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ANTHOLOGY


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FICTION COLLECTION

A Whisper in the Dark Michael Jess AlexanderLost Signal
 
Acquired Taste Clay McLeod ChapmanTitan Books
 
Goodnight and Sweet Dreams: Seven tales for seven nightmare nights Daniela E. (author), Ivano Mingotti (translator)
 
Haunted Ecologies Corey FarrenkopfJournalstone
 
Heartbeat and Other Tales of the Weird and Macabre Stephanie E. Jensen
 
Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions John LanganWord Horde
 
Portalmania: Stories Debbie UrbanskiSimon & Schuster
 
Six O'Clock House & Other Strange Tales Rebecca CuthbertWatertower Hill Publishing
 
Teenage Girls Can Be Demons Hailey PiperTitan
 
Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine Kristina TenStillhouse Press
 
The Poorly Made and Other Things Sam RebeleinHarperCollins
 
These Words Leave Scars Jeremy MegargeeCurious Corvid Publishing
 
Uncertain Sons and Other Stories Thomas Ha Undertow Publications
 

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FIRST NOVEL

Chasing Moonflowers Pauline ChowThis is a novel.Ghastly Goings-On Press
 
House of Beth Kerry CullenSimon & Schuster
 
Killian Farm L. M. MeehanWhisper Woods Productions LLC
 
Little White Flowers Amber HathawayDeadly Seeds Press
 
Moonflow Bitter KarellaHachette
 
Rule One Michael LuckerWordeee
 
Sour Cherry Natalia TheodoridouTin House
 
The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery Clarence A. HaynesLegacy Lit
 
The Lamb Lucy RoseHarper
 
Veil Jeff ClulowThird Eye Press
 
Who Put Bella in the Witch Elm? Blake Myers (author), Faye Lane (art), Kathryn Hall (editor)Www.darkveilsociety.comCoffin & Nails Publishing
 

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GRAPHIC NOVEL

Nightmare Tales Miguel Gonçalves (author), Damian Connelly (artist)Nightmare Ink
 

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LONG FICTION

And Every Thursday We Feed the Cats Sam RebeleinThe Poorly Made and Other ThingsWilliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins
 
Blood Cypress Elizabeth BroadbentRaw Dog Screaming Press
 
Cult of Least Resistance Cindy O’Quinn Sinister Societies: Six Novellas of Secrets and Horrors AnthologyRuadan Books
 
Every Dark Cloud Marisca PichetteGhost Orchid Press
 
Pam Kowolski is a Monster Sarah LanganRaw Dog Screaming Press
 
Reap, Sow S. H. CooperS. H. Cooper
 
Rootfingers S. Alessandro MartinezWinding Road Stories
 
The Eris Ridge Trail Larry HinkleFour Winds Bar Publishing
 
The Jealous Wives of the Sea Alaya Dawn JohnsonStoryteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology
 
The Leeds Point Horror John CollinsAlien Buddha
 
The Pulse Remains Rob GrimoireUndertaker Books
 
The Red Labyrinth Ben PeekSnuggly Books
 
The Scald-Crow Grace DalyCreature Publishing
 
The Solstice Elaine PascaleTrepidatio
 
The Spotter Josh MalermanYou, Human: An Anthology of Dark Science Fiction, Vol. 2Written Backwards
 
This House Isn't Haunted But We Are Stephen HowardWild Hunt Books
 
What Comes Before Molly Macabre (author), William J. Burkhardt (editor), Jelena Gajic (cover artist), Social mediaSelf-Published
 
When He Calls Your Name Catherynne M. Valente Uncanny
 
When September Ends J.G. FahertyGraveside Press
 

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MIDDLE-GRADE NOVELS

I know what UFO you did last summer Kevin Jerold Johnson Cover art by Joshua Oram” Excerpt From I Know What UFO Did Last Summer Kevin GaroneTemor Press
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Kim Reaper Gregg StewartGraveside Press
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The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay Mary AverlingG.P. Putnam's Sons
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The Many Hauntings of the Manning Family Lorien LawrenceAmulet Books
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NONFICTION (LONG)

Cracking Spines: Three Decades of Horror Jason CavallaroIndependently Published
 
He Who Types Between the Rows 3: Requiem Mark SieberCemetery Dance
 
Just Add Writer: A Complete Guide to Writing Tie-Ins and IP Tim WaggonerGuide Dog Books, an imprint of Raw Dog Screaming Press
 
Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can't Look Away Coltan Scrivner PhDBookPenguin Books
 
Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Scripture Brandon R. Grafius bookMorehouse Publishing
 
Sick Houses - Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread Leila TaylorRepeater Books
 
Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature Becky Siegel SpratfordSaga Press
 

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NOVELS

At Dark, I Become Loathsome Eric LaRoccaBlackstone Publishing
 
Bad Things Happened in This Room Marie StillRising Action
 
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng Kylie Lee BakerMIRA
 
Below the Grand Hotel Cat ScullyCLASH Books
 
Black Flame Gretchen Felker-Martin Tor Nightfire
 
Breathe In, Bleed Out Brian McAuleyPoisoned Pen Press
 
Broken Things Diane CorsoMuse Literary Publishing
 
Closing Time at the Sunny Side Up David Niall WilsonShotgun Honey Books
 
Coffin Moon Keith RossonPenguin Random House
 
Demon Song Kelsea YuTitan Books
 
Ghost Girls and Rabbits Cassondra WindwalkerPolymath Press
 
Gods and Monsters E.E. KingMetastellar Press
 
Hemo Sapiens Emily A. WeedonDundurn Press
 
How to Survive Camping: The Man With No Shadow Bonnie QuinnS&S/Saga Press
 
Hungerstone Kat Dunn
 
One of Us Dan ChaonHenry Holt, and Company
 
Red Rabbit Ghost Jen JulianOrbit/Run For ItOrbit/Run For It
 
Red Walls Christina BerglingGraveside Press
 
Senseless Ronald MalfiTitan Books
 
Sense of Self James LefebureSelf-Published
 
Southern Cross Vaughn A. JacksonFalstaff Books
 
Spread Me Sarah Gailey Tor Nightfire
 
Sundowner's Dance Todd Keislingn/aShortwave
 
The Bewitching Silvia Moreno-GarciaDel Ray
 
The Brood Rebecca BaumThomas & Mercer
 
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham JonesSaga Press
 
The Clatter Man Janelle SchieckeSocial media Amazon
 
The Crimson Road A. G. SlatterTitan Books
 
The Idol Jeffrey ThomasForma Street Press
 
The Red Knot Monique AsherRising Action
 
The Secret House Gregory FrostJournalStone
 
The Starving Saints Caitlin StarlingHarper Voyager
 
The Unkillable Frank Lightning Josh RountreeTachyon
 
This is My Body Lindsay King-Miller
 
To Carry a Body to Its Resting Place C. S. HumbleShortwave
 
To Those Willing to Drown Mark MatthewsWicked Run Press
 
Victorian Psycho Virginia Feito Liveright
 
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes Clay McLeod ChapmanQuirk
 
We Live Here Now Sarah PinboroughFlatiron Books
 
What Remains Corey NilesCrystal Lake Publishing
 
Where Dark Things Rise Andrew K. ClarkQuill and Crow Publishing House
 
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls Grady HendrixBerkley
 
Words of Christ in Red Robbie DormanRobert Dorman
 
Zombie Mom: A Motherly Horror Eddie J. Morales
 

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POETRY

Cinder Girl Grows Wings Stephanie ParentCurious Corvid Publishing
 
Everything Endless Linda D. Addison and Jamal HodgeRaw Dog Screaming Press
 
Spiral Staircase: A Meditation on Alchemy Alyssa SpungenWhite Stag Publishing
 
The Witch: A Play Thera WebbWhite Stag Publishing
 

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SCREENPLAY

Bring Her Back Written by Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman. Directed by Danny and Michael Philippou.
 
Companion Drew Hancock
 
Opus Mark Anthony Green
 
Sinners Ryan Coogler
 
The Ugly Stepsister Emilie Blichfeldt
 
Together Michael Shanks
 
Weapons Zach Cregger
 
Wolfman Leigh Whannel, Corbett Tuck
 

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SHORT FICTION

A Mewling Madness Paul A. FreemanBlack Cat Tales: An Anthology of Black CatsBlack Cat Press
 
After Two Extraordinary Years, I'm Stepping Down as Chief Experience Officer of Murder House Kari ZanderMcSweeny's
 
Another Face Getty HesseStoryteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology
 
Appalachian Death Song Todd KeislingWeird Tales #371 - an Undead Issue
 
As Big As A Whale Avra MargaritiFusion Fragment
 
Body Heat Mirri Glasson-DarlingPseudoPodEscape Artists
 
Data Ghost Martha WellsStoryteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology
 
Dear New Tennant Jaq EvansFusion Fragment
 
Death Valley '71 Amelia ManganStoryteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology
 
Det-415 Jeff ParsonsTales of Galactic Pest ControlExperimenter Publishing Company, LLC
 
Detour Sam RebeleinThe Poorly Made and Other ThingsHarperCollins
 
Dust and Shadow Daniel RoopBlack Cat Tales: An Anthology of Black CatsBlack Cat Publishing
 
Dystocia Nuno GonçalvesPush! An anthology of childbirth horrorRuth Anna Evans Horror
 
Edgar Addison, the Author of Dévorer (1862-1933) Ben PeekNightmare Magazine #153
 
Grace Tim LebbonThe End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The StandGallery Books
 
He Has Not Seen a Bird Before SJ TownendBOREAL: An Anthology of Taiga HorrorStrange Wilds Press
 
I Love the Dead Josh MalermanThe End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The StandGallery Books
 
If I am To Earn My Tether Geneve FlynnSilk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora
 
In a Pig’s Eye Joe R. LansdaleThe End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The StandGallery Books
 
Landline Kelly RobsonReactorTor
 
Lucky the 13th Mark S. CauseyBlack Cat Tales: An Anthology of Black CatsBlack Cat Publishing
 
One Day Jeffrey FordNight & Day: Merciless Sun: Tales of Daytime Horror/Dreadful Dark: Tales of Nighttime HorrorS&S/Saga Press
 
Plague Daughter S.H. CooperGood for Her: An Anthology of Women's RageNefarious Bat Press
 
Practical Applications of Fungal Bioremediation H.V. PattersonBOREAL: An Anthology of Taiga HorrorStrange Wilds Press
 
That Time of the Month Kayleigh DobbsStrange New MoonsFrench Press
 
The Ecstasy of the Saints J.A.W. McCarthyPseudoPodEscape Artists
 
The Land Belongs to the Cats Francesca MariaBlack Cat Tales: An Anthology of Black CatsBlack Cat Publishing
 
The Long Flesh of the Law Hailey PiperTeenage Girls Can be DemonsTitan Books
 
The Many Sins of Clara Greenstone Hailey PiperTeenage Girls Can Be DemonsTitan Books
 
The Poppy Cloud Lee MurraySilk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora
 
The Squatters Shawna Yang RyanSilk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian DiasporaBad Hand
 
The Story I Tell is the Story of Some of Us Paul TremblayThe End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The StandGallery Books
 
The Tugwort Lincoln MichelNightmare Magazine
 
There Was a Number Seven Patrícia LameidaPUSH! An Anthology of Childbirth Horror
 
Tommy 'the Leg' Ain't No Witch Jonathan GenslerCosmic Horror Monthly #63Cosmic Horror Monthly
 
Trick of the Light Brian Evenson Night & Day: Dreadful Dark: Tales of Nighttime Horror / Merciless Sun: Tales of Daylight HorrorSaga Press
 
Vargsången Mary SanGiovanniStrange New MoonsFrench Press
 
sharp house Samir Sirk MoratoNightmare Magazine
 

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NONFICTION (SHORT)

Afterword: Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora Kristy Park KulskiSilk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora
 
Author Functions: Stephen King’s Writers Jeffrey WeinstockTheorizing Stephen KingAmsterdam University Press
 
Nesting Marie LestrangePush! An Anthology of Childbirth Horror
 
Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism Zachary GillanAncillary Review of Books
 
Recipes for Horror in Graeco-Roman Magic and Medicine Sean CoughlinHorror in Classical Antiquity and Beyond: Body, Affect, Concepts, ed. George Kazantzidis and Chiara ThumigerBloomsbury Academic
 
The H Word: Masks Michael KnostNightmare Magazine, Issue 152Adamant Press
 
The Victorian American Ghost Story Jeffrey WeinstockThe Victorian Ghost StoryEdinburgh University Press
 
Why We Need More Queer Female Southern Gothic Elizabeth BroadbentGinger Nuts of Horror Ginger Nuts of Horror
 

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YOUNG-ADULT NOVEL

And The Trees Stare Back Gigi GriffisHoliday House
 
Hollow Taylor GrothePeachtree Teen
 
Honeysuckle and Bone Trisha TobiasZando – Sweet July Books
 
The Haunting Between Us Paul Michael WintersMaelstrom Press
 
The Raven's Shadow Michael P. SpradlinMacabre Ink
 
The Summer I Ate the Rich Maika Moulite and Maritza MouliteFarrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - MacMillan Publishers?
 
The Veil Eamonn Bradley (author), Kathryn Hall (editor)www.darkveilsociety.comAmazon
 

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