Formats: Print, digital Publisher: Ghoulish Books Genre: Body Horror, Ghosts/Haunting, Killer/Slasher, Monster, Romance Audience: Adult/Mature Diversity: Queer and trans authors and characters Content Warnings: Alcohol Abuse, Body Shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug Use/Abuse, Eating Disorder, Homophobia, Medical Torture/Abuse, Medical Procedures, Necrophilia, Police Harassment, Rape/Sexual Assault, Slurs, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence (Highlight to view) Blurb: A manifestation of ecstasy, heartache, horror and suffering rendered in feverish l ..read more

Formats: Print, audio, digital Publisher: ECW Press Genre: Dark Fantasy, Sci-Fi Audience: Y/A Diversity: Indian Canadian author and characters Takes Place in: BC, Canada Content Warnings: Alcohol Abuse, Death, Drug Use/Abuse, Racism (Highlight to view) Blurb: The small-town mysteries of John Bellairs are made modern with a dash of Stranger Things in this spine-tingling supernatural horror-thriller After his father returns from treatment for addiction, highschooler Vish ― lover of metal music and literature ― is uncertain what the future holds. It doesn’t help that ..read more

Formats: Print, digital Publisher: Tor Genre: Body Horror, Monster, Occult, Psychological Horror, Sci-Fi Horror Audience: Y/A Diversity: Queer character (Gay woman), POC characters (Black, Creole woman, unknown POC character), Bisexual author, Malaysian author Takes Place in: London Content Warnings: Alcohol Abuse, Body-Shaming, Bullying, Child Abuse, Child Endangerment, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical Abuse, Racism, Rape/Sexual Assault, Sexism, Sexual Abuse, Slurs, Slut-Shaming, Verbal/Emotional Abuse, Violence (Highlight to view) Blurb: John Persons is a private ..read more

Formats: Print, digital Publisher: Platypus Book Press Genre: Dark Fantasy, Mystery Audience: Adult/Mature Diversity: Mexican-American main character and author Takes Place in: Ney York City, New York USA Content Warnings: Child Endangerment, Death (Highlight to view) Blurb: "How many perverts d'ya think sucked on those toes before the police rolled in?" With that question, Out On a Limb kicks off an irreverent, foul-mouthed, and horrific urban fantasy noir series following the exploits of private occult investigators Rebecca Suarez and Peyton Marx. In this fast-pac ..read more

Formats: Digital, print Publisher: Clash Books Genre: Killer/Slasher Audience: Adult/Mature Diversity: Filipino American Author Content Warnings: Amputation, Animal Death, Child Death, Child Endangerment, Death, Forced Captivity, Gore, Rape/Sexual Assault, Torture (Highlight to view) Blurb: A seasoned invader with multiple home invasions under their belt recounts their dark victories while offering tutelage to a new generation of ambitious home invaders eager to make their mark on the annals of criminal history. From initial canvasing to home entry, the reader is complicit in every st ..read more

  Formats: Print, digital Publisher: AK Press Genre: Apocalypse/Disaster Audience:  Adult/Mature Diversity: Black/African-American, Lesbian Takes Place in: Detroit MI, USA Content Warnings: Death, Drug Use/Abuse, Illness, Medical Procedures (Highlight to view) Blurb: Dune’s mother is patient zero of a mysterious illness that stops people in their tracks—in mid-sentence, mid-action, mid-life—casting them into a nonresponsive state from which no one recovers. Dune must navigate poverty and the loss of her mother as Detroit’s hospitals, morgues, and graveyards begin to over ..read more

  Formats: Print, digital Publisher: Unerving Genre: Body Horror Audience: Adult/Mature Diversity: Trans main character and side character, queer main characters, Japanese-American side character Takes Place in: Los Angeles, CA USA Content Warnings: Body Shaming, Forced Captivity, Gore, Medical Torture/Abuse, Medical Procedures, Transphobia (Highlight to view) Blurb: Her doctor is giving her the body of his dreams... and her nightmares. Isa is a micro-celebrity who rarely shows her face, and can’t wait to have it expertly ripped off and rearranged to look ..read more

Formats: Print, audio, digital Publisher: Dutton Genre:  Demon, Ghosts/Haunting, Myth and Folklore Audience: Adult/Mature Diversity: Cuban characters and author, Bolivian character Takes Place in: Miami, Florida Content Warnings: Alcohol Abuse, Animal Death, Child Abuse, Child Death, Child Endangerment, Death, Illness, Medical Procedures, Oppression, Mental Illness, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia (Highlight to view) Blurb: eA genre-bending debut with a fiercely political heart, A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens explores the weight of the devil’s bargain, follo ..read more

Formats: Print, audio, digital Publisher: Vintage Genre: Ghosts/Haunting, Historic Horror, Killer/Slasher, Monster, Myth and Folklore, Occult, Psychological Horror Audience: Adult/Mature Diversity: Indigenous American (Alaskan Native, Pueblo, Comanche, White Earth Nation, Cree, Georgian Bay Metis, Mohawk, Cheyenne-Arapaho, Hidatsa Mi'kmaw, Cherokee, Tłı̨chǫ Dene, Hidasta, Mandan, Sosore, Sioux Penobscot, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Sicangu Lakota, Edisto Natchez-Kusso, Lipan Apache, Anishinaabe) Content Warnings: Alcohol Abuse, Animal Death, Child Abuse, Child Endangerment, Death, Drug Use/Abus ..read more

Formats: Digital Publisher: Smashwords Genre: Blood & Guts (Splatterpunk), Body Horror, Killer/Slasher, Psychological Horror, Romance Audience: Adult/Mature Diversity: Gay main characters and author, trans male author Takes Place in: US and Italy Content Warnings: Alcohol Abuse, Amputation, Cannibalism, Death, Drug Use/Abuse, Forced Captivity, Gaslighting, Gore, Illness, Kidnapping, Medical Torture/Abuse, Medical Procedures, Mental Illness, Necrophilia, Mentions of Pedophilia, Physical Abuse, Rape/Sexual Assault, Self-Harm, Sexual Abuse, Slurs, Slut ..read more