t Believe Me K.C. Mead-Brewerwww.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/mead-brewer/open-them-if-you-dont-believe-meMatchbook Literary Magazine
 
Overnight, a Forest Grew Ephiny GalePick Your PotionFoxgrove Press
 
Painted Surfaces Guan UnNightmare Magazine, Issue 143
 
Pink Smoke Jessica PeterCosmic Horror Monthly #44
 
Pipsqueak Ria HillCosmorama
 
Rabbitheart Jen WilliamsBeyond & Within Anthology: Folk HorrorFlame Tree Press
 
Silk, Cocoons, and Leaves Tara Isabel ZambranoTahoma Literary Review https://tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/silk-cocoons-and-leaves/Tahoma Literary Review
 
Summer Bonus Lee MurrayBeyond & Within Anthology: Folk Horror Flame Tree Press
 
Ten Ways of Looking at Snow, Reflected Off an Obsidian Armor Avra MargaritiHaven Speculative, Issue 15
 
The Ancient Ram Inn Gemma AmorAll Who Wander Are Lost: Destination Horror StoriesCemetery Gates Media
 
The Beam Eidolon Ryan Marie KettererClarkesworld, Issue 209
 
The Blind Cannot Judge Me, For They Cannot See I’m Good Inside Rain CorbynThe Skull & Laurel Issue 001Tenebrous Press
 
The Brides, The Hunted Lindz McLeodwww.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-brides-the-hunted/Flash Fiction Online, Issue 129
 
The Dark Wood Teaman Rebecca J. AllredVASTARIEN: Volume 7, Issue 0Grimscribe Press
 
The Donner Party Dale BaileyFears: Tales of Psychological HorrorTachyon Publications
 
The House of Coiled Earth Jes Malitoris The Crawling Moon: Queer Tales of Inescapable DreadNeon Hemlock Press
 
The Needle Song Simon StrantzasNorthern NightsUndertow Press
 
The Night Birds Premee MohammedNorthern NightsUndertow Press
 
The Rock Statue Mark FalkinSupernatural Tales 55
 
The Roses of Heliogabalus Sofia AjramThe Pleasure in PainDragon's Roost Press
 
The Same Stars Dori LumpkinArchive of the Odd
 
The Sort Thomas HaClarkesworld, Issue 215
 
The Sun Approaches Every Summer Akis LinardosSpectrum: An Autistic Horror AnthologyThird Estate Books
 
Threnody in Dark Wood Avra MargaritiThe Deadlands, Issue 33
 
To The Wolves Sasha BrownWeird Horror #9Undertow Publications
 
What’s Mime is Yours Wayne FenlonTwisted Laughs: An Anthology of Dark Humor Exploding Head Fiction
 
Where There's Smoke Alexis DuBonWhy Didn't You Just LeaveCursed Morsels Press
 
Yellow Girls J.A.W. McCarthyDeath in the Mouth Volume 2Sloane Leong & Cassie Hart
 
You Are Cordially Invited to the Last Dinner Party Chelsea Pumpkins & Christopher O'HalloranCosmic Horror Monthly #44
 
You Were Here Mathew GostelowThe Winged Moon - Ancient Issue - July 2024The Winged Moon
 
Your Own Dear, Obedient Daughters F.E. ChoeAdda
 
doorbell dot mov Jennifer R. DonohueThe Deadlands, Issue 34
 

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NONFICTION (SHORT)

Chase Scene Megan Kiekel AndersonNightmare Magazine, Issue 136
 
Death (Eric Kripke) -- The Changing Face of Death Dave JefferyDeath in the 21st Century: A Companion Peter Lang, Ltd
 
Gore-Geous: Personal Essays on Beauty and Horror Alexandra WestAstrophil Press
 
Hidden Histories: The Many Ghosts of Disney's Haunted Mansion Lorna Piatti-Farnell & Jeffrey A. Weinstock Disney Gothic: Dark Shadows in the House of MouseRowman & Littlefield
 
The H-Word: You Can't Leave Jenny KieferNightmare Magazine, Issue 137
 
The Ongoing DarkLit/Marceau Publishing Fiasco Steve Stredstevestredauthor.caIndependently Published
 
The Orange on the Frozen Ice: How True Detective: Night Country ranks in the canon of polar horror Laird BarronSlate.com
 
Under the Fang, Then and Now: A Brief History of the Horror Writers Association Maxwell I. GoldWeird Tales Magazine No. 369 : The Bram Stoker Awards Issue
 

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YOUNG-ADULT NOVEL

Apocalypse Cow O.R. Sorrel Guppy Books
 
Dead End Tunnel Nick RobertsSpooky WV LLC
 
Here Lies A Vengeful Bitch Codie CrowleyDisney Hyperion
 
Inujini Angela Yuriko SmithIndependently Published
 
It's Only a Game Kelsea YuBloomsbury YA
 
Such Lovely Skin Tatiana Schlote-BonnePage Street YA
 
The Neverborn Thief Andrew NajbergOlive Ridley Press
 
Welcome to Fear City Sarah DvojackUnion Square & Co.
 

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