HWA Members New Releases – 2026
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HWA Members New Releases – 2026

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Welcome to the showcase of new releases for 2026!

Writers: sign into the members-only area to submit upcoming books using the link on the Promote Yourself page. If your book’s release date has passed, it may not be included.

If your book isn’t here, it may have been submitted too long after the release date. Be sure to submit your book prior to the date it is being released. Select a book cover to learn more about it or the author, and of course to buy a copy! You can view the wall of amazing cover art from past years by using the dropdown in the menu above or jump to the previous year at the bottom of this page.

Readers: Enjoy these fine books!


Gutterspace by Justine Norton-Kertson The Patch by V.S. Lawrence The Buddy Snatchers by Devin James Leonard Apologies To the Morning by Greg Jones Home for the Holidays by Chloe Spencer Awful Big Appetite by Lissa Sharpe Portrait of a Haunting by Madison Tyler Nelson Bruja's Nest by Brenda LaTorre The Monsters of Montague Falls by Russ Colchamiro, Sawney Hatton, Patrick Thomas The Fall of Waadizi, Michigan: A Novel of the Waadizi Cycle by Dwight L. MacPherson Hollow Folk: An Appalachian Gothic by Andrew K. Clark First Kills by John Fitzgerald Dangling by Maura Yzmore For My Child: A Novel by Gallagher Green First Blood, Last Girl: A Slasher Novel by Matthew Doggett Pumpkin Guts by Brent Michael Kelley Unspooled by Stephen Wertzbaugher The Stone Walkers by David E. Cowen Silent Nightmares by Chuck Palahniuk & Michael Bailey Descension by Edmund Stone Still Floating: 40 Years of Pennywise by Editor: Tom Deady Deja Vu: Book 4 of The Red Thread Saga by L. Marie Wood Evil on the Inside by J. Harris, Matt Anderson He Who Has Done Evil by Jack Finn The Quiet Resurrection of Sister Evelida Livingston by Nick Wallin Want by Micah Smith A Mother's Rage by John Evans The Raven by Susan McCauley All Hallows Eve by Ellen Datlow The Wellness Retreat by Dawn Kurtagich Dreaded Tales 3 - Yet Another Collection of Short Horror Stories by Eddie J. Morales Girls in the Graveyard, San Nico Slayers #3 by Donna Taylor Sinister Soirée: A Celebration Horror Anthology by Cassandra O'Sullivan Sachar Crimson in Quietus: A Sauútiverse Novel by Eugen Bacon Your Boyfriend Needs an Exorcist by Justine Pucella Winans Flesh Of All Sorrows by Jeffrey J. Mariotte A Good Daughter's Ghost by Sam Wilket My Gifts Are Hungry by Matt Maxwell The Case for Cryptids: Field Notes of a Neliever by E. F. Schraeder Ghosts of Chanterlands by Catherine Cavendish JUNE by Adam Myles THE SLEEPING SISTERS by Jennifer Givhan The Neonate and Other Anomalies by Patrick Rutigliano The Hollow Dead by Sam Drake Valley of fire by Sandra Becerril Mississippi Wizards by Kenneth Penn The Director's Cut: A Final Girl's Guide to Killing the Script and Reclaiming the Lead by Finn O'Gorman Rituals in the Night: Odder Alaska Series book 1 by Jon Cohn Spookhouse by Sheldon Woodbury Tantrum by Author: Rachel Eve Moulton Horror En America And Beyond by Edited by: Dr. Jesú Estrada Devin M. Anderson Hearing Other Voices by David Roberts Poems to Be Afraid Of by Pixie Bruner Post-Punk Road Show by Jeffrey Phillip Bloodbound: Quincey Morris and the Hunt for Dracula by Anthony Lee Head The Witches' Street by Sandra Becerril The Name of Vampire by Antony J. Stanton Meat Bees by Dane Erbach Love Lies Bleeding: In the Devil’s Garden Book 2 by Leanbh Pearson Book of Madness by Editor: Michael Bertolini The End of a Lineage and Other Tales by Joshua D. Vise Condemned in Carcosa: The Travis Daniels Investigations by JP Behrens Ripped Up the Middle in Two by Viggy Parr Hampton Wheel of Fate and Fury by Grace Pevear Black Point by Jacqueline West Aidan and the Alien Invasion by Damian Serbu Bestiary by Patrick Rutigliano Atantis Through Time: The Writing and Rewriting of an Occult Legend by Sian Ingham Lovecraft's Brood by Ellen Datlow (editor) Murder in the House of Mirrors by Staci Layne Wilson Imprint: Book Three of The Red Thread Saga by L. Marie Wood Snare for a Small Eclipse by Jason A. Wyckoff Architects of a Dying World by Steve Neal My Monsters Ain't Like Yours: A Collection of Short Stories by R.J. Joseph Return to Waadizi, Michigan by Dwight L. MacPherson Shallow Graves (Summer 1973) by Dean Cade Island X by Marissa Yarrow The Night Crew III: Hunting Ground by Brad Ricks Kiki by Author: Tommy B. Smith The Source by Michael Bertolini Speak of the Devil by Antony J. Stanton Hallowed Deadly Seeds by Amber Hathaway Slasher Summer by E. L. Chen A Place Where Things Collect by Marvin Brown Monster Kids by Chris McAuley Alicia is in the basement by Santiago Eximeno Going to the Six by A.C. Hessenauer Concentrated Evil by Derik Cavignano Chelsea Glitter and the Graveyard on the Hill by Werner Schmidt Where The Roaches Are by C.C. ADAMS I'll Watch Your Baby by Neena Viel Party of a Lifetime by Henry Corrigan Specters in the Gallery by J. Michael Major If It's The Birds, We're In Trouble by L. Marie Wood Wolf Magick: Secret Mysteries of Draakensky by Paula Cappa Behold, He Scatters His Lightning by Shelly Lyons The Secret Attic by Chelsea Conradt Alive at Sunset by Edited by Hack&Slash Editing Written by Kayla Frederick The Girl In Green by Staci Layne Wilson Ride the Spiral by Ben Young God's Vengeance by Theresa Derwin The Remedy is the Disease by Leticia Urieta Of Plagues and Blasphemy: A Medieval Horror Anthology by Amanda Havill Adgate Julia Jackson Bookmail: Creator of Nightmares by Jason R Davis Lost Boys (Summer 1973) by Dean Cade The Fathoms Below by Jackie Sonnenberg Muntu by Eugen Bacon Crater Girl by Polly Schattel, Author Scarlett R. Algee, Editor The Witch of Tongues by S. Alessandro Martinez Mori Quinn and the Coffin Game by S. Alessandro Martinez The Nightmare World by JG Faherty The Hidden by JG Faherty She Waits Where Shadows Gather by Michelle Tang No One Heard Her Screams by Ann O'Mara Heyward Snowman by Walsh Wettengle The Seventh Sister by Dawn Kurtagich What We Consume by Sarayah Danielle Chorus of Crows by Sharon Wagner A Curiosity of Cats by Danielle Ackley-McPhail The Spirit Room: A Southern Gothic Collection by Nicole Givens Kurtz Origins: The Red Thread Saga, Book Two by L. Marie Wood A Slow Decay of Flowers' by Mark T. Bates The Blood Year Daughter by G.G. Silverman Of Beasts & Bones by Robin Knabel Natural Thorn Killers: A Creeping Guide to Plant Horror by Lauren Jane Barnett and Tony Mardon The Wendigo Hunter by Kathleen Greer Little Things Big by David M. Salkin Infected: And 19 Other Tales of Terror by Matthew Doggett In The Dollhouse We All Wait by Amanda M. Blake Eat the Light by Andrew Najberg Harrowing Habits: And Other Queer Horrors by C.C. Cope The Easter Maidens by Monique Snyman Stella's Scream: An Extreme Horror Novella by Julie Hiner The Violent Few Are Not Like You by Phill Bradley https://mochamemoirspress.com/product/dance-of-necromance-poetry-book-of-the-dead/?v=0b3b97fa6688 Strange Vibes Weird Fiction Anthology Volume 1 by Editor: Sylvia Kay Rose Nothing Tastes as Good by Luke Dumas I Scream. You Scream. We All Scream For Ice Cream by John Farris Then We'll Be Safe by Jes Hart Stone Sourwood by Logan Spurgeon Beautiful, Once by Mia Dalia The Cellar Below the Cellar by Ivy Grimes Sourwood by Logan Spurgeon Palmetto Boy by D.A. Jobe The Extra (The Outsiders Sequence, #1) by Annie Neugebauer The Bite: A NightWere Collection books 1-4 by Jason R Davis Altered Refections by David E York Scrivenery Collywobbles: A riveting, dark story collection from the author of CRULUS by Llrâc Nôdbé You Have to Let Them Bleed by Annie Neugebauer Cold Snap (Frost Bite Series Book 2) by Angela Sylvaine Long Drives & Lonesome Roads by John Evans Cruising (Summer 1973) by Dean Cade Monsters in the Mountains, San Nico Slayers #2 by Donna Taylor Dead Husband Energy: A Comedy-Horror Novelette by Stacie Herrington The Midnight Muse by Jo Kaplan vvvvvv DeathCon by Nzondi We Interrupt This Program by Randee Dawn The Boy in the Wall by Jeffrey B. Burton Sweetside Motel by E. L. Chen An Hour Before Dark by Larry Hinkle Once Bitten: A Canadian Werewolf Novella by Mark Leslie Harmed and Dangerous by Jasper Bark Ghosts of Smoke and Flame by Richard Dansky Careful With That Axe by David Schembri anOther Nemesis by Ai Jiang, Angela Yuriko Smith, Eugen Bacon and Maxwell I. Gold The Tryst: Book One of The Red Thread Saga by L. Marie Wood Conjuring the Demon by John Durgin The Inn of Beautiful Remains by Donna Taylor Writing As Rian Adara Sleep Walk by Charles Johnston Wilson by Jack Finn The Bloody Bucket by Douglas Ford Hospice: Tunnel of Love by Jonathan Hedrick Horror Library, Volume 9 by Eric J. Guignard Tucker's Reason by Xavier Cabrera Hotel Macabre Vol.2 - Tales of Terror by Joe Mynhardt A Veritable Household Pet by Viggy Parr Hampton Eminence Front by Rebecca Rowland A Blackened Heart, A Blackened Soul by John Ward The Forest of the Forsaken by Joseph J Lee Kittie: Fire by Jonathan Hedrick A Chronicle of Horrors by A.C. Hessenauer The Best Horror of the Year Volume Seventeen by Ellen Datlow The Resurrection of Lucian the Vampire by A Michael Smith Darkest Margins: Twenty Four Essays on Liminality and Liminal Spaces in the Horror Genre by Matt Rogerson et al These Are My People by Steve Fox The Joining: Scenes of Wedding Terror by Jacob Steven Mohr The Face of Pain by Tim Waggoner Terrifier 3: The Official Novelization by Tim Waggoner Cycle of a Rose by J. Harris, Matt Anderson Hinterland by Logan Spurgeon Snow Black- a monster novel by Thom Erb Humbug by Luciano Marano

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